Day: June 25, 2020

Michael Hawley, Programmer, Professor and Pianist, Dies at 58

Michael Hawley, a computer programmer, professor, musician, speechwriter and impresario who helped lay the intellectual groundwork for what is now called the Internet of Things, died on Wednesday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 58. From a report: The cause was colon cancer, said his father, George Hawley. Mr. Hawley began his career…


Assange Charged With Recruiting And Conspiring With Hackers

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PlayStation Announces Bug Bounty Program

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FBI Warns K12 Schools Of Ransomware Attacks Via RDP

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Arctic Records Its Hottest Temperature Ever

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: Alarming heat scorched Siberia on Saturday as the small town of Verkhoyansk (67.5N latitude) reached 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, 32 degrees above the normal high temperature. If verified, this is likely the hottest temperature ever recorded in Siberia and also the hottest temperature ever recorded north of…


‘GoldenSpy’ Malware Hidden in Tax Software Spies on Companies Doing Business in China

Advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign aims to steal intelligence secrets from foreign companies operating in China. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Windows 10 Insider wondering where Notepad has gone? Fear not, Microsoft found it down the back of Dev Channel

‘Unexpected removal’ of crucial format-stripping app reversed in latest build Forget Linux GPU support, Microsoft has emitted a new Dev Channel Windows 10 build that fixes a far more serious problem: the disappearing Notepad.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


With Silicon Macs, Apple leaves the PC industry behind

Sometimes it is hard to see the forest for the trees. Especially when the trees are the form of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices. With Apple Silicon Macs – Mr. Schiller, how about a shorter name? – some pundits are fretting about the platform’s future. I’m not. Here’s why. …read more Source:: ZDNet


The 1995 Mercedes-Benz S500 proves luxury never goes out of style – Roadshow

If you wanted a flagship sedan 25 years ago, the S500 would have been an excellent choice. …read more Source:: CNet


Salesforce launches Salesforce Anywhere, app that embeds collaboration, data across platforms

According to Salesforce, Anywhere incorporates lessons from the Quip app to reinvent collaboration within Salesforce. …read more Source:: ZDNet