Day: August 4, 2020

How to watch Rangers vs. Hurricanes, Canadiens vs. Penguins and 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs – CNET

Hockey fans can stream all the action live from the NHL bubbles in Canada, no cable TV required. …read more Source:: CNet


Firefox 79 Clears Redirect Tracking Cookies Every 24 Hours

An anonymous reader writes: Mozilla today started rolling out Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) 2.0 in Firefox. While the company technically launched Firefox 79 for Windows, Mac, and Linux last week, it only unveiled its marquee feature today. Firefox 79 by default blocks redirect tracking, also known as bounce tracking, and adds a handful of new…


Frog eats beetle, beetle escapes alive through frog’s butt – CNET

A new study shows how the aquatic beetle Regimbartia attenuata can survive after being gulped down by a frog. Yes, this is the kind of world we live in. …read more Source:: CNet


Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson won’t make it to space in 2020 – CNET

The British billionaire’s space tourism company cites setbacks due to the pandemic. …read more Source:: CNet


Google Play Music Shutdown Dates Set: Service To Be Replaced by YouTube Music by End of 2020

The last dance is looming for Google Play Music, the subscription service that will be fully subsumed into YouTube Music by December 2020, the internet company announced. From a report: In streamlining its music offerings, Google is coming down the home stretch of a months-long migration of users from Google Play Music — which will…


Census 2020 responses are due a month earlier than planned – CNET

The US Census Bureau said it will end door-knocking efforts and stop taking self-submitted details on Sept. 30, possible risking accuracy of counting the hardest-to-reach households. …read more Source:: CNet


They say the tooth will set you free… so Brit dentist trade union tells members: ‘Bad news; we’ve been hacked’

Bank account numbers and sort codes may have been accessed by intruders Hackers who accessed the servers of the British Dental Association (BDA) may have made off with members’ bank account numbers and sort codes, according to reports.… …read more Source:: Register


Amazon’s Deliveroo investment gets thumbs up from UK regulators – CNET

The deal gives Amazon a 16% stake in the food delivery company. …read more Source:: CNet


Iranian hacker group becomes first known APT to weaponize DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH)

Kaspersky says Oilrig (APT34) group has been using DoH to silently exfiltrate data from hacked networks. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Stet!, the Hot New Language Game

The game Stet!, a spinoff of the book “Dreyer’s English,” is an excellent way to prepare for a copy-editing test and pairs well with a gin-and-tonic. Mary Norris, writing for The New Yorker: Nerdsday fell on a Tuesday this year, and I invited a friend over for a doubleheader: a round of Stet!, the new…