Nine bugs were patched, eight of which are rated ‘high’ severity. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Jim Salter, reporting for ArsTechnica: A reader tipped us off today that HBO Max stopped working a couple of weeks ago for Linux users, under any Web browser. Any attempt to play back a video on the streaming service on a Linux system — regardless of distribution or browser — returns an error saying, “We’re…

Speaking purely hypothetically, of course Pawel Wylecial, a security consultant with Redteam.pl, has published a proof-of-concept exploit for stealing files from iOS and macOS devices via web application code that utilizes the Web Share API.… …read more Source:: Register

Through a merger with Trine Acquisition Corp, Desktop Metal said it will have post-transaction equity worth up to $2.5 billion. …read more Source:: ZDNet

He’ll be returning to do Scream 5. But first up is a new documentary that details Arquette’s journey after being mocked by wrestling fans for years. …read more Source:: CNet

In a mindboggling and dangerous move, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week quietly reversed its recommendation on COVID-19 testing for those exposed to the virus. Now, the CDC says that exposed but symptomless people do not need to be tested. From a report: The change immediately alarmed and outraged public health and…

While most analog televisions come with composite video inputs on a yellow RCA jack, the feature is not universal. This problem was even more prevalent in the 1980s, and most home consoles got around the problem by instead feeding video to the television’s tuner with an RF modulator. [Manzel Seet] had just such a television…

While we wait for season 2, you can now see the making of the first season. …read more Source:: CNet

Google today released the alpha version of Jetpack Compose, its UI toolkit for helping developers “build beautiful UI across all Android platforms, with native access to the platform APIs.” From a report: While an alpha release means it is definitely not production ready, Jetpack Compose promises to let Android developers build apps using “dramatically less…

Under the “shared responsibility model,” the security management of cloud offerings is split equally between the vendor and the customer. Easy enough, right? …read more Source:: DarkReading