Day: September 11, 2020

Mueller’s Investigative Team Members Claimed To Have ‘Accidentally Wiped’ Phones

An anonymous reader writes: Newly released DOJ records show that multiple top members of Mueller’s investigative team claimed to have “accidentally wiped” at least 15 phones used during the anti-Trump investigation after the DOJ OIG asked for the devices to be handed over. of this story at Slashdot. …read more Source:: Slashdot


Linux Fu: Literate Regular Expressions

Regular expressions — the things you feed to programs like grep — are a bit like riding a bike. It seems impossible until you learn to do it, and then it’s easy. Part of their bad reputation is because they use a very concise and abbreviated syntax that alarms people. To help people who don’t…


Apple changes App Store rules to allow streaming game services, outside subscription apps – CNET

The tech giant will allow game streaming services from Microsoft’s Xbox team, Sony, Google and Nvidia. …read more Source:: CNet


Stop asking for Amazon, Google and Microsoft cloud with ‘no justification’: US Library of Congress told to drop its ‘brand-name’-tastic RFP

Oracle wins protest after agency failed to get it kicked out for not being a reseller In a decision [PDF] issued yesterday, a US public watchdog said the Library of Congress needs to stop asking contractors to supply brand-name-only commercial stuff for a five-year $150m cloud hosting contract.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Electrify America is ready to come home with you – Roadshow

The company boasts a large public charging infrastructure, but Electrify Home will provide the same experience at, er, home. …read more Source:: CNet


Andy Reid’s fogged-up face shield wins meme game as NFL returns – CNET

Everyone who’s ever worn eyeglasses with a face mask can relate to the Kansas City Chiefs coach. …read more Source:: CNet


TCL 6-Series Roku TVs start at $650, deliver even better picture – CNET

The latest version of our favorite midpriced TV adds mini-LED, 120Hz and THX gaming upgrades. …read more Source:: CNet


Hackaday Podcast 084: Awful Floppy Disk Music, Watching a Robot Climb Walls, A Futuristic Undersea Lab, and Inside a Digital Pregnancy Test

With Editor in Chief Mike Szczys off this week, Managing Editor Elliot Williams is joined by Staff Writer Dan Maloney to look over the hacks from the last week. If you’ve ever wondered how the Beatles sound on a floppy disk, wonder no more. Do you fear the coming robopocalypse? This noisy wall-climbing robot will…


Patrick Gray to lead Raines International’s security practice

Executive search and consulting firm Raines International launched its Security Officers Practice, co-developed with The Lake Forest Group, a security services firm specializing in all aspects of security, safety, and compliance. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine


What an IDORable Giggle: AI-powered ‘female only’ app gets in Twitter kerfuffle over breach notification

Doing the right thing – after trying all the wrong things first A “female social network” called Giggle whose operators left its user database unsecured has triggered a wave of Twitter controversy after its founder threatened to sue a UK infosec firm who pointed out the vulnerability.… …read more Source:: Register