“Ubuntu developers have fixed a series of vulnerabilities that made it easy for standard users to gain coveted root privileges,” reports Ars Technica: “This blog post is about an astonishingly straightforward way to escalate privileges on Ubuntu,” Kevin Backhouse, a researcher at GitHub, wrote in a post published on Tuesday. “With a few simple commands…

The Newegg sale continues with price guarantees on everything from laptops to TVs to accessories. …read more Source:: CNet

“The rising popularity of alternative social media app Parler is raising concerns over the spread of misinformation and potential for radicalizing users on a platform that’s taken a hands-off approach to regulating content,” reports The Hill’s reporter on technology policy: The app has been boosted by conservatives, surging since Election Day, as Republicans amp up…

What you can get now, and what you can get soon. …read more Source:: CNet

Sony’s new console sold out (and nearly brought Walmart’s site down) on launch day. More inventory is coming, but we don’t know exactly when. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes a report from IEEE Spectrum: While setting fire to an iron ingot is probably more trouble than it’s worth, fine iron powder mixed with air is highly combustible. When you burn this mixture, you’re oxidizing the iron. Whereas a carbon fuel oxidizes into CO2, an iron fuel oxidizes into Fe2O3, which…

We tested many popular air fryer models from Dash, Ninja, Cosori, PowerXL and others. Here are our favorites. …read more Source:: CNet

When it rain, it pours. One of the primary support cables holding up the Arecibo Observatory dish in Puerto Rico has just snapped, leaving its already uncertain fate. It had been badly damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017, and after a few years of fundraising, the repairs were just about to begin on fixing up…

Here are the top heater options to keep your garage warm and toasty when outside temperatures get frigid. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s the best time of the year to save on new TVs from TCL, LG, Sony and more. …read more Source:: CNet