For those who find wearing the things so damn difficult Microsoft has added mask detection, in preview form, to Azure Cognitive Services.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The rapid launch of contract-tracing apps to control COVID-19’s spread opened the door to multiple security and privacy vulnerabilities. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Macs are good. With these tools, you can keep them that way. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Russia and China have signed an agreement to build and work on an “International Scientific Lunar Station” orbiting the Moon, the countries’ space agencies announced Tuesday. From a report: The space powers had been in talks for months as Russia mulled over whether it would participate in NASA’s Gateway program, a rival lunar space station…

Kia needs to check nearly 380,000 Sportage and Cadenza vehicles for bad electrical circuits. …read more Source:: CNet

Cryptographic software assurance backed by Google, Red Hat, Purdue U The Linux Foundation, with the support of Google, Red Hat, and Purdue University, is launching a service called sigstore to help developers sign the code they release.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

A security vulnerability in a popular iPhone call recording app exposed thousands of users’ recorded conversations. From a report: The flaw was discovered by Anand Prakash, a security researcher and founder of PingSafe AI, who found that the aptly named Call Recorder app allowed anyone to access the call recordings from other users — by…

A never-before-seen malware-dropper, Clast82, fetches the AlienBot and MRAT malware in a savvy Google Play campaign aimed at Android users. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Also: SaaS provider completes acquisition of employee feedback platform Peakon The northeastern US state of Maine is threatening to cancel a contract with enterprise SaaS provider Workday and request a $21m refund.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

We love this design’s simplicity, but its mundane appearance is deceptive because a lot is going on here. [Bas van Hassel]’s clamp looks like a bench cookie or maybe a compressed hockey puck, but one pie piece-shaped quadrant extends on dovetails to form a right-angle channel, perfect for holding your ninety-degree joint while your glue…