Day: March 25, 2021

Courts Sentence Men for Pirating Thousands of Movies and TV Shows, Including Via Plex

An anonymous reader shares a report: Following the dismantling of several private trackers in 2020, a man has been sentenced for sharing thousands of TV shows and movies via now-defunct torrent site DanishBits. In a separate case, another man has been convicted of sharing 9,440 movies with a relatively small circle of family and friends…


Tesla lobbies to reinstate emissions penalties as credits may drop in value – Roadshow

Tesla sells credits that make up a swath of its profits, and believes the credits will lose value due to a previous delay. …read more Source:: CNet


Nearly Half of Popular Android Apps Built With High-Risk Components

Information leakage and applications asking for too many permissions were also major issues, according to a survey of more than 3,300 popular mobile applications. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Ex-IBM staffer files lawsuit claiming company stole his cloud computing tech IP

Seeks jury trial and share of profits from IBM’s Hybrid Cloud platform IBM’s cloud business is the subject of a complaint [PDF] filed by a former employee of Big Blue who alleges the company lifted his technology and then fired him.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Biden holds first news conference, ups COVID-19 vaccine goal to 200M shots in 100 days – CNET

The president sets the new goal during his first formal press conference. …read more Source:: CNet


2021 Ford Bronco: Here’s how early buyers are speccing their SUVs – Roadshow

Some notable trends are shaping up among the first 125,000 Bronco orders. There’s also news about additional customer-satisfaction credits. …read more Source:: CNet


Security Operations in the World We Live in Now

Despite the challenges of remote work, security operations teams can position themselves well for the future. …read more Source:: DarkReading


‘Dangling hamster ball’ robot could explore caves on the moon – CNET

The spherical Daedalus concept robot could roll around in lunar lava tubes. …read more Source:: CNet


Feeling brave? GNOME 40 is here and you can have a poke around in the Fedora 34 beta

Revamped desktop and shell based on GTK 4.0 The GNOME project has released version 40 of its Linux desktop, with a new design for finding and launching applications and updated core apps.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


A bespoke approach may be great for the suits – but it’s a terrible fit for software modernization

Join our Regcast to learn the power of APIs Webcast The pace of digital evolution can appear overwhelming, all the more so when you still feel weighed down by legacy applications and data stores.… …read more Source:: TheRegister