Linus Torvalds gave a long new email interview to Jeremy Andrews, founding partner/CEO of Tag1 (a global technology consulting firm and the second all-time leading contributor to Drupal). Torvalds discusses everything from the creation of Git, licenses, Apple’s ARM64 chips, and Rust drivers, to his own Fedora-based home work environment — and how proud he…

Last week came the news that Dan Kaminsky, security researcher (and popular speaker at security conferences), had passed away at the age of 42. In a half hour the DEF CON security convention will hold a special online memorial for Dan Kaminsky on Discord. But interestingly, Kaminsky was also one of ICANN’s “Trusted Community Representatives,”…

There was a big announcement this week from Mozilla. They’ve joined Fastly, Intel, and Microsoft “in announcing the incorporation and expansion of the Bytecode Alliance, a cross-industry partnership to advance a vision for fast, secure, and simplified software development based on WebAssembly.” Building software today means grappling with a set of vexing trade-offs. If you…

Epic Games changed the video game world with Fortnite. Now it wants to upend Apple’s iPhone too. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s the same on Mars as it is here — just when you’re getting used to your job, the bosses go and change things up. At least that’s our read on the situation at Jezero crater, where the Mars Ingenuity helicopter has just had its mission upgraded and extended. In a Friday morning press conference,…

String up to seven modular pads together to charge your phones, earbuds and Apple Watch. …read more Source:: CNet

The launch of Samsung’s new Galaxy Book Pro laptops should have been an unqualified hosanna. But then I observed the caveats. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Sometimes, companies don’t always think through the jokes they make. Yes, it’s just like their software. …read more Source:: ZDNet

While many would argue that the original iPod is the most iconic entry in the long and diverse line of digital audio players that Apple released over the years, there must certainly be some consideration for the third generation (3G) iPod Nano. It’s a device that was ahead of its time in many ways, and…

If you spend a lot of time typing on your Mac, these tips should make you faster. …read more Source:: ZDNet