Month: February 2023

TikTok Banned on All Canadian Government Mobile Devices

Canada has announced it is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video sharing app. From a report: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it might be a first step……


How to change the Chrome Downloads location on ChromeOS and why you should

If you download important files from the internet to your Chromebook, there’s one configuration option you might want to consider….


Shareholders accuse Tesla of overegging Autopilot, Full Self-Driving capabilities

This is starting to become a common theme
Tesla and Elon Musk are establishing a pattern. Less than a month after defeating one shareholder-led class action securities fraud lawsuit, another has begun.……


Netflix Warns Content Will Suffer if It’s Forced to Fund Network Upgrades – CNET

Netflix’s investment in quality shows and movies should remain its focus, says co-CEO Greg Peters….


WannaCry Hero & Kronos Malware Author Named Cybrary Fellow

Marcus Hutchins, who set up a “kill switch” that stopped WannaCry’s spread, later pled guilty to creating the infamous Kronos banking malware….


Governments Shut Down the Internet More Often Than Ever, Report Says

More countries shut down the internet in 2022 than ever before, according to a new report by digital rights researchers, as the threat of “digital authoritarianism” races up the agenda of many governments worldwide. From a report: Authorities in 35 cou……


Jude Law Is Captain Hook in Disney’s ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Trailer – CNET

The live-action reimagining looks magical, and scary….


Apple once again plans to ditch Qualcomm chips, analyst says

Apple could reportedly debut the iPhone SE 4 in March 2024, with a 5G modem built in-house….


Supercon 2022: Selling Your Company and Not Your Soul

Haddington Dynamics is a particular company. After winning the 2018 Hackaday Prize with an open-source robotic arm, we’ve covered their micro-factories and suction cup end-effectors for making face shields during …read more


Patches to make WINE work on Wayland display server protocol are being merged

Code update will remove the need for translation layer in Linux distros
With WINE 8 out, the team is merging in the code changes to add support for the Wayland display server protocol.……