Lifehacker.com
We know—you’re too tech-savvy to be fooled by an online scam. But even the smartest among us can fall victim to internet trickery, and we’ve all got those friends and relatives who could use a little extra help with digital security. Read more... more…
The Verge
If you weren’t convinced we live in a new era for Microsoft’s consumer-facing software, the one-two punch of Windows 7 closing down and the new Chromium-based version of Edge officially launching ought to do it for you. Microsoft’s new Edge Chromium browser … more…
Gizmodo.com
The National Security Agency disclosed a major vulnerability in the latest version of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 to Microsoft, which released a fix for the issue on Tuesday, the MIT Technology Review reported. Read more... more…
Androidcentral.com
A virtual private network, or VPN, is used for a lot of reasons, with some of those being kind of sketchy. Two legitimate reasons to use a VPN are to hide your online identity and to connect to your TV streaming accounts as you travel, particularly overseas. … more…
Slashdot.org
Brian Krebs: Sources tell KrebsOnSecurity that Microsoft is slated to release a software update on Tuesday to fix an extraordinarily serious security vulnerability in a core cryptographic component present in all versions of Windows. Those sources say Microso… more…
Entrepreneur.com
You don't need an internet connection to stream your favorite audio. more…
Readwrite.com
The advancement of railway technologies is meant to accommodate the growing population. Following the expectation coincides with the evolution of digitization. The popular use of online services through the internet allows the integration of everything to pro… more…
Readwrite.com
Stepping into the fourth industrial revolution where everything revolves around technology and automation, we are witnessing the major changes in the industries. The things we saw in science fiction movies and read in novels are now becoming the reality of li… more…
Boingboing.net
If you are trying to find work in South Korea, you are likely to be interviewed by a bot that uses AI to scan your facial expressions to determine whether or not you are right for the job. To make sure you are displaying the kind of facial expressions, you ca… more…
Boingboing.net
Celebrate the new decade with a $22 Lil Dumpster Fire figurine so that you can gaze upon your immortal petrochemical chum and recall fondly the days when the dumpster fire was merely figurative. ( via Super Punch ) Read the rest more…
Boingboing.net
The Upland Film Co. took a walk around Dublin with an old-timey cine camera loaded with Kodak film: "Shot a few rolls of 16mm in Dublin on the trusty ol' Bolex." The results are comforting yet uncanny, the new and the old in harmony and tension. Read the rest more…
Boingboing.net
Now that many online services rely on sending SMSes to your phone to authenticate your identify, thieves and stalkers have created a whole "SIM swap" industry where they defraud your phone company or bribe employees to help them steal your phone account so th… more…
Boingboing.net
Gregory Priore -- former archivist for Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library -- has pleaded guilty of stealing $8m worth of rare texts from the collection over a 25 year period, fencing them through John Schulman's Caliban Book Shop (Schulman has also pleaded guilty,… more…
Boingboing.net
Dan Doctoroff and Stephen Diamond could hardly suppress their affection for each other at their January 13 joint luncheon address hosted by the Toronto Region Board of Trade. No wonder: the two are firmly united in gunning for Sidewalk Labs -- a sister compan… more…
The Next Web
Subscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter here! Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon the Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. Owning a mobile phone today is an open invitation to be tracked by telecom firms and… more…
Boingboing.net
Amazon has reinstated FedEx as a ground delivery carrier for Prime members' shipments. The online retailer said today the shipper consistently met its delivery requirements, after suspending it last month. On Tuesday, Amazon officially told third-party seller… more…
Boingboing.net
After a late-December Washington Post story revealed a nationwide epidemic of colleges quietly installing pervasive wireless location-tracking systems on campus, which gathered data on students without meaningful consent, inside and outside of class, broken d… more…
Digitaltrends.com
Over the years, HP has earned a glowing reputation for making some of the most dependable business laptops in the market. Right now, three of its finest, the ProBook 450 G6, EliteBook x360 830 G6, and Elite x2 1013 G3, are available on HP's website at incredi… more…
Forklog.media
The “third coming” of the Internet is right around the corner to rescue users from toxic Web 2.0 browsers, but it’s facing a bunch of digital pitfalls along the way. more…
Electromaker.io
Learn how to make a Raspberry Pi VPN server using OpenVPN and PiVPN! more…