Oops. Source: Microsoft reveals new Windows 10 Start menu in accidental internal leak
August 4, 2019
Investigating some subscription scam iOS apps
For some reason Apple allows “subscription scam” apps on the App Store. These are apps that are free to download and then ask you to subscribe right on launch. It’s called the freemium business model [https://developer.apple.com/app-store/freemium-business-model/], except these apps ask you to subscribe for “X” feature(s) immediately when you launch them, and keep doing so, annoyingly, over and over until you finally subscribe. By subscribing you get a number of “free days” (trial) and then
August 4, 2019
Locally Run ISPs Offer the Fastest Broadband in America
Six out of the 10 fastest ISPs are either community-run or public/private partnerships. Source: Locally Run ISPs Offer the Fastest Broadband in America
August 3, 2019
British Airways faces record £183m fine for data breach
The airline is contesting the penalty imposed by the watchdog after hackers breached its IT systems. Source: British Airways faces record £183m fine for data breach
Half of the database, to be exact, the half the hacker released to local reporters over the last weekend. Source: Bulgaria’s hacked database is now available on hacking forums | ZDNet