The team behind Gentoo Linux has revealed the reasons for the recent hack of its GitHub organization account. The short version: shoddy security. It seems that the hackers were able to gain access … Source: Gentoo Linux Github Organization repo hack was down to a series of security mistakes
Source: DeepMind’s AI agents exceed ‘human-level’ gameplay in Quake III – The Verge
July 6, 2018
California’s new online cancellation law benefits many disgruntled subscribers in other places, too
A new California law that went into effect on July 1 will make it much easier for people to cancel subscriptions online. Since the bill, sponsored by State Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys), includes all services that have paying customers in the state, it will also benefit dissatisfied customers in … Source: California’s new online cancellation law benefits many disgruntled subscribers in other places, too
Sending pictures to others is one of the most basic functions of a smartphone, but when your phone’s texting app starts randomly pushing out photos without your knowledge, you got a problem. Source: A Bug in Samsung’s Default Texting App Is Sending Random Pics to Other People
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that hundreds of outside software developers were scanning the inboxes of millions of Gmail users. Google “does little to police those developers,” the paper reported. Source: Google reportedly allows outside app developers to read people’s Gmails – INSIDER