Marine archaeologists catch a break on the bottom of the Baltic Sea: A 75-year-old Enigma machine ~humanities.history Article 374 words 12 votes
Microsoft leaks 6.5TB in Bing search data via unsecured Elastic server ~tech microsoft security Article 613 words 12 votes
Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal worth mega-millions as 25% staff cut hits Servo, MDN, security teams ~tech google security Article 634 words 16 votes
20GB of Intel's internal source code, schematics, specs, and documents released, allegedly found on an unsecured CDN server ~tech security Article 938 words 20 votes
Seven "zero logging" VPN providers leak 1.2TB of user logs unprotected and facing the public internet ~tech internet privacy Article 1182 words 20 votes
Facebook accused of trying to bypass GDPR, slurp domain owners' personal Whois info via an obscure process ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 1184 words 9 votes
US Federal Communications Commission forced by court to ask the public (again) if they think tearing up net neutrality was a really good idea or not ~tech internet Article 1039 words 26 votes
Bruce Perens quits Open Source Initiative amid row over new data-sharing crypto license: 'We've gone the wrong way with licensing' ~tech Link 9 votes
A new tracking technique using CNAME aliases to circumvent third-party cookie restrictions is blockable using a Firefox DNS API, but not in Chrome ~tech privacy security Article 1016 words 18 votes
The architect for the Atari VCS retro console has quit the project, claiming he hasn't been paid in six months ~games Article 2506 words 8 votes
GE's smart light bulb reset process is a masterpiece... of modern techno-insanity ~tech Article 1086 words 24 votes
What is Block.one, the company that just paid a record-breaking $30m for the voice.com domain name? ~tech social media Article 1116 words 12 votes
Large Redmond Collider: CERN reveals plan to shift from Microsoft to open-source code after tenfold license fee hike ~tech microsoft Article 445 words 18 votes
No Huawei out: President Trump's game of chicken with China has serious consequences ~tech security Article 783 words 5 votes
WhatsApp voice calls contained a buffer-overflow vulnerability that was used to install spyware [CVE-2019-3568] ~tech security ios android facebook Article 1008 words 11 votes
GPS uses ten bits to store the week. That means it runs out... oh heck – April 6, 2019 ~tech Article 513 words 32 votes
CERN reveals plans for the Future Circular Collider (FCC) - almost four times longer than the current Large Hadron Collider ~science physics.particle Article 341 words 19 votes
German cybersecurity chief: Anyone have any evidence of Huawei naughtiness? We won't be having a word with local firms until then ~tech security.cyber security.national Article 507 words 11 votes
What can I say about this 5G elixir? Try it on steaks! Cleans nylons! It's made for the home! The office! On fruits! ~tech Article 1571 words 12 votes
Roughly thirty years after its birth at UK's Acorn Computers, RISC OS 5 is going open source ~tech Article 1584 words 8 votes
It's been five years already, let's gawp at Microsoft and Nokia's bloodbath ~tech microsoft Article 857 words, published Sep 7 2018 8 votes
An ISP based in Texas has complained to a judge that the music industry to trying to turn internet providers into the "copyright police" ~tech internet Article 1136 words 16 votes
ICANN't get no respect: Europe throws Whois privacy plan in the trash ~tech privacy Article 1185 words 11 votes
Reality Winner, liberty loser: NSA leaker faces sixty-three months in the cooler ~tech Article 489 words 9 votes
Meet TLBleed: A crypto-key-leaking CPU attack that Intel reckons we shouldn't worry about ~tech security.cyber Article 2083 words 13 votes
The strife of Brian: Why doomed Intel boss's ex86 may not be the real reason for his hasty exit ~tech Article 963 words 2 votes