An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: Malicious apps from a campaign called “Agent Smith” have been downloaded to 25 million Android devices, according to new research by cyber-security firm Check Point. The apps, most of them games, were distributed through third-party app stores by a Chinese group with a legitimate business helping Chinese developers promote their apps on outside…
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Twitter is Down [Update]
Multiple users are reporting issues while trying to load Twitter. Third-party internet firm DownDetector corroborates the claim, saying more than 10,500 users have reported issues with Twitter in the last 15 minutes. (Update: 47,000+ reports in last 25 minutes). TweetDeck, a service offered by Twitter, is also facing an outage. Twitter apps are also not loading new tweets. Update at 19:00…
Earth’s helium is running out and it has dire consequences for science
Helium’s essential for party balloons, but also for MRI scanners, physics experiments and space rockets. But supplies on Earth are getting dangerously low, warns Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332380-800-earths-helium-is-running-out-and-it-has-dire-consequences-for-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Ross Perot, Founder and Former CEO of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems, Dies At 89
Ross Perot, a self-made billionaire, independent presidential candidate, and philanthropist, has died at the age of 89 after a five-month battle with leukemia. Perot rose to fame after founding his first company, Electronic Data Systems, in 1962 with just $1,000 in savings. More than two decades later, he launched information technology services provider Perot Systems, which was acquired in 2009 by…
John McAfee Hides in Cuba, Touts Cryptocurrency For Evading US Government’s Sanctions
“On the run from U.S. tax authorities, tech guru John McAfee puffs a cigar aboard his towering white yacht in a Havana harbor,” reports Reuters, “and says he can help Cuba evade the U.S. government too — by launching a cryptocurrency that defeats a U.S. trade embargo.” Long-time Slashdot reader Aighearach shared their report: McAfee in an interview touted the anonymity…
Why Is Slack Retaining Everyone’s Chat History?
The associate director of research at the Electronic Frontier Foundation published a new warning in the Opinion section of the New York Times this week, calling Slack the only unicorn going public this year “that has admitted it is at risk for nation-state attacks” and saying there’s a simple way to minimize risk — that Slack has so far refused to…
Bladder Cancer ‘Attacked and Killed By Common Cold Virus’
A new study from the University of Surrey suggests that a strain of the common cold virus can infect and kill bladder cancer cells. “All signs of the disease disappeared in one patient, and in 14 others there was evidence that cancer cells had died,” reports the BBC. From the report: In this study, 15 patients with the disease were given…
Waymo Can Now Shuttle Passengers In Its Self-Driving Cars In California
Waymo has received a new permit from the California Public Utilities Commission to shuttle passengers in its self-driving cars. Before this, Waymo was not allowed to transport passengers. CNET reports: In order to be eligible for this permit, the company in question must already have an AV testing permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles, which Waymo has had since…
OpenID Foundation Says ‘Sign In with Apple’ is Not Secure Enough
The OpenID Foundation, the organization behind the OpenID open standard and decentralized authentication protocol, has penned an open letter to Apple in regards to the company’s recently announced “Sign In with Apple” feature. From a report: In its letter, the organization said that Apple has built Sign In with Apple on top of the OpenID Connect platform, but the Cupertino company’s…
Spotify Shuts Down Direct Music Uploading For Independent Artists
In a blog post on Monday, Spotify announced that it will prohibit individual musicians from directly uploading their songs to the streaming service. The new move requires a third party to be involved in the business of uploads. From a report: The company announced the change on Monday, saying it will close the beta program and stop accepting direct uploads by…