In 2017 Elementary OS built a pay-what-you-want app store — funded with $10,000 raised on IndieGogo. Now they’re trying to raise another $10,000 for a one-week, in-person sprint in Denver, Colorado, Forbes reports, to upgrade the store while bringing an even grander concept to reality:
That concept comprises 4 main goals: – Enable open source developers to monetize their apps on every…
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Google Fixes No-User-Interaction Bug In Android’s Bluetooth Component
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Google has patched this week a critical security flaw in Android’s Bluetooth component. If left unpatched, the vulnerability can be exploited without any user interaction and can even be used to create self-spreading Bluetooth worms. Researchers said that exploiting the bug requires no user interaction. All that is required is that the user…
Robot kayaks track tidewater glacier melting
A new study sent robotic kayaks to survey the water in front of Alaska’s LeConte Glacier – an area too dangerous for ships – to analyze how much glacial ice is melting into the ocean. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/robot-kayaks-track-tidewater-glacier-melting…
Firefox Now Shows What Telemetry Data It’s Collecting About You
There is now a special page in the Firefox browser where users can see what telemetry data Mozilla is collecting from their browser. From a report: Accessible by typing about:telemetry in the browser’s URL address bar, this new section is a recent addition to Firefox. The page shows deeply technical information about browser settings, installed add-ons, OS/hardware information, browser session details,…
OpenBSD Mail Server Bug Allowed Remotely Executing Shell Commands As Root
This week a remotely-exploitable vulnerability (granting root privileges) was discovered in OpenSMTPD (OpenBSD’s implementation of server-side SMTP). ZDNet notes that the library’s “portable” version “has also been incorporated into other OSes, such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, and some Linux distros, such as Debian, Fedora, Alpine Linux, and more.”
To exploit this issue, an attacker must craft and send malformed SMTP messages to a…
Zeta Oph: Runaway Star
Like a ship plowing through cosmic seas, Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Should Huawei Just Abandon Android?
Due to a U.S. government ban on sales to Huawei, Google revoked its license for popular apps last spring (including Gmail and the Play Store). But this week Huawei executive Fred Wangfei suggested that even if that ban is lifted, Huawei would continue developing its own app ecosystem instead to avoid the possibility of future political complications. The vice president of…
SpaceX Launches 60 New Starlink Satellites, Sticks Rocket Landing At Sea
After several weather delays, SpaceX successfully launched its fourth batch of Starlink satellites into orbit and nailed a rocket landing today. Space.com reports: A sooty Falcon 9 rocket — which made its third flight with this launch — roared to life at 9:06 a.m. EST (1406 GMT), lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station here…
Avenue 5: Hugh Laurie discovers how space tourism can go badly wrong
Space tourism has taken off in HBO’s comedy Avenue 5, but the ship is off course, just like the jokes. Can the captain, Hugh Laurie, save the day? Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532670-600-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-discovers-how-space-tourism-can-go-badly-wrong/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Did America Steal Its Space Force Logo From ‘Star Trek’?
On Friday America’s commander-in-chief revealed the logo for the newest branch of its military, Space Force. CNBC immediately reported that the logo “has boldly gone where Star Trek has gone before.” The Pentagon and White House did not immediately respond to CNBC’s query as to why the Space Force and Star Trek logos — both with blue globes, white stars, and…