Slashdot reader omfglearntoplay shared this article from IEEE’s Spectrum. In “How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer,” pilot (and software executive) Gregory Travis argues Boeing tried to avoid costly hardware changes to their 737s with a flawed software fix — specifically, the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (or MCAS): It is astounding that no one who wrote the…
Tag: updates
Unexpected Protection Added To Microsoft Edge Subverts IE Security
Dan Goodin writes via Ars Technica: A researcher has uncovered strange and unexpected behavior in Windows 10 that allows remote attackers to steal data stored on hard drives when a user opens a malicious file downloaded with the Edge browser. The threat partially surfaced last week when a different researcher, John Page, reported what he called a flaw in Internet Explorer….
Windows 8 Will No Longer Get App Updates After This Summer
An anonymous reader shares a report: Last year, Microsoft announced when it would be killing app updates and distribution in the Windows Store for Windows Phone 8.x and Windows 8.x. At the time, the blog post stated that Windows Phone 8.x devices would stop receiving app updates after July 1, 2019, while Windows 8.x devices would get app updates through July…
Updates on Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, Michelle Yeoh’s Section 31 Spin-Off, and More
A strange Hellraiser teaser and a new image from Spider-Man: Homecoming. Jon Favreau tries to quell rumblings of the so-called shot-for-shot remake of The Lion King. Avengers: Endgame tie-in marketing won’t stop and our first look at the series finale of Gotham. Friday spoilers are rolling right this way…Read more…Source: https://io9.gizmodo.com/updates-on-star-trek-discovery-season-3-michelle-yeoh-1834036819…
Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? I asked 12 legal experts.
Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/18/18484731/mueller-report-trump-barr-obstruction-legal-experts…
Facebook Quietly Updates Last Month’s Security Disclosure To Add That ‘Millions’ of Instagram Users Are Also Impacted
Last month, Facebook disclosed that hundreds of millions of users on its platform had their account passwords stored in plain text — in some cases going back to 2012 — and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees. Today, the company quietly updated that blog post to reveal that Instagram users are also impacted. It said, in the update: Since this post…
Ubuntu 19.04 is out
The final version of the Linux distribution Ubuntu 19.04 is now available. The new version is already available for download in all supported flavors. Existing Ubuntu systems running Ubuntu 18.10 can be […]
Ghacks needs you. You can find out how to support us here or support the site directly by becoming a Patreon. Thank you for being a Ghacks reader. The…
Nintendo Updates the Switch With a Critical Feature for Visually Impaired Gamers
Every major console now comes with the ability to zoom in, a critical feature for many users.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7xg9bx/nintendo-updates-the-switch-with-a-critical-feature-for-visually-impaired-gamers…
Machine Learning Identifies Weapons in the Christchurch Attack Video. We Know, We Tried It
It took 29 minutes for a Facebook user to first report the livestream of the Christchurch terrorist. Now a machine learning system spots weapons in the stream with an over 90 percent confidence rating. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwnzz4/machine-learning-artificial-intelligence-christchurch-attack-video-facebook-amazon-rekognition…
Microsoft Loses Control Over Windows Tiles Subdomain
Microsoft has lost control over a crucial subdomain that Windows 8 and Windows 10 use to deliver RSS-based news and updates to Live Tiles — animated Windows start menu items. From a report: The subdomain (notifications.buildmypinnedsite.com) is currently under the control of Hanno Bock, a security researcher and journalist for German tech news site Golem.de. The subdomain was part of…