Vulnerabilities Discovered In Mobile Bootloaders of Major Vendors Published on September 05, 2017 at 08:00AM An anonymous reader writes: Android bootloader components from five major chipset vendors are affected by vulnerabilities that break the CoT (Chain of Trust) during the Android OS boot-up sequence, opening […]
Day: September 5, 2017
Slashdot: Oracle Staff Report Big Layoffs Across Solaris, SPARC Teams
Oracle Staff Report Big Layoffs Across Solaris, SPARC Teams Published on September 05, 2017 at 04:30AM Simon Sharwood, reporting for the Register: Soon-to-be-former Oracle staff report that the company made hundreds of layoffs last Friday, as predicted by El Reg, with workers on teams covering […]
Twitter’s new random notifications are awful and I hate them
About a month ago, Twitter rolled out a new feature that would show you a bunch of random shit in your notifications tab. For example, if a couple of people that you follow liked a tweet, it’d show up in your notifications tab. If someone […]
Torino: Tir in fiamme per l’esplosione di un pneumatico, caos in Tangenziale
Un Tir ha preso fuoco questa mattina intorno alle 7 sulla tangenziale di Torino all'altezza di Rivoli in direzione Savona, in prossimità dello svincolo di corso Francia. Non ci sono stati feriti, l'autista è riuscito a mettersi in salvo ma per domare … by Livio […]
Jabra’s revamped Elite Sport headphones boost battery and audio performance
In our extensive review of the original Jabra Elite Sport wireless headphones, we called the in-ear earbuds “near perfect”. Clearly, Jabra saw this as a challenge, announcing a new and improved set of Jabra Elite Sport headphones today that promises improved sound quality and up […]
How a simple fall off a pushbike got this Aussie a $68k medical bill
Peter Laskey was injured during an innocent bike ride in rural Italy. … however they are extremely pricey and without travel insurance you could be out … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Slashdot: Oracle Staff Report Big Layoffs Across Solaris, SPARC Teams
Oracle Staff Report Big Layoffs Across Solaris, SPARC Teams Published on September 05, 2017 at 04:30AM Simon Sharwood, reporting for the Register: Soon-to-be-former Oracle staff report that the company made hundreds of layoffs last Friday, as predicted by El Reg, with workers on teams covering […]
America’s longest-orbiting female astronaut has safely returned home
After the 9:21pm ET landing, @AstroPeggy has a total of 665 days in space, the U.S. record and places 8th on all-time space endurance list pic.twitter.com/grVIRo3SmX — NASA (@NASA) September 3, 2017 Whitson arrived on the ISS on November 18th, 2016, her third time aboard […]
Most of 2017’s tech IPOs are performing well
Blue Apron and Snap had disappointing debuts this year, but others have fared much better. Of the tech companies that have gone public this year, most are trading above their IPO price. But there haven’t been many of them, with just 15 tech companies debuting […]
New story in Business from Time: Virtually Every Cryptocurrency in the World Is Tanking Right Now
If you’re still pondering whether or not to invest in cryptocurrency, this should help you make up your mind. Almost every single cryptocurrency in the world is tanking right now. Bitcoin lost over 11% in the 24-hours before time of writing, Ethereum and Litecoin had […]
