Category: Rundown

Got a tad bit bored of this format but I might revert to monthly versions of this. I post news stories that interest me in real time on twitter and on a dedicated feed telegram channel. Some new posts are coming soon!

Newsworthy Facebook is pushing a VPN it owns to collect user information Seriously, Delete your facebook account if you still use one or at the very least reduce your use of the platform. Apple Unicode Punter Drop any apple device with some unicode, this is the second time this has happened in recent memory. After…

Newsworthy Twitter Is Great. An A-hole Filter Would Make It Even Better – Would it really though? Don’t even try to repair Apple’s HomePod – lmao Early Facebook and Google employees form coalition to fight what they built – as they should Increase in suicides the months after the death of Robin Williams in the…

Newsworthy The man who built Ikea has died – Press F to pay respects How a malicious seed generation website stole $4 million – Can’t trust an anonymous entity to not store information and then steal all of your crypto. The worst things that happen with any cryptocurrency is when it is CENTRALIZED. A lot…

Newsworthy Juice Company Dumped Orange Peels In A Deforested Area– What sounds like an act of littering ends in a great composting success 16 years in the making. Firefox Quantum keeps getting better – Tracking protection out of the box? Yes please. Malvertising factory shut down – good for users and companies alike Tokyo-based cryptocurrency…

Newsworthy Police Hand out Malware-Infected USBs as Prize in Cyber-Security Quiz – Sometimes something is so perfect, no comment is needed. A drone has rescued two people from rough seas off the coast of Australia My 120TB NAS is faster than an SSD – Interesting idea running primary storage over iSCSI to get 2120MB/s reads…

Newsworthy Kodak announces its own cryptocurrency and watches stock price skyrocket – I don’t know why companies keep doing this but it seems like an easy way to save a failing company Blockchain integrated consent – I wish I were joking MAMR: The Future of Ultra-High-Capacity Hard Disk Drives mitm6 – compromising IPv4 networks via…

Newsworthy U.S. regulations to protect killer whales near B.C. coast working: study Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria Happy New Year- Welcome to Linux Journal 2.0! – Linux Journal Saved! Childish Gambino will be performing at the Grammys for the first time Awesome New Branded vulnerabilities Meltdown & Spectre Understanding Meltdown & Spectre Video Sliding…

Newsworthy 34C3: North Korea’s Consumer Technology After “swatting” death in Kansas, 25-year old arrested in Los Angeles Virtual reality’s best experiences and biggest (teleportation) steps in 2017 Apple’s response to battery controversy: Have a new one for $29 Video 2017, in 7 minutes – Vox (very political) Projects Garage getting clean Office staying clean Ping…

Newsworthy Intel knows best, thwarting “attacks” to downgrade to disable “Management Engine” Patreon rolling back the announcement fees on people who want to give money to creators Video The $100,000 Jeep Trackhawk Is the Most Powerful SUV Ever Projects Finally got all the parts for my iPod build! Will try and complete it early next…