MSI Net, Inc. & mCloudServ

October 17, 2018

Interview with Vitalik Buterin, Vlad Zamfir, Joseph Lubin, and others in the Ethereum community looking at the birth, current state, and future of blockchain (Nick Paumgarten/New Yorker)

Nick Paumgarten / New Yorker: Interview with Vitalik Buterin, Vlad Zamfir, Joseph Lubin, and others in the Ethereum community looking at the birth, current state, and future of blockchain — Inside the ongoing argument over whether Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the blockchain are transforming the world. Interview with Vitalik Buterin, Vlad Zamfir, Joseph Lubin, and others

Facebook accused of misleading advertisers, then trying to hide it – CNET

A lawsuit says the social network knew about the inflated metrics long before admitting it. Facebook accused of misleading advertisers, then trying to hide it – CNET Source: CNet

October 17, 2018

This Day In Deals: A brew kit to stop beer floods

This Day In Deals is our new section where we share a historical fact and the day’s best deal – and try to connect them. The aim? To enrich ourselves financially, and you spiritually. A beer flood might sound like fun, but in reality it’s no laughing matter. Just take the London Beer Flood of

Samsung ups its 5G ante with network analytics firm acquisition – CNET

The company acquires Spanish firm Zhilabs, which could enhance its 5G network capabilities and quality. Samsung ups its 5G ante with network analytics firm acquisition – CNET Source: CNet

October 17, 2018

Anonymous Amazon employee says 450+ employees signed letter to Bezos and other execs asking them to stop selling Rekognition to police and kick Palantir off AWS (Medium)

Medium: Anonymous Amazon employee says 450+ employees signed letter to Bezos and other execs asking them to stop selling Rekognition to police and kick Palantir off AWS — When a company puts new technologies into the world, it has a responsibility to think about the consequences. Anonymous Amazon employee says 450+ employees signed letter to

October 17, 2018

India’s biggest internet association forms committee to build a ‘blockchain ecosystem’

Despite the Reserve Bank of India’s directive that prevents Indian banks from working with cryptocurrency businesses, the country is still forging ahead to explore blockchain technology. In a tweet yesterday, the Internet and Mobile Association of India announced the forming of a blockchain committee. IAMAI Forms Committee For #Blockchain . The group will identify opportunities

October 17, 2018

EU ruling leads Google to charge phone makers for pre-installing its apps

For years, Google mandated the pre-installation of some of its core apps – Search, Chrome, Gmail and Play Store – for any company who wanted to make and sell Android phones. That’s about to change: Google will now charge a licensing fee from phone makers for the European market, in order to comply with the European

Can A Motorized Bicycle Run On Trees?

Some of the earliest automobiles weren’t powered by refined petrochemicals, but instead wood gas. This wood gas is produced by burning wood or charcoal, capturing the fumes given off, and burning those fumes again. During World War II, nearly every European country was under gasoline rations, and tens of thousands of automobiles would be converted

October 17, 2018

Philips will challenge tech giants to bring blockchain to healthcare

How far can you trust the institutions and organizations that hold your sensitive medical information? Earlier this month, the Canadian government fined the manager of a pharmacy for using the provincial Drug Information System to snoop on the confidential medical history of friends, family, and coworkers. A few weeks earlier, the Orlando Orthopaedic Center reported that

Trojan.Zekapab!g1

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Trojan.Zekapab!g1 Source: Symantec lastest threats

October 17, 2018

Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla have announced a unified plan to deprecate the use of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in their web browsers in early 2020 (Peter Bright/Ars Technica)

Peter Bright / Ars Technica: Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla have announced a unified plan to deprecate the use of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in their web browsers in early 2020 — Almost everyone has now migrated to TLS 1.2, and a few have moved to TLS 1.3. — Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla have

October 17, 2018

Advertisers allege in suit that Facebook didn't disclose key video metric error for over a year and that scale of miscalculation was far worse than understood (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal)

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: Advertisers allege in suit that Facebook didn’t disclose key video metric error for over a year and that scale of miscalculation was far worse than understood — Facebook knew of problems with how it measured viewership of video ads for more than a year before it revealed them in

LibSSH Vuln: You Don’t Need to See my Authentication

Another day, another CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). Getting a CVE number assigned to a vulnerability is a stamp of authenticity that you have a real problem on your hands. CVE-2018-10933 is a worst case scenario for libssh. With a single response, an attacker can completely bypass authentication, giving full access to a system. Before you

October 17, 2018

Samsung acquires Spanish network analytics company Zhilabs, which uses AI to monitor carriers' network performance and data traffic across myriad services (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Samsung acquires Spanish network analytics company Zhilabs, which uses AI to monitor carriers’ network performance and data traffic across myriad services — Samsung has announced that it has acquired Zhilabs, a Spanish network analytics company that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) … Samsung acquires Spanish network analytics company Zhilabs, which uses AI

Being a dad changed everything I thought I knew about video games – CNET

Commentary: When you’re a parent, video games are just one more thing to get stressed about. Being a dad changed everything I thought I knew about video games – CNET Source: CNet

Jenna Bush Hager says the White House is haunted – CNET

“They were friendly ghosts,” says former president George W. Bush’s daughter. Jenna Bush Hager says the White House is haunted – CNET Source: CNet

October 16, 2018

Research: CIA, NSA, DOD among federal agencies that have yet to implement DMARC email security on all their domains, despite a DHS directive to do so by Tuesday (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Research: CIA, NSA, DOD among federal agencies that have yet to implement DMARC email security on all their domains, despite a DHS directive to do so by Tuesday — Some of the most sensitive U.S. government departments and agencies still aren’t using a basic email security feature … Research: CIA, NSA,

YouTube experiences widespread outage – CNET

Video-sharing site shows a blank website instead of its usual selection of videos. YouTube experiences widespread outage – CNET Source: CNet

Game of Thrones author: Donald Trump reminds me of Joffrey – CNET

“They have the same level of emotional maturity,” says George R.R. Martin. Game of Thrones author: Donald Trump reminds me of Joffrey – CNET Source: CNet

FIDO2 Authentication In All The Colors

Here at Hackaday, we have a soft spot for security dongles. When a new two-factor-authentication dongle is open source, uses USB and NFC, and supports FIDO2, the newest 2FA standard, we take notice. That just happens to be exactly what [Conor Patrick] is funding on Kickstarter. We’ve looked at [Conor]’s first generation hardware key, and

Blog

Interview with Vitalik Buterin, Vlad Zamfir, Joseph Lubin, and others in the Ethereum community looking at the birth, current state, and future of blockchain (Nick Paumgarten/New Yorker)

Facebook accused of misleading advertisers, then trying to hide it – CNET

This Day In Deals: A brew kit to stop beer floods

Samsung ups its 5G ante with network analytics firm acquisition – CNET

Anonymous Amazon employee says 450+ employees signed letter to Bezos and other execs asking them to stop selling Rekognition to police and kick Palantir off AWS (Medium)

India’s biggest internet association forms committee to build a ‘blockchain ecosystem’

EU ruling leads Google to charge phone makers for pre-installing its apps

Can A Motorized Bicycle Run On Trees?

Philips will challenge tech giants to bring blockchain to healthcare

Trojan.Zekapab!g1

Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla have announced a unified plan to deprecate the use of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in their web browsers in early 2020 (Peter Bright/Ars Technica)

Advertisers allege in suit that Facebook didn't disclose key video metric error for over a year and that scale of miscalculation was far worse than understood (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal)

LibSSH Vuln: You Don’t Need to See my Authentication

Samsung acquires Spanish network analytics company Zhilabs, which uses AI to monitor carriers' network performance and data traffic across myriad services (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

Being a dad changed everything I thought I knew about video games – CNET

Jenna Bush Hager says the White House is haunted – CNET

Research: CIA, NSA, DOD among federal agencies that have yet to implement DMARC email security on all their domains, despite a DHS directive to do so by Tuesday (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

YouTube experiences widespread outage – CNET

Game of Thrones author: Donald Trump reminds me of Joffrey – CNET

FIDO2 Authentication In All The Colors

'There is no God,' Stephen Hawking writes in final book – CNET

Harry Potter fans can watch Hufflepuff broadway comedy 'Puffs' online – CNET

Chris Evans: My Avengers tweet isn't confirming Cap's death – CNET

New movies and shows on Amazon: November 2018 – CNET

Uber and Lyft Charge Toward Potential I.P.O.s Next Year