In a fun and humorous way, Mozilla is helping EU citizens protest an old copyright law that prohibits selfies, panoramas and memes in front of certain landmarks. Source: CNet
Read MoreDo you want to give Amazon a key to your front door? A partnership with two smart home developers could open the way. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe candidate says that any breathing issues may have been caused by his microphone. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe three join other music labels in seeking massive damages from a site that lets its users download songs they hear on YouTube. Source: CNet
Read MoreFacebook has been ordered to stop collecting data from WhatsApp and delete the info it has already stored. Source: CNet
Read MoreAlso: rumors of Google combining its Android and Chrome OSes, and when is Google’s real birthday? Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft’s newly-inked integration deal with Workday comes just before Microsoft is expected to launch its own new ERP/financials service, Dynamics 365. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft is rolling out a preview of its promised OneDrive-SharePoint sync capability, but the capability won’t reach the masses until early 2017. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreFrom phone records to location data, a former Verizon employee used the company’s computers to sell protected information. Source: CNet
Read MoreSocial Cues: Twitter and Facebook users are talking nonstop about Monday night’s political showdown. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe goal is to standardize and accelerate development of in-car 5G connectivity. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe streaming-music service launches Daily Mix, a handful of playlists meant to let you sit back and hear tunes Spotify already believes you like best. Source: CNet
Read MoreNational Voter Registration Day has taken over the web, with the internet’s most popular sites pushing to get out the vote. Source: CNet
Read MoreSecurity blogger Brian Krebs says a massive distributed denial-of-service attack that took down his website last week was likely the consequences for his outing of two Israelis who ran a DDoS-for-hire business. The pair, whom he identifies as Itay Huri and Yarden Bidani, both 18, were arrested in Israel at the request of the FBI
Read MoreProgramming is more than just picking a language and framework. Programming means understanding how code interacts with actual computer hardware. If you want to get a visceral (and fun) understanding of programming, start with an Arduino. Source: DIY IT
Read MoreYahoo has blamed its massive data breach on a “state-sponsored actor.” But the company isn’t saying why it arrived at that conclusion. Nor has it provided any evidence. The lingering questions are causing some security experts to wonder why Yahoo isn’t offering more details on a hack that stole account information from 500 million users. [
Read MoreSecurity researchers have found a new Mac OS X malware that appears to be targeting the aerospace industry. The Trojan, called Komplex, can download, execute, and delete files from an infected Mac, according to security firm Palo Alto Networks. Interestingly, the Trojan will also save a PDF document to the infected system concerning the Russian
Read MoreGet familiar with the letters “PPAP” — you’ll probably see them a lot in the weeks ahead. Source: CNet
Read MoreIt didn’t take 500 million hacked Yahoo accounts to make me hate, hate, hate password reset questions (otherwise known as knowledge-based authentication or KBA). It didn’t help when I heard that password reset questions and answers — which are often identical, required, and reused on other websites — were compromised in that massive hack, too.
Read MoreA new patent shows a design that’d have audio emitted by the S Pen or its enclosure, removing the need for a speaker grille. Source: CNet
Read MoreJust so long as they’re riding AeroVelo’s weird-looking, record-breaking Eta bike. Source: CNet
Read MoreBecause what would a frontier be like without ’em? Source: CNet
Read MoreSocial media responds as the two candidates spar over the issues in the first of three planned debates. Source: CNet
Read MoreDuring what was expected to be the most watched debate ever, a case of the sniffles and alternate candidates ranging from berries to quarterbacks dominated the discussion online. Source: CNet
Read MoreJournalist Lester Holt let the presidential candidates have their say in Monday’s debate, and social media had its say about Holt’s moderation as well. Source: CNet
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