Snakes on a drain: Two pythons battle it out while dangling off a house – CNET
It’s breeding season, which may mean it’s never-leave-the-house season for the rest of us who have to share the planet with these guys. Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s breeding season, which may mean it’s never-leave-the-house season for the rest of us who have to share the planet with these guys. Source: CNet
Read MoreApple is likely to announce an iPhone without a headphone jack on Wednesday. Will the company also unveil a pair of wireless headphones to go with it? Source: CNet
Read MoreTechnically Incorrect: Tadtoy says it wants to become the No. 2 social network. Yes, that’s a quote. Source: CNet
Read MoreJapanese telecommunications giant’s $32 billion acquisition of mobile chip designer ARM is complete. Source: CNet
Read MoreHere’s yet another reason why you can’t slap a bunch of blue and red LEDs on your hooptie. Source: CNet
Read MoreDon’t panic. Aliens aren’t sending unidentified flying objects to trash our expensive rockets. Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle has released another large monthly batch of security patches for Android, this time fixing 55 vulnerabilities, eight of which are rated critical. The novelty of this release is that the fixes are split into three different “security patch levels” — date strings that indicate to users how up-to-date their devices are. While this could
Read MoreT-Mobile touts its LTE network as way more advanced than Verizon’s LTE Advanced wireless solution. Source: CNet
Read MoreIntelligence and law enforcement agencies are reportedly investigating whether Russia has launched a broad, covert operation to disrupt the U.S. elections in November. Officials believe that Russia appears to be attempting to spread disinformation and hack into U.S. political systems in an effort to undermine confidence in the upcoming election, according to a report in the
Read MoreWill you be watching the Apple event live? Want to talk about it with your favorite ZDNet editors? Join us at #iPhone7OnZDNet and share your thoughts. Source: DIY IT
Read MoreSecurity researchers have identified a new family of Linux rootkits that, despite running from user mode, can be hard to detect and remove. Called Umbreon, after a Pokémon character that hides in the darkness, the rootkit has been in development since early 2015 and is now being sold on the underground markets. It targets Linux-based
Read MoreThe popularity of Instagram led to a new market for apps that do clever things with photos – the likes of Prisma, for instance – and free Windows app FotoSketcher brings very much the same idea to the desktop. With a few clicks of your mouse, you can transform a mundane photo into something really
Read MoreSeveral organizations in Hong Kong are being targeted by a cyberespionage group known as Buckeye. Twitter Card Style: summary Buckeye (also known as APT3, Gothic Panda, UPS Team, and TG-0110) is a cyberespionage group that is believed to have been operating for well over half a decade. Traditionally, the group attacked organizations in the US
Read MoreWith tomorrow’s big Apple event about to use up more worldwide bandwidth than Netflix, David Gewirtz asks the one brave question we’re all afraid to utter: “Why do we even care?” Source: DIY IT
Read MoreA bad malware signature caused Sophos antivirus products to detect a critical Windows file as malicious on Sunday, preventing some users from accessing their computers. The false positive detection flagged winlogon.exe, an important component of the Windows Login subsystem, as a Trojan program called Troj/FarFli-CT. Because the file was blocked, some users who attempted to
Read MoreSince the law was introduced in April last year, 206 people have been prosecuted for sharing sexual photos or videos of another person without their consent. Source: CNet
Read MoreReputable tipster Evan Blass says Google is ready to add to its Pixel lineup with a new device from Huawei, with whom it collaborated on last year’s Nexus 6P. Source: CNet
Read MoreConspicuously absent from the top five is Apple, whose iPhones are too expensive for most in the region. Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you’re pursuing a career in IT security, certifications can only help you. Certification-critics often say a certification means nothing, and acumen and experience are the true differentiators, but as a holder of dozens of IT security certifications, I beg to differ. So do employers. To read this article in full or to leave a
Read MorePeople have trouble prioritizing risk. For example, you often hear about the threat of voter fraud, when all evidence suggests that the risks of such fraud are inconsequential. In truth, hacked voting machines are much more likely to affect an election’s outcome. Why would an election fraudster try to herd a flock of criminal participants to
Read MoreThe soundbar might have taken over as the best balance of sound and space, but when it comes to desktop PCs the dual speaker setup still reigns supreme. This is probably because when it comes to a computer desk space isn’t at a premium in the same way as it is on a small TV
Read MoreWhile we may not have had a good look at the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch 2 yet, we do have a good idea about what it’ll be like to use both devices. Source: CNet
Read MoreAround one in 12 men and one in 200 women in the world are colourblind. This is how most of them perceive the world. Source: CNet
Read MoreOn this day in history: 250 years ago, John Dalton, the first scientist to formally describe the condition now known as colour blindness, was born. Source: CNet
Read MoreArtefacts from Henry VIII’s sunken flagship, the Mary Rose, have been scanned in detailed 3D and posted online for the world to examine. Source: CNet
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