av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 30, 2017 | Lästips
How the Broadpwn Wi-Fi Vulnerability Impacted a Billion iPhones and Android Phones | WIRED
IF YOU HAVEN’T updated your iPhone or Android device lately, do it now. Until very recent patches, a bug in a little-examined Wi-Fi chip would have allowed a hacker to invisibly hack into any one of a billion devices. Yes, billion with a b.A vulnerability that pervasive is rare, for good reason. Apple and Google pile millions of dollars into securing their mobile operating systems, layering on hurdles for hackers and paying bounties for information about vulnerabilities in their software. But a modern computer or smartphone is a kind of silicon Frankenstein, with components sourced from third-party companies whose code Apple and Google don’t entirely control.
Källa: How the Broadpwn Wi-Fi Vulnerability Impacted a Billion iPhones and Android Phones | WIRED
Uppdatera till version 10.3.3 av iOS – om du inte redan har gjort det. Buggen ovan är korrigerad i den senaste versionen av iOS.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 30, 2017 | Lästips
Kasparov: ’Embrace’ the AI revolution – BBC News
Humans should embrace the change smart machines offer society, says former chess world champion Garry Kasparov.In a speech at Def Con in Las Vegas he said the rise of artificially intelligent machines would not be a huge threat to humanity.However, he said, there was likely to be huge social change as the ”shaky hands” of humans were replaced.Mr Kasparov welcomed the change and said it would be good if the effects could be accelerated.Creative destructionIn a wide-ranging speech that drew on his experiences playing chess against IBM’s Deep Blue computer and many other so-called smart machines, he sought to put the current rise of AI into historical context.
Källa: Kasparov: ’Embrace’ the AI revolution – BBC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 29, 2017 | Lästips
MacPaw acquires The Unarchiver and commits to… | MacPaw Blog
MacPaw just bought the Unarchiver, one of the Top Free apps on the Mac App Store. Were super stoked about the news. We promise to maintain, improve, and keep it free for everyone.Now let us tell you the whole story. This week we did something big: we took it upon ourselves to acquire the best unarchiving application on the Mac market. The Unarchiver is an overwhelmingly popular piece of software for dealing with a common problem different archive formats on Mac. Getting this app to join our portfolio is a huge privilege, we cannot begin to tell you how excited we are about the deal. After all, The Unarchiver is more than just an app, is a whole noche.
Källa: MacPaw acquires The Unarchiver and commits to… | MacPaw Blog
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 29, 2017 | Lästips
Laurene Powell Jobs buys majority stake in The Atlantic magazine, owner of qz.com | 9to5Mac
Steve Jobs widow Laurene Powell Jobs has bought a majority stake in The Atlantic magazine, whoch also owns the business news site qz.com.NordVPNShe described The Atlantic as one of the countrys most important and enduring journalistic institutions, but told Recode that she also had another reason for the acquisition.[She] cited the links between her organization, the Emerson Collective, and the Atlantics founder, Ralph Waldo Emerson, who created a magazine whose mission was to bring about equality for all people.
Källa: Laurene Powell Jobs buys majority stake in The Atlantic magazine, owner of qz.com | 9to5Mac
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 28, 2017 | Lästips
Can Bozoma Saint John repair Uber’s troubled image? | Technology | The Guardian
Bozoma Saint John stole the show at Apples annual developer conference in 2016, injecting some cool into a sea of dad-dancing during her presentation on the companys music-streaming service.Last month she joined Uber as the companys first ever chief brand officer, with a remit to change the perception of the brand. The company is in desperate need of an image overhaul after months of allegations of toxic work culture, sexual harassment and a series of high-profile executive departures, including bad-boy chief executive Travis Kalanick.
Källa: Can Bozoma Saint John repair Uber’s troubled image? | Technology | The Guardian
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 28, 2017 | Lästips
Bug in top smartphones could lead to unstoppable malware, researcher says | Technology | The Guardian
A recently patched bug found in the chips used to provide wifi in iPhones, Samsung Galaxies and Google Nexus devices could be used to build malware whoch jumps unstoppably from device to device, according to Nitay Artenstein, the researcher who discovered the flaw.Affected users should update their phones operating systems immediately, to iOS 10.3.3 (released 20 July) or the July security update for Android, whoch contain fixes for the flaw.Dubbed Broadpwn, the vulnerability was revealed in detail for the first time on Thursday at the Black Hat information security conference in Las Vegas. It works by taking advantage of a number of specific flaws in wifi chips made by the component company Broadcom, ultimately allowing an attacker to write programs directly on to the chip, seizing control of it.
Källa: Bug in top smartphones could lead to unstoppable malware, researcher says | Technology | The Guardian
