av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 17, 2017 | Lästips
It sounded like a good idea at Mozilla — promote computer security and privacyawareness using a tie-in with an online game from the popular Mr. Robot hacker TV series. But almost immediately, the plan started backfiring.
On Wednesday, Firefox users started complaining that a cryptic extension had been installed in their browser with no explicit permission or explanation of what it does — only a description that read ”MY REALITY IS DIFFERENT THAN YOURS.” People ripped into Mozilla in a Reddit discussion after one Firefox user fretted, ”I have no idea what it is or where it came from. I freaked out a bit and uninstalled it immediately.”
Källa: Worried about Firefox’s Mr Robot ’Looking Glass’ extension? Mozilla put it there
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 16, 2017 | Lästips
Europe’s second-highest court has rejected a request from the U.S. government to intervene in Apple’s challenge against an EU order to pay back taxes of up to 13 billion euros ($15.3 billion) because it failed to prove a direct interest in the outcome of the case.
Källa: EU court rejects U.S. intervention in Apple’s Irish $15 billion tax case
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 15, 2017 | Lästips
After weeks of rumors, the deal is done — Disney will buy up large chunks of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox media empire for $52 billion. The list of what it won’t take is shorter: the Fox News cable channel, broadcast networks and Fox Sports, whoch are expected to spin off as their own business. The Disney conglomerate adds the Fox movie and TV studios (including big-name franchises like X-Men, Avatar, Alien and The Simpsons), majority control of Hulu, FX cable networks and $13.7 billion in debt. On top of that, Fox is attempting to acquire the parts of UK’s Sky that it doesn’t already own, and if that’s successful then Disney will get it too.
Källa: Disney buys Fox’s studios and cable TV channels for $52 billion
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 14, 2017 | Lästips
Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller continues his media rounds talking about all things Apple, with the latest interview delving into the internal thought process when the company decided to move away from Touch ID in the iPhone X, thoughts on Apple’s collaborative environment, and the iMac Pro’s imminent release.
Källa: Apple’s Phil Schiller talks HomePod delay, AirPods engineering, Face I
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 13, 2017 | Lästips
When Stensul CEO Noah Dinkin visited a Starbucks in Buenos Aires recently, he probably didn’t expect to be served some sneaky cryptocurrency miner code along with his coffee. But thanks to the store’s internet provider, that’s exactly what he got.
“Hi Starbucks, did you know that your in-store wifi provider in Buenos Aires forces a 10 second delay when you first connect to the wifi so it can mine bitcoin using a customer’s laptop?” Dinkin tweeted on December 2. “Feels a little off-brand.” Dinkin wrote that Bitcoin was the digital currency being mined, but CoinHive, the company that provided the code for the miner, only works with Monero, a competing coin.
Källa: Starbucks Wi-Fi Hijacked People’s Laptops to Mine Cryptocurrency
av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 13, 2017 | Lästips
A new report today from Variety shares that Apple has hired two new executives for its original content efforts with one coming from Hulu and the other from Legendary Entertainment.
Källa: Apple continues Hollywood hiring spree for TV service with Hulu & Legendary execs
