Smartians – turn old tech things into smart things by pushing, pulling, prodding and turning: looking for funding

Why replace your things just because they’re not state-of-the-art? Smartians are cloud-connected motors that breathe new life into the things around you. <iframe src=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/294150597″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> Very clever, I hope they get funded!   Source: Smartians | FROLIC studio |

Heads up: Debian’s package manager is APT for root-level malware injection… Fix out now to thwart MITM hijacks

The Debian Project has patched a security flaw in its software manager Apt that can be exploited by network snoops to execute commands as root on victims’ boxes as they update or install packages. The Linux distro’s curators have pushed out an fix to address CVE-2019-3462, a vulnerability uncovered and reported by researcher Max Justicz. Read more about Heads up: Debian’s package manager is APT for root-level malware injection… Fix out now to thwart MITM hijacks[…]

Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently

Google engineers have proposed changes to the open-source Chromium browser that will break content-blocking extensions, including various ad blockers. Adblock Plus will most likely not be affected, though similar third-party plugins will, for reasons we will explain. The drafted changes will also limit the capabilities available to extension developers, ostensibly for the sake of speed Read more about Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently[…]

Too Good To Go app – anti supermarket food wastage, in 9 EU countries, including NL

Supermarkets create cheap “magic boxes” with end of life food in them. You can see where to pick them up on the app. Jumbo NL has started a pilot in 13 shops.   Het van oorsprong Deense initiatief Too Good To Go heeft na één jaar in Nederland meer dan 200.000 maaltijden gered van de Read more about Too Good To Go app – anti supermarket food wastage, in 9 EU countries, including NL[…]