Day: May 1, 2020

New Firefox service will generate unique email aliases to enter in online forms

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Browser maker Mozilla is working on a new service called Private Relay that generates unique aliases to hide a user’s email address from advertisers and spam operators when filling in online forms. The service entered testing last month and is currently in a closed beta, with a public beta currently scheduled for later this year, Read more about New Firefox service will generate unique email aliases to enter in online forms[…]

Tesla shares fall on Elon Musk “stock price too high” tweet

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CEO Elon Musk tweeted Friday that the company’s stock price was “too high” in his opinion, immediately sending shares into a free fall and in possible violation of an agreement reached with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last year. Tesla shares fell nearly 12% in the half hour following his stock price tweets — Read more about Tesla shares fall on Elon Musk “stock price too high” tweet[…]

Elon Musk Tweets ‘FREE AMERICA NOW’ As His Coronavirus Predictions Prove Very Wrong

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Billionaire Elon Musk, America’s dumbest smart guy, spent the night tweeting about how America needs to “reopen” its economy, despite Musk’s failed predictions about the trajectory of the coronavirus crisis. A month ago, Musk insisted that new coronavirus cases in the U.S. would be “close to zero” by the end of April. Well, it’s the Read more about Elon Musk Tweets ‘FREE AMERICA NOW’ As His Coronavirus Predictions Prove Very Wrong[…]

Brave accuses European governments of GDPR resourcing failure

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Brave, a maker of a pro-privacy browser, has lodged complaints with the European Commission against 27 EU Member States for under resourcing their national data protection watchdogs. It’s asking the European Union’s executive body to launch an infringement procedure against Member State governments, and even refer them to the bloc’s top court, the European Court Read more about Brave accuses European governments of GDPR resourcing failure[…]

ThinkPad’s Iconic Nub and Keyboard Comes to Your Desktop – but not mechanical

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ThinkPad’s keyboards have a fiercely loyal following, and for $100 you can keep using the design that time forgot with this detached wireless version that will work any other laptop or computer. The ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II is now available on Lenovo’s website, and it looks like a piece of hardware that dates back over Read more about ThinkPad’s Iconic Nub and Keyboard Comes to Your Desktop – but not mechanical[…]

Three things in life are certain: Death, taxes, and cloud-based IoT gear bricked by vendors. Looking at you, Belkin

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Oh look, here’s another cautionary tale about buying cloud-based IoT kit. On 29 May, global peripheral giant Belkin will flick the “off” switch on its Wemo NetCam IP cameras, turning the popular security devices into paperweights. It’s not unusual for a manufacturer to call time on physical hardware. Like software, it has a lifespan where, Read more about Three things in life are certain: Death, taxes, and cloud-based IoT gear bricked by vendors. Looking at you, Belkin[…]

Apple chucks $3 at iPhone users after killing FaceTime on iOS 6 because it didn’t want to pay connectivity charges after 6 year legal fight

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Apple has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by folks upset the iGiant broke FaceTime overnight on millions of iPhones. The settlement amounts to a few bucks a device, meaning the Cupertino giant almost certainly made a net profit in the process. This week the Tim Cook-led corporation said it would pay $18m [PDF] Read more about Apple chucks $3 at iPhone users after killing FaceTime on iOS 6 because it didn’t want to pay connectivity charges after 6 year legal fight[…]

Zoom admits it doesn’t have 300 million users, corrects misleading claims

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Zoom has admitted it doesn’t have 300 million daily active users. The admission came after The Verge noticed the company had quietly edited a blog post making the claim earlier this month. Zoom originally stated it had “more than 300 million daily users” and that “more than 300 million people around the world are using Read more about Zoom admits it doesn’t have 300 million users, corrects misleading claims[…]

Surprise surprise, Xiaomi web browser and music player are sending data about you to China

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When he looked around the Web on the device’s default Xiaomi browser, it recorded all the websites he visited, including search engine queries whether with Google or the privacy-focused DuckDuckGo, and every item viewed on a news feed feature of the Xiaomi software. That tracking appeared to be happening even if he used the supposedly Read more about Surprise surprise, Xiaomi web browser and music player are sending data about you to China[…]

Sense prevails over money! ICANN finally halts $1.1bn sale of .org registry, says it’s ‘the right thing to do’ after months of controversy

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ICANN has vetoed the proposed $1.1bn sale of the .org registry to an unknown private equity firm, saying this was “the right thing to do.” The DNS overseer has been under growing pressure to use its authority to refuse the planned transfer of the top-level domain from the Internet Society to Ethos Capital, most recently Read more about Sense prevails over money! ICANN finally halts $1.1bn sale of .org registry, says it’s ‘the right thing to do’ after months of controversy[…]

annoying Netsweeper internet filter comes with a pre-auth remote-command execution hole and there’s no patch

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Netsweeper’s internet filter has a nasty security vulnerability that can be exploited to hijack the host server and tamper with lists of blocked websites. There are no known fixes right now. For those unfamiliar, Netsweeper makes software that monitors and blocks connections to undesirable websites and servers. It’s aimed at parents, schools, government offices, and Read more about annoying Netsweeper internet filter comes with a pre-auth remote-command execution hole and there’s no patch[…]