A fix that was made in early June to the GNU C Library (glibc) introduced a new and nastier problem. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes via ZDNet: The first problem wasn’t that bad. As Siddhesh Poyarekar, a Red Hat principal software engineer wrote, “In …
Thousands of Wikipedia Pages Vandalized With Giant Swastikas
Early Monday morning, the Wikipedia pages for a slew of celebrities, writers, and political figures were replaced by full-page spreads of black and white swastikas on a bright red background. The vandalism was reversed within minutes of being noticed b…
‘Folding Phones Are the New 3D TV’
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from Wired, written by Lauren Goode: Samsung’s newest foldables are even more impressive than the folding models that came before them. (The company first started shipping foldable phones in 2019, after years of de…
Rise of Cryptocurrencies Can Be Traced To Nixon Abandoning Gold In 1971
On August 15, 1971, Richard Nixon announced that the U.S. would no longer exchange dollars held by foreign governments for gold. “Shock waves from Washington’s decision to break the link with gold have rippled down the decades,” reports The Guardian. “…
Secret Terrorist Watchlist With 2 Million Records Exposed Online
A secret terrorist watchlist with 1.9 million records, including classified “no-fly” records was exposed on the internet. The list was left accessible on an Elasticsearch cluster that had no password on it. BleepingComputer reports: July this year, Sec…
Sonos Gets Early Patent Victory Against Google Smart Speakers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Sonos scored an early victory in its case against Google Friday, when the US International Trade Commission ruled that Google infringed five of Sonos’ smart speaker patents. The ruling is prelimina…
‘Blue’ Hydrogen Is Worse For the Climate Than Coal, Study Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Most hydrogen today is made by exposing natural gas to high heat, pressure, and steam in a process that creates carbon dioxide as a byproduct. In what’s called “gray” hydrogen, all that carbon diox…
The IBM PC Turns 40
The Register’s Richard Speed commemorates the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the IBM Model 5150: IBM was famously late to the game when the Model 5150 (or IBM PC) put in an appearance. The likes of Commodore and Apple pretty much dominated the…
Boeing Starliner Launch Delayed Again
Boeing’s Starliner astronaut capsule won’t be launching to the International Space Station until it’s gone through “deeper-level troubleshooting” to fix an issue with stuck propulsion system valves, according to a press release from the company. That t…
Zillow, Other Tech Firms Are In an ‘Arms Race’ To Buy Up American Homes
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Zillow is doing a $450 million bond deal to get the money it needs. Opendoor went public via a Chamath Palihapitiya-backed SPAC deal to scale as quickly as it can. Even Rocket Homes is getting into …