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Going Linux · Show Notes 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2020 Episodes: May 31: #392 · Accessibility On Linux Once upon a time, there were Linux distributions that focused on the needs of computer users with disabilities. Today's Ubuntu MATE does…

The fabled "Snyder cut" of 2017's Justice League will be released on HBO Max next year.  Warner Bros./HBO Max HBO Max, the HBO-based streaming service packed with extra shows and movies, arrived Wednesday after months of hype. Its arrival also brought some confusion around pretty simple questions: How much will…

TL;DR: We’ve open-sourced a new library, μthenticode, for verifying Authenticode signatures on Windows PE binaries without a Windows machine. We’ve also integrated it into recent builds of Winchecksec, so that you can use it today to verify signatures on your Windows executables! As a library, μthenticode aims to be a…

HBO Max launched in May. Warner Bros./HBO Max HBO Max, the HBO-based streaming service, arrived last month, bringing with it an amped-up library of extra shows and movies as well as some confusion around pretty simple questions: How much will it cost me? Why can't I watch on Roku or Fire…

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s vigor in pursuing initial coin offerings, or ICOs, has become a major boogeyman within the crypto community. Most recently, the case against Telegram ended with that company abandoning its planned open network and Gram tokens, which raised $1.7 billion. The question before the crypto…

OVER THE past few years, the cyber criminal underground has gradually undergone its own industrial revolution as modernisation, innovation and digitalisation processes have taken hold. How are today's businesses fighting back? Liv Rowley focuses on threat intelligence and partnerships. Today, cyber crime is a massive business in its own right.…

Is the United States now so powerful it no longer cares what its European “friends” think? It took dogged research by New Zealander Nicky Hager to uncover a huge world surveillance network, the Echelon system, in operation since the 1980s. His investigations (1) revealed in detail how one of the US’…

Getty The pandemic has impacted all aspects of our lives and careers. On the other side of this disaster, we’ll soon see fast-growing new trends that will dramatically change things. This includes our health, the way we work, where we live, how we consume entertainment, shopping and dining habits.  Working…

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A 1980s teen tech tycoon has teamed up with a one-time international carnivorous plant smuggler and a veterinarian to promote what they claim is a possible vaccine for COVID-19—but experts warn the budding research project could contribute to the flood of misinformation plaguing the coronavirus crisis.The trio co-authored a “study”…