GitHub says goodbye to cookie banners
Microsoft -owned GitHub today announced that it is doing away with all non-essential cookies on its platform. Thanks to this, starting today, GitHub .com and its subdomains will not feature a cookie banner anymore, either. That’s one less cooki.....»»
Disney+ has a new Elton John documentary feature in the works
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances and The Years That Made His Legend is coming to Disney+ to celebrate Elton John's last bow......»»
Disney+ announces a new Elton John documentary feature
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances and The Years That Made His Legend is coming to Disney+ to celebrate Elton John's last bow......»»
AirPods Pro 2 rumors, USB-C on iPhone 15, goodbye to iPod & more on the AppleInsider podcast
On this week's AppleInsider Podcast, there are rumors of an AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods Max refresh this Fall, iPhone 15 is said to be gaining USB-C, Apple is definitely focusing on advertising revenue, Google announces Pixel 7 and Pixel watch, and we.....»»
Google’s new Android Auto interface works with any screen size
Say goodbye to pillar boxes and other weird screen-fit solutions in your car. Enlarge / The many sizes of Android Auto. (credit: Google / Ron Amadeo) Android Auto, Google's car interface app for Android, is getting a new, mor.....»»
GitProtect.io releases Jira backup to bring data protection in the event of any failure or human error
GitProtect.io, a data backup, and recovery software vendor for DevOps ecosystems (GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab) now officially supports Jira Cloud, a widely-used Atlassian issue tracking and project management tool for software development teams. It.....»»
Goodbye, iPod: Apple stops making last model
The iPod Touch is only available "while supplies last." Enlarge / A click-wheel video iPod, perhaps the most iconic iPod model. This one went away a long time ago, but its last living relative's days have come to an end, too. (credit:.....»»
Say goodbye to FIFA and hello to EA Sports FC
EA is losing the FIFA license and changing its football series' name to EA Sports FC......»»
Illinois College, Hit By Ransomware Attack, To Shut Down
Lincoln College is scheduled to close its doors Friday, becoming the first U.S. institution of higher learning to shut down in part due to a ransomware attack. From a report: A goodbye note posted to the school's website said that it survived both Wo.....»»
Heroku Admits That Customer Credentials Were Stolen In Cyberattack
Heroku has now revealed that the stolen GitHub integration OAuth tokens from last month further led to the compromise of an internal customer database. BleepingComputer reports: The Salesforce-owned cloud platform acknowledged the same compromised to.....»»
Twitter"s Decentralized, Open-Source Offshoot Releases Its First Code
Bluesky, Twitter's open-source offshoot, has released early code for a decentralized social network protocol. The Verge reports: The system is dubbed the Authenticated Data Experiment (or ADX) and is available on GitHub for developers to test, althou.....»»
GitHub Will Require All Code Contributors To Use 2FA
GitHub, the code hosting platform used by tens of millions of software developers around the world, announced today that all users who upload code to the site will need to enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023.....»»
The latest GitHub update solves major headaches for developers
Developers will get improvements to pull requests and more as part of GitHub Desktop 3.0......»»
Google rolls out less confusing cookie pop-ups after EU intervention
Google is adding a 'reject all' button to its cookie consent pop-up......»»
Google To Update Cookie Consent Banner in Europe Following Fine
Google has shared a screenshot of its new cookie consent popup. At first, the new popup will be available on YouTube in France. But the company says it plans to roll out the new design across Google services in Europe. From a report: This updated des.....»»
Scientists Invent Device For Optimally Separating Oreos
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: A team of mechanical engineers at MIT recently developed an "Oreometer" to test the optimal way of separating the two halves of an Oreo cookie, so that the wafers and the creme filling inside remained.....»»
Twisting Oreos shows creme filling sticks to one side
Imagine the perfect way to eat an Oreo. Perhaps you twist the top layer, separating the cookie into two parts, and then eat them one by one. Alternatively, you could dunk the treat into milk to soften it just the right amount. Or maybe, if you're a r.....»»
Is GitHub Suspending the Accounts of Russian Developers at Sanctioned Companies?
"Russian software developers are reporting that their GitHub accounts are being suspended without warning if they work for or previously worked for companies under U.S. sanctions, writes Bleeping Computer: According to Russian media outlets, the ban.....»»
GitHub Issues Security Alert After Spotting Misuse of Tokens Stolen from OAuth Integrators
GitHub issued a security alert Friday. GitHub's chief security officer wrote that on Tuesday, "GitHub Security began an investigation that uncovered evidence that an attacker abused stolen OAuth user tokens issued to two third-party OAuth integrator.....»»
Chrome"s "Topics" Advertising System Is Here, Whether You Want It Or Not
slack_justyb writes: After the failure of the Chrome user-tracking system that was called FLoC, Google's latest try at topic tracking to replace the 3rd party cookie (that Chrome is the only browser to still support) is FLEDGE and the most recent dro.....»»
Chrome’s “Topics” advertising system is here, whether you want it or not
Nightly Chrome canary builds can now track user interests and run ad auctions. Enlarge / The Privacy Sandbox settings. (credit: Google) Google is on a quest to kill the third-party web cookie, which is often used by advertise.....»»