Newslinx

• Fortnite Chapter 2: First glimpse of new season after map wiped out by asteroid - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 15 Oct 2019
  Season 11 or Chapter 2 is now live with a new map and updated gameplay.
  
• Harley-Davidson puts the brakes on electric bike - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 15 Oct 2019
  The company halts production of the LiveWire after finding a glitch in its charging system.
  
• Humans will never live on another planet, Nobel Laureate says. Here's why. - FOX News
  Tue, 15 Oct 2019
  Here's the reality: We're messing up the Earth and any far-out ideas of colonizing another orb when we're done with our own are wishful thinking. That's according to Michel Mayor, an astrophysicist who was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics this year for discovering the first planet orbiting a sun-like star outside of our solar system.
  
• Major SUDO Vulnerability Disclosed : Patch Your Systems NOW! - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 15 Oct 2019
  

  When sudo is configured to allow a user to run commands as an arbitrary user via the ALL keyword in a Runas specification, it is possible to run commands as root by specifying the user ID -1 or 4294967295.

  
  
• Bone fragments sent for DNA testing to determine possible link to Amelia Earhart - FOX News
  Tue, 15 Oct 2019
  A researcher at the University of South Florida is working to determine if newly discovered bones from a museum on an island in the Pacific belong to Amelia Earhart, the famed aviator who vanished after her plane crashed in 1937.
  
• Electronic devices 'need to use recycled plastic' - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 15 Oct 2019
  Consumers need to demand electronic devices that use recycled plastic, campaigners say.
  
• Government dodges 'full fibre for all by 2025' pledge - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  Gigabit broadband is promised but the government neither says it must be full-fibre nor sets a deadline.
  
• China's Study the Great Nation app 'enables spying via back door' - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  Study the Great Nation could be used to monitor phone-users' activity, a security firm warns.
  
• Vodafone error sees customers hit by thousands in charges - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  Glitch sees customers abroad hit with thousands of pounds of charges and unable to use their phones.
  
• Eritrea - where ATMs are unknown and Sim cards are like gold dust - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  A BBC team gets rare access to Eritrea, often described as one of the most repressive states in Africa.
  
• Robotic inspectors developed to fix wind farms - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  Scientists develop fully autonomous robots that could end the need for workers to scale dangerously-tall wind turbines.
  
• Fortnite: Map blown up and replaced with black hole - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  Fortnite's Twitter page is running a livestream of a black hole to mark the end of season 10.
  
• How tech changed the way DreamWorks animates - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  Improved computer processing has allowed artists to add a great level of detail to their films.
  
• Shooting drones out of the sky with Phasers - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  Cheap drones can defeat modern air defences, as shown by the attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
  
• Death threats for cryptocurrency 'scam' whistleblower - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  Jen McAdam, from Glasgow, was threatened after speaking out about the OneCoin cryptocurrency.
  
• Food writer Jack Monroe 'loses £5,000 in phone-number hijack' - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  Jack Monroe's bank and PayPal accounts were used after her mobile phone number was hijacked.
  
• PostgreSQL 12 boosts open source database performance - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  

  Widely used open source PostgreSQL database platform gets a major update providing users with new SQL query capabilities for JSON and improved performance.

  
  
• Space 'elevator' to the Moon could happen by the end of the century - FOX News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  A "space elevator" to travel from the Earth to space may soon be a reality.
  
• 10 Ways to Customize Your Linux Desktop With GNOME Tweaks Tool - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  

   ITSfoss: GNOME Tweaks is a versatile tool that lets you customize many aspects of your GNOME desktop.

  
  
• Moon ice could be billions of years old, study suggests - FOX News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  It's long been established that the Moon contains significant amounts of ice and water, including frozen water found on the lunar surface last year. Now, a new study suggests that the ice could be billions of years old and come from different sources.
  
• Huge 111-foot asteroid to skim past Earth at 22,000 mph, space rock’s ‘closest encounter for 115 years’ - FOX News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  A huge asteroid is about to skim past Earth at its closest approach in 115 years.
  
• Humpback whales use 'bubble nets' to catch prey, video shows - FOX News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  A remarkable set of images show humpback whales near Alaska using an unconventional method to catch their dinner — blowing bubbles.
  
• Colorado bears make splash in swimming pool ahead of winter hibernation, video shows - FOX News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  A couple of bears in Colorado were caught on video enjoying the state’s warm weather last week by crashing a resident’s pool and taking a dip as they prepare for winter hibernation.
  
• Supernova morphs and its shock waves reverse in stunning new NASA video - FOX News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  NASA released a new video that shows how a supernova morphs and moves over a period of 13 years.
  
• Ancient earthen vessel reveals drawing of possible female shaman - FOX News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  An earthenware piece bearing a drawing of a possible female shaman was unearthed during excavation work in western Japan, local officials announced.
  
• 1,000-year-old arrowhead discovered in Norway - FOX News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  An amazingly well-preserved iron arrowhead was found up in the moutains of Hardanger in Norway by a local resident.
  
• Enter the Matrix: Create your own containerized Matrix animation - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  

  How to create the Matrix animation using rootless podman.

  
  
• Accessible automation: How AutoHotkey can enhance your daily routine - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  

  Learn how AutoHotkey can make your sysadmin work much more time-efficient.

  
  
• Bat - A Cat Clone with Syntax Highlighting and Git Integration - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  

  Bat is a cat command clone with advanced syntax highlighting

  
  
• Tails 4.0 Anonymous OS Release Candidate Out Now with Tor Browser 9.0, Linux 5.3 - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  

  Powered by the latest Linux 5.3.2 kernel, Tails 4.0 Release Candidate is packed with up-to-date technologies to better protect your privacy when surfing the Internet

  
  
• Agile project management: 10 mistakes to avoid - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  

  EnterprisersProject: Think agile is all hype, or that it isn't right for you?

  
  
• How to Install and Configure an NFS Server on CentOS 8 - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 14 Oct 2019
  

  With NFS, you can mount remote directories on your system and work with the files on the remote machine as if they were local files.

  
  
• Holy tech! Churches try new ways to connect - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 10 Oct 2019
  Churches are increasingly using social media and specialist software to help reach their congregations.
  
• 'My gaming addiction stops me from having relationships' - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 09 Oct 2019
  James Wisniewski accepts gaming addiction has a negative impact on his life - but he can't stop.
  
• Could blacklisting China's AI champions backfire? - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 08 Oct 2019
  The US move to restrict trade with Chinese AI firms could encourage them to be more independent.
  
• AI could become 'an enemy of the human race' warns expert - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 07 Oct 2019
  Dr Stuart Russell warns that AI could become "too competent" at fulfilling badly-framed goals.
  
• Femtech: Right time, wrong term? - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 07 Oct 2019
  The 'femtech' label for women's health tech is flourishing but not everybody is a fan.
  
• Turning the John Wick movies into a video game - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 07 Oct 2019
  The game, John Wick Hex, translates the film's fast paced combat into a top-down strategy game.
  
• Transhumanism: How far would you go for a body upgrade? - BBC News - Technology
  Sat, 05 Oct 2019
  Meet the "transhumanists" who are pushing the boundaries of technology to implant chips and more into their bodies.
  
• Herculaneum scroll: Shining a light on 2,000-year-old secrets - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 03 Oct 2019
  Scientists in Oxfordshire are trying to decipher scrolls buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79.