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• Girl Scouts of America offers badge in cybersecurity - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 20 Jan 2019
  It's part of a drive to get more girls involved in science, technology engineering and mathematics from a young age.
  
• How to Install Visual Studio Code on Debian 9 - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 20 Jan 2019
  

  Linuxize: Visual Studio Code is a free and open source cross-platform code editor developed by Microsoft.

  
  
• Inkscape 1.0 Open-Source Vector Graphics Editor Is Finally Coming After 15 Years - LinuxToday News
  Sun, 20 Jan 2019
  

  Inkscape is quality SVG editor that runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows systems and can be used to create or edit vector graphics like logos, diagrams, illustrations, charts, and anything else in between.

  
  
• Heathrow: Man charged with flying drone near airport - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 20 Jan 2019
  George Rusu is accused of using a drone on a field near the runway days after a scare at Gatwick.
  
• Get started with Cypht, an open source email client - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 19 Jan 2019
  

  Integrate your email and news feeds into one view with Cyph

  
  
• The Evil-Twin Framework: A tool for testing WiFi security - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 19 Jan 2019
  

  Learn about a pen-testing tool intended to test the security of WiFi access points for all types of threats.

  
  
• What is Small Scale Scrum? - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 19 Jan 2019
  

  Here's how the scrum agile methodology can help teams of three or fewer work more efficiently.

  
  
• Deepin Linux 15.9 Released with Support for Touchscreen Gestures, Faster Updates - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 19 Jan 2019
  

  softpedia: The Deepin 15.9 update is here to add support for multiple touchscreen gestures

  
  
• Using Linux containers to analyze the impact of climate change and soil on New Zealand crops - LinuxToday News
  Sat, 19 Jan 2019
  

  Method models climate change scenarios by processing vast amounts of high-resolution soil and weather data.

  
  
• Mystery of New Jersey 'meteorite’ found in crater on beach solved by astronomer - FOX News
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  A pair of New Jersey sisters were convinced they stumbled upon something "out of this world" during a recent stroll along the beach.
  
• Red Hat Advances Container Technology With Podman 1.0 - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  

  eWEEK: Red Hat's competitive effort to Docker containers hits a major milestone with the release of Podman 1.0, which looks to provide improved performance and security for containers.

  
  
• Researchers use robot to recreate movement of 290-million-old creature that existed before dinosaurs - FOX News
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  Scientists now have an idea of how an ancient creature likely moved thanks to a nearly 300-million year-old-fossil skeleton and a set of well-preserved footprints.
  
• Bald eagle in Missouri found caught in fence may have ingested poison, officials say - FOX News
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  A bald eagle found trapped in a fence this week may have ingested poison used to kill rodents, officials at Missouri zoo where the bird is being treated said.
  
• Hawaii swimmers stealing dead whale's teeth, climbing on body warned to stay away as dozens of sharks swarm - FOX News
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  Swimmers in Hawaii have reportedly stolen a dead sperm whale's teeth and have climbed on its body, state officials said in a warning this week. 
  
• NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures Jupiter's massive storms, revealing planet's 'striking blemish' - FOX News
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  Deep in outer space, two powerful storms brewed near Jupiter's iconic Red Spot.
  
• Revolutionary War powder horn returned to museum it was stolen from in 1952 - FOX News
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  An 18th-century gunpowder container made from an oxen horn has been returned to the Detroit-area museum it was stolen from more than 60 years ago.
  
• GameHub - An Unified Library To Put All Games Under One Roof - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  

  Ostechnix:  GameHub is free, open source gaming platform written in Vala using GTK+3 for GNU/Linux operating systems.

  
  
• World's largest great white shark 'Deep Blue' gives diver a close-up: 'Thought my heart was going to explode' - FOX News
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  Incredible images have surfaced after a diver was spotted swimming alongside the world's largest great white shark, a 20-foot behemoth known as "Deep Blue."
  
• Germany 'considers ban on Huawei' amid global backlash - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  Other countries have barred the Chinese firm from their network infrastructure over security concerns.
  
• Netflix shows Bird Box and Elite drive subscriber growth - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  The streaming giant says the subscriber growth reflects the success of its original programmes.
  
• Zimbabwe blocks Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter amid crackdown - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  A coalition of human rights groups says at least 12 people have been killed in a week of protests.
  
• Timeline: What's going on with Huawei? - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  The Chinese telecoms giant was the focus of international scrutiny even before a senior executive's arrest.
  
• Fortnite predator 'groomed children on voice chat' - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  A man is accused of using the hit video game Fortnite to initiate sexual activity with children.
  
• Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  A security flaw meant many private messages were readable for years said Twitter.
  
• Scientists exploring Antarctic lake buried under 3,500 feet of ice find 'surprising' signs of ancient life - FOX News
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  Researchers exploring a buried lake "twice the size of Manhattan" drilled through 3,500 feet of ice to learn more about the mysterious body of water — and made a stunning discovery along the way.
  
• Your Sweat Will See You Now - NYT > Personal Tech
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  A new device — wearable, wireless and battery free — improves the ability to monitor and diagnose health problems by analyzing the sweat on your skin.
  
• Asteroids have been crushing Earth for nearly 300 million years and no one knows why - FOX News
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  A new study notes that asteroids have been impacting the Earth at triple the rate over the past 290 million years they were previously and scientists aren't sure why.
  
• Are UFO's real? Go inside Project Blue Book, the government's top-secret project about aliens - FOX News
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019
  Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) have long inspired curiosity and speculation, but when did our fascination with UFOs really take off? A new television drama explores the origins of the UFO phenomenon, drawing from the incredible true story of the U.S. government’s decades-long investigation of reported UFO encounters.
  
• Crowdwise: How to Handle the Dreaded ‘Reply All Moment’ - NYT > Personal Tech
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019
  You know that sinking feeling when you accidentally click "Reply All" instead of "Reply?" It's awful. Here's how to handle it, and make sure it never happens again.
  
• Future of airport security on show in London - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019
  A shoe scanner that works on passengers queuing at airport security is on show in London.
  
• YouTube suspends ads on Tommy Robinson channel - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019
  The suspension has been imposed because the channel had broken rules governing adverts, YouTube says.
  
• Facebook tackles Russians making fake news stories - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019
  The pages campaigned for months creating and sharing stories that were fake, said Facebook.
  
• Oxford University suspends Huawei donations and sponsorships - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019
  The institution suspends donations from the Chinese telecoms giant amid continuing spying controversy.
  
• Fake BBC News page used to promote Bitcoin-themed scheme - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019
  The public is warned of an email-based campaign that uses a fake BBC News article to seek funds.
  
• GCHQ sets up all-female cyber-training classes - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019
  The UK's intelligence services say there are too few young women working in cyber-security.
  
• Netflix's Bird Box film contains footage of Lac-Megantic disaster - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019
  Two Netflix productions used stock images of the Lac-Megantic rail disaster in a fictional context.
  
• Google Maps deterring outback tourists, say small firms - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 16 Jan 2019
  Australian authorities complain that Google Maps wrongly makes remote destinations seem inaccessible.
  
• Sofia Coppola to direct Bill Murray in Apple's first film - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 16 Jan 2019
  On the Rocks, starring Bill Murray, will be the tech giant's first venture into feature film-making.
  
• Racing game Forza pulls dances amid Fortnite legal action - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 16 Jan 2019
  Microsoft-owned Forza removes dances as Fortnite faces fresh legal action over dance moves.
  
• US 'probes Huawei for trade secret theft' - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 16 Jan 2019
  The investigation, reported by US media, adds to pressure facing the Chinese technology giant.
  
• Tech Tip: The Easy (and Free) Way to Make a Budget Spreadsheet - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 16 Jan 2019
  With a little time, typing and easy-to-use software, you can quickly see your financial picture much more thoroughly and better plan for the future.
  
• Domino's Pizza app must be accessible to blind people - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 16 Jan 2019
  A blind man had complained that he was unable to change toppings or complete his order online.
  
• Roku U-turn over streaming Alex Jones's InfoWars - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 16 Jan 2019
  Roku bans Alex Jones after initially defending its decision to stream the conspiracy theorist's channel.
  
• London Uber fares go up after electric car charge - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 16 Jan 2019
  The fee will add about 45p to the average London journey, the ride-hailing firm says.
  
• Tech We’re Using: How to Sort Through a Cornucopia of Television Shows - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 16 Jan 2019
  Our assistant TV editor has a state-of-the-art setup for watching shows and movies. But here’s what happens when there can be too much content to choose.
  
• Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei denies firm poses spying risk - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 15 Jan 2019
  The 74-year-old says China has never asked it to share "improper information" about its clients.
  
• What if You Could Literally Talk to The New York Times? - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 15 Jan 2019
  Dan Sanchez, editorial lead for our new voice initiative — which enables you to “hear the news,” straight from Times journalists, via Alexa — answers questions about what that conversation could be like.
  
• Driverless car laser ruined camera - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 15 Jan 2019
  A man took a photo of a lidar sensor system on display at a tech fair and found pink dots on all his photos afterwards.
  
• Nike's phone-controlled self-lacing trainers - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 15 Jan 2019
  Trainers which tighten or loosen automatically are Nike's latest nod to Back to the Future technology.
  
• Upskirting to be crime after Lords back bill - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 15 Jan 2019
  A woman took her campaign to MPs after a man took pictures of her at a gig in London's Hyde Park.
  
• CES 2019: Virtual reality shoes are exhausting to use - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 15 Jan 2019
  A pair of shoes that allows owners to walk about in virtual reality worlds proves exhausting to use.
  
• Proposals for drones to fly at night and over crowds in US - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 15 Jan 2019
  US proposals for relaxing drone laws are in stark contrast to the UK, which plans to tighten rules.
  
• Start-up Bird backs down in electric scooter legal row - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 14 Jan 2019
  A scooter firm has apologised after issuing a journalist with legal threats over an article about its scooters.
  
• Tidal streaming data figures investigated by Norway - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 14 Jan 2019
  Music streaming service Tidal's data is under investigation in Norway over claims some of its listener numbers were inflated.
  
• Tech We’re Using: To Cover China, There’s No Substitute for WeChat - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 09 Jan 2019
  Li Yuan conducts much of her work on the WeChat mobile app, including spotting trends — and prodding sources to get back to her.
  
• Tech Fix: Devices That Will Invade Your Life in 2019 (and What’s Overhyped) - NYT > Personal Tech
  Thu, 03 Jan 2019
  A.I. that responds to your voice. Next-generation wireless networks. If this year’s biggest consumer technology trends have a familiar ring, there’s a reason for that.
  
• Tech We’re Using: Hurricanes. Shootings. Fires. Time for an Editor’s Emergency Kit. - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 02 Jan 2019
  When news of natural disasters or man-made ones break in the U.S., Julie Bloom taps a variety of tools to communicate with reporters, edit stories and get them published.
  
• 5G Is Coming This Year. Here’s What You Need to Know. - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 01 Jan 2019
  The transition to new fifth-generation cellular networks, known as 5G, will affect how you use smartphones and many other devices. Let’s talk about the essentials.
  
• DOMAINS: The Sound of Silence - NYT > Personal Tech
  Fri, 28 Dec 2018
  How many crazy gizmos are needed to achieve your optimum sleep environment?
  
• Tech Fix: The Tech That Was Fixed in 2018 and the Tech That Still Needs Fixing - NYT > Personal Tech
  Thu, 27 Dec 2018
  From Facebook to creepy online ads, the worst tech of the year made the internet feel like an unsafe place to hang out. Yet there were some products that were fixed, our personal tech critic writes.
  
• Tech We’re Using: Digital Privacy Is a Big Concern in Europe. For This Reporter, Too. - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 26 Dec 2018
  When the investigative journalist Matt Apuzzo moved from Washington to Brussels, he noticed that distrust had a different focus. And he adjusted some of his own tech tools.
  
• Advertising: Sharing Data for Deals? More Like Watching It Go With a Sigh - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 25 Dec 2018
  Tech companies say consumers prefer being shown ads that are relevant to them. But a professor’s research shows they trade data for those ads not because of convenience but resignation.
  
• 5 Ways Facebook Shared Your Data - NYT > Personal Tech
  Thu, 20 Dec 2018
  For years, Facebook gave many large technology companies special access to users’ information. Here’s how it worked.
  
• Tech We’re Using: ‘The Effects Cannot Be Overstated’: When Tech Invaded Media - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 19 Dec 2018
  Jim Rutenberg reflects on the convergence of technology with media, and how that has changed his consumption habits and coverage. (Warning: iPhone addiction ahead.)
  
• Tech Tip: How to Rescue, Repair and Revive Old Family Photos - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 19 Dec 2018
  If the march of time is eroding your personal picture archive, give your beloved images new life.
  
• How to Delete Facebook - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 19 Dec 2018
  Lost faith in Facebook after data leakages, breaches and too much noise? Here’s a guide to breaking up with the social network and its photo-sharing app for good.
  
• Tech We’re Using: The Most Important Kitchen Tools This Holiday (or Any Season, Really) - NYT > Personal Tech
  Fri, 14 Dec 2018
  Tech has brought innovation, convenience and smarts to the kitchen. Here’s what Melissa Clark uses and the tools she finds indispensable.
  
• The Fix: Spying on the Dog (or Cat) - NYT > Personal Tech
  Fri, 14 Dec 2018
  Do you really want to know what your pets are doing while you’re away?
  
• Tech Fix: Yes, You Can Be an Ethical Tech Consumer. Here’s How. - NYT > Personal Tech
  Thu, 13 Dec 2018
  Products that we enjoy continue to create privacy, misinformation and workplace issues. We can do better at getting the industry to do better.