Newslinx

• Tech Tip: Why Deleted Tweets Still Linger Online - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  Even if you kill a Twitter post from your timeline, a search engine may give it a second life until it updates its index files.
  
• BlackArch Linux A Pentesting Linux Distribution - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  

  When it comes to penetration testing, the best way to go is Linux.

  
  
• How to configure and use PDO for database access on Linux - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  

  PDO is an acronym for PHP Data Objects: it is a PHP extension for interacting with databases through the use of objects.

  
  
• Linux Foundation head proclaims year of Linux desktop - from a Mac - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  

  ITwire: In what could well take the award for the most hypocritical tech statement of the year..

  
  
• CentOS 7 Server Hardening Guide - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  

  With all the vulnerabilities out there, server security hardening has become more important that ever.

  
  
• State of the Art: The iPhone 8: A Worthy Refinement Before the Next Generation - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  Apple’s new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus have a ring of familiarity. But the phones may feel like a solid upgrade from older models because of their new processor.
  
• VirtualBox 5.2 to Let Users Enable or Disable Audio Input and Output On-the-Fly - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  

  The VirtualBox 5.1 maintenance release 28 is here to improve audio support by fixing various issues with both the ALSA and OSS backends

  
  
• How to Install Apache Cassandra NoSQL database on a Single Node Ubuntu 16.04 - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  

  The Apache Cassandra is a distributed NoSQL database management system designed to handle large amounts of data.

  
  
• GNOME 3.26 Released! Check Out the New Features - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  

  Check out the new features in GNOME 3.26.

  
  
• Is Amazon recommending bomb ingredients? - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  What are Amazon's algorithms recommending when it comes to purchasing the ingredients to make a bomb?
  
• Neo-Nazi site finds home in Iceland - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  The neo-Nazi Daily Stormer site, chased off the internet in the wake of Charlottesville, has found a company willing to host it in Iceland.
  
• Pepe the Frog creator in copyright fight - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  The creator of the cartoon character says it has been hijacked by nationalists.
  
• Internet 'having midlife crisis', says Baroness Lane-Fox - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  Lastminute.com's founder says the internet has done much good but sees "social and economic tensions".
  
• China orders Bitcoin exchanges in capital city to close - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  All Bitcoin exchanges in Beiing and Shanghai must submit plans for winding down operations.
  
• Apple's iOS 11 kills old 32-bit iPhone and iPad apps - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  Apple's latest mobile operating system will not launch several ageing educational apps and games.
  
• Nerf guns can lead to serious eye injuries, doctors warn - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  Medics said they had treated patients with internal bleeding around the eye and blurred vision.
  
• Microsoft Outlook issue fixed - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  Email users across Europe were affected, the technology giant said.
  
• 3 Ways to Change a Users Default Shell in Linux - LinuxToday News
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  

   The shell is a program that accepts and interprets commands

  
  
• Experts discover tomb of Mayan 'God-King' - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  Archaeologists in northwestern Guatemala have uncovered the tomb of a Mayan king that appears to date back to 300-350 A.D.
  
• German World War I submarine discovered intact with 23 bodies inside - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  A submarine used by Germany during World War I was found basically intact off the coast of Belgium.
  
• Back to Saturn? NASA eyes possible return mission as Cassini ends - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  Humanity's light at Saturn has gone out.
  
• Neil deGrasse Tyson says human-caused climate change could doom coastal cities - FOX News
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017
  The United States "might not be able to recover" from climate change if extreme weather events and flooding continue to swamp the country's largest coastal cities, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson told CNN yesterday.
  
• Alert over booby-trapped security software - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  More than two million people downloaded a compromised version of Avast's CCleaner software.
  
• Linux Mint 18.3 to Be Dubbed "Sylvia," Enables HiDPI by Default in Cinnamon 3.6 - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  

  Clement Lefebvre is pleased to announce that the codename of Linux Mint 18.3 will be "Sylvia."

  
  
• Scientists still baffled by mysterious sonic weapon attack on US embassy in Cuba - FOX News
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  As the U.S. government considers closing its embassy in Cuba, scientists remain baffled by the mysterious sonic weapon that was apparently used to target American diplomats in Cuba.
  
• Moon set to block out three planets and the star Regulus in rare 'lunar occultation' - FOX News
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  The Moon will align with three planets and one of the brightest stars visible from Earth tonight in a rare spectacle called lunar occultation.
  
• China Communist Party Youth Twitter account prompts abuse - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  An account in the youth league's name is criticised for hypocrisy, but the league denies it's theirs.
  
• Craig David 'most dangerous' celebrity to search online - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  The research reveals which celebrities give the riskiest search results that could potentially lead fans to malicious websites.
  
• Visitors 'help' Pirate Bay mine virtual cash - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  Many visitors objected when the site hijacked their computer to mine coins for the Monero digital currency.
  
• UK 'biggest audience' in Europe for jihadist web content - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  Britain is the fifth-biggest audience in the world for extremist content, a study finds.
  
• Tech Tip: Outlook for Android, Plain and Simple - NYT > Personal Tech
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  Microsoft’s mobile version of Outlook for the Android platform doesn’t offer text-formatting options, but it does manage your mailbox.
  
• Uber sorry for 'Wife Appreciation Day' promotion - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  The company urged customers to "let your wife take a day off from the kitchen".
  
• Critic's Notebook: The Silent Film Returns — on Social Media - NYT > Personal Tech
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  Though we may still pop headphones in to watch a YouTube rant, social media has cultivated its own mute visual culture.
  
• Google launches India mobile payments app Tez - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  Tez lets users transfer money via an audio signal as well as via the internet.
  
• Google faces lawsuit over removing Gab from Play Store - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017
  The free speech network says it has been unfairly removed from the Android app store.
  
• Will Germany's new law kill free speech online? - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 17 Sep 2017
  It's called "NetzDG" and critics worry that it will push social networks to delete posts - even if they are entirely legal.
  
• Snapchat blocks Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 17 Sep 2017
  Snapchat has been caught up in an international row between Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
  
• Undercover reporter confronts spam text message pair - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 17 Sep 2017
  The men boasted about being the biggest distributors of nuisance text messages in the UK.
  
• Staying safe online at 'big school' - BBC News - Technology
  Sun, 17 Sep 2017
  Are new secondary school students and their parents ready for the next level of social media?
  
• Equifax data breach: Credit rating firm replaces key staff - BBC News - Technology
  Sat, 16 Sep 2017
  Data on up to 143 million people may have been exposed when hackers hit the credit report giant.
  
• Nigel - the robot that could tell you how to vote - BBC News - Technology
  Sat, 16 Sep 2017
  Could artificial intelligence save democracy or should human politicians put limits on it?
  
• Tech Tip: Scheduling Your Smartphone for a Little Peace and Quiet - NYT > Personal Tech
  Fri, 15 Sep 2017
  If you need a break from the constant stream of alerts, notifications and calls, check your device’s settings for a Do Not Disturb feature.
  
• Gorgeous, majestic white giraffes spotted, captured on video for first time ever - FOX News
  Fri, 15 Sep 2017
  A pair of rare white giraffes were spotted in Kenya and captured on film for the first time ever.
  
• The museum where retro video gamers meet up - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 15 Sep 2017
  The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge has an archive of more than 10,000 games.
  
• Roman swords unearthed at ancient cavalry barracks near Hadrian's Wall - FOX News
  Fri, 15 Sep 2017
  Roman swords are among a treasure trove of stunning artifacts found at the site of an ancient cavalry barracks in the U.K.
  
• Biblical prophecy claims the world will end on Sept. 23, Christian numerologists claim - FOX News
  Fri, 15 Sep 2017
  Christian numerologists claim that the world will end on Sept. 23, 2017 as they believe a planet will collide with Earth.
  
• Giant, dinosaur-eating crocodile discovered in Texas - FOX News
  Fri, 15 Sep 2017
  A giant, 20-foot long crocodile from the Cretaceous Period has been discovered in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas.
  
• Facebook to trim advert categories aimed at 'anti-Semites' - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 15 Sep 2017
  Adverts could be directed towards people who described themselves as anti-Semitic, find researchers.
  
• Burger robot rolled out to US restaurants and other news - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 15 Sep 2017
  BBC Click's Stephen Beckett looks at some of the best of the week's technology news stories.
  
• UN warning on growing digital 'chasm' - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 15 Sep 2017
  Developed nations are pulling ahead of developing nations thanks to technology, says a UN report.
  
• In Amish Country, the Future Is Calling - NYT > Personal Tech
  Fri, 15 Sep 2017
  Some members of the famously tech-shunning sect have begun to incorporate cellphones and computers into their lives, raising unique questions about the balance between work and home.
  
• Kaspersky cyber-security chief urges customers to stay - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 14 Sep 2017
  The chief executive of the Russian cyber-security firm says Americans should not distrust his firm.
  
• Tech Tip: Spotting the Phish in a Sea of Email - NYT > Personal Tech
  Thu, 14 Sep 2017
  Scammers constantly change their tactics to try to fool you into clicking into their clutches, so be aware of hidden links in spam.
  
• Google sued over 'sex discrimination' - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 14 Sep 2017
  Three former employees say Google pays women less than men for comparable work.
  
• Moona pad keeps pillow cold all night - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 14 Sep 2017
  A device that keeps your pillow cool all night by pumping it full of cold water is being developed.
  
• Tech Tip: Choosing a Simple Smartphone Solution - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017
  Hardware and software that declutters the phone screen and makes it easier to use can be a big help for nontechnical users.
  
• Tech We’re Using: How to Keep on Top of Technology When You Write About It - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017
  Nick Wingfield, a New York Times technology reporter who writes about Amazon and Microsoft, discusses the tech he’s using.
  
• Noted: Everyone Is Trying to Outdo Each Other With Cute Wi-Fi Names - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017
  DropItLikeItsHotspot, Abraham Linksys — if all you have is a chain of letters and numbers, you’re not living.
  
• Critic's Notebook: At the Apple Keynote, Selling Us a Better Vision of Ourselves - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 12 Sep 2017
  Apple’s annual program is an odd streaming TV event: an extended commercial that the faithful watch willingly.
  
• Nasa tests new Dream Chaser spacecraft and other news - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017
  BBC Click's Marc Cieslak looks at some of the best of the week's technology news stories.