Yahoo gets their breaches in a bunch
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Yahoo gets their breaches in a bunch | |
| Number | 2862 |
| Broadcast Date | SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 |
| Episode Length | 48:45 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Justin Robert Young |
The scoop behind Yahoo’s 500 million account breach and Lenovo’s inability to run Linux on some laptops. Plus Justin Robert Young and Tom Merritt discuss Twitter’s ability to predict elections.
Guest
Top Stories
- NuTonomy's self-driving cars in Singapore can now be hailed with ride hailing service Grab! As long as your traveling within the 1.5 square mile area called North One. Now here are some more top stories.
- Yahoo reported Thursday that data on 500 million user accounts was accessed without authorization in 2014. Yahoo believes it was a state-sponsored actor. Yahoo says the data accessed may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and hashed passwords but may not have included unprotected passwords, payment card data or bank account information. Yahoo began sending affected users an email starting at 11:30 AM Pacific this morning. It also will ask those who haven't updated passwords since 2014 to do so.
- Elon Musk tweeted Thursday about an October 29th announcement in the San Francisco area of a "new Tesla/SolarCity solar roof with integrated Powerwall 2.0 battery and Tesla charger." This sounds like the realization of details from Musk's Master Plan, Part Deux for Tesla released in July. Solar City and Tesla plan to merge but the deal has not closed yet.
- Online dating site Tinder announced a new app for Apple's iMessage App Store called Tinder Stacks. The app lets users create simple polls with images stacked on top of each other. Users "swipe" right or left to indicate their opinion on each image. An example poll would ask friends what outfit they like for a night out. Users must install the Tinder app to take advantage of Tinder Stacks.
- Cuba announced it plans to install WiFi on the 8km-long Malecon seafront. It would become the largest hotspot on the island. The government has installed dozens of hotspots in the past year charging $2 an hour. The average state salary in Cuba is approximately $25 a month.
- Microsoft aren't forcing Lenovo to block free operating systems
- Lenovo denies deliberately blocking Linux on Windows 10 PCs
- Reports abound that Lenovo is blocking Linux. That's not what's happening. A supposed "Lenovo Product Expert" is at the root of the confusion. When a user named BaronHK left a review online complaining baout the inability to install Linux on a Lenovo Yoga, the so-called expert wrote "This system has a Signature Edition of Windows 10 Home installed. It is locked per our agreement with Microsoft." Lenovo has since told TechRepublic it does not block operate=ing systems on its devices.
Here's what's actually happening:
A vendor can choose— as Lenovo did— to set up RAID mode on SSDs under Windows 10 Signature edition. Intel has not submitted patches to Linux to support this RAID mode. Lenovo's installation doesn't allow you to change from RAID back to standard mode. Matthew Garrett suspects this may be to force Intel's power management to be used instead of Microsoft's since Microsoft doesn't yet support good power management for recent Intel hardware. So it's up to you. Blame Lenovo for choosing not allow non-RAID mode. Blame Intel for not issuing patches for the RAID mode. Or blame Microsoft for not supporting Intel's new power management Plenty of blame for everyone!
- Reports abound that Lenovo is blocking Linux. That's not what's happening. A supposed "Lenovo Product Expert" is at the root of the confusion. When a user named BaronHK left a review online complaining baout the inability to install Linux on a Lenovo Yoga, the so-called expert wrote "This system has a Signature Edition of Windows 10 Home installed. It is locked per our agreement with Microsoft." Lenovo has since told TechRepublic it does not block operate=ing systems on its devices.
- ReCode reports its sources say Verizon is in advanced talks to acquire video startup Vessel. Vessel is run by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar. Vessel has been allegedly working on a new product described as “Snapchat-like,” with image filters and other features. Recode's Peter Kafka points out Verizon has listed video among the main reasons for acquiring AOL and soon Yahoo.
Discussion
- Twitter beats national polls for election predictions, prof claims
- Nick Beauchamp
- Predicting and Interpolating State-Level Polls Using Twitter Textual Data
- Predicting and Interpolating State-level Polls using Twitter Textual Data
Messages
- Hey Tom & the DTNS crew -
Here's my theory on all the Made by Google advertising happening lately. I'm predicting that when the Pixel phones are revealed, they will also come with a new "Pixel" OS: Google's very own branch of Android. It will be made specifically for the new (and future) Pixel phones and will contain some software features exclusive to the line. Google will still continue to update and produce Android - but its market will specifically be non Google made hardware.
By tying the OS to the hardware - like Apple - Google will be able to control the entire experience, and ensure that each year - when the new version of Pixel OS comes out, it will roll out to previous Pixel phones as well as that year's new model.
I use both iOS and Android (iphone 6 and Nexus 5X) and as much as I love Android - the upgrade process has gotten nuts. By creating their own ecosystem and controlling it completely, they may have a chance of competing with iOS for market share.
Thanks for the show, keep up the good work! - Sent by David B in pleasant Cayucos
- Hey Tom & the DTNS crew -
YouTube
Links
| Preceded by: "Motion Sickness or Regular Sickness?" |
Yahoo gets their breaches in a bunch |
Followed by: "TBD" |