This Week in Tech 488: Second Life Wife
Hosts: Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Justine Ezarik, Dwight Silverman, and Christina Warren YouTube Rewind, Sony document dump, protected hate […]
Technology
Hardware, Technology
Comcast will bring HBO Go to Roku owners at last
After “several months” of negotiations, Roku and Comcast have ended their unexplained standoff over HBO Go streaming. That means HBO
Security, Software, Technology
Facebook plans to use advanced AI to stop you from putting up embarrassing selfies
Facebook is currently working on advanced Artificial Intelligence which will allow you to ponder on your decision before uploading potentially
Apple, Software
Apple iOS 8.1.2 fixes an issue with disappearing ringtones
Apple’s fifth patch for iOS 8 is now live. iOS 8.1.2 is said to address an issue in which ringtones
Security, Technology
FIDO, the protocol behind Google’s Security Key, expected to lead the anti-password push
Fast Identification Online, or FIDO for short, is the key protocol behind the Google Security Key USB drive announced in
Networking, Technology
Comcast slapped with class-action lawsuit for turning customers’ routers into public hotspots
Comcast’s controversial decision to transform its customers’ wireless routers into public Wi-Fi hotspots has, predictably, landed the company in even
Networking, Security, Technology
Security Now 485: Expensive Lessons
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte Poodle Bites (again!), TURLA – an APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) targeting Linux, and very
Technology
Pirate site The Pirate Bay goes down, then sails for Costa Rica
The original home of The Pirate Bay, probably the Web’s highest-profile site for copyrighted movies, music, and software, is no
Networking, Security
Data sent between phones and smartwatches wide open to hackers
The growing number of smart devices that interoperates with smartphones could leave text messages, calendar entries, biometric data, and other
Networking, Security, Software
Researchers say Poodle can be repurposed to attack TLS, 10 percent of the servers vulnerable
A couple of months after researchers at Google uncovered POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption), a vulnerability in a