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Hackers could have snuck malware past several popular third-party Mac security tools thanks to a mistake in how the tools were implementing Apple digital certificate APIs. iTunes makes total sense now
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Kent Sharkey wrote: snuck
There's no such word!
Motherboard should be ashamed of themselves.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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"Pitts found that he could bundle malicious files with legitimate Apple-signed code and effectively make the malware look like it was signed by Apple."
There was no sneaking involved. The thief just says "I'm with him" and security shrugs and says "okay." Once again Apple's API is totally borked, but everyone pretends it's a documentation issue.
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Researchers have developed a new system designed to tackle complex objects and workflows on Big Data platforms. I like big data, I cannot lie
But they don't answer the most important question: Elder or Younger? Are we dealing with, "The only certainty is that nothing is certain." or "To name the man is to say all!"
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Overhaul would bring chilling effects, costs, and legal uncertainty along for the ride. If memes are outlawed, only outlaws will add text on pictures of cats?
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Summit, the US's new supercomputer, is more than twice as powerful as the current world leader. But can you play FreeCell on it?(or DOOM, even?)
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Repo....[^] Nope, I won't say it! 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yeah, sorry. I've been a little out of touch.
More than normal, of course. 
TTFN - Kent
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400 gallons of water per minute are used to keep it cool.... And I am sure some govt agency will be pounding on that to do climate change studies.... oh the ironicies!
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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The buzz around NoSQL databases has quieted. Does that mean NoSQL usage is waning, or that NoSQL has become such a part of the IT landscape that we almost don't notice it anymore? All the DBAs I know really care about 'cool'
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The article could be comfortably reduced to the following:
Quote: The buzz around NoSQL databases has quieted. Does that mean NoSQL usage is waning, or that NoSQL has become such a part of the IT landscape that we almost don't notice it anymore?
It might be either or both, I don't actually know.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have designed a new technique for spotting nasty personal attacks on social media networks like Instagram. Now how am I going to extort people's lunch money?
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Trust Kent to push out a message like this, its just typical of such a %@%ing *@$&€! (insert other Asterix-style insults here).
(Sorry couldn't resist)
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Australian scientists taught bees the concept of zero — something human children struggle with. "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day."
It was either that, or a Jon Snow reference.
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"The Connectomic Revolution: What the Insect Brain Can Tell Us About Ourselves
A Conversation with Andrew Barron" [6.12.18] Edge
An excellent article on the current multi-disciplinary study of cognition, and, possibly, consciousness, of honeybees: [^]
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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The Developer Ecosystem survey aims to reveal which technologies are trending today, how languages are evolving, and which tools developers are adopting the most. "The more things change, the more they stay the same"
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The company says the forums will no longer provide technical support for older Microsoft Products, though it still encourages users to use it and interact with each other. Did they ever?
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This is excellent: the staff can now devote 100% of their time to not answering users' questions on the latest products.
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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I'm amazed - I never realised they had actual people posting the "canned response which makes it blindingly obvious that you haven't even read the question" responses. 
public class MicrosoftAnswersBot
{
public string GetResponseToQuestion(string detailedQuestion)
{
Random rnd = new Random();
switch (rnd.Next(3))
{
case 0: return "(Answer for a completely different question about a totally different product.)";
case 1: return "Try creating a new account, and losing all of your settings and associated benefits.";
default: return "Try resetting your computer, and losing all of your programs, files and data.";
}
}
}
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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There's a worldwide race to dominate quantum computing, and two new pieces of legislation might help the US claim the lead. A government of the quantum, by the quantum, and for the quantum (and a cat in every box)
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I think they have already reached the quantum state (just have a look to the soapbox or the news over the world):
50% think the POTUS is a moron, the other 50% think he is a genius.  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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The FCC's decision to overturn Obama-era net neutrality protections goes into effect today, giving internet service providers leeway to block, throttle and prioritize websites and content. Sky unfalling (for now)
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Gitlab told Motherboard that the company gained 50,000 new projects in the lead up to Microsoft's announcement that it acquired Github New marketing strategy: get Microsoft to buy your competitors!
All the news happens when I'm on vacation
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Microsoft's next press release: "We are proud to announce that 20,000 whiners have left Github."
I'm genuinely curious how many dead projects both sites are hosting. For these purposes, I'll define dead as not being updated in five years. Yeah, there's probably a quick way to find out, but I'm too lazy.
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