Last minute geek

1. Your Facebook data can be snatched by JavaScript trackers
(English/engadget)

Facebook is looking into a security report that reveals Facebook user data can be snatched by JavaScript trackers if they're planted in websites that let users log in with their Facebook credentials. ...

2. Russia Wipes Out Over 17 Million IP Addresses In Efforts to Block Telegram
(English/CircleID)

... the Russian internet: many sites and services unrelated to Telegram are now blocked as part of this Soviet-style exercise in censorship. ... Telegram continues to operate with relative normality and the ...

3. Help wanted: Archivist for the Prince museum at Paisley Park
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... monitoring of all exhibits." According to the job requirements, "Some knowledge of Prince is helpful." From the job listing at the American Alliance of Museums site: RESPONSIBILITIES: Actively work ...

4. Get the WordPress Essentials Lifetime Bundle for just $19
(English/Neowin)

WordPress powers nearly half the world's websites, making it the single most important web platform. This four-course track to mastering the web's most popular platform can be yours for just $19. Read ...

5. You can now visualize the spread of the #MeToo movement using Google Trends
(English/Neowin)

Google has announced "Me Too Rising", a dedicated website which uses data from Google Trends to allow people to visualize the spread of the #MeToo movement and its impact worldwide. Read more... Read ...

6. Amazing photos of sports games combined into single chaotic images
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... photographs are composite,but nothing has been changed, only selected. My subject is the strangeness of time, the exact way people look, and a surprising world that is visible only with a camera. Pelle ...

7. Google disables domain-fronting, removing ability to bypass state-level firewalls
(English/Neowin)

Google is ending a loophole that allowed users to bypass internet censors to access websites and services blocked on a state level, dealing a blow to platforms that have made use of it until now. Read ...

8. eBay app uses barcode scanning to list your items in seconds
(English/engadget)

It's usually a pain to list your goods on an auction or marketplace site, especially if it's your first time. You have to describe them, choose photos and (worst of all) choose a price that will ...

9. TaskRabbit returns following data breach it can't account for
(English/engadget)

Handyman-for-hire app TaskRabbit was the target of a data breach on Monday, resulting in both the app and website being taken offline while the company investigated the apparently intentional attack. Both ...

10. It looks like Facebook is preparing to build its own AI chips
(English/Betanews)

Facebook appears to be looking to design and build its own processors at some point in the future. The social networking giant has posted a job listing on its corporate website looking for a manager to ...

11. TaskRabbit returns after security breach and reveals 'personally identifiable information' was exposed
(English/Betanews)

The CEO of TaskRabbit has informed users that "certain personally identifiable information may have been compromised" in a security incident that saw the website and app taken offline earlier in the week. ...

12. Facebook's login-to-other-sites service lets scum slurp your stuff
(English/TheRegister)

... that lets you sign into third-party sites with a Facebook ID.… Read all  ...

13. Terms of Service; Didn't Read: a browser add-on that warns you about the terrible fine-print you're about to "agree" to
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

ToS;dr is a crowdsourced database of website terms of service; install the associate plugin and your browser will display a letter grade (from A to F) for every site you visit, with subcategories for ...

14. Justin Trudeau's political party wants to decriminalize ALL THE DRUGS
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... safe injection site. At Insite, drug users are provided with clean syringes, alcohol swabs, and all of the other gear they need to use their drug of choice in the safest manner possible. They can shoot ...

15. Chrome now mutes auto-playing videos by default
(English/engadget)

... This should be enough to keep most sites quiet f... Read all  ...

16. Microsoft brings Windows Defender browser extension to Google Chrome
(English/Neowin)

Microsoft has released an extension for Google Chrome that protects your computer from malicious websites by essentially sending your browsing history to Microsoft for URL verification in real-time. Read ...

17. Amazon recruits Best Buy to sell Fire TV Edition smart TVs
(English/engadget)

Best Buy has partnered with Amazon to sell voice-controlled Fire TV Edition branded TVs in its stores and on its website, the companies announced. CEOs Jeff Bezos from Amazon and Best Buy's Hubert ...

18. Microsoft brings Windows Defender Browser Protection extension to Google Chrome
(English/Betanews)

... extension. The add-on offers real-time protection against a variety of online threats such as phishing attacks and malicious websites. As these security options are already available in Chrome, it's not ...

19. The Proprietary Format
(English/WTF)

Have you ever secured something with a lock? The intent is that at some point in the future, you'll use the requisite key to regain access to it. Of course, the underlying assumption is that you actually ...

20. Ancient bad ass had knife for a hand
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... it, likely leather. Other male skeletons found at the site were buried with their arms by their sides, but T US 380 had his right arm placed across his torso, and a knife blade with the butt aligned with ...

21. Google's Safe Browsing now comes integrated into Android apps
(English/engadget)

Google's Safe Browsing can now protect you from phishing attempts and harmful programs even if you're not visiting websites on Chrome. Google Play Protect has added Safe Browsing to WebView, ...

22. Hop to it, bunnies: TaskRabbit breach means new passwords
(English/TheRegister)

Repeat after The Vultures: don't re-use passwords IKEA's TaskRabbit app and Website, which links buyers with people skilled with Allen key experts and other errand-runners, remain offline a day after the ...

23. Glitch makes programming on the web fun again
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... games. You can even embed stuff there on your own site, just like video, though you have to click into the editing tools to get the snippets. Dig in, though, and it turns into a simple but powerful coding ...

24. ARIN Seeks Caribbean candidate for Board of Trustees
(English/CircleID)

... be considered. But the organisation's website specifies that the desired skill set of potential appointees includes demonstrated leadership experience, relevant board experience, and experience in relevant ...

25. Examples of "dark design patterns" -- aka, asshole designs
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Flavio Lamenza, a user experience designer, collected 11 examples of malicious websites, apps, and other designs intended to deceive users. Here's one: It's gross that Apple allows these kinds of apps ...