Month: February 2020
Fraidycat is a fantastic new app for keeping tabs on your favorite internet gems
Keeping up to speed with the galactic firehouse of daily internet detritus that gets blasted at our eyeballs every minute of every day can be a taxing endeavor. It often involves using RSS readers, Twitter lists, YouTube and Twitch channel notifications, and all-too-frequent email inbox refreshing, among dozens of other…
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Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra is a lot of phone for a lot of money
Let’s talk about money. More specifically, let’s talk about how much things cost. A few years back, the price of flagship smartphones leapt above the $1,000 threshold, owing largely to the cost of screen technology. It’s a tough calculus, but that’s the price of innovation. The rising cost of smartphones…
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Firefox rolls out encrypted DNS over HTTPS by default
In an effort to further protect the privacy of its users online, Firefox has begun rolling out encrypted DNS over HTTPS (DoH) by default for US-based users. The rollout will continue over the course of the next few weeks as Mozilla works to confirm that no major issues are discovered…
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How to Watch Tonight’s Democratic Debate in South Carolina
It’s the last time candidates will meet on the debate stage before Saturday’s South Carolina primary, as well as Super Tuesday. Source
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The Smithsonian has released more than 2.8 million images you can use for free
The Smithsonian Institution is releasing 2.8 million high-res images from its massive collection into the public domain, putting them online for anyone to use and download for free. The open-access online platform will include 2D and 3D images from its 19 museums, nine research centers, archives, libraries, and the National…
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Open Cybersecurity Alliance debuts open source language to tackle fragmentation
The Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA) has launched a new language framework with the aim of tackling fragmentation between cybersecurity tools. The OCA is a consortium of cybersecurity vendors whose members include IBM, Crowdstrike, McAfee and others. The alliance’s new language framework called OpenDXL Ontology is the “first open source language…
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