No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This https://github.com/Marak/faker.js/issues/1046
Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54873105
BBC News
Covid vaccine: First 'milestone' vaccine offers 90% protection
The vaccine is a "significant step" forward for getting life back to normal, but challenges remain.
Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for years, FTC says https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/zoom-lied-to-users-about-end-to-end-encryption-for-years-ftc-says/
Ars Technica
Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for years, FTC says
Democrats blast FTC/Zoom settlement because users won't get compensation.
Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable Mac computers https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/10/apple-unveils-m1-its-first-system-on-a-chip-for-portable-mac-computers/
9to5Mac
Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for Mac computers
Apple is unveiling its first Apple Silicon Macs today at its event that marks the beginning of the end of Intel inside Apple notebooks and desktops. The first in a family of Apple Silicon chips based on ARM is called the Apple M1 chip. What to know about…
Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/11/m1-macbook-air-first-benchmark/
MacRumors
Apple Silicon M1 Chip in MacBook Air Outperforms High-End 16-Inch MacBook Pro
Apple introduced the first MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini with M1 Apple Silicon chips yesterday, and as of today, the first benchmark of the...
Funkwhale – Decentralized, self-hosted music server https://funkwhale.audio/
www.funkwhale.audio
Funkwhale - A platform for all your audio
macOS unable to open any non-Apple application https://twitter.com/lapcatsoftware/status/1326990296412991489
X (formerly Twitter)
Jeff Johnson (@lapcatsoftware) on X
Hey Apple users:
If you're now experiencing hangs launching apps on the Mac, I figured out the problem using Little Snitch.
It's trustd connecting to https://t.co/FzIGwbGRan
Denying that connection fixes it, because OCSP is a soft failure.
(Disconnect…
If you're now experiencing hangs launching apps on the Mac, I figured out the problem using Little Snitch.
It's trustd connecting to https://t.co/FzIGwbGRan
Denying that connection fixes it, because OCSP is a soft failure.
(Disconnect…
Bypassing Firewalls in macOS Big Sur https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/1327726496203476992
X (formerly Twitter)
Patrick Wardle (@patrickwardle) on X
In Big Sur Apple decided to exempt many of its apps from being routed thru the frameworks they now require 3rd-party firewalls to use (LuLu, Little Snitch, etc.) 🧐
Q: Could this be (ab)used by malware to also bypass such firewalls? 🤔
A: Apparently yes,…
Q: Could this be (ab)used by malware to also bypass such firewalls? 🤔
A: Apparently yes,…
Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, trials show https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/16/moderna-covid-vaccine-candidate-almost-95-effective-trials-show
the Guardian
Hopes of Covid vaccine for more than 1bn people by end of 2021
Moderna becomes second firm to reveal positive results with nearly 95% protection in trials
YouTube-dl's repository has been restored https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing-up-for-developers-youtube-dl-is-back/
The GitHub Blog
Standing up for developers: youtube-dl is back
Today we reinstated youtube-dl, a popular project on GitHub, after we received additional information about the project that enabled us to reverse a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown.
Beirut Port Explosion https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/beirut-port-explosion
forensic-architecture.org
The Beirut Port Explosion
The explosions that ripped through the port of Beirut in 2020 devastated the city, leaving as many as 300,000 homeless. Following calls for an independent investigation, we mapped the contents of the warehouse where the blast originated and the spread of…
Flash Animations Live Forever at the Internet Archive http://blog.archive.org/2020/11/19/flash-animations-live-forever-at-the-internet-archive/
Sega VR Revived: Emulating an Unreleased Genesis Accessory https://gamehistory.org/segavr/
Video Game History Foundation
Sega VR Revived: Emulating an Unreleased Genesis Accessory | Video Game History Foundation
We managed to virtualize Sega’s virtual reality headset without ever touching the hardware!
The Birth of Unix with Brian Kernighan https://corecursive.com/058-brian-kernighan-unix-bell-labs/
CoRecursive Podcast
The Birth of UNIX - CoRecursive Podcast
When you work on your computer, there are so many things you take for granted: operating systems, programming languages, they all have to come from somewhere.In the late 1960s and 1970s, that somewhere was Bell Labs, and the operating system they were building…
Booting from a vinyl record http://boginjr.com/it/sw/dev/vinyl-boot/
Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55056570
BBC News
Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert
Wildlife officials spotted the "unusual" structure while counting sheep, leaving them baffled.
macOS has checked app signatures online for over 2 years https://eclecticlight.co/2020/11/25/macos-has-checked-app-signatures-online-for-over-2-years/
The Eclectic Light Company
macOS has checked app signatures online for over 2 years
Why does it take 2 years to realise that macOS has been checking signing certificate validity online?
I spent eleven years working on this Line Rider track https://delu.medium.com/i-spent-11-years-working-on-this-line-rider-track-96742fc0b709
Medium
I Spent 11 Years Working on This Line Rider Track
I remember when I first discovered Line Rider, that Flash game from 2006 with the simple premise of drawing a track for a sledder to ride…