Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store https://twitter.com/element_hq/status/1355290296947499013
X (formerly Twitter)
Element on X
Google have suspended Element in the Play Store without notifying us; we're reaching out to find out what's going on. Apologies for the inconvenience; in the interim there's https://t.co/aaZ9qXz69W but it's a few versions behind. We'll post updates here.
Dark Patterns at Scale: Findings from a Crawl of 11K Shopping Websites (2019) https://webtransparency.cs.princeton.edu/dark-patterns/
Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal https://signal.org/blog/help-iran-reconnect/
Signal
Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal
Just over a week ago, we announced that Iranian censors had started blocking all Signal traffic in the country. As an interim solution to help people in Iran get connected again, we’ve added support in Signal for a simple TLS proxy that is easy to set up…
The man who produced Steve Jobs’ keynotes for 20 years (2018) https://www.cake.co/conversations/jNZlq6j/the-man-who-produced-steve-jobs-keynotes-for-20-years
The Elements of Computing Systems, Second Edition https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/elements-computing-systems-second-edition
MIT Press
The Elements of Computing Systems
A new and extensively revised edition of a popular textbook used in universities, coding boot camps, hacker clubs, and online courses.The best way to underst...
Paul Taylor, the engineer who created the TTY machine for the deaf, has died https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2021/02/he-died-in-portland-his-legacy-of-helping-the-deaf-communicate-with-the-world.html
OregonLive
TTY innovator died in Portland, leaving legacy of helping the deaf communicate
Paul Taylor, born deaf, was an engineer who worked to create technology to allow deaf people to communicate, first with each other and then the world.
A stroll through the archives of Editor & Publisher https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/02/thanks-to-the-internet-archive-the-history-of-american-newspapers-is-more-searchable-than-ever/
Nieman Lab
Thanks to the Internet Archive, the history of American newspapers is more searchable than ever
A stroll through the archives of Editor & Publisher shows an industry with moments of glory and shame — and evidence that not all of today's problems are new.
Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with one update https://blog.malwarebytes.com/android/2021/02/barcode-scanner-app-on-google-play-infects-10-million-users-with-one-update/
Malwarebytes
Barcode Scanner app on Google Play infects 10 million users with one update | Malwarebytes Labs
In a single update, a popular barcode scanner app that had been on Google Play for years turned into malware.
Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Other Companies https://medium.com/@alex.birsan/dependency-confusion-4a5d60fec610
Medium
Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Dozens of Other Companies
The Story of a Novel Supply Chain Attack
Beej's Guide to Network Programming (1994-2020) https://beej.us/guide/bgnet/html/
MasterCard to open up network to cryptocurrencies https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currency-mastercard/mastercard-to-open-up-network-to-select-cryptocurrencies-idUSKBN2AA2WF
Dyson air purifier outperformed by cheap DIY box fan filter in Marketplace test https://www.cbc.ca/1.5900782
CBC
Is an $800 purifier best to clean your home's air? Marketplace tested 5 top brands and their claims | CBC News
A CBC Marketplace investigation has found out just how effective air purifiers are at cleaning the air in your home at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is forcing us all to spend more time indoors.
Shitbowl: The algorithmically powered in-home physical caching platform https://www.shitbowl.com/
Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-apple-epic-games-antitrust/epic-games-takes-apple-fight-to-eu-antitrust-regulators-idUSKBN2AH0MO
U.S.
Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint
Fortnite creator Epic Games has taken its fight against Apple to European Union antitrust regulators, escalating its dispute with the iPhone maker over its App Store payment system and control over app downloads.
There’s no such thing as “a startup within a big company” https://hunterwalk.medium.com/why-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-startup-within-a-big-company-c3003615f3bc
Medium
Why There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Startup Within a Big Company’
You will never be able to take the brand risks, the legal risks, or the partnerships risks that a true startup can
Judge: Citibank isn't entitled to $500M it sent to various creditors last August https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/citibank-just-got-a-500-million-lesson-in-the-importance-of-ui-design/
Ars Technica
Citibank just got a $500 million lesson in the importance of UI design
Citibank was trying to make $7.8M in interest payments. It sent $900M instead.
Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ
YouTube
Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars!
Watch an epic journey unfold on Thursday, Feb. 18 as our Perseverance rover lands on Mars. To reach the surface of the Red Planet, the rover has to survive the harrowing final phase known as Entry, Descent, and Landing.
Only then can the rover – the biggest…
Only then can the rover – the biggest…