Website builder Wix acquires art community DeviantArt for $36M
Wix said that it will continue to operate DeviantArt as a standalone site, but it will also use it to boost its own business in a couple of ways.
Wix will open up DeviantArt’s repository of art and creative community to the Wix platform, giving Wix’s users access to that work to use in their own site building.
Google: 99.95% of Recent ‘Trusted’ DMCA Notices Were Bogus
“For example, in January 2017, the most prolific submitter submitted notices that Google honored for 16,457,433 URLs. But on further inspection, 16,450,129 (99.97%) of those URLs were not in our search index in the first place.”
A proactive takedown of a non-existent URL necessarily happens in advance of any determination of whether that URL is infringing, which goes way beyond any legislation currently being demanded.
Router hacker suspect arrested at Luton Airport
"He is accused of being the mastermind behind the attack," Cologne public prosecutor Dr Daniel Vollmert told the Press Association.
Once hijacked, the routers would be used to mount what is known as "distributed denial of service" attacks. These attempt to knock sites and servers offline by sending them more data than they can handle.
PewDiePie's apology sequel: A video about shooting Hitler
Felix Kjellberg, better known by his YouTube identity, PewDiePie, came under fire for allegations of anti-Semitic messages in videos last week.
This time, the video -- titled "I KILL HITLER! *notclickbait*" -- shows him playing a WWII-style first-person-shooter, as he fields calls from "PR" about how killing Nazis in the game is helping to erase modern day Nazis.
Ars Technica Live: What to do when border officials ask for your passwords
What exactly are your rights at the border, and should you really hand over your social media passwords to a customs agent?
If you're curious about your rights at the border, how ICE's future deportations will work, and the longest amount of time any US citizen has been detained by border agents, you need to watch this conversation.
Top Gear teases its new season, starting in March
Hang in there, because the BBC's Top Gear is almost back. Last season ended in some ignominy. Ratings were awful, and Chris Evans took responsibility and duly fell on his sword.
Lest we forget, the magic that was Clarkson, Hammond, and May firing on all cylinders also took some time to develop. Nor is that trio immune to making boring TV, either; there was plenty not to enjoy about The Grand Tour as its season wore on.
Is your child a hacker? Liverpudlian parents get warning signs checklist
The programme, which encourages youngsters to develop useful computer skills, is also informing parents of the signs they may encounter if their children are on the path to becoming cybercriminals.
While readers may be unconcerned that their children are doing illegal things online, Warrington told the Echo that "children as young as eight have gotten involved in hacking, and most often it starts with online gaming."
SpaceX successfully launches rocket after Saturday setback
It was the first mission by the company since one of its vehicles exploded on the launch pad in September.
The company also has a long queue of customers all waiting for a ride to orbit - including America's civil space agency (Nasa), the US military and multiple outfits in the commercial sector.
Op-ed: Mark Zuckerberg’s manifesto is a political trainwreck
Zuckerberg begins by claiming we're in an historic moment similar to "our great leaps from tribes to cities to nations." Then he adds that we need social media to "reach the next level." That next level is some kind of ill-defined global community which will come into being by using Facebook as a platform.
But coming on the heels of his comments about politicians with Facebook engagement, he sounds like he's floating the idea of turning Facebook into the infrastructure for managing elections.
Cloudflare Puts Pirate Sites on New IP Addresses, Avoids Cogent Blockade
Last week the news broke that Cogent, which operates one of the largest Internet backbone networks, blackholed IP-addresses that were linked to several notorious sites including The Pirate Bay.
It seems likely that the change of IP-addresses is an intentional response from Cloudflare to bypass the blocking. The company has a reputation of fighting overreach and keeping its subscribers online so that it would be fitting.