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Firefox blacklists Flash player due to unpatched 0-day vulnerabilities | Ars Technica UK

Sebastian Anthony10 years ago10 years ago03 mins

cache hit 1932:single/related:ef52edc7d2f6ab3ca570ea6c629c74e8 empty There’s some drama going down in the Flash camp. Yesterday, because of two unpatched Hacking Team zero-day vulnerabilities, Mozilla blacklisted Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.203, meaning Flash was disabled by default in Firefox. This morning, just a few moments ago, Adobe rushed out version 18.0.0.209, plugging the two vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, over at Facebook, the…

Details Emerge About Victoria Taylor’s Dismissal at Reddit – The New York Times

Mike Isaac10 years ago10 years ago06 mins

Photo Alexis Ohanian, a co-founder of Reddit.Credit Noam Galai/Getty Images for Techcrunch Over the last week, the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of a Reddit employee, a move that led to a huge user uprising and the resignation of the site’s interim chief executive, have been murky at best. Now those details are starting to emerge….

Everything You Know About Boys and Video Games Is Wrong | TIME

Rosalind Wiseman10 years ago10 years ago07 mins

Kids are fed up with Kate Upton. When the ads for Game of War started showing up on my students’ phones last year—they haven’t stopped—many were annoyed. They hated that it was impossible to close the ad, forcing them instead to watch the video until the end. But what really irritated them was Ms. Upton,…

Survey Shows Even Teenage Boys Think Women Are Over-Sexualized in Video Games | The Mary Sue

Dan Van Winkle10 years ago10 years ago05 mins

Dubious game developers and Twitter trolls will now have to look elsewhere for backup when it comes to telling us “SJWs” that there’s nothing wrong with the portrayal of women in video games. A survey found that most teenage boys—despite common wisdom to the contrary—don’t want women to be over-sexualized in their video games. I’ll…

At Long Last, New Horizons Makes a Historic Flyby of Pluto | WIRED

Nick Stockton10 years ago10 years ago08 mins

Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream If all has gone according to plan, by the time you read this, New Horizons will have passed the last unseen planet in the solar system. At 7:49:58 am Eastern, the little spacecraft will pass Pluto at 7,750 miles, a distance just shy of Earth’s diameter, and the closest…

Democrats should have never tried to recall Scott Walker – The Washington Post

Chris Cillizza10 years ago10 years ago08 mins

Scott Walker’s message in his soon-to-be-announced presidential bid is simple: I’m a conservative who has won and won (and won) in a blue state. I’ve talked the talk and walked the walk. In an ad titled, “Scott Walker for America,” the Republican governor from Wisconsin said he’s hoping to “make our country great again.” (Scott…

Greek civil service workers announce 24-hour strike after bailout deal | Daily Mail Online

Sam Tonkin10 years ago10 years ago048 mins

Greece goes on strike: Civil service workers announce 24-hour walkout after government gives in to creditors… as summit insider reveals leaders’ furious rows in tense talks Civil service workers in Greece announced 24-hour strike for Wednesday Union Adedy to protest bailout terms on day parliament votes on measures Eurozone leaders spent all night thrashing out…

Bittersweet Portraits of People in San Francisco Living in Boats, Cars, Garages, Trailers, and Tents – Feature Shoot

Kayla Chobotiuk10 years ago10 years ago02 mins

Chinese born, California based photographer Wenxin Zhang created Goodnight Stories during a time in 2011 when she was a new comer to San Francisco. Feeling anxiety about this new environment and the pressure to be a young adult, she sought after strangers with whom to connect. Taking to the internet, she found a community of…

The Journalists of the Future are Thirsty Motherfuckers

Leah Finnegan10 years ago10 years ago06 mins

The Washington Post today published a nice blow job of a piece on so-called millennial news sites like .Mic, Fusion, and the hilariously named “Ozy.com,” and how these angel-invested content theme parks are capturing the minds of socially interested young ones (are they? they’re not). According to Fusion’s editor, Alexis Madrigal, his site is not…

Deputy Editor – Elite Daily

Elite Daily10 years ago10 years ago08 mins

Main Article Elite Daily is looking for a Deputy Editor who has a knack for developing editorial strategy and managing multiple content related projects. You’ll be reporting directly to the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor. You’ll be responsible for assisting in the development and maintenance of Elite Daily’s sharable, emotionally-driven, and informational content. We’re looking for…

Capitalism and Schizophrenia – Annotated

Nonprofit leaders furious as Chan Zuckerberg Initiative cuts funding

Efforts to Weed Out Fake Users for Online Advertisers Fall Short

The Anxiety of Influencers

Andrew Tate, charged with rape and trafficking in Romania, returns to the U.S.

As measles cases rise in the U.S., some adults may need a vaccine booster : Shots – Health News : NPR

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Firefox blacklists Flash player due to unpatched 0-day vulnerabilities | Ars Technica UK

Everything You Know About Boys and Video Games Is Wrong | TIME

Survey Shows Even Teenage Boys Think Women Are Over-Sexualized in Video Games | The Mary Sue

At Long Last, New Horizons Makes a Historic Flyby of Pluto | WIRED

Democrats should have never tried to recall Scott Walker – The Washington Post

Greek civil service workers announce 24-hour strike after bailout deal | Daily Mail Online

Bittersweet Portraits of People in San Francisco Living in Boats, Cars, Garages, Trailers, and Tents – Feature Shoot

The Journalists of the Future are Thirsty Motherfuckers

Deputy Editor – Elite Daily