Tekserve has been in New York City, on 23rd Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenue, for nearly thirty years. Today will be its last. This morning, Tekserve began a live auction selling off everything in its store, including the private collection of its co-founder, Dick Demenus.
Source: Gizmodo – Take One Last Tour of Tekserve, New York’s ‘Original Apple Store’
Android Nougat has officially dropped
and now the wait begins. If you’re the impatient type, however, you can skip ahead and download the latest Android hotness right now.
Source: LifeHacker – Skip the Line and Upgrade Your Nexus to Android Nougat Right Now
Recently released code that exploits Cisco System firewalls and has been linked to the National Security Agency can work against a much larger number of models than many security experts previously thought.
An exploit dubbed ExtraBacon contains code that prevents it from working on newer versions of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), a line of firewalls that’s widely used by corporations, government agencies, and other large organizations. When the exploit encounters 8.4(5) or newer versions of ASA, it returns an error message that prevents it from working. Now researchers say that with a nominal amount of work, they were able to modify ExtraBacon to make it work on a much newer version. The finding means that ExtraBacon poses a bigger threat than many security experts may have believed.
(credit: SilentSignal)
The newly modified exploit is the work of SilentSignal, a penetration testing firm located in Budapest, Hungary. In an e-mail, SilentSignal researcher Balint Varga-Perke wrote:
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Source: Ars Technica – NSA-linked Cisco exploit poses bigger threat than previously thought
Just FYI, there is a sale on Steam right now that has The Witcher 3 marked down to $24.99 for the game and $50.24 for the game plus the expansion pass. If you are like me and want a great deal, AND a physical copy of the game, you can head on over to Amazon and get The Witcher 3 Complete Edition for $39.99 if you pre-order with Prime.
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Source: [H]ardOCP – The Witcher 3 On Sale
Nose hair is a problem a lot of people have but, for some reason, few people take care of. For a limited time, score this Panasonic nose hair trimmer for just $10, and you can be one of those people doing something about it. Harambe didn’t die so you could look like The Missing Link.
Source: LifeHacker – Look Like a Normal, Human Person Again with This Nose Hair Trimmer
Hey, remember that animated Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover that was announced at Comic-Con? Well, now Comic Book Resources has the first issue’s various covers, providing our first look at the new miniseries, and while they are all very different, they’re all great.
Source: io9 – The First Good Look at the New Batman: The Animated Series/TMNT Comic Team-Up
With the release of Android Nougat this week, Google’s mobile VR platform Daydream couldn’t be far behind. And that indeed seems to be the case, as Bloomberg reports that Daydream will launch in the “coming weeks.” You can also expect some brand new…
Source: Engadget – Google’s Daydream VR could debut in the next few weeks
We’ve talked extensively about the missing headphone jack on the upcoming iPhone. While some say that the move will ruin user experience — something that has already started to seem that way in the real world — a few argue that someone needs to push the needle to move the technology forward. Now Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has something to say about the missing legacy audio jack as well. He is asking Apple to fix the Bluetooth first if the company intends to give users to move to wireless headphones. From a Financial Review report: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has warned Apple is going to frustrate a lot of customers if it removes the headphone jack from the upcoming iPhone 7. […] Customers wanting to use their existing, wired earbuds and headphones might have to buy an adaptor that attaches to the iPhone’s Lightning port, or to whatever port does remain on the phone. “If it’s missing the 3.5mm earphone jack, that’s going to tick off a lot of people,” Mr Wozniak told The Australian Financial Review. “I would not use Bluetooth … I don’t like wireless. I have cars where you can plug in the music, or go through Bluetooth, and Bluetooth just sounds so flat for the same music.” Mr Wozniak said he would probably use the adaptor to connect his existing earphones to his next iPhone, and said that, like many other users he is attached to the accessories that he uses alongside the phone. “Mine have custom ear implants, they fit in so comfortably, I can sleep on them and everything. And they only come out with one kind of jack, so ”ll have to go through the adaptor,” he said. “If there’s a Bluetooth 2 that has higher bandwidth and better quality, that sounds like real music, I would use it. But we’ll see. Apple is good at moving towards the future, and I like to follow that.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Steve Wozniak Says Apple Must Fix iPhone 7 Bluetooth Or Revive Its Headphone Jack
Who’s the ultimate Roadhog? Whose death hook is quicker to clamp, more precise, a surer vice of animal ferocity around the entrails of enemies? In a tug-of-war of barbed hooks and scrap metal dominance, I’ve decided that it’s me, and not that other Roadhog on the enemy team.
Source: Kotaku – Roadhog Vs. Roadhog Is The Most Savage Overwatch Match-Up
My love for sushi ginger borders on obsessive, and have been known to go out to sushi just to satisfy my pickled ginger craving. This is unnecessary though, because you can make delicious, perfect gari in the comfort of your own kitchen.
Source: LifeHacker – Make Your Own Restaurant-Worthy Sushi Ginger, Right Down to the Color
There’s a lot to learn from the Cykelhuset Oboy! in Malmo. There is!
Source: TreeHugger – It’s not an apartment building, it’s a bicycle house
Enlarge / WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepares to speak from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy on February 5, 2016 in London, England. (credit: Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
Even as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sits trapped in the Ecuadorean embassy, the WikiLeaks website continues to publish the secrets of various governments worldwide.
But that’s not all it’s publishing. A report today by the Associated Press highlights citizens who had “sensitive family, financial or identity records” published by the site.
“They published everything: my phone, address, name, details,” said one Saudi man whose paternity dispute was revealed on documents published by the site. “If the family of my wife saw this… Publishing personal stuff like that could destroy people.”
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Source: Ars Technica – New report highlights WikiLeaks’ publication of private info
Today marked the release of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided for Windows gamers and there’s signs it might see a native Linux port…
Source: Phoronix – Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Might Be Seeing A Linux Release
Source: Engadget – Tesla ex-partner finds someone else to help with self-driving tech
This is a video of a 19-foot, 3,242-piece domino tower crumbling to the ground. The tower took seven hours of non-stop building to construct and was allegedly only 10 layers away from being the second tallest free-standing domino tower in the world. It’s weird to think that in just seven hours you can build the almost second tallest domino tower in the world. I thought it would have taken much longer than that. We could spend this weekend building a domino tower and claim the record for ourselves. Or — OR — dive into the tower like a pile of raked leaves every time it gets over four feet tall. Honestly, I’m probably going to do that anyways.
Keep going for the video.
Source: Geekologie – Woopsie: 19-Foot Tall Domino Tower Crumbles To The Ground
In 2003, Ion Storm had the unenviable task of releasing a sequel to the critically acclaimed Deus Ex. Released during a time when the intersections of console and PC games were hazy, the end result is Deus Ex: Invisible War. It’s definitely not a good Deus Ex game. But is it as terrible as people say?
Source: Kotaku – Deus Ex: Invisible War Had No Idea How To Be A Deus Ex Game
If you have the flexibility in your schedule to do it, start your day with something creative and inspiring. Maybe it’s that novel or short story you’ve been working on, or a painting, or a craft project. Whatever it is, if you can, give it your first hour. It’s uninterrupted time, and a good start to the day.
Source: LifeHacker – Use the First Hour of Your Day for Creative, Inspiring Work
Sometimes failure isn’t always a bad thing. This 19-foot tall domino tower was only ten layers away from officially becoming the second tallest in the world—but then gravity claimed yet another victim. As heartbreaking it is to see all this hard work go to waste, it’s also pretty cool to watch 241 layers of dominoes, some 3,242 in total, come spectacularly crashing to the ground.
Source: io9 – Watch Gravity Foil This World Record Domino Tower Attempt
Sometimes failure isn’t always a bad thing. This 19-foot tall domino tower was only ten layers away from officially becoming the second tallest in the world—but then gravity claimed yet another victim. As heartbreaking it is to see all this hard work go to waste, it’s also pretty cool to watch 241 layers of dominoes, some 3,242 in total, come spectacularly crashing to the ground.
Source: Gizmodo – Watch Gravity Satisfyingly Foil This World Record Domino Tower Attempt
Parrot’s beginner-friendly drone is finally ready to take to the skies, after we first saw a prototype at CES this year. The Disco eschews the more common quadcopter format for a fixed-wing system that makes taking off as easy as throwing the device…
Source: Engadget – You can buy Parrot’s fixed-wing Disco drone in September
