26 discoveries · Hand-picked discoveries from the open web, newest first.
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One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet
Google says one of its Android manufacturing partners secretly built a backdoor in 1.3 million devices and turned them into a botnet. The company says it has now dismantled the backdoor and "cut ties" with the manufacturer, the Shenzhen, China-based Videostrong Technology Co., which has been banned from building or selling certified Android devices or […]
The Verge · EN
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Googling "Zelda" today offers a glimpse of how search worked in 1998
"The flow of time is always cruel."
Ars Technica · EN