Google’s controversial “zero-day dropping machine,” Project Zero, which automatically outs your bugs after 90 days, will now give up to 14 day’s leeway.
Daily Archives: February 16, 2015
Microsoft pulls PowerPoint-killing patch KB2920732
The latest in a series of Microsoft patch failures rendered PowerPoint inoperable on devices running Windows RT.
News flash: hacker turns Apple’s Lightning connector into a jailbreak conductor
A French hacker says he’ll soon be making modified Lightning connector cables that will give Apple iOS jailbreakers a better view inside their iDevices.
US wireless carriers now legally have to unlock our phones
US mobile phone owners have regained their freedom: we can now legally unlock our phones and take them to another network carrier. 
Memex – DARPA’s search engine for the Dark Web
Memex is like the Google of the deepest, darkest parts of the web, focusing (for the moment) on tackling human trafficking and slavery.
Are Miami cops really flooding Waze with fake police sightings?
An NBC affiliate seems to think so, but others are dubious. Miami’s finest would have to be lacking in tech smarts to think they could game the Google app.