Watching the Parker Solar Probe Launch at 3AM
Skipping the Tesla and Fortnite headlines this week to talk about staying up until 3am to watch NASA's Parker Solar Probe launch, and why the heat shield numbers actually got me.
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The Fortnite Android Scam That's Eating YouTube Right Now
Fortnite for Android is skipping the Play Store, and a wave of fake APK scam sites is already cashing in on the confusion before the real release even lands.
Fortnite Is Skipping the Play Store, and That Should Worry You More Than It Excites You
Fortnite for Android is skipping the Google Play Store entirely, and while it's a smart money move for Epic, sideloaded APKs plus millions of kids searching for download links sounds like a malware problem waiting to happen.
Chrome Just Started Shaming My Old Links
Chrome 68 started flagging every plain-HTTP site as "Not Secure" last week, which sent me down a rabbit hole checking old links on this very blog.
Chrome Just Called My Blog "Not Secure"
Chrome 68 just started marking every plain HTTP page as "Not secure," including this one, so I finally stopped putting off moving techpad to HTTPS.
The $5 Billion Fine and My Old Galaxy Nexus
The EU just hit Google with a $5 billion fine over Android bundling. Here's why that made me think about rooting my old Galaxy Nexus back in 2013, not about the legal fine print.
Checking My Follower Count After Twitter's Bot Purge
Twitter's follower purge made celebrity accounts bleed millions overnight, and it had me refreshing my own tiny follower count for no good reason.
IGTV and My Tired Arm
Instagram launched its standalone IGTV app today with vertical-only, up-to-an-hour video. I tried it over lunch and my arm got tired.
Musk's Midnight Saboteur Email
Elon Musk emailed the whole Tesla staff overnight accusing an employee of sabotage. The theory is interesting, but the framing is what actually caught my attention.
A Week Into the GitHub Panic, and Nobody Actually Left
A week after Microsoft's $7.5 billion GitHub deal, the mass exodus to GitLab mostly fizzled out, though their import queues sure didn't feel like it on Tuesday night.
The Weekend Half of GitHub Tried to Move to GitLab
Bloomberg's Friday report that Microsoft was closing in on GitHub sent developers into a weekend-long panic, and GitLab straight into a traffic spike. Some thoughts from someone who did NOT export all his repos.
The Echo That Mailed Itself
An Amazon Echo in Portland recorded a private conversation and mailed it to a stranger, no hack required. It's a smaller, weirder story than GDPR week deserved more attention.