Two episodes behind on GoT, fixing that tonight!

For anyone to exploit the vulnerability, they need already to have root access to your Mac, and the ability to issue commands as root. And if that’s the case, the remote access itself would be your most pressing concern. In other words, it needs the back window to be unlocked before it can get in and chain itself to the furnace. Probably nothing to worry about for most, but good to be aware about.

The radio push is said to be aimed primarily at users who are not located in the United States, and has been rumored earlier, Apple has plans to debut its streaming music service and iTunes Radio in multiple countries around the world. I’ve used Spotify a bit, this really interests me, hopefully Canada is one of those countries 🇨🇦 source

Apple funds its strategy by selling those great products at substantial margins. Google by selling advertising against, and intelligence obtained from, the data. I love Google’s services, but always keep this at the back of my mind when using them. source

The Wicked + The Divine, which was launched by Image Comics in June 2014, centers on a group of people with superhuman powers known as “The Pantheon”. It won the Best Comic at the 2014 British Comic Awards. In Bleeding Cool’s survey of 2014 Best of Year lists, it appeared in 12, the most of any new creator-owned series. This should be good. source

Supremacy, as the DLC is called, adds four new maps, including two that take you to landmarks in London (the Palace of Westminster) and Moscow (the Kremlin). Another, Skyrise, is a remake of a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 map, Highrise. You can see each of these in the trailer, and check out Activision’s descriptions of them below. Looks fun

In newly discovered pre-order listings on NewEgg.com, the site shows a price of $109.99 for Windows 10 Home and $149.99 for Windows 10 Professional. Both listings display a release date of August 31 for the products.

That robotic cheetah built by MIT researchers? They’ve now trained it to see and jump over hurdles as it runs, making it “the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously.” I want one! source

After several years of quiet development, Apple is readying a major new iOS initiative codenamed “Proactive,” which will leverage Siri, Contacts, Calendar, Passbook, and third-party apps to create a viable competitor to Google Now for Android devices. Like Google Now, Proactive will automatically provide timely information based on the user’s data and device usage patterns, but will respect the user’s privacy preferences, according to sources familiar with Apple’s plans.

Underscoring the importance of the iPhone to Google’s bottom line, consider this: If Apple changed the default search engine in mobile Safari to Bing, Google’s revenue would drop by over 13%.

Testing a post using the new domain.

Salman Rushdie on Paris attack: Religion a ‘medieval form of unreason’ that deserves ‘fearless disrespect’ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/salman-rushdie-on-paris-attack-religion-a-medieval-form-of-unreas…

Anti-Piracy Firm ‘Caught’ Pirating News Articles http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/NlgUGzSbhk8/

VPN Services Consider Leaving Canada to Protect Customer Privacy | TorrentFreak http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/7367POgXNwE/

There needs to be stronger penalties for wrongful takedowns http://feed.torrentfreak.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/5RlXxB5bx1Y/

Canadian libricide: Tories torch and dump centuries of priceless, irreplaceable environmental archives - Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2014/01/04/canadian-libraricide-tories-t.html

Is it not time to dismantle the CIAhttp://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/01/it-not-time-dismantle-cia-2015144353434780.html

How drones and insects merged in ways that might surprise you | Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/01/02/how-drones-and-insects-merged-in-ways-that-might-surprise/

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Fantastic look at the ISS - 5,200 Days in Space http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/12/5200-days-in-space/383510/?single_page=true&utm_…

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The email protocols could use a refresh - JMAP by FastMail http://blog.fastmail.com/2014/12/23/jmap-a-better-way-to-email/

Vision and Ultron’s Origins Revealed in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Promo Art — GeekTyrant http://geektyrant.com/news/vision-and-ultrons-origins-revealed-in-avengers-age-of-ultron-promo-art