In brief: The majority of serious security bugs in Chrome are due to memory safety issues. Google engineers came to that conclusion after analyzing 912 high or critical severity bugs affecting stable channel releases since 2015.

Google notes in this memory safety report that Chromium’s security architecture was designed to assume that such bugs exist, using sandboxes to help stop them from taking over host machines. It’s an effort that has allowed the team to stay ahead of attackers, but just barely. Worse yet

In brief: As Europe's infamous General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) turns two, privacy advocates are expressing concerns that it hasn't had the effects that were promised by the European Commission. With investigations progressing too slowly under the supervision of an underfunded Irish agency, some are beginning to question the flaws of this approach.

It's been two years since the European Union's General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, with sweeping changes to how companies are able to handle customer data.

In a nutshell: Fleet Week, as it is also called, “is the period between Emancipation Day and Armistice Day that marks the beginning of the new recruitment year for the UEE Navy.” Ship builders are using the occasion to showcase their latest and greatest creations. Best yet, gamers will be able to test fly most of the ships on display.

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games is hosting a Free Fly event to celebrate the fictional in-game Invictus Launch Week.

From now through June 2, interested parties

What just happened? Apple has spent years calling the iPad a computer, a claim most people, including Microsoft, like to mock. But the arrival of the powerful iPad Pros saw Cupertino double down on its position. Now, the tablets have been given the seal of approval from none other than a former Windows chief: Steven Sinofsky, the man behind Windows 8.

Having joined Microsoft back in 1989 as a software design engineer, Sinofsky worked his way up to President of the Windows division by 20

Bottom line: Sony has made a few hardware improvements to the Xperia 1 and is hoping that the 'mark two' with camera technology leveraged from the company's Alpha series, wireless charging support, a bigger battery, and the latest Snapdragon 865 SoC can cut it this time around. Despite the new phone being 5G-capable, Sony is only supporting 4G carriers in the US, which could put some people off, alongside the stratospheric price tag matched or

What just happened? Remember when AMD’s processors were the inferior option for those who couldn’t afford Intel’s products? How times have changed. Team red has seen a resurgence in its CPU division since the arrival of Ryzen, and now one of the company’s famous users, ‘father of Linux’ Linus Torvalds, has revealed he’s moving to an AMD processor after 15 years of sticking with Intel.

In yesterday’s announcement of the new Linux Kernel 5.7 RC7

WTF?! Some sports now offer virtual alternatives during the Covid-19 lockdown, but this presents new opportunities for cheating. Just ask the Formula E driver disqualified from an eSports race after getting a professional gamer to compete as him.

German Audi driver Daniel Abt qualified in second place in the Formula E Race at Home Challenge , going on to take third place. This raised suspicions as he’d never finished above 15th before.

Ex-Formula 1 driver Stoffel Vandoorne, who finished second in the 1

In a nutshell: Lockdown restrictions might finally be easing, but being trapped indoors for weeks on end has affected many Americans’ mental health. The extent of the issue is reflected in the app charts, which have seen a huge increase in mental wellbeing app downloads.

As reported by CNBC , nearly half of US citizens said the pandemic was harming their mental wellbeing back in April. With shelter-in-place rules prohibiting in-person therapy sessions, many turned to their smartphones for help, rather than opt for a