Rest of the Day: Politwoops Resumes Archiving Deleted Politicians Tweets
Politwoops has resumed archiving American politicians’ oversights on Twitter, a recently discovered vulnerability threatens many Mac apps, and Amazon today provided a free video game engine that didn’t need Prime.
- Politwoops, a service that archives deleted tweets from politicians, is back in business in the US after Twitter’s API was blocked last year. This is a good level of accountability in this election season, when politicians sometimes try to hide their missteps. If you are the elected official, never tweet. [The Verge]
- A “huge” number of Mac applications are vulnerable to an attack that could install malicious code due to a bug in a commonly used third-party update environment. This is just a proof of concept at this point, so you may have to worry, but the fix remains elusive. [Ars Technica]
- This weekend, an anonymous hacker leaked the personal information of 30,000 government employees , apparently compromising the Justice Department’s email account. [Motherboard]
- Amazon today released its own Crytek CryEngine based game engine . If you are a beginner developer, it is free to download and use. [Kotaku]
- Gizmodo has assembled three 360-degree cameras and tested them by integrating them into a puppy playpen . For a complete picture of the puppy, watch the video using Google Cardboard. [Gizmodo]