Microsoft abandons typical Patch Tuesday playbook to fix Equation Editor flaw

Enlarge (credit: Flickr user: Ivan T) When a company like Microsoft needs to fix a security flaw in one of its products, the process is normally straightforward: determine where the bug lies, change the program’s source code to fix the bug, and then recompile the program. But it looks like the company had to step […]

Is X > 8? Solving Apple’s iPhone sales equation

Enlarge / The display dominates the iPhone X. The iPhone 8 saw Apple’s weakest new phone sales in years, while iPhone X demand outstripped supply within minutes of the start of pre-orders last night. It would be easy to conclude that an underwhelming iPhone 8 has been ignored by consumers in favor of a much more exciting iPhone X, but it’s actually […]

Are you smart enough to work out this viral internet maths equation?

A maths equation which has appeared on Imgur is stumping the internet. Can you work out how to make this maths problem make sense? The problem, posted to image sharing site Imgur reads: “5 + 5 + 5 = 550.” Underneath the equation the poster has written: “Can you draw one extra line to make […]

After NSA hacking exposé, CIA staffers asked where Equation Group went wrong

Two days after researchers exposed a National Security Agency-tied hacking group that operated in secret for more than a decade, CIA hackers convened an online discussion aimed at preventing the same kind of unwelcome attention. The thread, according to a document WikiLeaks published Tuesday, was titled “What did Equation do wrong, and how can we avoid […]