Kind of tech and game themed this week for the most part.\nMajor PHP Exploit Probably out of necessity, this was announced and a fix was being pushed almost immidiately. You can rean an article about it on Ars Technica here. Make sure you update if youa re running PHP. I’m not super worried about it for a few reasons, most of my stuff is inside my homenetwork in Docker containers. It’s generally “not accessible”. I’ll do updates, but it’s not “urgent”. But I also have a webserver that is public fcing, you’re looking at it. I’ve converted Lameazoid here already to Hugo, so no PHP there, but my wife’s got two old blogs still running on Wordpress. So I took the opportunity to do something I’ve wanted to do for a bit.\n

Familiar situation: you are pulling off a decisive clutch in CS2 or Dota 2, or giving an important presentation in Zoom, and at that exact moment someone at home starts streaming in 4K – after which your ping instantly shoots into space? Unfortunately, modern hardware requirements are growing very quickly, and routers are no exception. […] Post Express Review of the Ruijie RG-EW3000GX PRO Router at Root-Nation.com.

A $2 Ad Blocker Grows Up The $2 ad blocker that fits on an ESP32-C3 board the size of a USB stick has matured noticeably. This summer's version of the esp32-c3-adblock project could already hold up to 537,000 domains. The current build adds easier setup. In addition, it brings much stronger protection for its control panel. How the DNS Filter Works…

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LG televisions mapped 38 devices on one test network and send about 4GB of content recognition data a month, as California starts fining platforms per child.

LG televisions mapped 38 devices on one test network and send about 4GB of content recognition data a month, as California starts fining platforms per child.

LG televisions mapped 38 devices on one test network and send about 4GB of content recognition data a month, as California starts fining platforms per child.

LG televisions mapped 38 devices on one test network and send about 4GB of content recognition data a month, as California starts fining platforms per child.

Testing found that LG smart TVs can track viewing and scan home networks, while security flaws could let attackers record conversations.