If you use a third-party file manager with an iOS device, then you had best hold off on installing iOS 8.3, as new security settings disable many of these apps. Utilities such as iFunbox, iTools, and iExplorer are all affected. iFunBox and iExplorer have been updated to work around the new security settings, but with the limitation that they only work with apps that use iTunes File Sharing.

 

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Minst 76 människor har dödades i luftangrepp och markstrider i Jemen.

John 'Warthog9' Hawley was the boss sysadmin on kernel.org before he jumped to Intel in April, 2014, as an open hardware technical evangelist. He last showed up on Slashdot in June, 2014, with his Dr. Who-inspired Robot K-9. Now he's talking about flight computers for quadcopters, specifically ones based on MinnowBoards. Last month (April 2015) he was speaking at the Embedded Linux Conference + Android Builders Summit. That's where he and Timothy Lord had this conversation about flight controllers for UAVs, which makes it a fitting sequel to yesterday's video, which was also about controlling drones with real-time Linux.

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Wrapper to interact with the Lumeta IPsonar API

Wrapper to interact with the Lumeta IPsonar API

Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on whether the West's military alliance has reignited the Cold War.

In the latest edition of our series on the U.S. mass surveillance saga, comedian John Oliver figures out what will make Americans care about government surveillance, it turns out that mass surveillance was happening well before 9/11, we analyze the current presidential contenders on their privacy records, part of the Patriot Act may be coming to an end, and we take a look at Stingrays and the TSA.

 

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Minst 5 000 utlänningar har flytt sina hem i sydafrikanska slumområden under de senaste veckornas attacker. Nu befarar sydafrikaner i grannländerna hämnd och sydafrikanska företag har börjat evakuera personal.

April är en nyckfull vädermånad. Men nu väntar några dagar med vårkänsla, sol och stigande temperaturer i hela landet.

En polis som avlossade två skott mot en bil på Teg i Umeå i augusti förra året åtalas för misstänkt tjänstefel, skriver lokala medier.