As hard as it is to believe at this point, the week really did start with Apple's WWDC keynote. It feels like a lifetime ago! You can get a full recap here[1], but the two main security takeaways are that Safari is the best mainstream privacy browser[2] now, and that it looks like Apple's going to slow down, take a breath, and try to release some major updates without quite so many bugs[3]. But there's so much more than Apple!
Microsoft bought GitHub[4] for oodles of money, but might find it hard to moderate some of its problematic code[5]. An impending encryption update should help make online payments much more secure[6], but won't be fun for retailers or Android device owners who haven't made the jump. And a Facebook bug messed with user status update settings, leaving some posts public[7] that weren't meant to be.
In other platform news, Encyclopædia Britannica wants to help solve[8] Google's misinformation problem by providing informational snippets you can trust. Former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix, whose company used illicitly gained Facebook data to target voters in the 2016 election, testified before Parliament yet again[9].
Elsewhere, the Justice Department leveled new charges[10] against hacker hero Marcus Hutchins, who slowed the WannaCry ransomware spread last year. We took a quick tour through some of the high-tech accoutrement being used by law enforcement[11] around the country. And we sent a little time with Microsoft's Windows red team[12], which has the high-stakes job of tracking down bugs through the eyes of an attacker.
But wait, there's more! As always, we’ve rounded up