Cryptocurrency mining malware discovered targeting Seagate NAS hard drives A malware variant named Mal/Miner-C (also known as PhotoMiner) is infecting Internet-exposed Seagate Central Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices and using them to infect connected computers to mine for the Monero cryptocurrency. Miner-C, or PhotoMiner, appeared at the start of June 2016, when a report revealed how this malware was targeting FTP servers and spreading on its own to new machines thanks to worm-like features that attempted to brute-force other FTP servers using a list of default credentials. Softpedia / Sophos' PDF report.

Steam Spy and the specter of game sales transparency The Ukrainian Sergey Galyonkin was living in Cyprus when he decided he wanted to know precisely how many video games had been sold on Steam that week. In contrast to the film, music and TV industries, for which an orbiting constellation of organizations such as Billboard and Nielsen track and release thorough performance data, video game companies remain notoriously coy about their sales figures. Gamasutra

Doom (2016) – graphics study Doom pioneered fundamental changes in game design and mechanics back in 1993, it was a world-wide phenomenon which propelled to fame iconic figures like John Carmack andJohn Romero... 23 years later, id Software now belongs to Zenimax, all the original founders are gone but it didn't prevent the team at id from showing all its talent by delivering a great game. Adrian Courrèges

SLO: 3D printed camera Some people take photos to record moments for the future. Others take photos to enlarge the present. I've always assumed a camera should be impartial. Sharp and bright, lacking consideration or mystery, randomness or error. Lately we're asked to apply a filter to add a gloss of emotion after the fact. Analog photography takes the sense of a moment and turns it into a tangible image. My 3D printer turns the content of my thoughts into real shape and form. Amos Dudley

Israeli online attack service 'vDOS' earned $600,000 in two years vDOS – a "booter" service that has earned in excess of $600,000 over the past two years helping customers coordinate more than 150,000 so-called distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks designed to knock Web sites offline – has been massively hacked, spilling secrets about tens of thousands of paying customers and their targets. Krebs on Security

ITT Technical Institutes shuts down, leaving a hefty bill ITT Educational Services Inc. has abruptly shut down its eponymous for-profit technical schools, closing more than 130 campuses and leaving as many as 40,000 students stranded in one of the largest college closures in American history. The company blamed the Department of Education for its downfall in a statement released on Tuesday. Bloomberg

Atlas balancing on line The humanoid robot Atlas balancing on a line contact (plywood edge approx. 2cm thick). This video was recorded during a lucky run, usually the robot is not able to maintain balance for this long. The shaking is caused by poor state estimation (we only use onboard sensors). The control algorithm is developed by IHMC the robot was built by Boston Dynamics. DRCihmcRobotics

Apple is said to be rethinking strategy on self-driving cars Apple is rethinking what it plans to do about self-driving cars, just as other big tech companies appear ready to plow ahead with competing efforts. In a retrenchment of one of its most ambitious initiatives, Apple has shuttered parts of its self-driving car project and laid off dozens of employees, according to three people briefed on the move who were not allowed to speak about it publicly. The job cuts are the latest sign of trouble with Apple's car initiative. The NY Times

Analog: The Last Defense Against DRM But removing the port will change how a substantial portion of iPhone owners listen to audio content---namely, by simply plugging in a set of headphones. By switching from an analog signal to a digital one, Apple has potentially given itself more control than ever over what people can do with music or other audio content on an iPhone. We hope that Apple isn't unwittingly opening the door to new pressures to take advantage of that power. EFF

Tales from Comcast's data cap nation: Can the meter be trusted? On March 18, Ars ­­received an exasperated e-mail from the father of one very frustrated Comcast customer. Elliot told us that his son, Brad, had received bills totaling more than $1,500, and Comcast alleged that Brad had been consistently using far more than his 300GB monthly limit. Overage charges of $10 for each additional 50GB were piling up as Comcast's meter claimed usage totaling multiple terabytes a month. Ars Technica

How to teach computational thinking Computational thinking is going to be a defining feature of the future --- and it's an incredibly important thing to be teaching to kids today. There's always lots of discussion (and concern) about how to teach mathematical thinking to kids. But looking to the future, this pales in comparison to the importance of teaching computational thinking. Stephen Wolfram

Intel supplying wireless chips for some Apple iPhones Apple Inc. is using wireless chips from Intel Corp. in some models of the new iPhone 7, people familiar with the matter said, a widely expected breakthrough in the chip giant's multiyear quest to find a foothold in popular smartphones. The WSJ