Mozilla CEO shares concern over Microsoft shutting down EdgeHTML

While Microsoft Edge is far from being a popular browser (market share is at 4.34 percent according to NetMarketShare), the idea that Microsoft plans to give it up to use Google’s Chromium rendering engine isn’t sitting well with its competition. The move signals a homogenization of the browsing market, which is a valid concern but something we’re dealing with as we speak. Mozilla, the non-profit behind the Firefox browser, expressed its concern through a post from its CEO Chris Beard. The non-profit acknowledges the move makes business sense but it doesn’t like the idea that this move empowers Google to “single-handedly decide what possibilities are available to each one of us.”

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Microsoft pulls another Windows 10 update that causes Blue Screen of Death errors

Microsoft’s woes are far from over. This time the Windows 10 November 2018 cumulative update (KB4467682) has been making PCs crash and display the infamous “Blue Screen of Death.” At first, it was reported that the issue was affecting only the Surface Book 2 so Microsoft pulled the update for that device. But now it seems the issue is more widespread. In a new support post, Microsoft writes “After installing this optional update some users have reported getting a blue or black screen with error code, ‘System thread exception not handled.’ As a precaution, we have removed this optional update from Windows Update and Microsoft Update Catalog to protect customers.”

This would’ve probably not been as big an issue if the company hasn’t been plagued by issues for the past few months. The company has had to pull a number of updates in the past few months over different issues. The new problem comes from an optional cumulative update though so it might not affect as many users. The company said it plans to release fixes and improvements for this issue and other issues in the December 2018 security update. Here’s to hoping that isn’t going to cause any problems, too.

Source: Tech Radar

‘Narcos: Mexico’ gets second season

While we’ve been seeing the Marvel shows leave Netflix, here’s one franchise that’s expanding. Narcos: Mexico is getting a second season. It was originally meant to be the fourth season of the original Narcos story, but the focus was on the beginnings of the Mexican drug trade in the 1980s. The first season was about the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel. It stars Diego Luna as the drug lord in the making, Félix Gallardo, and Michael Peña as DEA agent Kiki Camarena. The show is produced by Gaumont Television. Eric Newman will return as executive producer and showrunner. He will be joined by executive producers José Padilha, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard, and Andrés Baiz.

Source: Variety

This is how you can back up your Tumblr posts

In case you haven’t heard yet, Tumblr will be removing all the adult content on its site on December 17^th. Any nudity or explicit content not approved by the updated guidelines will be hidden and users won’t be able to upload any more adult content. If you want to save your posts before these get hidden, you can export your blog. And if you don’t know how to do that, we’re here to help you out.

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