Dangerous macOS High Sierra bug gives full admin access to your system without password

There are bugs that are harmless and plain annoying and then there are those that pose great danger. This recently spotted bug on the macOS High Sierra is of the dangerous variety. Developer Lemi Ergin discovered and shared on Twitter a bug that affects High Sierra 10.13.1 and macOS 10.13.2 beta. It lets anyone log into an admin account using the username “root” without having to put in a password. It works both when attempting to access an administrator’s account on an unlocked Mac and when accessing it through the login screen of a locked Mac. It basically gives access to all things on the computer. Until this issue is resolved, we take MacRumors suggestion of enabling a root account with a password to stop the bug from working.

Apple to offer free coding and fun challenges in stores for Hour of Code

Apple today opened registration for thousands of free Hour of Code sessions available at all Apple Stores from December 4 through 10. The company also introduced a new educational challenge in Swift Playgrounds and added new teacher resources to the Everyone Can Code curriculum to help teach Swift, Apple’s easy-to-learn programming language that anyone can use to create world-class apps.

For the fifth year, Apple Stores will participate in Hour of Code with daily coding sessions in celebration of Computer Science Education Week. Young aspiring coders can learn coding basics during a Kids Hour session, while those age 12 and above can use Swift Playgrounds on iPad to learn coding concepts and even program robots. A new Teacher Tuesdays session helps educators learn how to teach code to students using new resources and discussion topics.

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Tom Holland ‘leaks’ first ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ poster

Whether this was a leak or not, we have to say it’s a clever marketing ploy from the Marvel Studios team. Our new Spider-Man, Tom Holland, went live on Instagram Story earlier today to “unbox” a slim package he got from the Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo. In it was supposedly the first poster of the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War and a note from Ruffalo written at the back of a confidential notice from Marvel. Holland quickly ended the Instagram Story in a panic. But with the video still up on his page, we’re willing to guess this was all planned. You can get a closer look at the poster after the jump.

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Final beta version of Android 8.1 unlocks Pixel 2’s hidden imaging chip

While there aren’t that many exciting things released in the final preview build of Android 8.1, it does introduce one interesting feature for Pixel 2 owners: unlocking the Visual Core chip on the new Google devices. This imaging chip has been dormant since the phone was released but it looks like Google is ready to share it with developers. For those who are using the correct API, they can use Google’s HDR+ using the dedicated imaging chip. The processor, which was designed by Google, is meant to speed up photo taking while taking advantage of the clean HDR+ images the camera can produce. And we’re happy that eventually we’ll get more apps who can use this feature. Android 8.1 is expected to be released widely next month.

Source: The Verge