You can’t trust the stars on GitHub — I just learned that. Like on other social networks, stars can be bought on GitHub. This creates the misleading impression that a piece of software is especially popular and trustworthy. Unfortunately, this tactic appears to be frequently used to spread malware. The Rise of Fake GitHub Stars: A Growing Security Threat for cyberinsider.com ...
Jess Weatherbed writes in “Google’s shortened links will stop working next year” for theverge.com If you ever used Google’s URL shortening service goo.gl before it was shut down in 2019, be warned — those links will stop working on August 25th, 2025 It’s well known that Google occasionally discontinues services that were fairly popular. This time it’s the URL shortener goo.gl, which was widely used. With its disappearance, another part of the internet will become inaccessible. Thanks, Google. ...