Android Leftovers

• The real battle of Android's future – who controls the updates

• Google: Fuchsia OS Isn't Replacing Android Yet

• Google's Fuchsia OS Is Open Source and Independent of Android, Burke Explains

• This Was Google I/O 2017

• The Cartoon Network app for Android now supports Chromecast

• Android Go is just a config, not new version, of Android

• Chrome now uses Android O's adaptive icons for home screen shortcuts

• Useful or Little Known Android Features

• Nokia 9 leak shows off dual cameras, 5.3-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 835

• The best Android smartphones you can buy in 2017

• Combination of features produces new Android vulnerability

• How about an Android Pro?

• The LG X Venture is a tough, affordable Android phone with a big battery

• Lenovo rep confirms 3000mAh battery for the Moto Z2 Play

• Google plays a strong hand with new Android security features

Gaming News: SHOGUN, Reus, Two Worlds and More

• Total War: SHOGUN 2 & Fall of the Samurai Launch on Linux and SteamOS on May 23

  Turn-based strategy fans will be happy to learn that Feral Interactive, the UK-based video games publisher, has announced that it's porting the Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai titles to Linux and SteamOS platforms. Launched on March 15, 2011, Total War: SHOGUN 2 is a turn-based strategy (TBS) game with real-time tactics developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega. The action is set in the middle of the 16th century in Feudal Japan and features enhanced full 3D battles that take place both on land and at sea.

• Reus finally updated for Linux bringing it out of Beta, now properly supported

  Reus [Steam, Official Site] landed on Linux in some form of Beta quite some time ago, but the game has been updated today to bring it in line with the Windows version with official support.

• Two Worlds II Call of the Tenebrae DLC & Standalone delayed, Linux version having issues

  Two Worlds II Call of the Tenebrae is a new DLC & Standalone game coming to Two Worlds II along with full Linux support, but sadly the release date has slipped for everyone. They also seem to be having issues with the Linux version.

• Two Worlds II HD - Call of the Tenebrae, a standalone version of the DLC will see Linux support

  While we knew Two Worlds II and the new DLC was coming to Linux, I've only just noticed that there will be a standalone version too. They claim you don't need to have played any of Two Worlds II to enjoy it, which is why it will have a standalone version too.

• The Mesa fixes needed for Dying Light and Dead Island Definitive Edition are now in Mesa-git

Security Leftovers: WCry/Ransomwar, WannaCry, Athena

• Windows 7, not XP, was the reason last week’s WCry worm spread so widely [iophk: "yet look at the talking points against XP that the tech community spread"]

  Eight days ago, the WCry ransomware worm attacked more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries. The outbreak prompted infected hospitals to turn away patients and shut down computers in banks and telecoms. Now that researchers have had time to analyze the self-replicating attack, they're learning details that shed new and sometimes surprising light on the world's biggest ransomware attack. [...]

  Chief among the revelations: more than 97 percent of infections hit computers running Windows 7, according to attacks seen by antivirus provider Kaspersky Lab. By contrast, infected Windows XP machines were practically non-existent, and those XP PCs that were compromised were likely manually infected by their owners for testing purposes. That's according to Costin Raiu, director of Kaspersky Lab's Global Research and Analysis Team, who spoke to Ars.

• Companies use kidnap insurance to guard against ransomware attacks

• NSA Was Concerned About Power Of Windows Exploit Long Before It Was Leaked

• CIA's Windows XP to Windows 10 malware: WikiLeaks reveals Athena

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