Tech Roundup: MH370 Debris, Stagefright Exploit & More

[A recurring feature on the latest in Science & Technology.]

• Aircraft flaperon debris found washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion came from the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 which vanished mysteriously en route to Beijing with 239 people on board back in March 2014; more objects, including a door, being taken into police custody for investigation.
• Philae comet lander space probe finds an array of carbon compounds ideal for primordial life (hydroxyethanal, methanenitrile, among others) on comet 67P, adding weight to the theory of panspermia.
• Experimental Ebola vaccine VSV-EBOV has led to 100% protection in early random human trials, per latest findings published in The Lancet.
• Google Android's fragmentation problem shows its ugly head once again as researchers with Zimperium Mobile Security find a new widespread security vulnerability in the core of Android called Stagefright (a media playback engine with built-in software-based codecs for several popular media formats) that lets attackers execute malicious code by just sending a multimedia message (MMS); Google says security patches will be sent to Nexus devices starting next week.
• Google acknowledges force-feeding of Google+ to be a mistake; starts uncoupling the social features from its core services beginning with YouTube.
• Samsung issues software updates to allow Chinese users delete pre-installed mobile apps (aka bloatware) from their Galaxy smartphones after getting sued by Shanghai Consumer Rights Protection Commission.
• Microsoft's free upgrade to Windows 10 (just for the first year) for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users rolls out; to add built-in Skype integration and extensions support for its new Edge browser  later this year.

Windows 10 is here!

• Motorola unveils Moto 2015 lineup (Moto X, Moto G) with killer specs at an affordable price, as OnePlus shows off OnePlus 2, curiously omitting features like NFC, quick charging while adding support for fingerprint scanning.
• Google's next iteration of Google Glass to be more enterprise focused; being pitched to health care, energy and manufacturing industries, and said to be attachable to different glasses (paywall).
• Samsung sets Unpacked event for August 13 to unveil Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+; may slash prices of Galaxy S6 after disappointing sales.
• Ride-sharing startup Uber to invest more than $1 billion in India operations over the next nine months.
• Facebook's Internet.org initiative opens up to all mobile operators across the globe; launches Aquila, a solar-powered drone to provide internet access to remote parts of the world.
• Google adds third-party chat app support into Google Now; lets you send instant messages via Viber, Telegram, WhatsApp and more.
• Japanese electronics giant Toshiba's chief executive and president Hisao Tanaka steps down after an independent audit reveals the company inflated its profits by a total of 151.8 billion yen ($1.22 billion) since 2008.