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Sunday October 6, 2024. 02:32 AM
Wired reports on 'AI-powered cameras mounted on cars and trucks, initially designed to capture license plates, but which are now photographing political lawn signs outside private homes, individuals wearing T-shirts with text, and vehicles displaying pro-abortion bumper...
The Washington Post interviewed Lebanese officials, people close to Hezbollah, and Israeli, Arab and U.S. security officials and politicians about a years-long plan (originated at Mossad headquarters) that ultimately killed or maimed 'as many as 3,000 Hezbollah officers and...
Saturday October 5, 2024. 11:21 PM
'A cyberattack tied to the Chinese government penetrated the networks of a swath of U.S. broadband providers,' reports the Wall Street Journal, 'potentially accessing information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized network wiretapping requests. 'For ...
This week the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed charges over a 'scheme to commit fraud' in carbon markets, which they say fraudulently netted one company 'tens of millions of dollars' worth of credits — which led to 'securing an investment...
The Washington Post on scientists who 'discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of Earth's major pollution problems.' In a study...
T-Mobile experienced three major data breaches in 2021, 2022, and 2023, according to CSO Online, 'which impacted millions of its customers.' After a series of investigations by America's Federal Communications Commission, T-Mobile agreed in court to a number of settlement...
Last week the Register warned 'If you're running the Unix printing system CUPS, with cups-browsed present and enabled, you may be vulnerable to attacks that could lead to your computer being commandeered over the network or internet.' (Although the CEO of cybersecurity...
Last week the Register warned 'If you're running the Unix printing system CUPS, with cups-browsed present and enabled, you may be vulnerable to attacks that could lead to your computer being commandeered over the network or internet.' (Although the CEO of cybersecurity...
Days after a hurricane struck America's southeast, Florida's state's fire marshall 'confirmed 16 lithium-ion battery fires related to storm surge,' according to local news reports. 'Officials said six of those fires are associated with electric vehicles and they are working...
'Can you believe that we've been demanding user freedom since 1985?' asks a new blog post at FSF.org: Today, we're celebrating our thirty-ninth anniversary, the 'lace year,' which represents the intertwined nature and strength of our relationship with the free software...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Comcast says data on 237,703 of its customers was in fact stolen in a cyberattack on a debt collector it was using, contrary to previous assurances it was given that it was unaffected by that intrusion. That collections...
On September 28, California amended the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 to recognize the importance of mental privacy. 'The law marks the second such legal protection for data produced from invasive neurotechnology, following Colorado, which incorporated neural data...
Audio Overview, a new AI podcasting tool by Google, can generate realistic podcasts with human-like voices using content uploaded by users through NotebookLM. MIT Technology Review reports: NotebookLM, which is powered by Google's Gemini 1.5 model, allows people to upload...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The European Union's top court has sided with a privacy challenge to Meta's data retention policies. It ruled on Friday that social networks, such as Facebook, cannot keep using people's information for ad targeting...
Waymo has entered a 'multi-year, strategic partnership' with Hyundai to integrate the company's autonomous driving system into the American-made Hyundai Ioniq 5. It's expected to join the Waymo One fleet after road tests starting in late 2025. Carscoops reports: Waymo and...
First announced in 2018, Samsung's 'One UI' software is expanding to all the company's major tech products in 2025. 9to5Google reports: At its annual developer conference, Samsung announced that 'One UI' is the new name for the company's software experiences across 'major...
On Wednesday, the SEC filed (PDF) to appeal a 2023 court ruling that determined XRP is not considered a security when sold to retail investors on exchanges. The announcement sent the price of XRP tumbling more than 8%. 'XRP, which was created by the founders of Ripple, is...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Google said Friday it will stop linking to New Zealand news content and will reverse its support of local media outlets if the government passes a law forcing tech companies to pay for articles displayed on their ...
Google is testing a new verification feature in search, in a move aimed at helping users avoid fake or fraudulent websites. The Verge's Jess Weatherbed reports: My colleague Jay Peters spotted checkmarks next to official site links for Microsoft, Meta, Epic Games, Apple,...
Microsoft has released Windows 11 Dev build 26120.1930, which contains the ability to remap the Copilot key. The changes are rolling out gradually to Dev Insiders with the 'Get the latest features as soon as they are available' toggle on. Neowin reports: [H]ere are the...
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