How did Rachel Mitchell end up with Christine Blasey Ford’s WhatsApp...
Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell asked Christine Blasey Ford about WhatsApp messages she exchanged with the Washington Post. Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell, asking Christine Blasey Ford questions on behalf of...
View ArticleFacebook could be breaking EU law by using shadow data for ads
Phone numbers uploaded by users for security purposes or from others’ contact lists could be used to target ads, in a possible violation of EU privacy law. If you provide your phone number to Facebook...
View ArticleSupport for Brett Kavanaugh seems especially high among Russian propagandists
Multiple sources point to the controversial judge’s nomination as a hot topic for Russian social media campaigns. With the Senate Judiciary Committee voting on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the...
View ArticleNYC plans cybersecurity industry push that could add 10,000 jobs
The city plans to invest about $30 million, combined with $70 million in private funding. New York City wants to be a global center for the cybersecurity industry.Read Full Story
View ArticleFacebook data breach: 4 simple steps to stay safer right now
Data breaches can make us feel helpless, but there are things you can do to protect your online accounts. Since Facebook reported last week that hackers had stolen access tokens to almost 50 million...
View ArticleMIT and Qatari scientists are training computers to detect fake news sites
Researchers have trained computers to detect politically biased sites and those that push less-than-factual stories partly by focusing on emotional language and shorter Wikipedia entries. Thanks to...
View ArticleRead Mark Judge’s “Wasted” Gen X book, courtesy of the...
A hard-to-find book by Brett Kavanaugh’s high school friend Mark Judge has appeared online. Copies of Mark Judge’s out-of-print memoir, Wasted: Tales of a Gen-X Drunk, are listed on Amazon for $150 and...
View ArticleAlphabet’s new domain name tool could limit malware, censorship, and...
Internet domain lookups are typically unencrypted, meaning hackers and governments can manipulate them to block certain sites or serve up malware. Before you can access most websites, your computer...
View ArticleFortnite cheaters are being targeted with malware
Fortnite players have been targeted by data-stealing malware scams, warns security firm Malwarebytes. Fortnite players looking for ways to cheat at the mega-popular online game are being targeted by...
View ArticleApple users still getting phone calls from tech support scammers
Whatever devices you use, beware of any callers claiming you have security issues on your computer or cloud accounts. If you get a call from someone claiming to be from Apple warning you about a...
View ArticleCan screen time replace the warmth of a hug? Prisons make a big push on devices
As prison tech vendors Securus and GTL roll out tablets and video conferencing, controversy is erupting over plans to use the devices to replace postal mail, physical books, and even in-person visits....
View ArticleReport: Turkey claims to have recording of Jamal Khashoggi’s killing by...
Turkey says it has recordings proving that Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, the Washington Post reports. Turkish officials have told U.S. officials that they have...
View ArticleChilling new details reveal intimate personal data stolen by Facebook hackers
Facebook released more information about what the hackers saw. The hackers behind a recent attack on Facebook gained access to information of about 29 million people, the company said Friday, and...
View ArticleTrump moves to exit 144-year-old postal pact over cheap China mail
President Trump says cheap mail-order electronics are being unfairly subsidized by low postal rates from China to the United States. The Trump administration is moving to pull out of the Universal...
View ArticleTwitter’s Russian troll problem: There’s good news and bad news
Russia’s divisive tweets were more effective than Iranian propaganda posts, according to the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. On Wednesday, Twitter released a collection of more than...
View ArticleWhy hasn’t Jeff Bezos weighed in on Jamal Khashoggi?
Saudi Arabia has emerged as a major investor in the tech industry in recent years, and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman met with Jeff Bezos in March. The disappearance of Washington Post columnist...
View ArticleTim Cook wants Bloomberg to retract that Chinese spy chip story
Apple has insisted there’s no truth to the report that Chinese spies installed espionage hardware in its servers Apple CEO Tim Cook has called upon Bloomberg Businessweek to retract a report that...
View ArticleDOJ charges Russian accountant with targeting 2018 midterms
The Russians allegedly sought to further divide Americans around issues like race and immigration. In a federal criminal complaint unsealed on Friday, a Russian national named Elena Alekseevna...
View ArticleTrump’s anti-transgender push: 6 things to know
A new policy would hold that sex is determined at or before birth by genetics and bodily characteristics. The Trump administration is considering new policies that would legally define people’s genders...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds is back at Linux while GNU’s Stallman unveils a...
Both moves seem to reflect the contrarian spirit of the open source world. Linus Torvalds is apparently back at the helm of the Linux operating system he created in the early 1990s, after taking...
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