Why it’s so difficult for Uber to crack down on driver impersonators
Transport for London officials say they “cannot be confident that similar issues won’t happen again in [the] future.” Officials in London said on Monday they won’t renew Uber’s license to operate in...
View Article‘Evil Corp’ Russian hackers were just charged with stealing $100M...
They allegedly used malware to steal victims’ bank account credentials and transfer funds without permission. The Justice Department unveiled charges today against the leaders of a Russian hacking...
View ArticlePeople are tricking bots into stealing Disney and Nintendo IP to raise...
Artists fed up with T-shirt vendors stealing their work tricked their automated systems into generating shirts with characters such as Mickey Mouse, Pikachu, and Bart Simpson. Online artists say...
View ArticleIn a scathing complaint, Amazon accuses the Pentagon of bowing to...
Amazon claims its cloud technology is superior, but that the president interfered in the $10 billion contract award process out of bias against Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos. Amazon on Sunday formally...
View ArticleICE’s Stingray cellphone spying ignites lawsuit from the ACLU
The civil liberties group is suing the Homeland Security agencies after they refused to turn over data on how they use Stingray cellphone surveillance equipment. The American Civil Liberties Union is...
View Article‘Potential’ cyberattack cripples New Orleans city websites after...
The city told employees to power down and unplug their computers after signs of a “potential” cyberattack were spotted. New Orleans city employees were told to shut down and unplug their computers...
View ArticleEvery victim’s nightmare: Ransomware attackers are now doxing people...
Ransomware attackers are beginning to leak information about companies that don’t pay up, including some stolen data. Ransomware attacks are already a nightmare for many businesses and government...
View ArticleA mass study of 189 face recognition algorithms found widespread racial bias
A NIST study found false matches for people of color among many facial recognition algorithms. A new study from the National Institute of Standards and Technology confirmed what other research has...
View ArticleThe fake face test: Why it’s so hard to tell if that Twitter troll was...
As one researcher showed on Twitter, there are sometime ways to spot fake, computer-generated faces. Facebook and Twitter today took down hundreds of apparently bogus accounts linked to the Epoch Media...
View ArticleHere’s why Trump targeting Iranian cultural sites could be a war crime
President Trump has threatened to bomb Iranian cultural sites in the event of an attack on the United States, but that would likely violate international law. President Trump has repeatedly said that...
View ArticleMysterious drones are flying over Colorado and Nebraska, and nobody knows why
Officials have advised residents to report sightings to law enforcement for further investigation. The FAA is investigating. For the past few weeks, residents and law enforcement agencies have spotted...
View ArticleFacebook finally found a reason to be offended by Trump: Campaign ads with...
The Trump campaign finally went too far for Facebook, but not over politics. After the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, an official Trump campaign committee took to Facebook with thousands of...
View ArticleViral video that circulated on Telegram appears to show a missile hit...
A video that circulated on social media and the messaging app Telegram appears to be authentic. A video that initially circulated on social media and the messaging app Telegram has been verified by the...
View ArticleMIT’s damning report on Jeffrey Epstein attempts to exonerate its...
Prepared by the law firm Goodwin Procter, it appears to absolve many of MIT’s top leaders, while revealing new information about Professor Seth Lloyd’s deep involvement with the convicted sex offender....
View ArticleAway luggage hires defamation law firm in response to article that alleges...
Steph Korey has announced that she is staying on as co-CEO and that the company is working with law firm Clare Locke regarding alleged “lies and distortions” in a critical article. After a report in...
View Article‘We’re always ready’: Would the U.S. win a cyberwar with Iran?
The worst-case scenarios may sound like science fiction. But it wouldn’t take millions of deaths for an attack to have devastating consequences. One afternoon in late December, a team of hackers...
View ArticleWhat to know about Mark Kelly, the former NASA astronaut taking on CNN-hater...
Senate candidate Mark Kelly is suddenly in the spotlight after his Republican opponent, Martha McSally, called a CNN reporter a “liberal hack.” After Arizona’s Martha McSally, a Republican, called CNN...
View ArticleA ‘symbol of public good’ on the internet is under attack
An organization intends to sell the .org domain name, predominantly used by nonprofits, to a private equity group—and nonprofits are protesting. In an era of powerful search engines, you seldom need to...
View ArticleMoviePass just accidentally doxed 12,000 former subscribers in its bankruptcy...
In a bankruptcy court filing, the defunct movie subscription service disclosed the email addresses of numerous customers owed money. In a Tuesday bankruptcy filing, the once-trendy cinema subscription...
View ArticleGoogle’s Chrome video ad crackdown is coming: Here’s what...
The Coalition for Better Ads, which Chrome uses to decide which sites’ ads to display, has set new guidelines for ads on short videos. If you’re an advertiser or run a website that displays ads, it’s...
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