DOJ: eBay workers sent live cockroaches and a fetal pig to publishers in...
Former employees of eBay allegedly sent harassing mail to a couple that publish an e-commerce newsletter and even plotted to install a tracker on their car. Six former eBay employees are facing federal...
View ArticleD.C. and NYC built digital COVID-19 portals within days, thanks to this tool
Unqork, designed to let organizations build web apps without code, has helped the two cities quickly build websites and databases for coronavirus aid. As the coronavirus began to sweep through the...
View ArticleYour small business is not prepared for this cyber nightmare
Businesses with fewer than 10 employees are less likely to have ramped up their investment in cybersecurity since pandemic lockdown orders began. Businesses with fewer than 10 employees are less likely...
View ArticleReport: ‘Highly sensitive’ police department data hacked for a...
The data reportedly includes financial information, as well as personal data about people who had dealings with the police. A large trove of data from hundreds of police organizations was leaked online...
View ArticleBoston becomes the biggest East Coast city to ban face recognition
The Boston Police Department already doesn’t use the technology, and it’s now forbidden from getting facial data from third parties. Boston on Wednesday banned municipal use of facial recognition...
View ArticleWhy the Supreme Court says Booking.com can trademark its name—and why it matters
The Supreme Court said that while “booking” is a generic term, booking.com isn’t necessarily so. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Booking.com, the online travel reservation site, can get a...
View ArticleSupreme Court robocall ruling says federal debt collectors no longer get...
The court overturned an exemption to the ban that allowed robocalls aimed at collecting government-backed debt. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday effectively upheld a 1991 ban on robocalls to cell...
View ArticleMicrosoft is seizing control of domain names associated with COVID-19...
Scammers sent emails looking to take control of users’ Microsoft Office 365 accounts, the company says. Microsoft has won a court order letting it seize domain names used in phishing scams referencing...
View Article126,000 women could lose access to birth control after Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court upheld a Trump administration rule allowing businesses to opt out of birth control coverage based on religious or moral objections. The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Wednesday that many...
View Article5 questions about Trump’s finances that could be answered by seeing his...
New York prosecutors may soon have access to President Trump’s financial records under a Supreme Court ruling. Here’s what they might show. In a pair of decisions released Thursday, the U.S. Supreme...
View ArticleIt’s the summer of the drive-in, thanks to the coronavirus
Socially distant, in-person entertainment can be hard to come by. Enter the drive-in movie—with some clever technological upgrades from its 1950s heyday. Last month, fans flocked to see the Denver jam...
View ArticleMIT researchers found a way to deter people from sharing COVID-19 conspiracies
A new study suggests that periodically prompting users to think about news accuracy could help limit the sharing of misinformation. A new study by researchers at MIT and the University of Regina found...
View ArticleReport: Minnesota cops use drones to spot nude beachgoers
Police used the aircraft to spot people in the nude but ultimately left amid pushback from the beachgoing crowd. Minneapolis-area police controversially used drones to spot people illegally taking...
View ArticleBitcoin scammers seize Twitter accounts from Bezos, Biden, Obama, and others...
A wide range of high-profile Twitter accounts were apparently hacked, sending out scam messages urging readers to send bitcoin. A far-reaching apparent hack on Twitter today affected a Who’s Who of the...
View ArticleIn first interview after Twitter hack, Jack Dorsey pledges transparency
The Twitter CEO has vowed to be open with users about the company’s investigation into the hack, which compromised high-profile accounts Wednesday. A massive Twitter hack on Wednesday saw high-profile...
View ArticleTwitter automatically flags more than half of all tweets that violate its rules
CEO Jack Dorsey says the company aims to catch more than 90% of forbidden tweets using algorithms in a continued push to address hate speech and harassment. More than 51% of tweets that violate...
View ArticleMicrobusinesses could be the key to surviving the COVID-19 recession
Communities with lots of small, informal enterprises might be more resilient, according to a study from the web-hosting platform GoDaddy. People’s online microbusinesses and side hustles might be...
View ArticleMailchimp’s next cool features might be built by outside developers
The marketing service is a platform now, and it’s spending $1 million to encourage developers to integrate its tools with other services across the web. Mailchimp, the service that’s moved from being...
View ArticleMozilla vows MDN ‘isn’t going anywhere’ as layoffs cause...
Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox browser, announced this week that it plans to cut about 250 workers amid coronavirus-era revenue declines. Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox...
View ArticleSick of Zoom happy hour? Try these virtual team-building activities instead
These games might be a bigger hit than yet another Zoom happy hour. The awkward toasts. The French press and cocktail shaker close-ups. Even the cats who scamper in from off-screen.Read Full Story
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