License plate readers are creating a US-wide database of more than just cars Article 674 words 18 votes
Starlink is offering free internet access for thirty days for folks affected by Hurricane Helene internet.satellite Article 366 words 20 votes
Vox Media, on the hunt for new revenue streams, is exploring putting up a pay wall on The Verge internet Article 345 words 28 votes
More people than ever are trying to hack the US government--and they love it security.cyber Article 328 words 9 votes
Arkansas sues YouTube over claims it's fueling mental health crisis social media Article 504 words 16 votes
Quartz producing location Spruce Pine, North Carolina just got hit by hurricane Helene. The fallout on the tech industry could be huge. Article 880 words 21 votes
Libgen must pay publishers $30M [following a US court ruling], but no one knows who runs it Article 745 words 64 votes
Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning security.cyber Article 590 words 22 votes
Aug 2024 - "America isn’t ready for the wars of the future" by Mark Milley (ex-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and Eric Schmidt (ex-CEO of Google) Article 3872 words, published Aug 5 2024 13 votes
SS7: A mobile network operator protocol with scary vulnerabilities privacy security Video 31:55 29 votes
The confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the hacker who saved the internet (2020) internet security.cyber Article 7106 words, published May 12 2020 38 votes
TikTok argues in federal appeals court that US ban would have ‘staggering’ impact on free speech social media Article 490 words 39 votes
US Department of Justice attorneys claim Google has “trifecta of monopolies” on day one of ad tech trial google Article 699 words 30 votes
After seeing Wi-Fi network named “STINKY,” Navy found hidden Starlink dish on US warship internet Article 978 words 63 votes
Russian dark web marketplace admins indicted after arrest in Miami internet Article 540 words 8 votes
China-linked ‘Spamouflage’ network mimics Americans online to sway US political debate social media Article 795 words 25 votes
Oracle's $115 million privacy settlement: What consumers should know privacy Article 4112 words 22 votes
How CrowdStrike stopped everything. “The failures cascaded as dependent systems crashed, halting operations across multiple sectors." security privacy Article 1446 words 17 votes
CrowdStrike estimates the tech meltdown caused by its bungling left a $60 million dent in its sales Article 446 words 37 votes
Lawsuits against Crowdstrike begin with Delta Airlines and Crowdstrike shareholders filing suit Article 862 words 21 votes
NY Times Tech Guild: We are celebrating Labor Day by announcing that a supermajority of our over-600 person union signed a pledge of support for a strike Link 26 votes
US judge rules $400 million algorithmic system illegally denied thousands of people’s Medicaid benefits Article 395 words 27 votes
Court: Section 230 doesn’t shield TikTok from blackout challenge death suit social media Article 690 words 25 votes
AI makes racist judgement calls when asked to evaluate speakers of African American vernacular English Link 23 votes
US AI Safety Institute signs agreements regarding AI safety research, testing and evaluation with Anthropic and OpenAI Article 382 words 9 votes
Elon Musk’s lawyers quietly subpoena public interest groups social media Article 990 words, published Aug 23 2024 38 votes
Social platform X edits AI chatbot after election officials warn that it spreads misinformation social media Article 460 words 15 votes
Chinese government hackers penetrate US internet providers to spy internet security.cyber Article 794 words 17 votes
San Leandro tech startup to sell drones the size of several cars, flying 600 miles at a time Article 1192 words 21 votes
The US DOJ files an antitrust suit against a software company for allegedly manipulating rent prices Article 257 words 46 votes
Former US President Donald Trump’s post of fake Taylor Swift endorsement is his latest embrace of AI-generated images social media Article 1058 words 36 votes
US FTC bans fake online reviews, inflated social media influence; rule takes effect in October internet social media Article 52 votes
Digital apartheid in Gaza: Unjust content moderation at the request of Israel’s cyber unit social media facebook Article 817 words, published Jul 26 2024 14 votes