Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices. CryWiper masquerades as ransomware, but its real purpose is to permanently destroy data. Article 696 words 12 votes
World's fastest electric ship will set sail in Stockholm next year – Candela P-12 is a thirty-passenger 'flying ferry' that will reach speeds of thirty knots Article 849 words 6 votes
Rogers CEO says service back online for most customers, blames outage on 'network system failure' internet Link 17 votes
Norway says cyber attack on parliament carried out from China – attack had utilised a security hole in Microsoft's Exchange software microsoft security Article 341 words 10 votes
Judge tears Florida’s social media law to shreds for violating First Amendment social media facebook Article 1547 words 16 votes
In leak investigation, tech giants are caught between courts and customers apple google Article 1587 words 9 votes
King County, WA is first in the country to ban government use of facial recognition software privacy Link 15 votes
Florida has passed an unconstitutional law to allow suing and fining social media companies (except ones that also own theme parks) for censoring users or de-platforming politicians social media Article 1637 words 20 votes
Largest fuel pipeline in the United States hit by ransomware attack security Article 965 words 31 votes
Florida bill would fine social media platforms for banning politicians— with exemption for Disney social media facebook Article 613 words 14 votes
Arizona advances bill forcing Apple and Google to allow Fortnite-style alternative payment options apple google Article 1684 words 7 votes
Facebook to lift Australia news ban after government agrees to amendments to proposed legislation requiring them to pay publishers facebook social media Article 6 votes
Samsung seeks to have almost $1bn shaved off property taxes for planned Texas semiconductor fab Article 508 words, published Feb 5 2021 8 votes
Texas Department of Public Safety issues amber alert for victim of horror doll Chucky Article 325 words 5 votes
What I learned in two years of moving government forms online Article 2003 words, published Feb 23 2018 9 votes
JetBrains' continuous integration server TeamCity may have been compromised as part of the wide-reaching Russian hack of the US federal government security Article 803 words 13 votes
Open-source developer and manager David Recordon named White House Director of Technology Article 365 words 14 votes
Facebook announces plan to break up US Government before it becomes too powerful facebook social media Link 40 votes
"They demolished my house for this?" In Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, families were forced out for a huge Foxconn factory, but three years later, it still hasn’t been built Article 1912 words 22 votes
Finland's parliament approved a bill designed to protect its networks against cyber threats and espionage – may be used to exclude China's Huawei and ZTE security.national Article 4 votes
Pakistan’s government uses the internet as a means of exerting control — and in a remote part of the country, citizens are starting to fight back internet Article 3787 words 6 votes
TikTok can continue to operate in the US, Commerce Department says social media Article 166 words 10 votes
With Prop 22’s passage in California, tech companies are just writing their own laws now Article 1238 words 22 votes
Proposition 24 passes in California, pushing privacy rights to the forefront again privacy Article 602 words 13 votes
Google, Facebook, and Twitter halt government data requests after new Hong Kong security law google facebook Article 606 words 10 votes
An in-depth analysis of the growing Boogaloo movement pushing for an armed revolution against the US Government, and how Facebook makes it possible facebook social media Article 3949 words 39 votes
Analysis of Voatz mobile voting app by MIT researchers finds elementary security flaws security Article 1644 words 11 votes
The government protects our food and cars. Why not our data? Article 2074 words, published Nov 2 2019 5 votes
Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system Article 341 words 14 votes
NSA whistleblower dropped from Australian cyber conference at the last minute security Article 500 words 6 votes
Colorado town offers 1 gbps for $60 after years of battling Comcast internet Article 489 words 11 votes
Maine Governor signs strictest internet protections in the US internet Article 839 words, published Jun 7 2019 8 votes
Silicon Valley-funded privacy think tanks fight in DC to unravel state-level consumer privacy protections privacy Article 1381 words 5 votes
FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-encryption laws privacy security Article 365 words 15 votes
The US government and Facebook are negotiating a record, multibillion-dollar fine for the company’s privacy lapses facebook privacy social media Article 623 words 24 votes
New Japanese law lets government hack IOT devices and warn owners they're vulnerable security Article 606 words 8 votes
These are all the federal HTTPS websites that’ll expire soon because of the US government shutdown security internet Article 580 words 8 votes
The Welfare State Is Committing Suicide by Artificial Intelligence: Denmark is using algorithms to deliver benefits to citizens—and undermining its own democracy in the process. Article 1341 words 6 votes