The latest in North Korea’s fake IT worker scheme: Extorting the employers Article 1032 words 17 votes
Goodbye, floppies - San Francisco pays Hitachi $212 million to remove 5.25-inch disks from its light rail service Article 428 words 30 votes
Norway is to enforce a strict minimum age limit on social media of fifteen as the government ramped up its campaign against tech companies it says are “pitted against small children's brains” social media Article 508 words 32 votes
BTK-gate, Turkey's massive surveillance state: Internet activity, identity, and personal data of all users in Turkey is collected privacy internet Article 2349 words, published Jul 21 2022 17 votes
More people than ever are trying to hack the US government--and they love it security.cyber Article 328 words 11 votes
Arkansas sues YouTube over claims it's fueling mental health crisis social media Article 504 words 16 votes
The US government wants to make it easier for you to click the 'unsubscribe' button Article 563 words 58 votes
Elon Musk says he’s moving SpaceX and X from California to Texas, blames new trans privacy law social media privacy Article 256 words 28 votes
New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids social media Article 789 words 51 votes
Minnesota repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition internet Article 576 words, published May 24 2024 22 votes
Taiwan, on China’s doorstep, is dealing with TikTok its own way social media Article 1195 words 11 votes
Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms social media Article 1047 words 22 votes
Leak of documents on spyware developed by vendor for Chinese government security.cyber Tweet 33 votes
The US Federal Trade Commission made an unprecedented move against data brokers Article 380 words 20 votes
US senator warns governments are spying on Apple and Google users via push notifications privacy security apple google Article 687 words 38 votes
Maryland is making a $27.2 million investment in devices as part of an effort to ensure residents have the technology to access reliable, high-speed internet. Article 293 words, published Nov 20 2023 16 votes
Inspired by online dating, AI tool for adoption matchmaking falls short for vulnerable foster kids Article 2559 words 11 votes
California passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring seven years of parts apple Article 448 words 39 votes
Local governments aren't businesses – so why are they force-fed business software? Article 812 words 31 votes
Elon Musk’s X sues California over content moderation law, claiming it violates free speech social media Article 342 words 25 votes
As employers expand artificial intelligence in hiring, few states in the USA have rules privacy Article 1428 words, published Jul 17 2023 12 votes
Scientologists ask US Federal government to restrict right to repair Article 722 words, published Aug 31 2023 46 votes
When Instagram was used for government communication social media Article 331 words, published Jul 31 2023 6 votes
The US tech industry has largely co-opted the once-dreaded “patchwork” of state rules through effective lobbying— and its success is sapping momentum for federal legislation privacy Article 1674 words 7 votes
Illinois just passed the first law in the US protecting financial rights of children of influencers social media Article 561 words 35 votes
Hackers exploited a zero-day flaw in Ivanti's software undetected for at least three months, US and Norwegian cybersecurity agencies warn security.cyber Article 456 words 14 votes
How Big Tech rewrote the USA's first cellphone repair law Article 2009 words, published Feb 8 2023 11 votes
Microsoft lost its keys, and the US government got hacked microsoft security.cyber Article 762 words 25 votes
France passes bill to allow police to remotely activate phone camera, microphone, and GPS, in order to spy on people privacy Article 312 words 79 votes
By more than two-to-one, Americans support US government banning TikTok social media privacy Article 1136 words, published Mar 31 2023 17 votes
AI can fool voice recognition used to verify identity by Centrelink and Australian tax office security Article 1108 words, published Mar 16 2023 11 votes
Danish parliament urges lawmakers and employees to remove TikTok on work phones as a cybersecurity measure, saying “there is a risk of espionage” social media security.cyber privacy Article 263 words 4 votes
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. security.cyber Article 696 words 12 votes
Rogers CEO says service back online for most Canadian customers, blames outage on 'network system failure' internet Link 17 votes
Big Telecom convinces Missouri lawmakers to block funding for broadband competition internet Article 5 votes
Norway says cyber attack on parliament carried out from China – attack had utilised a security hole in Microsoft's Exchange software microsoft security.cyber Article 341 words 10 votes
California’s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature internet Article 941 words 13 votes