John Carmack issues some words of warning for Meta and its metaverse plans October 29, 2021 "But here we are, Mark Zuckerberg has decided that now is the time..." https://bit.ly/3nIBDYE Read more
Verizon will use Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellites to extend 4G and 5G October 27, 2021 Verizon/Amazon satellite deal will include fixed-wireless Internet in rural US. https://bit.ly/2ZBxH3F Read more
Securing your digital life, part two: The bigger picture—and special circumstances October 27, 2021 We did the basics—now let's look at some more detailed steps to protect yourself. https://bit.ly/3pFkbGT Read more
Securing your digital life, part one: The basics October 25, 2021 In this first of two parts, we go over some security steps everyone should be taking. https://bit.ly/3vK5CCR Read more
More than 100,000 people have had their eyes scanned for free cryptocurrency October 22, 2021 Worldcoin reveals "orb" scanner, aims to distribute cryptocurrency to 1 billion people. https://bit.ly/3vIspz5 Read more
How hackers hijacked thousands of high-profile YouTube accounts October 21, 2021 Spate of attacks turned creator channels into cryptocurrency scam livestreams. https://bit.ly/3jjEMwD Read more
Passengers couldn’t fly after NHS vaccine passport went offline October 14, 2021 Outage lasted approximately 4 hours, causing issues with health app. https://bit.ly/3AHTjrG Read more
Verizon’s Visible cell customers hacked, unauthorized purchases seen October 14, 2021 Visible customers left confused as hackers place orders from their accounts. https://bit.ly/3aS0IKN Read more
“Hacker X”—the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire—unmasks himself October 14, 2021 He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right. https://bit.ly/3p9TOZk Read more
US gov’t will slap contractors with civil lawsuits for hiding breaches October 07, 2021 Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative mandates data-breach reporting for gov't contractors. https://bit.ly/3uQnzPU Read more
Twitch source code, creator earnings exposed in 125GB leak October 06, 2021 Twitch confirms the data breach but is investigating the full extent. https://bit.ly/3BojeG4 Read more
Company that routes SMS for all major US carriers was hacked for five years October 05, 2021 Syniverse and carriers haven't revealed whether text messages were exposed. https://bit.ly/3DcbV4M Read more
Facebook’s outage likely cost the company over $60 million October 05, 2021 Configuration change cascaded down the data centers, bringing systems to a halt. https://bit.ly/2Yi5tKy Read more
Windows 11: The Ars Technica review October 04, 2021 Attractive new design overshadowed by regressions and high system requirements. https://bit.ly/2WFptWS Read more
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus are down. Here’s what we know October 04, 2021 The root cause of the worldwide outage appears to be a flubbed BGP route update. https://bit.ly/3l8Hvdy Read more
Researcher refuses Telegram’s bounty award, discloses auto-delete bug October 04, 2021 Telegram took months to fix "self-destruct" message bug. Then requested silence. https://bit.ly/3Dd1gqq Read more
Hundreds of scam apps hit over 10 million Android devices October 02, 2021 GriftHorse campaign used clever techniques to avoid detection in Google Play. https://bit.ly/3uLsAtb Read more
California DMV gives Cruise and Waymo OK to charge for rides October 01, 2021 But the California Public Utilities Commission still has to give its approval. https://bit.ly/3A192Sq Read more
“Wayforward Machine” provides a glimpse into the future of the web October 01, 2021 "Imagine a future without access to knowledge..." https://bit.ly/3B7K05C Read more
Neiman Marcus data breach impacts 4.6 million customers October 01, 2021 Users were asked to change passwords—but were not offered free credit monitoring. https://bit.ly/3kVOo1M Read more