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John Carmack issues some words of warning for Meta and its metaverse plans

"But here we are, Mark Zuckerberg has decided that now is the time..." https://bit.ly/3nIBDYE

Verizon will use Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellites to extend 4G and 5G

Verizon/Amazon satellite deal will include fixed-wireless Internet in rural US. https://bit.ly/2ZBxH3F

Securing your digital life, part two: The bigger picture—and special circumstances

We did the basics—now let's look at some more detailed steps to protect yourself. https://bit.ly/3pFkbGT

Securing your digital life, part one: The basics

In this first of two parts, we go over some security steps everyone should be taking. https://bit.ly/3vK5CCR

More than 100,000 people have had their eyes scanned for free cryptocurrency

Worldcoin reveals "orb" scanner, aims to distribute cryptocurrency to 1 billion people. https://bit.ly/3vIspz5

How hackers hijacked thousands of high-profile YouTube accounts

Spate of attacks turned creator channels into cryptocurrency scam livestreams. https://bit.ly/3jjEMwD

Passengers couldn’t fly after NHS vaccine passport went offline

Outage lasted approximately 4 hours, causing issues with health app. https://bit.ly/3AHTjrG

Verizon’s Visible cell customers hacked, unauthorized purchases seen

Visible customers left confused as hackers place orders from their accounts. https://bit.ly/3aS0IKN

“Hacker X”—the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire—unmasks himself

He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right. https://bit.ly/3p9TOZk

US gov’t will slap contractors with civil lawsuits for hiding breaches

Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative mandates data-breach reporting for gov't contractors. https://bit.ly/3uQnzPU

Twitch source code, creator earnings exposed in 125GB leak

Twitch confirms the data breach but is investigating the full extent. https://bit.ly/3BojeG4

Company that routes SMS for all major US carriers was hacked for five years

Syniverse and carriers haven't revealed whether text messages were exposed. https://bit.ly/3DcbV4M

Facebook’s outage likely cost the company over $60 million

Configuration change cascaded down the data centers, bringing systems to a halt. https://bit.ly/2Yi5tKy

Windows 11: The Ars Technica review

Attractive new design overshadowed by regressions and high system requirements. https://bit.ly/2WFptWS

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus are down. Here’s what we know

The root cause of the worldwide outage appears to be a flubbed BGP route update. https://bit.ly/3l8Hvdy

Researcher refuses Telegram’s bounty award, discloses auto-delete bug

Telegram took months to fix "self-destruct" message bug. Then requested silence. https://bit.ly/3Dd1gqq

Hundreds of scam apps hit over 10 million Android devices

GriftHorse campaign used clever techniques to avoid detection in Google Play. https://bit.ly/3uLsAtb

California DMV gives Cruise and Waymo OK to charge for rides

But the California Public Utilities Commission still has to give its approval. https://bit.ly/3A192Sq

“Wayforward Machine” provides a glimpse into the future of the web

"Imagine a future without access to knowledge..." https://bit.ly/3B7K05C

Neiman Marcus data breach impacts 4.6 million customers

Users were asked to change passwords—but were not offered free credit monitoring. https://bit.ly/3kVOo1M