NHTSA opens a formal investigation into Tesla's Autopilot system, covering 765K vehicles, saying it has trouble spotting parked emergency vehicles

  Techmeme   ·   1 month ago

WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first Covid cases

  Hacker News   ·   1 month ago

DoorDash reports Q2 revenue of $1.24B, up 83% YoY, total orders of 345M, up 69% YoY, net loss of $102M, and says fee caps in cities like NY and LA cost it $26M

  Techmeme   ·   1 month ago

Facebook shuts out NYU academics’ research on political ads

  Hacker News   ·   1 month ago

The Justice Department says 27 US Attorney offices had at least one employee's Microsoft email account breached by Russian hackers from May 7 to Dec. 27, 2020

  Techmeme   ·   2 months ago

Inside a KKK murder plot: Grab him up, take him to the river

  Pinboard   ·   2 months ago

A look at Amazon's Key For Business program, launched in 2018 to let drivers unlock apartment buildings via an app, which it is encouraging landlords to adopt

  Techmeme   ·   2 months ago

Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change

  Hacker News   ·   2 months ago

US announces anti-ransomware measures, including rewards of up to $10M for information about foreign state-sanctioned hackers targeting critical infrastructure

  Techmeme   ·   2 months ago

Miami orders evacuation of 156-unit as structurally and electrically unsafe

  Hacker News   ·   3 months ago

Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in US are now among unvaccinated | Associated Press

  Pinboard   ·   3 months ago

Tax experts say that ransomware victims' ransom payments are probably tax deductible in the US, unless they were paid by an insurance company

  Techmeme   ·   3 months ago

Critical entities targeted in suspected Chinese cyber spying

  Hacker News   ·   3 months ago

Reality Winner, NSA contractor in leak case, out of prison

  Hacker News   ·   3 months ago

Profile of Lynne Parker, the founding director of White House OSTP's National AI Initiative Office, tasked with boosting AI research and guiding AI regulation

  Techmeme   ·   3 months ago

EU unveils plans for a digital ID wallet that residents can use to prove their identities and share electronic documents across the 27-nation bloc

  Techmeme   ·   4 months ago

In Mexico, cartels are hunting down police at their homes

  Hacker News   ·   4 months ago

German regulator probes Google's market position, data use

  Hacker News   ·   4 months ago

Investigation: an army of fake bots covertly amplify Chinese propaganda on Twitter by retweeting posts from diplomats and state media tens of thousands of times

  Techmeme   ·   4 months ago

Reversing Trump, US restores transgender health protections

  Pinboard   ·   4 months ago

Trump's 'Big Lie' imperils Republicans who don't embrace it

  Pinboard   ·   4 months ago

Ransomware gang threatens release of Washington D.C. police records

  Hacker News   ·   4 months ago

A federal appeals court rules that plans for 3D-printed "ghost guns" can be posted online without US State Department approval, reinstating a Trump admin order

  Techmeme   ·   5 months ago

Bill to kill up to 90% of Idaho wolves heads to governor

  Hacker News   ·   5 months ago

Consumer Reports tricks Tesla to drive with no one at wheel

  Hacker News   ·   5 months ago

US West prepares for possible first water shortage declaration

  Hacker News   ·   5 months ago

Microsoft removes Positive Technologies from a list of vendors it gives early access to vulnerability info; IBM also lists Positive as a security partner

  Techmeme   ·   5 months ago

As violence surges, some question Portland axing police unit

  Hacker News   ·   6 months ago

US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults

  Hacker News   ·   6 months ago

In shift, oil industry group backs federal price on carbon

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

AP sources: SolarWinds hack got emails of top DHS officials

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

‘Treating us like robots’: Amazon workers seek union

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Congress to press Big Tech CEOs over speech, misinformation

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Betting sites offer software blocks for compulsive gamblers

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Intel announces Arizona expansion as chipmaker seeks footing

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Part of Wright brothers’ 1st airplane on NASA’s Mars chopper

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Twitter says it suspended Rep. Taylor Greene by mistake

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Scientist behind coronavirus shot says next target is cancer

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Russian man admits ransomware plot against Tesla in Nevada

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Scientist behind coronavirus shot says next target is cancer

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Utah campaign against porn marches on with phone filter plan

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Russia threatens to block Twitter in a month

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Auto industry urges emissions deal weaker than Obama’s

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Defying rules, anti-vaccine accounts thrive on social media

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Russia slows down Twitter, part of social media clampdown

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Intel to Collaborate with Microsoft on DARPA Program

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Microsoft server hack has victims hustling to stop intruders

  Reddit   ·   6 months ago

Casting a wide intrusion net: Dozens burned with single hack

  Reddit   ·   7 months ago

Brave acquires search engine to offer the first private alternative to Google Search and Google Chrome on both mobile and desktop

  Reddit   ·   7 months ago