Cyber insurers are failing to reduce companies' cyber risk exposure and to cover breached firms' costs after state-sponsored cyberattacks that fall short of war Techmeme · 3 months ago
Fitbit announces the entry-level $100 Inspire 3, with claimed 10-day battery life, alongside the $230 Versa 4 and $300 Sense 2; none run Google's Wear OS 3 Techmeme · 3 months ago
Police in Delhi, India, who use facial recognition to identify protesters, say they consider 80%+ accuracy a "positive" match, raising concerns among activists Techmeme · 3 months ago
A look at Watch Duty, a free, nonprofit, unofficial service and app run by volunteers that lets anyone track active wildfires throughout California Techmeme · 3 months ago
Google says it is using its most powerful large language model PaLM to help robots from Alphabet X spinout Everyday Robots understand complex human commands Techmeme · 3 months ago
A "jailbreak" for John Deere tractors, helping farmers modify and repair them, highlights issues with securing farm equipment and the right-to-repair debate Techmeme · 3 months ago
After the Nebraska abortion case, Meta tests more E2EE chats and backups in Messenger, and says default E2EE messages and calls will roll out globally in 2023 Techmeme · 4 months ago
Researchers bought 5G IoT plans from 10 carriers and found security flaws exposing private SIM card data and, in some cases, large streams of other users' data Techmeme · 4 months ago
A look at Invisv's Pretty Good Phone Privacy mobile data service, available in beta on Android, which is designed to separate users from specific identifiers Techmeme · 4 months ago
A look at Apple's union-busting campaign, as some retail workers ask management to stop inflicting "traumatic" pressure on other workers trying to unionize Techmeme · 4 months ago
A look at attacks on internet cables in France in April 2022, when "backbone cables" were surgically cut in three locations around Paris in around two hours Techmeme · 4 months ago
A look at the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which privacy experts say might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law Techmeme · 4 months ago
Experts say a ruling against Twitter in its lawsuit against content removal orders in India could let the government censor a wide swath of platforms and sites Techmeme · 4 months ago
Many rapid delivery startups, which surged during the pandemic, have either retreated or shut down after struggling to make the economics work Techmeme · 4 months ago
A look at pro-Russian hacktivist group Killnet, which has launched DDoS attacks against websites in countries supporting Ukraine, including Germany and the US Techmeme · 5 months ago
Twitter employees say it's a "shit show internally", exasperated by weak leadership and lack of support amid targeted harassment from outside the company Techmeme · 5 months ago
Tech companies' offer to help employees sidestep abortion bans does not cover gig workers, temporary workers, and subcontractors, deepening the workforce divide Techmeme · 5 months ago
A look at national security concerns around modern cars filled with cameras and sensors, as a Chinese town bans Teslas during a communist party conclave Techmeme · 5 months ago
Machine learning-powered surveillance systems will never eliminate the risk of US school shootings, no matter how expansive and intricate the systems become Techmeme · 5 months ago
A look at DALL-E Mini, a viral image-generation service by Hugging Face based on OpenAI's DALL-E offering good, absurd fun while showing how AI can warp reality Techmeme · 5 months ago
How SCOTUS overturning Roe could be used to curb online freedoms and surveil vulnerable populations, as happened to sex workers following FOSTA/SESTA in 2018 Techmeme · 5 months ago
Slack plans to add video calling to Huddles in the fall; Slack has offered one-on-one and group video calling since 2016, but the feature isn't easy to find Techmeme · 5 months ago
Researchers find a link between Indian police and hackers who planted evidence in 2018 on the PCs of human rights activists jailed on terrorism charges Techmeme · 5 months ago
A look at Apple's plan to debut passwordless login for apps and websites in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura with Passkeys, using Touch ID or Face ID for authentication Techmeme · 6 months ago
MongoDB announces "Queryable Encryption", which it says will let users search data that remains encrypted, available in preview as part of MongoDB 6.0 Techmeme · 6 months ago
Dark web marketplace AlphaBay, which was taken down by law enforcement in 2017 and relaunched last August, now has 30K+ unique product listings, largely drugs Techmeme · 6 months ago
Messaging apps should consider reviving AIM's Away Message to create better social boundaries around people's time, as people treat the apps like live chats Techmeme · 6 months ago
Sources claim fired senior Google AI researcher Satrajit Chatterjee spread misinfo on two AI researchers after they declined his request to manage their project Techmeme · 6 months ago
As GDPR turns four, despite some positives, regulators struggle to keep up with complaints, the ad industry remains littered with potential abuses, and more Techmeme · 6 months ago
Google details three campaigns using Predator spyware built by North Macedonian developer Cytrox which exploited five Android vulnerabilities discovered in 2021 Techmeme · 6 months ago
Tech that is designed for marginalized and vulnerable groups from the start is better, safer, more innovative, robust, and integrative of privacy Techmeme · 6 months ago
Several women who attended Miami's Bitcoin 2022 conference were harassed and say the conference didn't enforce its anti-harassment policies Techmeme · 7 months ago
A look at the Apple Together solidarity movement, which is providing tools and support for the company's retail, AppleCare, and other employees to organize Techmeme · 7 months ago
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Google will update over 20 apps with tablet optimizations in the coming weeks, as the company seeks to improve Android on large-screen devices Techmeme · 7 months ago
How small, commercial drones in Ukraine are letting militias and others conduct cheap airborne surveillance and collect footage for war crimes investigations Techmeme · 7 months ago