Human Security: 1M+ Android TV streaming boxes, tablets, projectors, and car infotainment systems are infected with malware that conscripts them into a botnet
New research shows at least a million inexpensive Android devices—from TV streaming boxes to car infotainment systems … Bluesky: @couts and @lhn . Forums: r/technews Bluesky: Andrew Couts / @couts : N...
Apple releases macOS Ventura 13.2.1, iOS 16.3.1, and iPadOS 16.3.1 with a patch for a WebKit arbitrary code execution bug reportedly being actively exploited
Here's what's new Jade Bryan / NextPit : Apple iOS 16.3.1 released: Why you should (or not) install this iPhone update Oliver Haslam / TweakTown : Mobile Devices, Tablets & Phones News - Page 1 Juli C...
A look at student activity monitoring software GoGuardian, whose usage in US schools exploded during lockdowns as some say it adds to kids' psychological strain
The pandemic caused schools to embrace laptops, tablets, Zoom, and an app called GoGuardian that tracks everything students (and, sometimes, parents) do online. Tweets: @talkpoverty , @bw , @gawkgawkt...
Q&A with Twitter's senior director of curation Joanna Geary on how her team decides which trends to summarize and how to contextualize them, more
Will Oremus / OneZero : Tweets: @ozm , @thedextriarchy , @mediasmarts , @michellemanafy , @risj_oxford , @willoremus , and @willoremus Tweets: OneZero / @ozm : Notice how Twitter is toeing the line t...
Q&A with Twitter's senior director of curation Joanna Geary on how her team decides which trends to summarize and how to contextualize them, more
‘Twitter description guy’ isn't a guy. It's Twitter's curation team, and I talked to the woman who runs it. Tweets: @ozm , @thedextriarchy , @mediasmarts , @michellemanafy , @risj_oxford , @willoremu...
Software engineer finds that Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application opened on a user's computer and send the data to Google Analytics
Chapter 1: The discovery — I have a Wacom drawing tablet. I use it to draw cover illustrations for my blog posts, such as this one:
How the big companies like Marriott, Disney, and IBM, are pushing to limit Section 230 of the CDA, challenging Facebook, Google, and the internet as we know it
David McCabe / New York Times : Tweets: @edbott , @david_boaz , @mchui , @nxthompson , @riana_crypto , @ktummarello , @nytimesbusiness , @mathewi , @annemariebridy , @nytimesbusiness , @gigibsohn , @...
To install Fortnite on Android directly from fortnite.com, users will have to allow app installation from Unknown Sources, making devices vulnerable to malware
not his https://www.cnet.com/... pic.twitter.com/IeZS14ieK4 Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Wow, Fortnite for Android will totally ditch the Google Play Store. Epic Games is giving Google the middle finger...
A look at how Samba TV collects viewing data from 13.5M smart TVs in the US to make personalized show recommendations and enable ad targeting
The growing concern over online data and user privacy has been focused on tech giants like Facebook and devices like smartphones. Tweets: @sapna , @wolfiechristl , @sapna , @stevebellovin , @natashany...
As chain restaurants increasingly deploy tabletop tablets, servers find they have to contend with inaccurate rankings, unfair scores, and inappropriate comments
In data-hungry, tech-happy chain restaurants, customers are rating their servers using tabletop tablets, not realizing those ratings can put jobs at risk. Tweets: @cavni Tweets: @cavni : The ratings t...