2022-03-01
The reason is not mysterious: cyber-attacks are won and lost on size and preparation. This is what we learned from the Russian attacks on #Estonia in 2007 and #Georgia in 2008. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Washington Post
After dire predictions, Russia has not yet unleashed a crippling cyberattack on Ukraine, leaving the country with functioning internet and infrastructure
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2021-11-17
“The goal here is to have both realistic and stylized avatars that create a deep feeling that we're present with people.” Truly, the kind of thing someone living deep in the nadir of the uncanny valley and fully habituated to it, would say. https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
MIT Technology Review
A look at the promise and perils of personalized avatars in Meta's metaverse, as some experts worry it might make body image issues even worse
or worse? My story here: https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... @techreview : Facebook's metaverse might make body image issues even worse. Imagine idealized, unhealthy versions of ...
2021-09-09
“Drivers selecting music with Apple CarPlay or Android Auto had slower reaction times than those who were high from smoking pot.” https://slate.com/...
Slate
As carmakers use infotainment systems to stand out from competitors, the essentially unregulated displays are becoming flashy, feature-packed distractions
2021-06-04
Right under “If you don't absolutely need it to serve the person you get it from, don't collect it.” https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
TikTok adds a new section to its privacy policy saying the app may collect biometric data such as faceprints and voiceprints from its users' content in the US
A change to TikTok's U.S. privacy policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app …
2021-01-04
Apple backing themselves into a corner over something ridiculous. I hope they can see their way to doing the right thing here. Editing content and building hardware: two difficult jobs, expertise not transferable between them. https://twitter.com/...
GitHub
Developer of Amphetamine says Apple agreed to let the Mac app stay up with its current name and logo, after previously threatening to remove it due to its name
Amphetamine is a free app that helps keep your Mac awake. Amphetamine has been on the Mac App Store since 2014 and it's been downloaded over 432,800 times.
2020-11-23
I don't know how many times this needs to happen before people understand that registrars will always be the weak point in this chain, and that you can't secure millions or billions of dollars with a $9.95 link in the chain. DNSSEC/DANE in-band validation is necessary. https://twitter.com/...
Krebs on Security
GoDaddy confirms some of its staff fell for a social engineering scam, after hackers changed the email and DNS records for a number of crypto trading platforms
Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week.