Supreme Court supremo ponders AI-powered judges, concludes he's not out of a job yet Justice Roberts thinks ML can help in legal cases, if humans keep their hands on the tiller AI + ML02 Jan 2024 | 6
Artificial intelligence is a liability Comment Automating people out of business processes will not go well at all, mark our words AI + ML21 Dec 2023 | 97
California approves lavatory-to-faucet water recycling 'Water? Like out of the toilet?' It will get cleaned first and it'll be better than Brawndo Bootnotes19 Dec 2023 | 46
Internet's deep-level architects slam US, UK, Europe for pushing device-side scanning Someone needs to think of the children ... and the consequences of breaking encryption and trashing privacy Networks19 Dec 2023 | 59
Adobe ditches $20B Figma takeover under pressure from monopoly cops Now Photoshop giant needs to cough up that $1B break-up fee Applications18 Dec 2023 | 1
Google hopes to end tsunami of data dragnet warrants with Location History shakeup Android giant follows Apple's lead, will store whereabouts on device and delete info earlier by default Personal Tech15 Dec 2023 | 24
Four more months of Section 702 snooping slipped into $890B US defense budget bill Congress renews warrantless spying tool scribbled on back of huge check for Pentagon Public Sector14 Dec 2023 | 39
Europe inches closer to insisting gig workers are treated as employees If it looks like a job, and is supervised like a job, it'll be classified as a job Personal Tech14 Dec 2023 | 170
Proposed US surveillance regime would enlist more businesses Expanded service provider definition could force cafes and hotels to spy for the feds Security12 Dec 2023 | 10
Competing Section 702 surveillance bills on collision path for US House floor End-of-year deadline looms on US surveillance Security08 Dec 2023 | 8
Polish train maker denies claims its software bricked rolling stock maintained by competitor Says it was probably hacked, which isn't good news either Security08 Dec 2023 | 88
Five Eyes nations warn Moscow's mates at the Star Blizzard gang have new phishing targets The Russians are coming! Err, they've already infiltrated UK, US inboxes Security08 Dec 2023 | 7
Belgian man charged with smuggling sanctioned military tech to Russia and China Indictments allege plot to shift FPGAs, accelerometers, and spycams Security07 Dec 2023 | 13
Dump C++ and in Rust you should trust, Five Eyes agencies urge Memory safety vulnerabilities need to be crushed with better code Public Sector07 Dec 2023 | 185
Watchdog claims retaliation from military after questioning cushy federal IT contracts Special report IT-AAC had a hand in scrutinizing JEDI, now faces probe for challenging $300M+ single-source deals Public Sector30 Nov 2023 | 12
Meta goes to war with FTC over right to profit from kids' personal data Awkward hill to die on, but OK Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 22
Brit borough council apologizes for telling website users to disable HTTPS Planning portal back online with a more secure connection Security29 Nov 2023 | 53
US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant At least get a court order before mining Hemisphere Project data, says Senator Public Sector22 Nov 2023 | 15
Third-party data breach affecting Canadian government could involve data from 1999 Any govt staffers who used relocation services over past 24 years could be at risk Cyber-crime21 Nov 2023 | 5
Top Ukrainian cyber officials fired after allegedly pocketing kickbacks from govt IT deals Duo probed over alleged $2M embezzlement plot Public Sector21 Nov 2023 | 2
Microsoft pushes Azure Government Cloud as homefront defender All your national security are belong to us! Public Sector20 Nov 2023 | 5
Amazon bankrolling industry lobbying against Microsoft Azure should surprise no one Updated Coalitions battling Windows giant's software licensing are funded by AWS, report indicates Public Sector17 Nov 2023 | 11
Meta's fix for teen online mental health? Hold Apple and Google responsible Facebook: If only we had a national law to ensure kids get parental permission to indulge in damaging social media Personal Tech15 Nov 2023 | 31
FBI Director: FISA Section 702 warrant requirement a 'de facto ban' War of words escalates as deadline draws near Security15 Nov 2023 | 56
UnitedHealthcare's broken AI denied seniors' medical claims, lawsuit alleges Post-acute care algorithm allegedly comes up short 90% of the time AI + ML15 Nov 2023 | 38
Datacenter would spoil beautiful view ... of former industrial waste dump Not in my backyard, says Buckinghamshire Council Systems10 Nov 2023 | 53
Google mulled offering paid-for no-logging private Search subscription Also: Antitrust trial exhibits signals Incognito mode isn't truly private and 100M users may be underage Personal Tech08 Nov 2023 | 24
Uncle Sam snooping on US folks? Not without a warrant, lawmakers agree Proposed Section 702 overhaul bill rolls in as expiration date looms Public Sector08 Nov 2023 | 37
You can buy personal info of US military staff from data brokers for just 12 cents a pop Health records, financial situations, religious leanings, it's all out there, or so this study says Public Sector07 Nov 2023 | 15
ICE faces heat after agents install thousands of personal apps, VPNs on official phones Audit: Craptastic security potentially put govt info in hands of enemies Public Sector06 Nov 2023 | 9
US Commerce Dept pinky swears it won't push American spyware on world-plus-dog Or maybe just not let foreign govts buy this stuff at all? Public Sector02 Nov 2023 | 8
FBI boss: Taking away our Section 702 spying powers could be 'devastating' Of course, he would say that, wouldn't he? Security02 Nov 2023 | 48
US officials close to persuading allies to not pay off ransomware crooks 'We're still in the final throes of getting every last member to sign' Cyber-crime31 Oct 2023 | 21
Now Russians accused of pwning JFK taxi system to sell top spots to cabbies Big Apple unlikely to get a bite out of them at this rate, though Cyber-crime31 Oct 2023 | 6
Amazon Ads rolls out generative AI for ad image composition Not enough gourds in your product pics? Try the 'Pumpkin spice' theme AI + ML26 Oct 2023 | 5
Your ex isn't the only one stalking your social media posts. The Feds are, too Two thumbs down as ACLU lawsuit yields uncomfortable results Personal Tech25 Oct 2023 | 66
AI luminaries call for urgent regulation to head off future threats, but Meta's brainbox boss disagrees Suggest developers spend 'at least one-third of their R&D budget' on safety AI + ML24 Oct 2023 | 18
The problem with Jon Stewart is that Apple appears to have cancelled his show Planned episodes on China and AI reportedly worried Apple top brass Bootnotes20 Oct 2023 | 51
US government's Login.gov turns frown upside down, now smiles on facial recognition Authentication portal to match snaps on existing IDs with user-provided snaps Personal Tech19 Oct 2023 | 23
Winklevoss twins back in hot water after NY AG sues over $1B cryptocurrency fraud Updated SBF comes up like a bad penny Legal19 Oct 2023 | 21
Governments resent their dependence on Big Tech Singapore summit hears how private sector's constant security sins create risk for sovereigns Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2023 | 22
Five Eyes intel chiefs warn China's IP theft program now at 'unprecedented' levels Spies come in from the cold for their first public chinwag Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2023 | 31
EPA flushes water supply cybersecurity rule after losing legal fight with industry, states What could possibly go wrong? Cybersecurity Month13 Oct 2023 | 38
California's Governor Newsom signs laws on right to repair and data deletion 'Digital emancipation proclamation' praised by tech tinkerers, but info brokers aren't happy Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 11
SBF on trial: The Python code that allegedly let Alameda hedge fund spend people's FTX deposits And Caroline Ellison says she was told by Bankman-Fried to take $10B from customer accounts Cyber-crime10 Oct 2023 | 22
Forcing Apple to allow third-party app stores isn't enough Opinion You're excited about Meta offering iOS apps via Facebook ads? Really? Applications09 Oct 2023 | 75
Apple pays $500K to make sales bods' complaint about wage theft go away About four minutes of quarterly profit, and it's settled Personal Tech06 Oct 2023 | 6
Online tracking is alive and well in link decoration Analysis The pending death of third-party cookies won't do much for other privacy intrusions Cybersecurity Month06 Oct 2023 | 17
Cisco warns of critical flaw in Emergency Responder code Hard-coded credentials strike again Security05 Oct 2023 | 11
'Gay furry hackers' brag of second NATO break-in, steal and leak more data 'No impact on missions,' military powerhouse insists Cyber-crime04 Oct 2023 | 9
US v Sam Bankman-Fried trial begins ... as imploded crypto-biz boss sues his insurer After people's funds go up in smoke, ex-CEO seeks cash to foot legal bills Cyber-crime03 Oct 2023 | 14
Watermarking AI images to fight misinfo and deepfakes may be pretty pointless Exclusive Basically, it's 'not going to work' AI + ML02 Oct 2023 | 29
Feds hopelessly behind the times on ransomware trends in alert to industry Better late than never, we guess Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2023 | 6
Techies at Europe's biggest council have 8 weeks to pull finance reports from Oracle system Auditors issue new deadline following ill-fated migration Public Sector02 Oct 2023 | 72
EFF urges Chrome users to get out of the Privacy Sandbox Google says Topics warning is anti-innovative fearmongering Personal Tech30 Sep 2023 | 81
Chinese snoops stole 60K State Department emails in that Microsoft email heist No classified systems involved apparently, but internal diplomatic notes, travel details, staff SSNs, etc CSO28 Sep 2023 | 4
Yelp sues Texas for right to publish actual accurate abortion info So much for that free speech, huh? Personal Tech28 Sep 2023 | 67
Routers have been rooted by Chinese spies, US and Japan warn BlackTech crew looking to steal sensitive data traffic Software27 Sep 2023 | 8
FCC plans to restore net neutrality rules tossed out under Trump Discriminatory handling of data and paid internet fast lanes could again be disallowed Networks26 Sep 2023 | 29
Report: CIA eyes building AI chatbot to rival China CIA, FBI and friends using AI to uncover threats? What could possibly go wrong? AI + ML26 Sep 2023 | 9
Twitter, aka X, tops charts for misinformation, EU official says In measure of fakery, Musk's social media biz has highest noise-to-signal ratio Off-Prem26 Sep 2023 | 96
California governor vetoes bill requiring human drivers in robo trucks Route 404: Human driver requirement not found AI + ML25 Sep 2023 | 60