Ask Slashdot: Who’s Still Using an RSS Reader?
In a recent Slashdot discussion, users shared their thoughts on the state of RSS readers. Despite fears of decline following Google’s discontinuation of Google Reader, many users still rely on…
Citizen Lab Director Warns Cyber Industry About US Authoritarian Descent
Summary Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, is raising alarms about the rising authoritarianism in the US and its implications for cybersecurity. In his upcoming keynote at the Black…
‘Facial Recognition Tech Mistook Me For Wanted Man’
Facial Recognition Tech Mistook Me For Wanted Man Shaun Thompson is pursuing a High Court challenge against the Metropolitan Police after live facial recognition technology wrongly identified him as a…
Taiwan’s High 20% Tariff Rate Linked To Intel Investment
Summary The article discusses the recent imposition of a 20% tariff by the U.S. on Taiwan. This tariff appears to be a strategic move aimed at pressuring TSMC to invest…
AWS wiped my account of 10 years, says open source dev
Summary An open source developer, Abdelkader Boudih, has claimed that AWS deleted his account, erasing a decade of work due to what he suspects was a failure during a test…
Trump surprises with TSMC $300B investment claim
Summary US President Donald Trump recently claimed in a CNBC interview that the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) would be investing $300 billion in Arizona to establish the largest chip…
Google Suffers Data Breach in Ongoing Salesforce Data Theft Attacks
Summary Google has fallen victim to a data breach linked to ongoing Salesforce data theft attacks orchestrated by the ShinyHunters extortion group. In June, the company reported that a group…
Universal Pictures To Big Tech: We’ll Sue If You Steal Our Movies For AI
Universal Pictures is sending strong warnings to tech giants about the use of its films to train AI systems. Starting with their June release “How to Train Your Dragon,” they…
Tornado Cash Co-Founder Storm Guilty in Crypto Mixing Case
Tornado Cash Co-Founder Storm Guilty in Crypto Mixing Case A Manhattan jury has convicted Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash, of conspiring to run an unlicensed money-transfer business. Despite the…
Call of Duty’s Anti-Cheat Will Require TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot for PC Players
Activision plans to implement mandatory Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 and Secure Boot features for PC players of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. These enhancements are aimed at bolstering…