IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete with TurboTax

IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete with TurboTax

What I taught NASA employees about cybersecurity


What I taught NASA employees about cybersecurity



Working for NASA is a big job and a true honor. Every day, the talented men and women of NASA must think on a cosmic level because it’s not just about space exploration and research. Sometimes it’s about planetary safety, such as their plan to destroy Earth-ending asteroids. Tap or click here to read about NASA's innovative plan.

Hackers publish Ring camera accounts, urge other hackers to record users in their homes


Hackers publish Ring camera accounts, urge other hackers to record users in their homes



Hackers keep targeting Ring accounts.

Facebook tracks you offline: How to make it stop


Facebook tracks you offline: How to make it stop



You may not agree with Facebook’s practices, but it’s hard to argue against its effectiveness. Advertisers are willing to pay big bucks to access your data collected through the social media platform.

California Wanted to Protect Uber Drivers. Now It May Hurt Freelancers.


By BY NELLIE BOWLES AND NOAM SCHEIBER from NYT Technology

The beta amyloid hypothesis has thwarted progress toward an Alzheimer’s cure

The beta amyloid hypothesis has thwarted progress toward an Alzheimer’s cure

Uber and Postmates File Suit to Block California Freelancer Law


By BY NOAM SCHEIBER from NYT Technology

Fake “like” factories – how we reverse engineered facebooks user IDs [video]

Fake “like” factories – how we reverse engineered facebooks user IDs [video]

Big holiday iPhone heists strike Best Buy, Apple Store shopper


Big holiday iPhone heists strike Best Buy, Apple Store shopper



In year-end holiday heists, over $200K in iPhones were stolen from a Best Buy and a large haul of phones was taken from a car after an Apple Store shopping spree.

What: A terminal tool to check what is taking up your bandwidth

What: A terminal tool to check what is taking up your bandwidth

The 2019 Good Tech Awards


By BY KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology

Focus has become more valuable than intelligence (2018)

Focus has become more valuable than intelligence (2018)

Computer Science from the Bottom Up (2016)

Computer Science from the Bottom Up (2016)

What happens when your career becomes your whole identity

What happens when your career becomes your whole identity

Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code

Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code

Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?

Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?

Video doorbell security, AirPods as hearing aids, PC bloatware and more: Tech Q&A


Video doorbell security, AirPods as hearing aids, PC bloatware and more: Tech Q&A



Video doorbell security, AirPods are hearing aids and much more in this week's Tech Q&A.

Slack have blocked using the website on mobile

Slack have blocked using the website on mobile

What Does California’s New Data Privacy Law Mean? Nobody Agrees


By BY NATASHA SINGER from NYT Technology

Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content Recognition

Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content Recognition

What I taught 60,000 NASA employees about cybersecurity


What I taught 60,000 NASA employees about cybersecurity



Working for NASA is a big job and a true honor. Every day, the talented men and women of NASA must think on a cosmic level because it’s not just about space exploration and research. Sometimes it’s about planetary safety, such as their plan to destroy Earth-ending asteroids. Tap or click here to read about NASA's innovative plan.

Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so they can't be reused

Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so they can't be reused

WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security

WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security

Apple News No Longer Supports RSS

Apple News No Longer Supports RSS

Shopify CEO says long hours aren't necessary for success

Shopify CEO says long hours aren't necessary for success

Counterfeits on Amazon cost Warren bird feeder business $1.5M

Counterfeits on Amazon cost Warren bird feeder business $1.5M

Prime Anchor: An Amazon Warehouse Town Dreams of a Better Life


By BY DAVID STREITFELD from NYT Technology

Windows 95 UI Design

Windows 95 UI Design

What you need to know on the best day of the year to buy electronics


What you need to know on the best day of the year to buy electronics



Stores are clearing out their holiday inventory and offering the biggest deals of the year on electronics; Jeff Flock reports from Abt Electronics in Glenview, Illinois.

The Week in Tech: What 5 Billion Means to Amazon


By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology

OnlyKey: Open-Source Alternative to YubiKey

OnlyKey: Open-Source Alternative to YubiKey

Turkey's Wikipedia ban ruled unconstitutional by high court


Turkey's Wikipedia ban ruled unconstitutional by high court



Turkey's high court on Thursday said the government's two-year Wikipedia ban violates freedom of expression in a ruling that could pave the way for access to the online encyclopedia to be restored.

Takeaways from coaching CEOs, founders and VCs

Takeaways from coaching CEOs, founders and VCs

Go through your family's phone settings and turn on all the privacy features

Go through your family's phone settings and turn on all the privacy features

Show HN: Gameslab, a FPGA powered handheld game console

Show HN: Gameslab, a FPGA powered handheld game console

Category Theory for Programmers (2014) [pdf]

Category Theory for Programmers (2014) [pdf]

Shocking facts about how much your employer monitors you


Shocking facts about how much your employer monitors you



If you sit in front of a computer all day, you might not give a second thought to checking your personal email or taking care of some digital errands. What about taking calls from friends or family at the office? Surfing the web on your phone?

How Do Bullets Work in Video Games?

How Do Bullets Work in Video Games?

Go + Services = One Goliath Project

Go + Services = One Goliath Project

Chuck Peddle Dies at 82; His $25 Chip Helped Start the PC Age


By BY CADE METZ from NYT Technology

Amazon dismisses report on delivery crashes, insists safety is top priority


Amazon dismisses report on delivery crashes, insists safety is top priority



New report claims drivers delivering Amazon packages were involved in over 60 crashes resulting in serious injury or death; reaction on 'Outnumbered.'

7 ways you’re exposing yourself to dangerous malware


7 ways you’re exposing yourself to dangerous malware



For the security conscious, 2019 has been a mess of a year. Countless data breaches and high-profile hacks have left consumers, and our information, more exposed than ever.

My Business Card Runs Linux

My Business Card Runs Linux

Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Leaves Board, Severing Last Tie


By BY KATE CONGER from NYT Technology

Working for a startup makes less sense

Working for a startup makes less sense

Downsides to working at a tech giant

Downsides to working at a tech giant

Why robocallers and scammers love gift cards


Why robocallers and scammers love gift cards



Holly Kay bought eight $1,000 Macy’s gift cards at a California mall because a scammer told her to on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Forty minutes later, she bought $13,000 more in gift cards at that store.

Boeing CEO ousted as 737 MAX crisis deepens

Boeing CEO ousted as 737 MAX crisis deepens

Report: Popular messaging app ToTok is a spying tool used by the United Arab Emirates


Report: Popular messaging app ToTok is a spying tool used by the United Arab Emirates



According to a new report by The New York Times, popular messaging app ToTok, is actually a powerful surveillance tool used by the United Arab Emirates to spy on and track every conversation, movement, relationship, appointment, sound and image of its users. The app was recently removed by Google and Apple from their respective app stores.

ToTok is a spying tool used by the United Arab Emirates: report


ToTok is a spying tool used by the United Arab Emirates: report



The popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok is a spying tool used by the United Arab Emirates to track the activities of those who download it, a new report claims.

Apple's products are getting harder to use, ignore principles of design (2015)

Apple's products are getting harder to use, ignore principles of design (2015)

UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create

UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create

NSA's Backdoor Key from Lotus Notes (2002)

NSA's Backdoor Key from Lotus Notes (2002)

U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices

U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices

8-year-old is YouTube's highest-paid creator of 2019


8-year-old is YouTube's highest-paid creator of 2019



Ryan Kaji made $26 million in 2019 reviewing toys, doing science experiments and crafts on his YouTube show 'Ryan's World.'

BugJail: New Java debugger – debug across time with mouse

BugJail: New Java debugger – debug across time with mouse

The modern web is becoming unusable

The modern web is becoming unusable

Last-minute tech gifts for Christmas


Last-minute tech gifts for Christmas



'Kurt the CyberGuy' Knutsson shares great ideas that make perfect last-minute gifts for your loved ones.

Grandmas using high tech holiday elves to keep them safe during the Christmas season


Grandmas using high tech holiday elves to keep them safe during the Christmas season



Kurt 'The Cyber Guy' Knutsson on tech that will keep you safe during the holidays.

Guide to Software Defined Radio

Guide to Software Defined Radio

7 tech freebies, Facebook tracking, secure gadgets, and more: Tech Q&A


7 tech freebies, Facebook tracking, secure gadgets, and more: Tech Q&A



Facebook tracking, secure gadgets and much more in this week's Tech Q&A.

Fast

Fast

Xor Filters: Faster and Smaller Than Bloom Filters

Xor Filters: Faster and Smaller Than Bloom Filters

Rust 1.40

Rust 1.40

Synchronous Messaging at Mozilla: The Decision

Synchronous Messaging at Mozilla: The Decision

Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983 (2017)

Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983 (2017)

State of JavaScript 2019

State of JavaScript 2019

Samsung chair imprisoned and 24 others found guilty in union-busting case

Samsung chair imprisoned and 24 others found guilty in union-busting case

Tucker: Big tech hates conservatives


Tucker: Big tech hates conservatives



Google, Twitter working hard to influence politics.

Randy Suess, Computer Bulletin Board Inventor, Dies at 74


By BY CADE METZ from NYT Technology

Last-minute gifts for gamers


Last-minute gifts for gamers



If you've waited until the last minute to buy presents this holiday season there are still plenty of gamer gifts you can get your hands on.

Space Force will start small but let Trump claim a big win


Space Force will start small but let Trump claim a big win



WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is celebrating the launch of Space Force, the first new military service in more than 70 years.

Amazon tracked conference attendees' locations with beacons hidden in badges, report says


Amazon tracked conference attendees' locations with beacons hidden in badges, report says



Amazon, which has its tentacles in everything from e-commerce to cloud computing to streaming video, tracked the location of those who attended one of its recent cloud computing conferences, according to a report.

Amazon looks to extend global reach with home internet service


Amazon looks to extend global reach with home internet service



The service would be beamed from thousands of satellites launched into low-Earth orbit and would put 95 percent of the world's population within reach.

Over 267M Facebook users had names, phone numbers leaked on dark web


Over 267M Facebook users had names, phone numbers leaked on dark web



More than 267 million names, phone numbers and user IDs of Facebook users were discovered on the dark web, cybersecurity researchers said Thursday.

Hidden cameras: Are you being watched?


Hidden cameras: Are you being watched?



The ubiquity of hidden cameras contributed to a spy cam porn epidemic in South Korea. Now a security expert is revealing “it’s going to be just as bad here.”

Hidden Cameras: How to spot them and protect yourself from being watched


Hidden Cameras: How to spot them and protect yourself from being watched



Security expert and founder of the Hidden Camera app Randy Andrews discusses what to look for when it comes to hidden cameras in places where you would least expect them.

Ransomware gets even nastier as new tactic outs companies who don’t pay


Ransomware gets even nastier as new tactic outs companies who don’t pay



If you don’t pay up, ransomware gangs will publicly expose your data.

This Page is Designed to Last

This Page is Designed to Last

How a Top Antitrust Official Helped T-Mobile and Sprint Merge


By BY KATIE BENNER AND CECILIA KANG from NYT Technology

Many Facial-Recognition Systems Are Biased, Says U.S. Study


By BY NATASHA SINGER AND CADE METZ from NYT Technology

Prime Power: How Amazon Squeezes the Businesses Behind Its Store


By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology

How Facebook is being harnessed to warn about psychotic relapses


How Facebook is being harnessed to warn about psychotic relapses



When you think of people exploiting Facebook, the specter of shadowy Russian trolls may come to mind. Now, researchers here in the United States are harnessing Facebook for good, and studying how changes in behavioral health manifest online.

Top Facebook activities that may predict mental illness relapses


Top Facebook activities that may predict mental illness relapses



Child psychiatrist Michael Birnbaum explains how social media sites like Facebook and Twitter can easily predict psychotic and mental illness relapses based on user activity.

Building a new Windows 3.1 app in 2019: A Slack Client

Building a new Windows 3.1 app in 2019: A Slack Client

Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983 (2017)

Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983 (2017)

Amazon planning on launching a home internet service


Amazon planning on launching a home internet service



Amazon says the service would be beamed from thousands of satellites putting 95 percent of the total world population within reach.

Ransomware hits crisis levels as another company caves to criminals


Ransomware hits crisis levels as another company caves to criminals



Another large organization in North America has paid a ransomware demand, as cyber criminals increasingly turn to this as a lucrative enterprise.

Undocumented Catalina file access change

Undocumented Catalina file access change

The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen (2016) [pdf]

The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen (2016) [pdf]

5 rules for creating and remembering hard to crack passwords


5 rules for creating and remembering hard to crack passwords



Passwords are our first line of defense online, and the sad truth is most of us just aren’t very good at creating strong ones. We use the same weak passwords over and over again, despite knowing better.

Uber Settles Federal Investigation Into Workplace Culture


By BY KATE CONGER from NYT Technology

Ask HN: How Can I Learn Music Theory?

Ask HN: How Can I Learn Music Theory?

Gadget of the Year: The Toaster Oven


By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology

New Orleans cyberattack costing the city close to $1M so far


New Orleans cyberattack costing the city close to $1M so far



The city of New Orleans has launched a forensic investigation into the cyber attack that has crippled the city’s digital infrastructure for days. 

No, Judges Don’t Overturn Elections Because of isolated Irregularities

By Unknown Author from NYT Technology