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
Focus has become more valuable than intelligence (2018)
Focus has become more valuable than intelligence (2018)
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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?
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.
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.
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
Autonomous DeLorean drives sideways to move forward
Autonomous DeLorean drives sideways to move forward
Your photos are a mess: 3 steps to organization bliss
Your photos are a mess: 3 steps to organization bliss
There has never been a better time to take pictures. Photos look better than they ever have. Special apps and portrait mode help smartphone snapshots compete with the most sophisticated DSLRs.
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
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.
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.
Xor Filters: Faster and Smaller Than Bloom Filters
Xor Filters: Faster and Smaller Than Bloom Filters
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.