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A bipartisan group of 12 senators has urged the TSA inspector general to investigate the agency’s use of facial recognition technology, citing concerns over privacy, civil liberties, and its expansion to over 430 airports without sufficient safeguards … Continue reading Senators Say TSA’s Facial Recognition Program Is Out of Control
According to multiple reports, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Microsoft for antitrust violations.
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A security researcher discovered an unprotected database belonging to SL Data Services containing over 600,000 sensitive files, including criminal histories and background checks with names, addresses, and social media accounts. The Register reports: W… Continue reading Data Broker Leaves 600K+ Sensitive Files Exposed Online
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer inaugurated London’s first Google-funded AI Campus in Camden, aiming to equip young people with AI and machine learning skills. Reuters reports: The center, based in Camden, an area which Starmer represents in parlia… Continue reading Google Opens AI Campus In London
A U.S. federal appeals court ruled that sanctions against Tornado Cash, a crypto transaction anonymization service, must be abandoned, stating that its immutable smart contracts do not constitute “property” under U.S. law and that the Treasury overstep… Continue reading Tornado Cash Sanctions Overturned By US Appeals Court
A Kansas City man is accused of hacking into local businesses, not to steal money, but to… get a cheaper gym membership? A DNA-testing firm has vanished, leaving customers in the dark about what’s happened to their sensitive genetic data. And Austral… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #395: Gym hacking, disappearing DNA, and a social lockout
If you think your job sucks, be grateful you’re not this homebrew sewer inspection robot. Before anyone gets upset, yes we know what [Stargate System] built here isn’t a robot …read more Continue reading DIY Pipe Inspector Goes Where No Bot Has Gone Before
An easy plug-and-play system and a bevy of streaming services make the discounted Roku Express a no-brainer for my holiday shopping cart. Continue reading This $18 Roku HD streaming device is my impulse purchase for Black Friday
The popular artwork-inspired Samsung TV can be had for a steep discount during Black Friday week. Continue reading You can buy Samsung’s Frame TV at up to $1,300 off for Black Friday – multiple sizes in stock
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Over the past decade, a new class of infections has threatened Windows users. By infecting the firmware that runs immediately before the operating system loads, these UEFI bootkits continue to run … Continue reading The World’s First Unkillable UEFI Bootkit For Linux