Collaborate Disseminate
A reporter at Mother Jones writes about a $169 alarm clock with special lighting and audio effects. But to use the features, “you need to pay an additional $4.99 per month, in perpetuity.”
“Welcome to the age of subscription captivity, where an incre… Continue reading ‘Subscription Captivity’: When Things You Buy Own You
In 2023 Slashdot covered a battery-swapping startup that promised to give EVs a full charge in about the same time it takes to fill a tank of gas.
They just filed for bankruptcy, reports Inc:
Ample was founded in 2014 with a goal of “solving slow c… Continue reading EV Battery-Swapping Startup That Raised $330 Million Files for Bankruptcy
An anonymous reader shared this report from 9to5Linux:
After the controversial news shared earlier this week by Mozilla’s new CEO that Firefox will evolve into “a modern AI browser,” the company now revealed it is working on an AI kill switch for the … Continue reading Firefox Will Ship With an ‘AI Kill Switch’ To Completely Disable All AI Features
“Super PAC aims to drown out AI critics in midterms,” the Washington Post reported in August, noting its intial funding over $100 million from “some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful investors and executives” including OpenAI president Greg Brockman, h… Continue reading Pro-AI Group Launches First of Many Attack Ads for US Election
“Super PAC aims to drown out AI critics in midterms,” the Washington Post reported in August, noting its intial funding over $100 million from “some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful investors and executives” including OpenAI president Greg Brockman, h… Continue reading Pro-AI Group Launches First of Many Attack Ads for US Election
The holidays are rapidly approaching, and you probably already have a topic or two to argue with your family about. But what about with your hacker friends? We came upon …read more Continue reading Retrocomputing: Simulacrum or the Real Deal?
Are you a security researcher or a journalist in the cybersecurity/cybercrime space? DataBreaches.net and Zack Whittaker at this.weekinsecurity.com are conducting a survey on the types of threats that researchers and journalists have experienced, inclu… Continue reading ANNOUNCE: Survey on threats experienced by journalists and security researchers
When you create a team in Microsoft Teams, you may not see the associated Microsoft 365 group in Outlook. This can limit your ability to manage settings like email notifications directly from there. In this post, we are going to see what you can do if … Continue reading Teams group not visible in Outlook [Fix]
A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud for his role in a series of international ransomware attacks. According to court documents, Artem Aleksandrovych Stryzhak, 35, of Barcelona, Spain, conspired … Continue reading Ukrainian National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Use Nefilim Ransomware to Attack Companies in the United States and Other Countries
Greenbelt, Maryland – After a six-day trial, a federal jury convicted Olusegun Samson Adejorin, 32, a Nigerian national, of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information. Adejorin was prev… Continue reading Nigerian National Convicted by Federal Jury of Wire Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Unauthorized Access to Protected Computer