Collaborate Disseminate
Adi Robertson, reporting for The Verge: At the direction of Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York’s correctional department has made playing online games a violation of parole for sex offenders — particularly Pokemon Go. In a statement, Cuomo said that peop… Continue reading New York Governor Bars Sex Offenders From Playing Pokemon Go
Reader retroworks writes: Interpol reports that a Nigerian behind thousands of online scams around the world has been arrested in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt. The 40-year-old man, known only as “Mike” is alleged to head a network of 40 indiv… Continue reading Reported Top Nigerian Email Scammer Arrested
An anonymous reader writes: Louisville’s largest cable and internet provider says the city is giving Google Fiber an unfair advantage, and it wants Mayor Greg Fischer to step in and ease key regulations in the coming weeks. In a July 28 letter, Charter… Continue reading Charter: City Giving Google Fiber Unfair Edge
Finally, someone has managed to hack PS Vita, allowing people to install emulators and homebrew software on the handheld gaming console. The jailbreak dubbed HENkaku works on the latest 3.60 Vita firmware. From an article on Geek.com: The exploit allow… Continue reading PS Vita Jailbreak Finally Lets One Run Emulators and Homebrew Software
An anonymous reader shares a report via The Next Web: Noise-canceling headphones are great for tuning out the din around you when you just want to focus on listening to music or enjoy some peace and quiet. Unfortunately, they also mute sounds that you … Continue reading Amazon Patents Noise-Canceling Headphones That Could Automatically Turn Off When It Detects Certain Sound Patterns
Swiftkey has suspended its cloud-sync service and switched off email address predictions amid reports of Microsoft-owned keyboard app delivering suggestions for strangers’ email addresses and phone numbers. ZDNet reports: The move followed reports a we… Continue reading Microsoft’s SwiftKey Suspends Sync After Keyboard Leaks Strangers’ Contact Details
Tesla Motors announced Monday that it has reached a deal to buy SolarCity (San Mateo-based provider of energy services), the next step in Elon Musk’s plan to combine his electric-car and solar-energy companies. It’s already a family affair: Musk, Tesla… Continue reading Tesla Is Buying SolarCity for $2.6 Billion
Kara Swisher, reporting for Recode: Uber, which has been spending hugely in China over the last two years, has folded, striking a deal in which it will merge its Chinese operations with its main rival there, Didi Chuxing. Under terms of the deal, Uber … Continue reading Uber and Didi Call a Truce In China With a $35 Billion Deal
From a TorrentFreak report: The latest episode of award-winning TV show Mr. Robot includes a nod to online pirates. The main character Elliot is shown pirating a movie using uTorrent, while his movie folder lists movies from various pirate groups inclu… Continue reading Mr. Robot ‘Plugs’ uTorrent and Pirate Release Groups
When the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump asked Russia — wittingly or otherwise — to launch hack attacks to find Hillary Clinton’s missing emails, it caused a stir of commotion. Russia is allegedly behind DNC’s leaked emails. But The Wash… Continue reading America Uses Stealthy Submarines To Hack Other Countries’ Systems