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‘WannaCry Hero’ Marcus Hutchins Pleads Guilty to Making Banking Malware
The researcher who helped stop the WannaCry ransomware pleaded guilty to two counts of hacking for writing banking malware in 2014.
Thousands of Bees Living on Notre Dame’s Roof Survived the Fire
“I wouldn’t call it a miracle but I’m very, very happy.”
Southern California Gets Ten Times As Many Earthquakes As We Thought
More than 1.81 million tiny quakes hit the region in nearly ten years.
Wisconsin Is Fighting to Renegotiate Its Foxconn Deal
Foxconn’s controversial plant in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin has faced resistance from the beginning. Now, Governor Evers is calling on the tech-manufacturing company to renegotiate.
This YouTuber Has Designed a DIY ‘Full Automatic Virtual Sex System’
With a couple of VR headsets, controllers, and this device, two users can simulate sex.
36 Days After Christchurch, Terrorist Attack Videos Are Still on Facebook
The videos on Facebook and Instagram show sections of the raw Christchurch attack footage, and variations continue to thwart Facebook's moderators and technology.
Scientists Discover 42,000-Year-Old Liquid Blood in Preserved Foal
The well-preserved condition of the animal is giving hope to researchers trying to clone extinct animals.
For Some Legal Weed Businesses, Cryptocurrency Actually Makes Sense
Despite being recreationally legal in 10 states, cannabis businesses have to come up with creative ways to accept payment other than cash.
This YouTube Channel Streams AI-Generated Death Metal 24/7
Dadabots was developed by two music technologists who wanted to prove that a neural network was capable of capturing the subtle stylistic differences between Death Metal, Math Rock, and other lesser-known genres.
'We Will Win:' OpenAI's 'Dota 2' Team Is Crushing Humans Online, But Players Are Not Giving Up
'The bots are locked. They are not learning, but we humans are. We will win.'
Chucky is a Smart Device Gone Bad in New 'Child’s Play' Trailer
Chucky wreaks havoc using the Internet of Things.
I Tweeted Like a Member of the #Resistance on Mueller Report Day
I made a #Resistance Twitter account to see if it was easy to join the ecosystem and gain followers. It was, indeed, very easy.
In Letters To Senate, Wireless Carriers Downplay Their Latest Location Data Scandal
Carriers insist location data scams are rare and they do their best to police them. Government investigators may want to confirm that claim.
Report: 26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband
Many of the laws restricting local voters’ rights were directly written by a telecom sector terrified of real broadband competition.
Is It GOOD or BAD to Use a Dynamite-Triggered Avalanche for an Apple Ad? We Asked Scientists
Apple’s “Don’t mess with Mother (Nature)” video—produced by the Camp4 Collective to promote the iPhone XS—included footage of a man-made avalanche.
There’s A Lot We Still Don’t Know About WikiLeaks’ Role In The 2016 Election
The Mueller report leaves some unanswered questions on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks’s role in the hack and leak against the DNC and John Podesta.
Scientists Partly Revive Dead Pigs’ Brains
Making us question what it means to be alive, and the boundaries of animal testing.
Primary Color
In a future where birds must be coded into the sky, a tech worker tries to live with his creation.
Long Lost ‘Zork’ Source Code Uploaded to GitHub, But Few People Understand It
With access to the source code, a group of dedicated fans is now tinkering with the Zork Implementation Language (ZIL).
Hacking Team’s New Owner: ‘We’re Starting From Scratch’
The head of Memento Labs, the new company that acquired infamous spyware vendor Hacking Team, admitted there’s a lot to do to recover after the 2015 breach and the damage to its reputation. But he believes it can compete against market leaders NSO Group.
Thieves Somehow Stole 100 Car2Go Cars in Chicago
The company says it was not a “hack,” but Chicago police say that some of the carsharing cars may still be unaccounted for.
This YouTuber Built a Working PC Out of Pasta
“This has been a very long project that I’m mildly proud of,” said Micah Laplante.
Review Units of Samsung's Folding Smartphone Have Broken Almost Immediately
The Samsung Galaxy Fold costs $1,980, but multiple reviewers say theirs has broken after just a day of use.
Nintendo Updates the Switch With a Critical Feature for Visually Impaired Gamers
Every major console now comes with the ability to zoom in, a critical feature for many users.
Canada Is Getting Sued Over Sidewalk Labs’ ‘Smart City’ In Toronto
The Google affiliate's Quayside project has been hit by a massive legal challenge from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association targeting all three levels of government.
The Unpopular Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Looks Increasingly Doomed
Regulators aren’t sold on the companies’ claims that fewer competitors means more competition and lower prices.
Machine Learning Identifies Weapons in the Christchurch Attack Video. We Know, We Tried It
It took 29 minutes for a Facebook user to first report the livestream of the Christchurch terrorist. Now a machine learning system spots weapons in the stream with an over 90 percent confidence rating.
Western Industrial Farming Is Eating Our Forests and Accelerating Climate Change
The dynamics of deforestation are increasingly inseparable from the growing demand for food from consumers in the most developed countries.
After Facebook and Web Host Bans, Far-Right Extremists Are Encrypting and Going IRL
Like ISIS, white nationalist extremist groups are feeling the pinch of internet shutdowns, but are organizing on encrypted channels and meeting up IRL.
Climate ‘Realists’ Are Delusional
So-called “realistic” responses to climate change don't literally refer to what’s possible. They just refer to what maintains the political status quo.
Canadian Cops Will Scan Social Media to Predict Who Could Go Missing
Critics say that predictive models will lead to false positives and could disproportionately affect vulnerable communities.
After Notre Dame Fire, Players Return to Its Recreation in 'Assassin's Creed Unity'
The iconic cathedral is perfectly preserved in Ubisoft's 2014 game 'Assassin's Creed Unity,' and players are making the most of it.
Boston Dynamics Shows Its SpotMini Robots Have More Power in Numbers
The latest video shows the company's SpotMini pulling a bigass truck.
The Sexist Trolls Doubting Black Hole Researcher Katie Bouman Need to Learn to Code
The harassment campaign against one of the researchers who helped photograph a black hole isn't just sexist, it's technically simplistic and inaccurate.
Former ISS Executive Charged With Allegedly Expensing Sex Workers to NASA
Charles Resnick, former chief economist for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), is accused of allegedly defrauding the government and misusing NASA money.
A Secret Server for the Dead MMO 'City of Heroes' Has Players in an Uproar
When copyright law prevented the devoted 'City of Heroes' community from playing its favorite game, the community created its own solution, and a lot of drama.
Why the US Government Just Made Its Own Font
'Public Sans,' a sharp new typeface for interface design has been made freely available, courtesy of a somewhat unusual source: the United States federal government.
Doctor Who Evaluated Julian Assange Told UN His Confinement Was Torture
In the Ecuadorian embassy, the “cumulative severity of the pain and suffering inflicted on Mr. Assange—both physical and psychological—is in violation of the 1984 Convention Against Torture,” she wrote.
US Government Admits It Doesn’t Know If Assange Cracked Password For Manning
An FBI agent admitted in a newly unsealed court document that the Department of Justice does not know whether Assange’s offer to help Manning came to fruition.
Seasteading Bitcoin Fans Say They're 'On the Run' From Thai Government
The 'first seasteaders' wanted a new life free from national laws, now they say they're on the run after reports of criminal charges related to their waterborne structure.
YouTube’s Bad Anti-Conspiracy Algorithm Links Notre Dame Fire to 9/11 Attacks
The "information panel" feature, which is supposed to defend against fake news spread, promoted a link to terror attacks.
Twitter Removed Links to News Stories That Mentioned Leaked TV Shows
Starz used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to force Twitter to kill tweets about its leaked episodes of 'American Gods.'
Florida Man Killed by World’s Most Dangerous Bird
“He was doing what he loved.”
Melting Glaciers Could Unleash Nuclear Fallout Trapped Within the Ice
An international research project found that high concentrations of radioactive material in glaciers around the world could be exposed due to climate change.
How ‘Unicorn Riot’ Exposes The Far Right Online
This week, CYBER speaks to Freddy Martinez, one of the members of Unicorn Riot, an activist and media collective that’s been tracking and exposing nazis, racists, and other far-right people on the internet.
Hackers Could Read Your Hotmail, MSN, and Outlook Emails by Abusing Microsoft Support
Hackers abused a Microsoft customer support portal that allowed them to read the emails of any non-corporate account.
Facebook Accidentally Shipped VR Devices With Secret Messages Saying 'Big Brother Is Watching'
Tens of thousands of touch controllers shipped with labels like 'Big Brother Is Watching,' and 'The Masons Were Here.'
Critics Say the FCC’s Big New Rural Broadband Plan Doesn’t Offer Much That’s New
Industry watchers say the FCC’s new broadband plan is woefully light on details, and isn’t likely to drive the better, more open networks the US needs.
Watch the New, Awesome Trailer for 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'
The new teaser-trailer gives us the first look at the film that will close out the generation-spanning saga of the Skywalker family—and it looks awesome.
Facebook and YouTube Clamped Down on a Game About Selling Weed
The makers of 'Weedcraft Inc.,' a game about selling weed in the age of legalization, couldn't buy ads on Facebook, and YouTube videos featuring the game were demonetized.
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