by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4DH35)
The researcher who helped stop the WannaCry ransomware pleaded guilty to two counts of hacking for writing banking malware in 2014.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4DGVM)
“I wouldn’t call it a miracle but I’m very, very happy.â€
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4DGR4)
More than 1.81 million tiny quakes hit the region in nearly ten years.
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by Caroline Haskins on (#4DGKF)
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.
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by Haru Nicol on (#4DGKH)
With a couple of VR headsets, controllers, and this device, two users can simulate sex.
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by Joseph Cox on (#4DGEZ)
The videos on Facebook and Instagram show sections of the raw Christchurch attack footage, and variations continue to thwart Facebook's moderators and technology.
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by Rob Dozier on (#4DGF1)
The well-preserved condition of the animal is giving hope to researchers trying to clone extinct animals.
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by Jordan Pearson on (#4DGF3)
Despite being recreationally legal in 10 states, cannabis businesses have to come up with creative ways to accept payment other than cash.
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by Rob Dozier on (#4DGF5)
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.
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by Nicole Carpenter on (#4DGAG)
'The bots are locked. They are not learning, but we humans are. We will win.'
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by Rob Dozier on (#4DF10)
Chucky wreaks havoc using the Internet of Things.
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by Caroline Haskins on (#4DET6)
I made a #Resistance Twitter account to see if it was easy to join the ecosystem and gain followers. It was, indeed, very easy.
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by Karl Bode on (#4DET8)
Carriers insist location data scams are rare and they do their best to police them. Government investigators may want to confirm that claim.
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by Karl Bode on (#4DENM)
Many of the laws restricting local voters’ rights were directly written by a telecom sector terrified of real broadband competition.
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by Caroline Haskins on (#4DENP)
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.
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4DENR)
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.
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by Mirjam Guesgen on (#4DE71)
Making us question what it means to be alive, and the boundaries of animal testing.
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by Zoe Goldstein on (#4DDXJ)
In a future where birds must be coded into the sky, a tech worker tries to live with his creation.
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by Nicole Carpenter on (#4DDR7)
With access to the source code, a group of dedicated fans is now tinkering with the Zork Implementation Language (ZIL).
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4DDKY)
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.
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4DCGR)
The company says it was not a “hack,†but Chicago police say that some of the carsharing cars may still be unaccounted for.
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by Rob Dozier on (#4DCGT)
“This has been a very long project that I’m mildly proud of,†said Micah Laplante.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4DC5H)
The Samsung Galaxy Fold costs $1,980, but multiple reviewers say theirs has broken after just a day of use.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4DC5K)
Every major console now comes with the ability to zoom in, a critical feature for many users.
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by Jordan Pearson on (#4DBW6)
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.
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by Karl Bode on (#4DBW8)
Regulators aren’t sold on the companies’ claims that fewer competitors means more competition and lower prices.
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by Joseph Cox on (#4DBQD)
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.
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by Nafeez Ahmed on (#4DBJC)
The dynamics of deforestation are increasingly inseparable from the growing demand for food from consumers in the most developed countries.
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by Ben Makuch on (#4DBJE)
Like ISIS, white nationalist extremist groups are feeling the pinch of internet shutdowns, but are organizing on encrypted channels and meeting up IRL.
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by Caroline Haskins on (#4DBCK)
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.
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by Nathan Munn on (#4DB81)
Critics say that predictive models will lead to false positives and could disproportionately affect vulnerable communities.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4D9SB)
The iconic cathedral is perfectly preserved in Ubisoft's 2014 game 'Assassin's Creed Unity,' and players are making the most of it.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4D9SD)
The latest video shows the company's SpotMini pulling a bigass truck.
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by Arielle Gordon on (#4D9NX)
The harassment campaign against one of the researchers who helped photograph a black hole isn't just sexist, it's technically simplistic and inaccurate.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4D9JA)
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.
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by Emanuel Maiberg on (#4D94X)
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.
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by Mitch Bowman on (#4D94Z)
'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.
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by Jason Koebler on (#4D7HN)
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.
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4D7EC)
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.
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by Jordan Pearson on (#4D7EE)
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.
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by Samantha Cole on (#4D7AQ)
The "information panel" feature, which is supposed to defend against fake news spread, promoted a link to terror attacks.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4D76Y)
Starz used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to force Twitter to kill tweets about its leaked episodes of 'American Gods.'
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4D71H)
“He was doing what he loved.â€
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4D688)
An international research project found that high concentrations of radioactive material in glaciers around the world could be exposed due to climate change.
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by Motherboard Staff on (#4D60T)
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.
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by Joseph Cox on (#4D5D3)
Hackers abused a Microsoft customer support portal that allowed them to read the emails of any non-corporate account.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4D25A)
Tens of thousands of touch controllers shipped with labels like 'Big Brother Is Watching,' and 'The Masons Were Here.'
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by Karl Bode on (#4D1XZ)
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.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4D1PJ)
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.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4D17H)
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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