by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4BT0R)
The notorious and controversial Israeli hacking and surveillance tools vendor NSO Group has launched a big marketing campaign with a new website and Google ads.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4BSVG)
Comcast’s 3,500-seat stadium will give East Coast esports fans a dedicated space to cheer on their favorite teams.
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by Karl Bode on (#4BSPR)
After years of opposing measures that would make broadband availability maps better, a telecom trade group says it is "leading the charge" on creating a better map.
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by Kim Zetter on (#4BS9S)
The Taiwan-based tech giant ASUS is believed to have pushed the malware to hundreds of thousands of customers through its trusted automatic software update tool after attackers compromised the company’s server and used it to push the malware to machines.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4BS6Q)
Developer Bay 12’s transition from ASCII to 2D art is about more than selling copies—it’s about improving the game and opening it up to a wider audience.
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4BNDF)
It appears that LockerGoga, the same ransomware that hit aluminum manufacturing giant Norsk Hydro this week, also infected American chemicals companies Hexion and Momentive, leaving employees locked out of their computers.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4BN04)
Gamers under the age of 18 have to take regular breaks or face diminishing returns after three hours of playing 'Fortnite.'
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4BMK7)
A consumer spyware vendor left a lot of incredibly sensitive and private data, including intimate pictures and private call recordings, for all to see on a server freely accessible over the internet. And it still hasn’t taken the data down.
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by Becky Ferreira on (#4BM9G)
The Sun is getting grumpy again after years of relative peace.
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by Manuel Palou on (#4BKVJ)
Once you’ve translated your physical self to polygons, the potential is limitless.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4BKVM)
The success could offer new hope for young men facing infertility due to childhood cancer.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4BJHW)
Streamer 'The Happy Hob' beat all of From Software's notoriously difficult games back-to-back without taking a hit.
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by Becky Ferreira on (#4BJA1)
“If we can’t build something capable of delivering astronomical levels of energy, perhaps we could instead steal the energy from an astronomical object.â€
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by Caroline Haskins on (#4BJA3)
A shelter-in-place advisory was issued for thousands of Houston suburb residents after a four-day blaze released chemicals into the air.
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by Ernie Smith on (#4BJ5K)
The release and preservation of the stolen source code to the iconic 90s NES emulator NESticle reflects a new chapter in a controversial saga with deep roots.
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by Becky Ferreira on (#4BHW3)
Sun bears show social intelligence by copying the open-mouthed expressions of their playmates.
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4BHW5)
The social network confirmed a massive mistake that exposed millions of passwords. But, the company said, no passwords were exposed to people outside of Facebook.
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by Joseph Cox on (#4BHQC)
While social media giants crack down and Facebook says it will make changes to stop anti-vaxx content, Instagram’s recommendation engine makes it exceptionally easy to come across a waterfall of anti-vaccine accounts.
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by Samantha Cole on (#4BGBA)
A study tested two dozen medicine apps to find out how and where they're sharing your personal data.
by Rich Whitehouse on (#4BFXA)
Services like Google's Stadia seem convenient, but they could completely change the past and future of video games.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4BFXC)
A government-commissioned survey found that fluid injection at a geothermal plant in Pohang was a probable cause for the destructive quake.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4BFMP)
Porn company Wood Rocket is taking on EA's battle royale shooter 'Apex Legends,' cementing its relevancy.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4BFMR)
Scientists believe the blob gives us a grim look at how climate change could affect whales.
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by Becky Ferreira on (#4BFFG)
SoCal's mountain lions are on track to be wiped out within 50 years, but conservation projects could save them.
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by Karl Bode on (#4BF0S)
You can’t fix a problem you don’t understand, and America has no idea just how bad its broadband coverage gaps are.
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by Motherboard Staff on (#4BEKF)
In this week’s CYBER podcast, we delve into the past, present, and future of disinformation operations.
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by Karl Bode on (#4BDEX)
Slow speeds, usage caps, and overage fees could mar the long-awaited arrival of game streams.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4BD9B)
Climate change could bring about the “jaws of death,†says the head of the UK’s Environment Agency.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4BD9D)
Nvidia's new AI tool can fake perfect, Instagram-ready vacation photos.
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by Samantha Cole on (#4BD9F)
With "Checkout for Instagram," the photo-sharing platform becomes what it was always meant for: shilling.
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by Joseph Cox on (#4BD9H)
Google saw an issue with moderating the Christchurch terrorist’s so-called manifesto in part because of its length, telling moderators to mark potential copies or sections as “Terrorist Content†if they were unsure.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4BD3T)
An iMac Pro with 256 GB of RAM pretty much just exists for bragging rights.
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by Caroline Haskins on (#4BD3W)
Animated videos dominate the kids YouTube space. Humans are fighting against YouTube’s algorithm to try and compete.
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by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on (#4BD3Y)
Norwegian giant Norsk Hydro was forced to shut down its internal network after some of its computers in the United States were hit by ransomware.
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by Joseph Cox on (#4BCHC)
Uber, which is pushing back against the requests for real-time location data of its JUMP scooters, was granted a provisional, month-long permit, while other companies received a full-year license.
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by Owen Williams on (#4BCDP)
Slack, Signal, Hangouts, Wire, iMessage, Telegram, Facebook Messenger. Why do we need so many apps to do one thing?
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4BCDR)
The Pentagon and US intelligence community warned this year that climate change is a national security threat.
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by Becky Ferreira on (#4BB4S)
An experiment involving 40 drugged alligators reveals how dinosaurs might have located sounds in their environment.
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by Joseph Cox on (#4BAWJ)
Due a to a misconfigured server, a researcher found a constant stream of Elsevier users’ passwords.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4BARK)
Plastic pollution claims another one.
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by Becky Ferreira on (#4BAKB)
The December 18 fireball created the biggest airburst since the Chelyabinsk meteor of 2013.
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by Samantha Cole on (#4BAKD)
The host of the “No Jumper†podcast Adam22 was streaming video when someone threatened him with a gun in an armed robbery attempt, LAPD confirmed to Motherboard.
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by Jordan Pearson on (#4BAKF)
Say goodbye to your high school emo band—music uploaded between 2003-2015 may no longer be accessible.
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by Jessie Sage on (#4BA91)
Sex workers told Motherboard about the economics and emotional labor that go into selling panties online.
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by Ernie Smith on (#4BA50)
Why the creative software giant Adobe deserves a place in the broader discussion of breaking up tech giants like Facebook and Google. It’s not just Photoshop.
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by Sarah Emerson on (#4BA14)
A proposal to study the risks and current state of geoengineering technologies failed to materialize at a UN assembly this week.
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by Caroline Haskins on (#4B5RC)
The deaths in Christchurch are a part of a pervasive epidemic of Islamophobia, which can't be blamed on a small white supremacy forum alone.
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by Samantha Cole on (#4B5CW)
Facebook told Motherboard that this tool is trained on "previously confirmed non-consensual intimate images."
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by Becky Ferreira on (#4B57R)
A team heated a cloud of gas up to 2,000°F and blasted it with radiation to see what happens on giant planets that orbit very close to their stars.
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by Matthew Gault on (#4B532)
With existing solutions that allow for AAA game streaming to your mobile devices, and more on the way, there's never been a better time to chill on the john.
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