Month: December 2019

The Morning After: The worst tech in 2019 Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Was 2019 a good year for you? If you weren't in charge of getting the Galaxy Fold out the door, then […]

The worst tech of 2019 2019 was full of hype. From excitement over foldable phones and laptops to plenty of noise about 5G, the year was packed with news about promising new technology that had […]

Mazda3 bug activates emergency brake system for no reason Driver assists can help make our trips much safer, but integrating software decisions into the control of a vehicle could cause serious problems if the system […]

Twitter flaw let a researcher match 17 million phone numbers with users Yes, it's another Twitter security issue in the space of just a few days. Security researcher Ibrahim Balic told TechCrunch that Twitter's Android […]

Twitter blocks animated PNGs after trolls used them to trigger seizures Twitter will no longer animate PNG files after trolls hijacked the Epilepsy Foundation's handle and hashtags last month to send potentially seizure-inducing images to […]

Federal study shows face recognition accuracy varies by gender and race Researchers have studied the potential for bias in facial recognition algorithms before, but now it's the US government's turn to weigh in. The National […]

267 million – mostly American – Facebook users’ IDs, names and phone numbers are exposed online and shared on the dark web Personal information belonging to more than 267 million Facebook users has been exposed […]

Federal Reserve “Network Issues” Cause Nationwide Direct Deposit Outage In recent years, banks and credit card processors had blamed hackers, blackouts, infrastructure inefficiencies, and of course the “Russians” for periodic service outages. As of today, […]

Facebook says it can locate users who opt out of tracking URL: http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/facebook-says-it-can-locate-users-who-opt-out-of-tracking/

There’s a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It’s collecting and selling your data, and serving you ads URL: http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/theres-a-simple-reason-your-new-smart-tv-was-so-affordable-its-collecting-and-selling-your-data-and-serving-you-ads/