China to ban online gaming, chatting with foreigners outside Great Firewall After blocking a popular Nintendo game “Animal Crossing,” the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is taking its political censorship to the extreme by disconnecting Chinese […]
Apple and Google’s coronavirus app is a ‘global mass surveillance tool’ Apple and Google are bringing coronavirus contact tracing to iOS and Android. Computer science professor Jaap-Henk Hoepman says this will turn smartphones into “pocket […]
Nest Cams are resetting to default video quality to save bandwidth Google is temporarily lowering the default recording quality of its Nest cameras, the company told its users in an email. According to TechCrunch, the […]
HBO Go and Now won’t work on older Apple TV models after April Plenty of people are stuck at home without much to do. In other words, it’s the perfect time to catch up on […]
Boeing finds two more 737 Max software flaws Boeing has identified two more software flaws in its 737 Max aircraft, Reuters reports. The planemaker is working to fix one issue that involves “hypothetical faults” in […]
Let’s Make This Simple: Zoom Is Malware Zoom is installing mini-web servers on your computer, and it wasn’t even taking them off when you uninstalled Zoom, leaving your device open to all manner of vulnerability. […]
Safari flaw let intruders hijack cameras on iPhones and Macs If you're working on a Mac at home or reconnecting with friends on an iPhone, you'll want to be sure you have the latest security […]
YouTube will remove videos falsely linking COVID-19 to 5G The rash of bogus conspiracy theories tying the COVID-19 pandemic to 5G has led to cell tower arson and threats against engineers, and YouTube is planning […]
School districts ban Zoom over security concerns Concerns about Zoom's security are having a real impact on its use in remote education. Some US school districts, including large ones like New York City and Nevada's […]
Researcher finds two new bugs in Zoom that lets hackers take over a computer’s webcam and microphone as the video conferencing service is hit with a string of security compromises A researcher discovered two new […]