EU wants Facebook, Twitter to report monthly on fight against fake news The European Union wants tech giants to do more than they have to counter fake news for users on the continent. EU foreign […]
Cox slows an entire neighborhood’s internet after one person’s ‘excessive use’ Cable company Cox Communications is slowing internet speeds of a whole neighborhood if one resident is a heavy user, Ars Technica reported. Cox confirmed […]
Many of Georgia’s new voting machines aren’t working on primary day It's primary day in five states and while things seem to be going relatively smoothly in Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and West Virginia, […]
WhatsApp was exposing users’ phone numbers in Google search WhatsApp claims it fixed an issue that was showing users’ phone numbers in Google search results, TechCrunch reports. The change comes after security researcher Athul Jayaram […]
Cyberattack forces Honda to suspend global production for a day Honda was forced to suspend global production for a day due to a cyberattack that infiltrated the company's internal servers in Tokyo, Financial Times reports. […]
Nintendo says 140,000 more NNID accounts have been illegally accessed Nintendo shut down NNID logins back in April after it discovered hackers had compromised some 160,000 accounts using legacy credentials. Now, the company says that […]
Study finds security holes in online voting for New Jersey and West Virginia States are under pressure to use online voting for the US presidential election when COVID-19 could remain a threat in November, but […]
Twitch streamers receive a flood of music copyright claims for old clips Twitch streamers have had more than a few headaches in recent days. The company has acknowledged (via Evening Standard) a “sudden influx” of […]
Brave privacy browser ‘mistake’ added affiliate links to crypto URLs Brave, the open-source Chromium-based browser that promises elevated privacy, has been called out by users for potentially putting revenue over user trust. The company has been […]
Facebook pulls nearly 200 accounts connected to hate groups Facebook is continuing its fight against hate, and this time with an added degree of urgency. The social network has confirmed to the Associated Press (via […]