Linking multiple copies of these devices may lay the foundation for quantum computing. Once unimaginable, transistors consisting only of several-atom clusters or even single atoms promise to become the building blocks of a new generation of computers with unparalleled memory and processing power. But to realize the full potential of these tiny transistors — miniature […]
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Targeted Phishing Attacks Successfully Hacked Top Executives at150+ Companies…
In the last few months, multiple groups of attackers successfully compromised corporate email accounts of at least 156 high-ranking officers at various firms based in Germany, the UK, Netherlands, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Dubbed ‘PerSwaysion,’ the newly spotted cyberattack campaign leveraged Microsoft file-sharing services—including Sway, SharePoint, and OneNote—to launch highly targeted phishing attacks…
Twitter Defends China After State Department Identifies Coronavirus Propaganda Network…
Twitter is refuting claims from the US State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), which found that it was “highly probable” that the Chinese government is behind networks of Twitter accounts spewing disinformation related to COVID-19. GEC head Lea Gabrielle said that the US “has uncovered a new network of inauthentic Twitter accounts, which we assess […]
Jordan Puts FBI Director Christopher Wray In Hot Seat, All 29 FISA Warrants IG Horowitz Audited Had ‘Serious Deficiencies’…
Ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee Jim Jordan sent a letter to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz last week requesting a slew of FBI documents pertaining to Horowitz’s recent audit of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance warrants to spy on Americans. The March memorandum submitted by Horowitz of his agency’s highly classified audit of […]
Coming to a Park Near You. Creepy: Robot Reminds Visitors of Safe Distancing Measures in Singapore Park…
A four-legged robot will be patrolling Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park to remind people of safe distancing measures starting from Friday (May 8). Called Spot, the robot will assist with safe distancing efforts at parks, gardens and nature reserves managed by National Parks Board (NParks) and at parks managed by town councils. The pilot trial is […]
Amazon Vice President Resigns Over Company’s “Chickens***” Coronavirus Response…
A Vice President of e-commerce giant Amazon has resigned over the company’s treatment of its warehouse workers, citing the firing of whistleblowers of warned of coronavirus risks in the company’s workplaces in a blog post. Tim Bray announced his resignation as a VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services on Monday. He mentioned several […]
‘Increasingly concerned’: Spy Chief Orders Review of Surveillance Unmasking Policies for All Intelligence Agencies…
The acting director of national intelligence ordered every spy agency to review its policies on the handling and dissemination of sensitive and private identifying information on U.S. persons immediately, saying he has become “increasingly concerned” about unmasking. Richard Grenell, who took over as acting spy chief in late February as he concurrently serves as the […]
Majority of Americans Don’t Trust Tech Companies with Contact-Tracing…
With the idea of contact tracing as a plan to help re-open businesses and stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, many Americans are skeptical about their privacy and how much data these tracing tools will collect on their lives. In a joint survey between the Washington Post and the University of Maryland, only 43 […]
Democrats Deploying Tax-Payer Backed DARPA-Funded-AI Driven Information Warfare Tool to Target Pro-Trump Accounts…
An anti-Trump Democratic-aligned political action committee advised by retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal is planning to deploy an information warfare tool that received initial funding from DARPA, the Pentagon’s secretive research arm — transforming technology originally envisioned as a way to fight ISIS propaganda into a campaign platform to benefit Joe Biden. The Washington Post […]
NASA Awards Nearly $1 Billion to SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics for Moon Missions…
SpaceX and teams led by Dynetics and Blue Origin won NASA contracts Thursday totaling nearly $1 billion to develop lunar landers that could carry astronauts back to the moon as early as 2024 and support sustained, long-term operations by 2028 under the space agency’s Artemis program. “With these contract awards, America is moving forward with […]
USC, Emory Creating Coronavirus Surveillance System Similar to China’s Social Credit Scoring…
China launched its notorious social credit system last year to watch over its own citizens and mete out punishment based on personal behavior and loyalty to the Communist Party. Now three prominent U.S. universities are using taxpayer money to create a similar type of surveillance network designed to monitor Americans and assign them scores based […]
U.S. Patent Office Rules That Artificial Intelligence Cannot Be a Legal Inventor…
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has ruled that artificial intelligence systems cannot be credited as an inventor in a patent, the agency announced earlier this week. The decision came in response to two patents — one for a food container and the other for a flashing light — that were created by an […]
Lawmakers Threaten to Subpoena Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos As Antitrust Probe Heats Up…
House lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are threatening to subpoena Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos after The Wall Street Journal reported that the company used data from independent sellers to develop competing products. The House panel is engaged in an antitrust investigation targeting Amazon and other major tech companies. Probes against the company come as […]
In “Decision He’ll Come to Regret,” Judge Allows Warrantless Aerial Surveillance of Baltimore…
For many years we’ve been documenting the developments surrounding spy planes over the skies of the Baltimore metro area, monitoring residents as the region has become the testing ground for the surveillance state. In early April, under cover of the coronavirus pandemic, Baltimore City’s Board of Estimates approved the contract to resurrect the spy plane […]
Apple Aims to Sell Macs with Its Own Chips Starting in 2021…
Bloomberg’s daily technology newsletter is chronicling the impact of Covid-19 on the global tech industry. Sign up here. Apple Inc. is planning to start selling Mac computers with its own main processors by next year, relying on designs that helped popularize the iPhone and iPad, according to people familiar with the matter. The Cupertino, California-based […]
Flaw in iPhone, iPads May Have Allowed Hackers to Steal Data for Years…
Apple Inc is planning to fix a flaw that a security firm said may have left more than half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers. The bug, which also exists on iPads, was discovered by ZecOps, a San Francisco-based mobile security forensics company, while it was investigating a sophisticated cyberattack against a client that took […]
The FCC Ratifies Wi-Fi 6E…
During the Federal Communications Commission’s monthly meeting today, it ratified unlicensed use of the 6GHz radio frequency spectrum in the USA. This decision opens the way for the proposed Wi-Fi 6E standard to move forward. Industry giants Intel and Broadcom began planning for this move two years ago. Broadcom released its first Wi-Fi 6E chipset […]
Amazon Used Data from its Own Sellers to Then Launch Competing Products…
Amazon employees have used data about the vast number of independent sellers on its platform to create competing products — in violation of its own policies and statements to Congress, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The retail giant, which has felt a surge of goodwill for providing essential goods nationwide amid the coronavirus […]
Palantir Tapped for White House Coronavirus Data Analysis…
Data-mining company Palantir will contribute to a US government program that helps top officials make recommendations to President Donald Trump, according to a Daily Beast report Tuesday. The program, reportedly called HHS Protect Now, crunches data to help officials understand the coronavirus pandemic, in which more than 850,000 people in the states have been diagnosed […]
Zero-Day Warning: It’s Possible to Hack iPhones Just by Sending Emails…
Watch out Apple users! The default mailing app pre-installed on millions of iPhones and iPads has been found vulnerable to two critical flaws that attackers are exploiting in the wild, at least, from the last two years to spy on high-profile victims. The flaws could eventually let remote hackers secretly take complete control over Apple […]
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