https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51658111
The attack allowed hackers to gain access to its client list but it said its servers had not been breached.
Twitter, YouTube and Facebook have all demanded it stop using photos on their platforms.
But Clearview AI chief executive Hoan Ton-That told the CBS This Morning programme it was his First Amendment right to collect public photos.
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/02/17/tesla-autopilot-saved-8-lives-in-storm-dennis/
https://www.businessinsider.com/hackers-trick-tesla-accelerating-85mph-using-tape-2020-2
The researchers elongated the middle line in the “3” by 2 inches.
http://news.mit.edu/2020/artificial-intelligence-identifies-new-antibiotic-0220
A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Members of the Hamas Palestinian militant group have posed as young teenage girls to lure Israeli soldiers into installing malware-infected apps on their phones, a spokesperson for the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) said today.
Some soldiers fell for the scam, but IDF said they detected the infections, tracked down the malware, and then took down Hamas’ hacking infrastructure.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51564905
A malicious link sent to staff at the facility eventually caused the shutdown “of the entire pipeline asset”.
It was so severe in part because the organisation was not prepared for such an attack, the DHS statement said.
Often, the “operational network” which runs computers in the factory is separated from the office IT – but not in this case, meaning the ransomware infection was allowed to spread.
https://holzschu.github.io/Carnets_Jupyter/
A standalone Jupyter notebooks implementation for iOS.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51520622
A document that appears to give the most powerful insight yet into how China determined the fate of hundreds of thousands of Muslims held in a network of internment camps has been seen by the BBC.
https://www.bt.no/nyheter/i/8morAx/databrudd-stenger-janusfabrikken
For andre dag på rad står produksjonen på tekstilfabrikken i Arna etter et kabelbrudd hos IT-leverandøren Evry.
Hele produksjonen er avhengig av serverne som tekstilbedriften nå har mistet kontakten med.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a30784690/chernobyl-fungus/
How can this fungus process radiation in this way? Because it has tons of very dark melanin pigment that absorbs radiation and processes it in a harmless way to produce energy.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21123491/philips-hue-bulb-hack-hub-firmware-patch-update
Might want to check if you’ve got firmware 1935144040
etter en IT-feil hos Idrettsforbundet. Datatilsynet prioriterer saken høyt.
Tech from NEC aimed at spotting wanted persons on the streets to alert officers.
https://www.cyberscoop.com/facbook-facial-recognition-lawsuit-illinois/
Facebook’s “Tag Suggestions” service
The case accuses Facebook of breaking privacy law in Illinois by mining information about people in the state without their consent, then failing to disclose how long that data would be stored
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51364382
In early January, authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan were trying to keep news of a new coronavirus under wraps. When one doctor tried to warn fellow medics about the outbreak, police paid him a visit and told him to stop.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/us/politics/iowa-caucus-app.html
“The consensus of all experts who have been thinking about this is unequivocal,” Mr. Blaze added. “Internet and mobile voting should not be used at this time in civil elections.” Any technology, he said, should be tested and retested by the broader cybersecurity community before being publicly introduced, to test for anything ranging from a small bug to a major vulnerability. “I think the most important rule of thumb in introducing technology into voting is be extremely conservative,” he said
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21122044/google-photos-privacy-breach-takeout-data-video-strangers
Google’s Takeout service, that lets people download their data, was affected by a “technical issue” between November 21st and November 25th last year. It resulted in a small number of users receiving private videos that didn’t belong to them.