https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/world/asia/china-change-4-moon.html

landing a vehicle on the far side of the moon for the first time in history

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/12/14/youtube-is-reading-text-in-users-videos/

Google keeps tabs on much of your activity, including your browsing history and your location. Now, it turns out that its YouTube service is also reading what’s in your videos, too.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/31/this-clever-ai-hid-data-from-its-creators-to-cheat-at-its-appointed-task/

A machine learning agent intended to transform aerial images into street maps and back was found to be cheating by hiding information it would need later in “a nearly imperceptible […] signal.”

https://m.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/2179819/beijing-turns-facial-recognition-combat-public-housing-abuses

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/us/waymo-self-driving-cars-arizona-attacks.html

Some people have pelted Waymo vans with rocks, according to police reports. Others have repeatedly tried to run the vehicles off the road.

https://nrkbeta.no/2018/12/31/2018-kommentar-facebook-endret-seg-aldri-som-selskap-konsekvensene-ble-bare-storre/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46698646

a computer at a South Korean resettlement centre was hacked

Analysts say there are some concerns that the leak could endanger the families of the defectors that still remain in North Korea.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-data-security/amazon-error-allowed-alexa-user-to-eavesdrop-on-another-home-idUSKCN1OJ15J

https://loupventures.com/annual-smart-speaker-iq-test/

Google Assistant was able to answer 88% of them correctly vs. Siri at 75%, Alexa at 73%, and Cortana at 63%

Over a 12-month period, Google Home improved by 7 percentage points, Echo by 9 points, Siri (9-month) by 22 points, and Cortana by 7 points

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754

About 110,000 passengers on 760 flights were due to fly on Thursday. Disruption could last “several days”.

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed the Army has been called in to support Sussex Police.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasa-discloses-data-breach/

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/17/twitter-country-code-leak/

The concern here is that malicious actors could have used the security flaw to figure out in which countries accounts were based, which could have ramifications for whistleblowers or political dissidents.

https://m.signalvnoise.com/become-a-facebook-free-business-5bfefc20c09d

https://www.cjr.org/innovations/nprs-move-into-podcasting-analytics-raises-privacy-concerns.php

https://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/i/zLB9JK/Kommunen-far-millionbot-fra-Datatilsynet

Saken begynte i vår da en 7.-klassing fant et sikkerhetshull med passord og andre personopplysninger til 35.000 elever og foresatte i bergensskolen.

https://e24.no/boers-og-finans/teknologi/regjeringen-vurderer-tiltak-som-kan-ramme-huawei/24518264

Det kinesiske selskapet har levert nettverksutstyr til både Telia og Telenor, mens Ice bruker Nokia i sin utbygging av 4G-nettet.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2018/12/13/we-broke-into-a-bunch-of-android-phones-with-a-3d-printed-head/

For all four Android phones, the spoof face was able to open the phone, though with differing degrees of ease. The iPhone X was the only one to never be fooled.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/13/18139724/bitcoin-bomb-threat-scam-email-us-police-department-investigation-evacuations

Spammers are sending a wave of threats to businesses, schools, and other locations in English-speaking countries across the world, demanding bitcoin in exchange for not detonating a supposed bomb.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-is-struggling-to-fend-off-chinese-hackers-officials-say-11544783401

An intelligence official said that subcontractors across the entire military were lagging behind in cybersecurity and frequently suffered breaches that affected other branches.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/05/bt-removing-huawei-equipment-from-parts-of-4g-network

Head of MI6 had questioned Chinese firm’s involvement in UK telecoms infrastructure