Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/04/googles-constant-product-shutdowns-are-damaging-its-brand/
in 2019, a Google-branded product, feature, or service has died, on average, about every nine days.
Hospital viruses: Fake cancerous nodes in CT scans, created by malware, trick radiologists - The Washington Post
Researchers in Israel created malware to draw attention to serious security weaknesses in medical imaging equipment and networks.
‘Beyond Sketchy’: Facebook Demanding Some New Users’ Email Passwords
https://www.thedailybeast.com/beyond-sketchy-facebook-demanding-some-new-users-email-passwords
Just two weeks after admitting it stored hundreds of millions of its users’ own passwords insecurely, Facebook is demanding some users fork over the password for their outside email account
Small stickers on the ground trick Tesla autopilot into steering into opposing traffic lane / Boing Boing
https://boingboing.net/2019/03/31/mote-in-cars-eye.html
Researchers from Tencent Keen Security Lab have published a report detailing their successful attacks on Tesla firmware, including remote control over the steering, and an adversarial example attack on the autopilot that confuses the car into driving into the oncoming traffic lane.
The researchers used an attack chain that they disclosed to Tesla, and which Tesla now claims has been eliminated with recent patches.
Tesla cars keep more data than you think, including this video of a crash that totaled a Model 3
Crashed Tesla vehicles, sold at junk yards and auctions, contain deeply personal and unencrypted data including info from drivers’ paired mobile devices
A robot apple-picker is now harvesting fruit in New Zealand orchards - MIT Technology Review
The machine uses lidar to navigate the rows between the trees, and machine vision to identify which apples are ripe […] It then uses a vacuum to gently “suck” apples off the trees.
Appl Still Hasn’t Fixd Its MacBook Kyboad Problm
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/apple-still-hasnt-fixed-its-macbook-keyboard-problem/
Apple’s third-generation butterfly keyboard was supposed to fix all the previous defects but buyers are still having problems
Huawei Security ‘Defects’ Are Found by British Authorities - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/technology/huawei-security-british-report.html
A British review of Huawei found “significant” security problems with the Chinese company’s telecommunications equipment
The Plague Killing Frogs Everywhere Is Far Worse Than Scientists Thought - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/science/frogs-fungus-bd.html
the most deadly pathogen known to science.