Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look up’ setting - TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/03/facebook-phone-number-look-up/

Users are complaining that the phone number Facebook hassled them to use to secure their account with two-factor authentication has also been associated with their user profile — which anyone can use to “look up” their profile.

Worse, Facebook doesn’t give you an option to opt-out.

W3C approves WebAuthn as the web standard for password-free logins

https://venturebeat.com/2019/03/04/w3c-approves-webauthn-as-the-web-standard-for-password-free-logins/

The specification lets users log into online accounts using biometrics, mobile devices, and/or FIDO security keys.

Facebook Allows Users to Look Up Others With Their Two-Factor Authentication Phone Number, With No Opt-Out — Pixel Envy

https://pxlnv.com/linklog/facebook-lookups-by-two-factor-authentication-numbers/

Google and DeepMind are using AI to predict the energy output of wind farms - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/26/18241632/google-deepmind-wind-farm-ai-machine-learning-green-energy-efficiency

To help make that energy more valuable to the power grid

Xiaomi M365 Electric Scooter Hacked and Remotely Controlled - Threatpost

https://threatpost.com/xiaomi-m365-scooter-hack/141731/

Hackers up to 100 meters away could take over Xiaomi M365 scooters to brake or accelerate them.

The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona

1TB microSD cards are now a thing - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/2/25/18239433/1tb-microsd-card-sandisk-micron-price-release

$449.99

the new 512GB card in the same line will sell for $199.99.

China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/business/china-xinjiang-uighur-dna-thermo-fisher.html

Google researchers devise Spectre-like attack with no known mitigation, say software is inadequate to defend from Spectre-type bugs due to high performance cost - Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/google-software-is-never-going-to-be-able-to-fix-spectre-type-bugs/

Lime Scooter Software Glitch Causes Random Braking, Dozens Of Rider Injuries

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bizcarson/2019/02/22/lime-scooter-software-glitch-causes-random-braking-dozens-of-rider-injuries/

caused the scooters’ front wheels to lock up randomly mid-ride. The sudden braking caused at least 30 injuries in 155 known incidents

usually occurred when riders were going downhill at high speeds