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
1TB microSD cards are now a thing - The Verge
$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
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
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
New flaws in 4G, 5G allow attackers to intercept calls and track phone locations - TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/24/new-4g-5g-security-flaws/
the attacks can carried out with radio equipment costing as little as $200
Study blames YouTube for rise in number of Flat Earthers - The Guardian
they had not considered the Earth to be flat two years ago but changed their minds after watching videos promoting conspiracy theories on YouTube
When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online - The Atlantic
You Give Apps Sensitive Personal Information. Then They Tell Facebook. - WSJ
At the heart of the issue is an analytics tool Facebook offers developers, which allows them to see statistics about their users’ activities