Using Wi-Fi to “see” behind closed doors is easier than anyone thought - MIT Technology Review
With nothing but a smartphone and some clever computation, researchers can exploit ambient signals to track individuals in their own homes.
China is exporting the Great Firewall as internet freedom declines around the world
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/11/01/asia/internet-freedom-china-censorship-intl/index.html
the internet is an excellent tool for social control, enabling surveillance and guiding of public opinion that would have been impossible in the past.
Private messages from 81,000 hacked Facebook accounts for sale - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46065796
Facebook said its security had not been compromised.
And the data had probably been obtained through malicious browser extensions.
Social platforms and Silicon Valley Funders operate with sloppy disregard of the consequences of hate speech, unwilling to lose users and hurt their bottom line
Eurostar resets customer passwords after hack attack - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46048597
Eurostar has reset its customers’ login passwords after detecting attempts to break into an unspecified number of accounts.
Samsung agrees to payouts after worker deaths - BBC News
Another Tesla with Autopilot crashed into a stationary object
These systems are not sophisticated enough to distinguish a stationary object on the road from one that’s next to or above the road. To make the problem easier to handle, the cars may just ignore stationary objects
iPhones are Allergic to Helium – iFixit
https://ifixit.org/blog/11986/iphones-are-allergic-to-helium/
Like an incredibly tiny grain of sand, the helium molecules are small enough to get inside the device, physically stop the clock, and turn your phone temporarily into a paperweight.