Kevin Mitnick, the controversial hacker-turned-cybersecurity professional has died at age 59
A villain for some, a demigod for others
Netflix drops most affordable ad-free tier in the US and the UK
The cheapest Netflix plan without ads is now $15.49 per month
Google's new defense against cyberattacks: limiting internet access for employees
Extreme but effective?
Amazon in-van surveillance under fire as videos appear on Reddit
A violation of Amazon's policies
FBI rescues abducted girl with the help of a Nintendo Switch
Online tracking saves the day
Millions of US military emails have leaked to the domain of a Russian ally for nearly a decade
The leak is attributed to a common typo in the domain suffix
AVrecon botnet operated unnoticed for two years, infecting 70,000 Linux-based routers
The malicious network craftily avoided detection for two years at least
"Right to be forgotten" in the era of AI and large language models
Can a machine learning algorithm unlearn the data it was trained on?
Tax prep companies including H&R Block and TaxSlayer found to be tracking users, share sensitive data with Google, Facebook
Death, taxes and tracking come for everyone
Amazon is suing the EU over its designation as a "very large online platform"
It's not exactly a small one
Amazon Prime Day raked in over $6.4 billion on its first day
Sales figures include almost half a billion in Buy Now Pay Later loans
Twitter finds an unlikely supporter in Taliban leader who criticizes "intolerant" Meta
Not the best person to do Twitter's PR
A hot potato: Elon Musk might be sweating over the Twitter-like Threads becoming the fastest-growing app of all time, but at least he can count on the support of Anas Haqqani, a senior Taliban leader, who has praised Twitter's commitment to free speech and blasted Meta's "intolerant policy."
Elon Musk jet-tracking account banned from Twitter arrives on Threads with request for Zuckerberg
Musk must really, really hate Threads
Community-led site lets you update older versions of Windows like it's the 90s
Update Windows like it's the 90s
In a nutshell: Retro computing enthusiasts recently launched a new site that restores update functionality to classic versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, allowing users to update dated OSes like they used to back in the day from the Windows Update website.
Threads makes waves, surpasses 100 million user milestone in just five days
The real challenge will be keeping users engaged
Elon Musk is suing the law firm that forced him to buy Twitter
While he's offering a literal D-measuring competition with Mark Zuckerberg
Why it matters: Elon Musk must be pretty stressed right now. In between training for a possible cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg (or a literal "measuring" contest) and watching Twitter rival Threads become the fastest-growing app of all time, the world's richest man is suing the law firm that represented Twitter while he was trying to get out of the $44 billion buyout.
Threads round one: Twitter threatens Meta with lawsuit over "misappropriated" trade secrets
Is the warning idle or is Twitter about ready to make things difficult for The Zuck?
OpenAI yanks Bing integration from ChatGPT after users "exploit" bug to bypass paywalls
It's not a feature; it's a bug
Mozilla's AI Help infects web documentation with GPT hallucinations
A monumentally bad idea which proves to be "worse than useless"
Safari hits record market share while Chrome slips, Edge holds steady
Google still owns over 60 percent of the browser market, so the real race is between Apple and Microsoft
Cybercriminals are circumventing email security with image-based scams
Malicious emails contain no HTML text, are pulling off phishing through QR codes