Spot Phishing Emails Like a Boss
Oh No! You just opened your email and there’s a message from your bank. There’s a problem with your account. Luckily the bank has provided link, so you can fix …
15 Billion Stolen Logins Are Circulating on the Dark Web
After China imposed a restrictive national security law on Hong Kong, tech companies find themselves at a crossroads. Giants like Google and Facebook stopped responding to requests for user data …
Canadians can now opt out of Clearview AI facial recognition, with a catch
(CBC News) – Canadians may now request they not appear in Clearview AI’s facial recognition search results, days after the controversial U.S.-based firm announced it was pulling out of this …
Microsoft Halts a Global Fraud Campaign That Targeted CEOs
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New video format ‘halves data use of 4K and 8K TVs’
(The BBC) – A new video-encoding technology that promises to cut data use by at least half has been announced, after three years of talks involving some of the tech …
Intel, NSF Invest $9 Million in Machine Learning for Wireless Networks Projects
(IEEE Spectrum) – Intel and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have awarded a three-year grant to a research team for research on delivering distributed machine learning computations over wireless edge …
Record 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste dumped globally last year, says UN report
( CBC News ) – Across the river from the Red Fort in Delhi, India, the grim neighbourhood of Seelampur lives off what consumers in the modern world throw away …
New Mac Ransomware Is Even More Sinister Than It Appears
(WIRED) – The threat of ransomware may seem ubiquitous, but there haven’t been too many strains tailored specifically to infect Apple’s Mac computers since the first full-fledged Mac ransomware surfaced …
The Russian Disinfo Operation You Never Heard About
(WIRED) – The Internet Research Agency is infamous for flooding mainstream social media platforms with compelling disinformation campaigns. The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, deploys strategic data leaks and destabilizing …
How To Stop Instagram From Tracking Everything You Do
(WIRED) – To change this—or at the very least check if you’ve given it permission—you need to visit the settings on your phone. It can’t be done through the Instagram …