Biden FCC nominee advances to Senate floor despite Ted Cruz’s protests (arstechnica.com)
Hackers exploit gaping Windows loophole to give their malware kernel access (arstechnica.com)
Hackers are using open source software that’s popular with video game cheaters to allow their Windows-based malware to bypass restrictions Microsoft put in place to prevent such infections from occurring....
Big Tech can transfer Europeans’ data to US in win for Facebook and Google (arstechnica.com)
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Big Tech can transfer Europeans’ data to US in win for Facebook and Google (arstechnica.com)
The European Commission today decided it is safe for personal data to be transferred from the European Union to US-based companies, handing a victory to firms like Facebook and Google despite protests from privacy advocates who worry about US government surveillance.
How Threads’ privacy policy compares to Twitter’s (and its rivals’) (arstechnica.com)
Here’s what is collected by Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.
ChatGPT users drop for the first time as people turn to uncensored chatbots (arstechnica.com)
Fairphone 4—the repairable, sustainable smartphone—is coming to the US (arstechnica.com)
Pornhub cuts off more US users in ongoing protest over age-verification laws (arstechnica.com)
Tesla on Autopilot crashed into stopped truck during highway lane closure (arstechnica.com)
Employee finds SSD stolen last year from corporate data center for sale on eBay (arstechnica.com)
How can third-party marketplaces prevent stolen goods from being listed?
“Stunning”—Midjourney update wows AI artists with camera-like feature (arstechnica.com)
Midjourney v5.2 features camera-like zoom control over framing, more realism.
Scientists conduct first test of a wireless cosmic ray navigation system (arstechnica.com)
A Japanese team of researchers are working on a positioning system using muons, which could be used in places where GPS signals can’t be received (such as underwater or underground)....
“Clearly predatory”: Western Digital sparks panic, anger for age-shaming HDDs (arstechnica.com)
Im not sure I see this a big deal. I guess for people that don’t know to check drive health, it may be alarming to have a warning staring you down.
Why scientists are making transparent wood (arstechnica.com)
The material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows, and more.
Elektrofahrräder senken die Nachfrage nach fossilen Kraftstoffen 4 mal mehr, als Elektroautos (arstechnica.com)
toot.bike/...
Owner of Tumblr confirms site’s shift from “surging” to “small and focused” (arstechnica.com)
CEO confirms Tumblr has lost "well north of $100M" since acquisition.
Android 14’s storage disaster gets patched, but your data might be gone (arstechnica.com)
Matic is a $1,795 robot vacuum for people concerned about privacy (arstechnica.com)
After leading NASA’s mission to Pluto, Alan Stern flies to space himself (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/8492861...
After decades of dreams, a commercial spaceplane is almost ready to fly (arstechnica.com)
The UAW beat the big three; Elon Musk’s Tesla is among its next targets | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
Pro-Russia hackers target inboxes with 0-day in webmail app used by millions (arstechnica.com)
“In summary, by sending a specially crafted email message, attackers are able to load arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the Roundcube user’s browser window,” ESET researcher Matthieu Faou wrote. “No manual interaction other than viewing the message in a web browser is required.”...
“Netflix effect” is back as studios license old shows to competitors again (arstechnica.com)
Space is starting to look like the better mining operation (arstechnica.com)
Okta says hackers breached its support system and viewed customer files (arstechnica.com)
Bet there was some good tokens in some of those customer HAR files.
