Brave browser is caught revising typed-in domains to companies like Binance with URLs including affiliate referral codes; Brave says it will stop the practice
Brave, the crypto-friendly, privacy-first browser has been earning affiliate commissions by redirecting certain search queries to crypto companies via affiliate links.
Airbnb had more US bookings from May 17 to June 3 than during the same period in 2019, as vacation-rental sites see domestic reservations increase globally
- Weekend getaways are turning into work-from-home respites — Airbnb hasn't ruled out an IPO this year, CEO Chesky says
As the coronavirus speeds up efforts to expand voting from home either through mail-in ballots or online voting, an analysis of the associated security risks
Fear of the coronavirus is speeding up efforts to allow voting from home, but some of them pose security risks and may make it easier …
NYU report criticizes Facebook for outsourcing content moderation, arguing it is a “grossly inadequate” way of dealing with a core task of social platforms
In a scathing examination of Facebook's content moderation strategy, a new study identifies the company's decision …
Study of kids aged 4 to 15 in the US, UK, and Spain finds they spent an average of 85 min/day on YouTube and 80 min/day on TikTok from February 2019-April 2020
A new study on kids' app usage and habits indicates a major threat to YouTube's dominance, as kids now split …
After rolling out a flawed automated system in 2014, Michigan falsely charged thousands with unemployment fraud and collected millions in fines
REPUBLISH … I N 2014, Carmelita Colvin was living just north of Detroit and taking classes at a local college, when she received a letter … Tweets: @undarkmag , @undarkmag , @undarkmag , @undarkmag , ...
To remain this big and unregulated, Facebook aligns itself with powers that be, as its actions in Myanmar and now in the US show
To stay this big and unregulated, the social media platform can't afford to upset rulers — Oligarchs are immoral business leaders who …
More than 140 scientists funded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative urge Mark Zuckerberg to reconsider Facebook's policies on misinformation and incendiary language
@deboramarks The scientists stand up to their sponsor. And the sponsor desperately needs to take action. Now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... by @nitashatiku https://twitter.com/... Gary Marcus / ...
As the pandemic suspends live sports, gamblers turn to betting on e-sports; some bookmakers say e-sports betting has risen 40x
Computer-vs.-computer games of FIFA livestream to gamblers on Twitch. Fantasy contests carry League of Legends lineups. In the coronavirus age, video games have grown into a darling for casinos. Twe...
Israeli court sentences the co-owners of vDOS, a now defunct DDoS-for-hire service, to six months of community service
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security :
RiskSense report analyzing the top 54 open source projects finds security vulnerabilities doubled from 421 bugs in 2018 to 968 in 2019
Jenkins and MySQL vulnerabilities have had the most weaponized vulnerabilities in the past five years. — A study that analyzed the top 54 open source projects found …
Interviews with Huawei staff and a review of internal documents shed light on Huawei's efforts to reorganize and aggressively respond to the growing US pressure
Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal :
Researcher describes how hundreds of medical imaging servers in India were left unsecured months ago and are still leaving 1M+ medical records exposed
The story behind how I was able to view, edit & delete classified personal information of lakhs of patients all over India Tweets: @kingslyj , @zackwhittaker , @kmskrishna , and @zackwhittaker Tweets:...
Sources: ByteDance has recently implemented a restriction on employees in China from accessing code bases for overseas products like TikTok
Chen Du / PingWest :
As many Chinese manufacturers face low overseas demand due to the coronavirus, companies like Pinduoduo and JD have helped many launch their own domestic brands
Ask Zhu Kaiyu about his factory, and he can rattle off a series of statistics meant to impress: 15,000 square meters … Tweets: @_karenhao Tweets: Karen Hao / @_karenhao : As China's access to internat...
The struggle between real information and fake information is not too different from the fight against spam email, which took a long time but was worth it
To put it mildly, the last ten days have been tough to watch. Following the news triggers anger, and it makes me feel ashamed.
Q&A: web cryptography pioneers Martin Hellman, Taher Elgamal, and Tom Jermoluk on recent advances in authentication tech, and what the future could look like
Fahmida Y Rashid / IEEE Spectrum :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.