ESA says E3, scheduled for early June as a three-day event, has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns
The biggest trade show in video games is skipping a year. Michael Kan / PCMag : 2 Attendees at Last Month's RSA Cybersecurity Show Now Have Coronavirus Stephany Nunneley / VG247 : With E3 2020 cancele...
Microsoft pushes a fix for a critical flaw in a cryptographic component present in all versions of Windows; NSA says it alerted Microsoft to the bug
rather than weaponizing it Robert Hackett / Fortune : The NSA patches up its reputation with a gift to Microsoft Mark Wyciślik-Wilson / BetaNews : Microsoft turns the screws on Windows 7 users with fu...
Mozilla's free encrypted file sharing service Firefox Send is now available to all Firefox users and has its own Send Android app in beta
Free Encrypted File Transfer Service Now Available For All Firstpost : Mozilla's self-deleting online link sharing service Firefox Send is now live Thomas Claburn / The Register : This is the Send, en...
Tumblr says it will permanently ban adult content from its platform beginning December 17
Tumblr will ban 'female-presenting nipples … Heather Kelly / CNN : How Tumblr's adult content crackdown could alienate users Andy Meek / BGR : Tumblr is banning all adult content in a major shift for ...
EU to launch a six-month trial of iBorderCtrl, an AI lie detector that looks for “biomarkers of deceit”, at its external borders in Hungary, Latvia, and Greece
How Best to Help San Francisco's Homeless Chris Merriman / Inquirer : EU trials AI to see if UR telling BS when travelling A-B Stephanie Mlot / Geek.com : AI Lie Detector to Screen Travelers at Some E...
In EU, Google to start charging OEMs for Play Store and Google apps, offer separate licenses for Search and Chrome, let OEMs make devices with forked Android
for a fee Cohen Coberly / TechSpot : Google will soon charge European Android device makers licensing fees to use its apps Tweets: Nilay Patel / @reckless : Google is going to start charging a license...
Civil rights groups concerned as FOIA request shows cities' law enforcement adopted Amazon's Rekognition facial recognition tech without prior public discourse
It's Selling Facial Recognition To U.S. Cops Tristan Greene / The Next Web : Amazon's facial recognition is now aiding US law enforcement Nathan Yau / FlowingData : Amazon Rekognition for government s...
European Parliament president says Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg will give evidence to the European Parliament in person as early as next week
in private — from EU regulators Ellen Tannam / Silicon Republic : Mark Zuckerberg agrees to meeting with EU officials in Brussels Erin Carson / CNET : Mark Zuckerberg will face the European Parliament...
Apple apologizes for inadequately communicating battery management practices that slowed down iPhones with older batteries, will offer $29 battery replacements
but supplies are limited Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : PSA: Apple is making its $29 battery replacement pricing effective immediately Jerri-Lynn Scofield / naked capitalism : Apple Battery Debacle: Yet An...