Sources: US intelligence determined that the Chinese spy balloon that flew across the US in January and February 2023 used a US ISP to communicate with China
An American intelligence assessment found that the balloon used a commercially available U.S. network to communicate, primarily for navigation, U.S. officials say.
Microsoft's disclosures about Chinese government hackers accessing US government email accounts try to obscure the role of the company's zero-days in the breach
Critics also decry Microsoft's “pay-to-play” monitoring that detected intrusions. — On Friday, Microsoft attempted to explain …
Microsoft plans to drop Cortana support on Windows 10 and Windows 11 in late 2023, touting the company's AI efforts as suitable replacements for the assistant
Microsoft will no longer support the Cortana app starting this fall. — What you need to know
Inside TSMC's facilities in Taiwan, where Fab 18 makes a quintillion transistors for Apple every six months, and an interview with Chairman Mark Liu
As the US boosts production of silicon chips, an American journalist goes inside TSMC, the mysterious Taiwanese company at the center of the global industry.
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposes a US broadband standard of 100Mbps down and 20Mbps up; the proposal requires a vote in the currently deadlocked FCC
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposes a US broadband standard of 100Mbps down and 20Mbps up; the proposal requires a vote in the currently deadlocked FCC
Pai FCC said 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up was enough—Rosenworcel proposes 100/20Mbps. — Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman …
Microsoft and cybersecurity company Mandiant say state-backed hacking groups linked to China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey are exploiting the Log4j flaw
some of these groups have been known to target think tanks, academic institutions, and NGOs. Assume compromise and back up your files frequently. https://twitter.com/... Dustin Vol...
A US hacker says he built a network of “news” sites and Facebook Groups in 2015 to push bogus stories after a company hired him to “stop Hillary Clinton”
He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right. — This is the story of the mastermind behind … Tweets: @ax_sharma , @robviglione , @fark , @dangillmor , @...
FCC grants SpaceX's request to use a lower orbit for Starlink satellites; Amazon says the FCC's conditions adequately addressed its original objection
Alan Boyle / GeekWire :
Microsoft took nearly two months to issue a patch after hearing of Exchange Server's flaws, even as a mass-hack unfolded; some of the flaws were 10+ years old
House Energy and Commerce Committee head details the GOP Big Tech Accountability Platform to address issues like Section 230, deplatforming, app stores, more
NASA says AST & Science's plan to build a broadband network via a constellation of satellites carries an unusually high risk of causing an orbital collision
and other spacefaring nations around the world—need to do a better job ensuring that low Earth orbit remains as debris-free as possible.” https://twitter.com/...
Researcher says security vulnerabilities in satellite-based Internet services, some known for over ten years, are threatening the safety of ships and planes
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Tweets: @brianweeden , @mtoecker , and @sonicwall Tweets: @brianweeden : I wonder who else is listening to unencrypted satellite internet traffic to gl...
Trump's campaign is poised to replicate its 2016 success on Facebook, exploiting how FB's AI ad tools automatically distribute ad spend and target audiences
Look at a thousand of the millions of Facebook ads Donald Trump has run, and it's hard to believe that they represent a winning strategy. Tweets: @therealquags , @brianweeden , @an...
Comcast's waiving of data caps has had little effect on internet speeds even as peak traffic increased 32%, giving lie to their stance that caps are needed
Pandemic shows Comcast could kill data caps forever without ruining its network. — Back in the before times …
Alphabet's Verily launches a coronavirus screening website limited to the San Francisco Bay area, requires users to log in with their Google account
- Alphabet's Verily on Sunday night launched a pilot of a COVID-19 screening and testing website in the San Francisco Bay Area, a day earlier than it said it would.
An overview of the COVID-19-related work Google is doing, and how it falls far short of the comprehensive testing system implied by President Trump on Friday
Did we call? If you're interested in fighting misinformation, this would be a good place to start. https://twitter.com/... Daniel Dale / @ddale8 : False. Media outlets contacted Go...
SpaceX submits paperwork for 30K more Starlink low-earth-orbit satellites, on top of the 12K already approved by the FCC
there isn't ‘a cop up there’ Ron Mendoza / International Business Times : Space Startup CEO Slams Elon Musk: ‘You Need Regulation’; Wants To Beat SpaceX Mariella Moon / Yahoo Finan...
US government's plan to make Dish the country's fourth-largest mobile carrier, by forcing T-Mobile and Sprint to sell assets, will likely leave 100M underserved
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :
Carriers' agreement with state AGs to implement new robocall blocking tech does not impose any legally binding terms on them and there is no deadline to comply
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica : Tweets: @jbrodkin and @brianweeden Tweets: @jbrodkin : There was a bizarre lack of skepticism in the news reporting I saw yesterday about this anti-ro...