The Feds Gear Up for a Privacy Crackdown
Plus: Cisco gets hit by ransomware, Twilio gets phished, a new way to fight email spammers, and much more.Continue Reading
2022-08-13
A Single Flaw Broke Every Layer of Security in MacOS
An injection flaw allowed a researcher to access all files on a Mac. Apple issued a fix, but some machines may still be vulnerable.Continue Reading
2022-08-12
FBI warrant says Trump probe involved possible violation of Espionage Act
FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida this week removed 11 sets of classified documents including some marked as top secret, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday while also disclosing it has probable cause to believe he violated the Espionage Act. The bombshell disclosures wereContinue Reading
2022-08-12
Nearly 70% of Premier League footballers are abused on Twitter – we used an AI to sift through millions of tweets
As the new Premier League football season gets underway, a few things are certain. There will be goals, drama and excitement, and unfortunately, players will be subjected to vile abuse on social media. My colleagues at the Alan Turing Institute and I have published a report, commissioned by Ofcom, inContinue Reading
2022-08-12
Five myths about the partition of British India – and what really happened
Lord Mountbatten, then viceroy of India, meets Nehru Jinnah and other leaders to plan partition of India. Wikipedia, CC BY-NC This August marks 75 years since the partition of the Indian subcontinent. British withdrawal from the region prompted the creation of two new states, India and Pakistan. The process ofContinue Reading
2022-08-12
Japan’s Obon festival: how family commemoration and ancestral worship shapes daily life
Each year in Japan, people celebrate ohigan, a period of seven days around both the vernal and the autumnal equinoxes, and obon, which stretches over a few days on either side of August 15. Employers grant leave to staff. Trains fill with people returning from big cities like Tokyo andContinue Reading
2022-08-12
For Women’s Euro 2022 to have a meaningful legacy, football must do more to tackle racism and sexism
Women have been playing football for a long time – and for a long time they have had to fight to be respected. In 1969, the Daily Mirror used a photograph of a female footballer’s shorts falling down while she jumped to head the ball. In the 1990s, players reportedContinue Reading
2022-08-11
The US Offers a $10M Bounty for Intel on Conti Ransomware Gang
The State Department organization has called for people to share details about five key members of the hacking group.Continue Reading
2022-08-11
Gabrielle Zevin Believes Games Show People Who They Really Are
In Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, the novelist explores the intimacy of gaming together.Continue Reading
2022-08-11
London 2012: what the Olympic Games’ legacy of sustainability means for events today
shutterstock This summer has marked 10 years since the London 2012 Olympics, and a chance to reflect on the event’s legacy. From the outset, the aim was to make it a ground-breakingly sustainable event. According to the United Nations, sustainability is “development that meets the needs of the present withoutContinue Reading
2022-08-11