Pack of GM Cruise robo-taxis freeze, snarl up Friday night traffic amid festival crowds Just a day after getting green light to expand autonomous ops AI + ML14 Aug 2023 | 48
Google Chrome to shield encryption keys from promised quantum computers QC crypto-cracking coming in 5, 10, maybe 50 years, so act … now? Security12 Aug 2023 | 22
FTX crypto-clown Sam Bankman-Fried couldn't even do house arrest. Now he's in jail Feds argue leaks to press amount to witness tampering Cyber-crime11 Aug 2023 | 36
Cops cuff pregnant woman for carjacking after facial recog gets it wrong, again Not-so smart tech, or officers, it seems AI + ML08 Aug 2023 | 86
Florida man accused of hoarding America's secrets faces fresh charges Mar-a-Lago IT director told 'the boss wanted the server deleted' CSO29 Jul 2023 | 147
A federal watchdog to police Big Tech? Yeah, that'll do the trick, senators... Sorry, FTC, didn't mean to step on you like that Personal Tech27 Jul 2023 | 9
Aliens crash landed on Earth – and Uncle Sam is covering it up, this guy tells Congress Poll Men in Black snatched Little Green Men's spacecraft, allegedly Science27 Jul 2023 | 322
TETRA radio comms used by emergency heroes easily cracked, say experts Updated If it looks like a backdoor, walks like a backdoor, maybe it's ... export control Research24 Jul 2023 | 60
Let's take a look at those US Supreme Court decisions and how they will affect tech Analysis Rulings on affirmative action and free speech may not play nicely with diversity initiatives Personal Tech08 Jul 2023 | 115
Australia's 'great example of government using technology' found to be 'crude and cruel'. And literally lethal to citizens Report on 'Robodebt' scheme calls for major reforms, plus review of Feds' automation, data-sharing Software07 Jul 2023 | 46
H-1B fraud consultancies grow, with application abuse openly discussed online In depth How do you solve a problem like a visa? How do you catch a fraud and bring it down? On-Prem01 Jul 2023 | 33
Uncle Sam cracks down on faked reviews and bad influencers Big $50,000 fines for misleading posts... unless it's political, natch Personal Tech30 Jun 2023 | 21
Fujitsu admits it fluffed the fix for Japan’s flaky ID card scheme Yet another snafu for digital services push Security30 Jun 2023 | 27
Supreme Court says Genius' song lyric copying claim against Google wasn't smart Website can't use state contract law to police copyrights it doesn't own Personal Tech26 Jun 2023 | 47
Google accused of urging Android devs to mislabel apps to get forbidden kids ad data Getting around the rules was as simple as not declaring software was 'intended for children', lawsuit states Personal Tech23 Jun 2023 | 8
Japan's digital ID card gets emergency review amid data leaks PM wants response as urgent as that mustered for COVID-19 Security22 Jun 2023 | 12
Google formally accuses monopolist Microsoft of trapping people in its cloud Updated Fight! Fight! Fight! SaaS21 Jun 2023 | 24
Restaurant hired 'priest' to extract workplace confessions from staff With now $150K to pay out, that's what we call fine dining Bootnotes21 Jun 2023 | 38
Florida man insists he didn't violate the law by keeping Top Secret docs Populist politician pleads not guilty at Miami arraignment Security14 Jun 2023 | 449
Elon Musk hit with insider trading claims over his Dogecoin crypto-hype Claim: Billionaire banked big bread boosting bizarro-bucks Personal Tech02 Jun 2023 | 22
Feds, you'll need a warrant for that cellphone border search Here's a story with a twist Security31 May 2023 | 50
PyPI subpoenaed: US govt demands data on developers Python package packhouse ponders privacy position Devops25 May 2023 | 9
Leaked Kyndryl files show 55 was average age of laid-off US workers Special report As one ousted staffer claims the IBM spin-off is in disarray On-Prem24 May 2023 | 53
Supreme Court leaves warrantless camera surveillance an open book Can police just set up CCTV and press record? In some places, yes Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 9
Social media may harm kids. US Surgeon General says so That's a warning and not permission, in case you were wondering Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 19
Privacy Sandbox, Google's answer to third-party cookies, promised within months Winter in July for some of those in the web ad world Personal Tech20 May 2023 | 32
Remember those millions of fake net neutrality comments? Fallout continues Trio of digital marketing firms cough up $600K to make astroturfing brouhaha just go away Networks15 May 2023 | 33
Exhibit 3,021: Millions wasted on US govt IT due to poor oversight, audit finds $24M was paid out incorrectly - and that's just from a close look at 5 out of 48 orders under ENCORE III Software12 May 2023 | 10
Here's what the US Army picked for soldier-worn tactical USB hubs That kit ain't for chargin' your iPhone, Private! On-Prem08 May 2023 | 36
A right Royal pain in the Dallas: City IT systems crippled by ransomware Texas officials preach limited government ... but not this limited Cyber-crime05 May 2023 | 21
Uncle Sam sounds like it may actually do something about rampant visa H-1B fraud Gee, you mean that surge to 800,000 applications in one year isn't entirely legit? Shocking Legal01 May 2023 | 34
Florida folks dragged out of bed by false emergency texts Laugh while you can, UK residents – you've got a nationwide emergency alert system test this weekend Offbeat21 Apr 2023 | 158
IT boss arrested over Cash App exec Bob Lee death Updated Alleged killer said to be industry pal, faces one count of murder On-Prem13 Apr 2023 | 14
Worried about the security of your code's dependencies? Try Google's Deps.dev Is this what the kids mean by owning the libs? Devops13 Apr 2023 | 13
Thieves smash hole in wall to nab $500K in Apple iKit Pic So, like, three iPhones and a Mac keyboard Bootnotes07 Apr 2023 | 41
Microsoft adds chatbots to Teams for the Pentagon Yes, DoD admins, your users can ask for this now, but make sure your bots are in compliance Defense Tech Week04 Apr 2023 | 4
ChatGPT is coming for your jobs – the terrible ones, at least OpenAI tech outperforms digital serfs toiling away on Amazon's estate AI + ML03 Apr 2023 | 20
US Veterans Affairs department didn't check with CIO for 39% of IT projects Contracts could be duplicate and poorly conceived, accountability report finds Defense Tech Week03 Apr 2023 | 5
NYPD blues: Cops ignored 93 percent of surveillance law rules Who watches the watchmen? The Office of the Inspector General Security31 Mar 2023 | 17
TikTok: Is this really a national security scare or is something else going on? Register Kettle Our vultures who cover the news weigh in Personal Tech30 Mar 2023 | 45
Google again accused of willfully destroying evidence in Android antitrust battle Updated Starting to see a pattern here? Judge seems to think so Security28 Mar 2023 | 35
Utah outlaws kids' social media addiction, sets digital curfew Age verification, a private right to sue Big Tech ... thinking of the children or political points? Personal Tech24 Mar 2023 | 73
French parliament says oui to AI surveillance for 2024 Paris Olympics Liberté, égalité, reconnaissance faciale for all Security24 Mar 2023 | 47
Critical infrastructure gear is full of flaws, but hey, at least it's certified Security researchers find bugs, big and small, in every industrial box probed CSO23 Mar 2023 | 20
Pentagon whistleblower Ellsberg given months to live Comment The man leaking vital data before it was fashionable Bootnotes13 Mar 2023 | 18
US government says Silicon Valley Bank depositors can get their cash on Monday Feds say this won’t cost taxpayers a dime Legal13 Mar 2023 | 36
Silicon Valley Bank seized by officials after imploding: How this happened and why 2023, just like 2008 Legal10 Mar 2023 | 133
US House reps, staff health data swiped in cyber-heist Data for sale via dark web, Senate in line of fire, too Cyber-crime09 Mar 2023 | 8
Cop warrant orders Ring to cough up footage from inside this guy's home Don't say you weren't warned Personal Tech08 Mar 2023 | 75
Huge lithium discovery could end world shortages ... Oh, wait, it's in Iran Good thing we've got a great rapport with Tehran, no? On-Prem04 Mar 2023 | 86
German Digital Affairs Committee hearing heaps scorn on Chat Control Proposal to break encryption to scan messages for abuse material challenged as illegal and unworkable Security03 Mar 2023 | 22
Waymo robo taxis rack up a million miles without killing anyone It works! Now let's cut staff by 8% AI + ML02 Mar 2023 | 13
Europe trims Apple App Store probe after deciding in-app payments not a problem Cupertino not entirely off the hook – yet Personal Tech01 Mar 2023 | 8
Hey, AI hucksters. Dial down the hype. Lots of love, the FTC Analysis Exaggerated claims? About unproven technology? Ask your chat bot if it knows what fraud means AI + ML28 Feb 2023 | 5
Signal says it'll shut down in UK if Online Safety Bill approved Plan to scan encrypted content to protect children could drive businesses away Personal Tech25 Feb 2023 | 236
Google destroyed evidence for antitrust battle, Feds complain rm -rf'ing staff chat logs can't go unpunished, says Uncle Sam CSO24 Feb 2023 | 33
European Commission bans TikTok from staff gadgets Cyber Europe cyber worried about cyber threats, doesn't cyber use the other C word (China) CSO24 Feb 2023 | 23
Supreme Court not interested in hearing about NSA's super-snoop schemes Warrantless data harvesting, you say? Feds have their secret reasons and we're OK with that Personal Tech22 Feb 2023 | 27
Uncle Sam backs right-to-repair battle against Big Ag's John Deere Doh, a Deere, I fear no Deere Personal Tech16 Feb 2023 | 37
IBM health benefits blackout leaves retirees footing the bill Medical payments expected to resume ... soon? Personal Tech09 Feb 2023 | 37
Open Source Policy Summit: Where FOSS and government meet FOSDEM Sometimes it takes a war to make people pay attention Applications09 Feb 2023 | 8