Enlarge / FlickType iPhone keyboard. reader comments 81 with 55 posters participating Share this story An iPhone keyboard for blind users will be discontinued, according to the app’s developer, who alleges that “Apple has thrown us obstacle after obstacle for years while we try to provide an app to improve people’s lives.” FlickType includes an… Read More »
Enlarge / Experts in the region said shutting down the WhatsApp numbers was “absurd” and “unhelpful.” SOPA Images | Getty Images reader comments 115 with 61 posters participating Share this story WhatsApp has shut down a complaints helpline set up by the Taliban when it took control of Kabul, after the messaging app came under… Read More »
Enlarge / Pretty Good Phone Privacy wants to minimize how much your wireless provider knows about your location. Noam Galai | Getty Images reader comments 8 with 8 posters participating Share this story Location data sharing from wireless carriers has been a major privacy issue in recent years. Marketers, salespeople, and even bounty hunters were… Read More »
Enlarge / Sensitive BIOS passwords leaked by QAnon figure Ron Watkins have been linked to a Colorado County office run by a clerk who promotes “Stop the Steal” messaging. reader comments 177 with 100 posters participating, including story author Share this story Last week, Ron Watkins—conspiracy theorist, QAnon enthusiast, and former 8chan site admin—released photocopies… Read More »
reader comments 39 with 36 posters participating Share this story A decentralized financial network has claimed hackers absconded with about $600 million worth of cryptocurrencies in one of the largest heists to target the growing digital asset industry. Poly Network, which links some of the world’s most widely used digital ledgers, said on Tuesday that… Read More »
reader comments 227 with 121 posters participating Share this story Shortly after reports today that Apple will start scanning iPhones for child-abuse images, the company confirmed its plan and provided details in a news release and technical summary. “Apple’s method of detecting known CSAM (child sexual abuse material) is designed with user privacy in mind,”… Read More »
Enlarge / A CenturyLink service van parked in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on May 2, 2019. reader comments 127 with 98 posters participating Share this story CenturyLink is selling large portions of its copper network in 20 states to a private-equity firm, letting the telco pull out of rural areas where it doesn’t plan to… Read More »
reader comments 47 with 35 posters participating Share this story Cybersecurity at eight federal agencies is so poor that four of them earned grades of D, three got Cs, and only one received a B in a report issued Tuesday by a US Senate Committee. “It is clear that the data entrusted to these eight… Read More »
Enlarge / US President Joe Biden, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo attend a plenary session of a NATO summit at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, on June 14, 2021. reader comments 112 with 70 posters participating Share this story President Joe Biden has warned… Read More »
Enlarge / Artist’s impression of low-Earth-orbit satellites like those launched by SpaceX and OneWeb. reader comments 133 with 65 posters participating Share this story A UK government agency is worried that OneWeb, SpaceX’s Starlink, and similar low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite-broadband systems could block each others’ signals. Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, proposed new rules… Read More »