A tech-savvy individual reverse-engineered San Francisco's parking ticket system, creating an online map that shows the exact locations where parking enforcement officers last issued citations. Riley Walz discovered a vulnerability in the San ...
YouTube announced it will reinstate creators previously banned for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and elections. In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, YouTube cited its "commitment to free expression" as the reason for this policy shift. As ...
Another creepy gazillionaire has bought his way into deciding what information to feed you and spying on what you watch, read, like, and share. The New York Times reports that Oracle, run by 81-year-old Larry Ellison, "will oversee the security of ...
I sure love living in a system that allows self-absorbed billionaires to waste endless resources on crowbarring tech no one wants or cares about into our lives. After the Metaverse was an abject failure and a good chunk of Meta AI staff were laid off ...
Apple announced new anti-spyware security features for its iPhone 17, just as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prepares to deploy powerful new spyware to spy on people. ICE has reactivated a $2 million contract with Israeli company ...
On June 19th, David Scoville received a call from someone claiming to be Google Support. The caller warned of an attempt to take over Scoville's account, complete with a fake death certificate. What sealed the deal was an email from "legal@google.com ...
A tech enthusiast named Blinry took a week-long dive into the world of software defined radio (SDR), discovering the invisible universe of electromagnetic signals surrounding us. Using a $30 USB dongle and some wire, he accessed a treasure trove of ...
France's National Agency for Security of Information Systems has issued an urgent warning about sophisticated spyware attacks targeting high-profile iPhone users. The agency specifically named surveillance tools like "Pegasus, Predator, Graphite, and ...
Apple's announced its latest products today. The biggest news was the $1000 iPhone Air, a 5.6mm-thick (0.22 inches) phone that Apple called a "paradox you have to hold to believe." (The iPhone 16 is 7.8mm (0.31 inches thick) It also announced updated ...
Infinite Canvas is a map that you and others can explore and add new AI-generated tiles to an ever-expanding Studio Ghibli-inspired landscape. Clicking any tile reveals the AI prompt that created that particular piece of the world. I added an ...
Reuters reports Tesla's U.S. market share has plummeted below 40% for the first time since 2017. The competition isn't just nipping at Tesla's heels -- they're taking whole chunks out of its backside. One Bay Area tech worker ditched Tesla for a ...
