According to recently-submitted patent application spotted by LetsGoDigital, Samsung may be working on a rollable smartwatch equipped with a camera and two separate displays. PhoneArena reports: The device looks like a regular Galaxy Watch with a displ…
Brazil Health Ministry Website Hit By Hackers, Vaccination Data Targeted
New submitter Unpopular Opinions writes: Brazil’s health ministry reports that in the early hours of Friday it suffered an incident that temporarily compromised some of its systems, which are currently unavailable and/or being directed to other domains…
Volvo Discloses Security Breach Leading To Data Theft
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars has disclosed that unknown attackers have stolen research and development information after hacking some of its servers. “Volvo Cars has become aware that one of its…
New Social Media Transparency Bill Would Force Facebook To Open Up To Researchers
A bipartisan group of US senators have announced a new bill that would require social media companies to share platform data with independent researchers. The Verge reports: The bill was announced Thursday by Democratic senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Amy…
New Zero-Day In the Log4j Java Library Is Already Being Exploited
A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in the widely used Java logging library Apache Log4j is easy to exploit and enables attackers to gain full control of affected servers. ZDNet reports: Tracked as CVE-2021-44228, the vulnerability is classed as …
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg Steps Back As Employees Detail How He ‘Led By Fear’
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg is “taking time off” after he made the controversial decision to fire 900 workers via a Zoom call last week. While he said he is “deeply sorry” for the way the lay-offs were handled, multiple current and former employees view…
Revisiting the ‘Tsar Bomba’ Nuclear Test
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The detonation of the first nuclear bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 is seared into our collective memory, and the world has been haunted by the prospect of a devastating nuclear ap…
Visa Launches Crypto Consulting Services
Visa is launching new consulting and advisory services to help its clients navigate the world of cryptocurrencies. CNBC reports: The payments processor said Wednesday its crypto advisory practice, housed within its consulting and analytics division, wi…
Microsoft Tempts Software Pirates With 50 Percent Discount On Office
In a bold bid to turn digital crooks away from a life of crime, Microsoft is offering a 50 percent discount on its Office suite to some people using pirated versions. The Verge reports: Ghacks reports that a new message in the Office ribbon bar is appe…
Tyson Foods To Spend $1.3 Billion To Automate Meat Plants
Tyson Foods plans to spend more than $1.3 billion to increase automation in meat plants over the next three years, Chief Executive Donnie King said on Thursday, as a U.S. labor shortage has limited production while demand is booming. Reuters reports: M…