The US Department of Justice has fined three former NSA employees who worked as hackers-for-hire for a United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company. From a report: Marc Baier, 49, Ryan Adams, 34, and Daniel Gericke, 40, broke US export control laws that …
Theranos Burned Through $2M a Week as Investors Were Given Rosy Projections
Around the time that Theranos was losing nearly $2 million per week, investors in the blood-testing startup were being told that the company would soon be bringing in almost $1 billion per year. From a report: It’s not uncommon for startups to lose mon…
Anonymous Hacks Epik Web Hosting
ArchieBunker writes: Members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous claim to have hacked web registration company Epik, allegedly stealing ‘a decade’s worth of data,’ including reams of information about its clients and their domains. Epik is controver…
OpenSea Confirms Executive Used Insider Knowledge When Buying NFTs
One of the non-fungible token (NFT) space’s biggest marketplaces has admitted that a senior employee has been getting the drop on its most popular drops. From a report: Twitter users last night accused Nate Chastain, head of product at OpenSea, of usin…
Microsoft Account Goes Passwordless
Anyone with a Microsoft account can now remove their password from the account entirely to enable better security. From a report: “For the past couple of years we’ve been saying that the future is passwordless, and today I am excited to announce the ne…
Uber’s Chief Technical Officer To Step Down
Uber Chief Technology Officer Sukumar Rathnam is stepping down as the company’s head of engineering, a spokesperson of the ride-hailing company said late on Tuesday. From a report: The spokesperson did not specify the reason for Rathnam’s departure but…
A Horrifying New AI App Swaps Women Into Porn Videos With a Click
Karen Hao, reporting for MIT Technology Review: The website is eye-catching for its simplicity. Against a white backdrop, a giant blue button invites visitors to upload a picture of a face. Below the button, four AI-generated faces allow you to test th…
Facebook Unveils Superpack, a New Compression Technique
An anonymous reader writes: Facebook unveiled a new compression technique they call ‘Superpack compression.’ In a blog post written by software engineer Sapan Bhatia, they claim that their compression improves Android app size by 20% over the default Z…
The IT Talent Gap is Still Growing
IT executives see the talent shortage as the most significant adoption barrier to 64% of emerging technologies, according to a new Gartner survey. From a report: Across compute infrastructure and platform services, network, security, digital workplace,…
Apple Patches a NSO Zero-Day Flaw Affecting All Devices
Apple has released security updates for a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability that affects every iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Citizen Lab, which discovered the vulnerability and was credited with the find, urges users to immediately update th…