An anonymous reader writes: Software used by the Department of Homeland Security to scan the records of millions of immigrants can automatically flag naturalized Americans to potentially have their citizenship revoked based on secret criteria, accordin…
Jeremy Keith Resigns from AMP Advisory Committee: ‘It Has Become Clear To Me that AMP Remains a Google Product’
Jeremy Keith, a web developer and contributor to the web standards movement, has resigned from the AMP Advisory Committee. Keith was selected for the committee last year, despite his well-documented criticisms of the AMP project. From a report: In his …
Western Digital in Advanced Talks To Merge With Japan’s Kioxia Holdings
Western Digital is in advanced talks for a potential $20 billion stock merger with Japanese semiconductor firm Kioxia Holdings, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters: The companies could reach an…
Facebook Considers Building NFT Features Alongside Digital Wallet
Facebook is considering building products and features related to nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, the digital assets that have taken off with the rise of blockchain technology. From a report: “We’re definitely looking at the number of ways to get involved…
How Data Brokers Sell Access To the Backbone of the Internet
An anonymous reader writes: ISPs are quietly distributing “netflow” data that can, among other things, trace traffic through VPNs. There’s something of an open secret in the cybersecurity world: internet service providers quietly give away detailed inf…
Happy Birthday, Linux: From a Bedroom Project To Billions of Devices in 30 Years
On August 25, 1991, Linus Torvalds, then a student at the University of Helsinki in Finland, sent a message to the comp.os.minix newsgroup soliciting feature suggestions for a free Unix-like operating system he was developing as a hobby. Thirty years l…
Anti-cheat Services in Video Games Are Now a Selling Point
“Destiny 2” is the second major game in a week to promise anti-cheat services as an upcoming feature. From a report: Cheating is widespread in many major online games, driving players, including influential streamers, to quit in frustration. No one lik…
Turns Out The Hardest Part of Making a Game is Everything
Game devs of all sizes and scopes respond to the question: “What is a thing in video games that seems simple but is actually extremely hard to make?” From a report: Earlier this year, game developers across the industry weighed in on Twitter on a seemi…
FCC Asks $5 Million Fine For Activists’ Election Robocalls
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $5 million fine against right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman for allegedly making illegal robocalls discouraging mail voting ahead of the 2020 election. From a report: The record-setting …
South Korea Parliament Committee Votes To Curb Google, Apple Commission Dominance
A South Korean parliamentary committee voted on Wednesday to recommend amending a law, a key step toward banning Google and Apple from forcibly charging software developers commissions on in-app purchases, the first such curb by a major economy. From a…