How social media is preparing for US election chaos
Social media companies are making plans in case of unrest after election day. Source: Technology – BBC News
CISA, FBI say an Iran-linked APT targeted unsecured state election websites to harvest US voter info used to send threatening emails to some Democratic voters (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: CISA, FBI say an Iran-linked APT targeted unsecured state election websites to harvest US voter info used to send threatening emails to some Democratic voters — DHS CISA and the FBI today shared more info on how an Iranian state-sponsored hacking…
Hands-on with the Dash Cart at an Amazon Fresh store: cart sensors worked fine, but a two-bag limit, bag fill limit, and real-world hassles hinder experience (Jeremy Horwitz/VentureBeat)
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: Hands-on with the Dash Cart at an Amazon Fresh store: cart sensors worked fine, but a two-bag limit, bag fill limit, and real-world hassles hinder experience — There were no lines outside Irvine, California’s new Amazon Fresh grocery store on its…
Apple rejects an app designed to verify a person's ballot status in PA, says the app violates its guideline which forbids compiling user data without consent (Mikey Campbell/AppleInsider)
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: Apple rejects an app designed to verify a person’s ballot status in PA, says the app violates its guideline which forbids compiling user data without consent — Apple on Friday rejected an app designed to ensure ballots are being correctly counted…
Sources: Italy's biggest payments company Nexi is leading negotiations to buy its Nordic rival Nets in an all-stock deal worth around $10B (Reuters)
Reuters: Sources: Italy’s biggest payments company Nexi is leading negotiations to buy its Nordic rival Nets in an all-stock deal worth around $10B — LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Italian payments technology firm Nexi NEXII.MI is leading negotiations to buy Nordic rival Nets in an all-stock…
Texas jury rules that Apple must pay VirnetX $502.8M for patent infringement, the lastest verdict in a 10-year ongoing legal battle; Apple says it will appeal (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Texas jury rules that Apple must pay VirnetX $502.8M for patent infringement, the lastest verdict in a 10-year ongoing legal battle; Apple says it will appeal — – Verdict is part of 10-year fight over secure communications — Jury asked to determine damages on…
TikTok stars got a judge to block Trump’s TikTok ban
TikTok has won another battle in its fight against the Trump administration’s ban of its video-sharing app in the U.S. — or, more accurately in this case, the TikTok community won a battle. On Friday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has issued an injunction that…
Cough-scrutinizing AI shows major promise as an early warning system for COVID-19
Asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 is a huge contributor to the pandemic, but of course if there are no symptoms, how can anyone tell they should isolate or get a test? MIT research has found that hidden in the sound of coughs is a pattern that…
Waymo releases public road testing data on its self-driving operations in Arizona between Jan. 2019 and Sept. 2020, says its cars drove 6.1M+ miles in 2019 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Waymo releases public road testing data on its self-driving operations in Arizona between Jan. 2019 and Sept. 2020, says its cars drove 6.1M+ miles in 2019 — In its first report on its autonomous vehicle operations in Phoenix, Arizona,…
Apple acknowledges AirPods Pro issues, will replace those that crackle and rattle
Are your AirPods Pro earbuds making weird noises? You’re not imagining it — and you’re not the only one. Just a few months after Apple started shipping AirPods Pro, some users started noticing that one or both of their earbuds were rattling or crackling. The…
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