America’s federal government “is planning a post-midterms push for antitrust legislation that would rein in the power of the world’s largest tech companies,” reports Bloomberg, “a last-ditch effort to get a stalled pair of bills through Congress before a predicted Republican takeover in January.” The lame-duck period after Tuesday’s U.S. Read more…
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In late October, a Swedish software engineer named Linus Akesson unveiled a playable accordion — called “The Commodordion” — he crafted out of two vintage Commodore 64 computers connected with a bellows made of floppy disks taped together. A demo of the hack debuted in an 11-minute YouTube video where Read more…
The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the government agency that leads the country’s cyber security mission, is now scanning all Internet-exposed devices hosted in the UK for vulnerabilities. The goal is to assess UK’s vulnerability to cyber-attacks and to help the owners of Internet-connected systems understand their security Read more…
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Stadiums around the world, including at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, are subjecting spectators to invasive biometric surveillance tech. This fall, more than 15,000 cameras will monitor soccer fans across eight stadiums and on the streets of Doha during the 2022 World Cup, an event expected to attract more Read more…
Apple has paused hiring for many jobs outside of research and development, an escalation of an existing plan to reduce budgets heading into next year, Bloomberg News reported this week, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The company took the step last month, ahead of a quarterly earnings report Read more…