Bill Posters is a former street artist based in the U.K. You may not know his name, but if you’ve been paying attention, you’ve likely seen his work. The videos that Posters makes are intentionally fabricated to illustrate a political point, but indicate to a growing online problem.
| Features | April 25, 2023 |
There's a good chance that if it was built in China, your IoT smart home gadget is likely sending some kind of info to China. Thing is, it's mostly innocuous.
| Trash | June 29, 2021 |
You may want to show off, but stop posting your boarding passes online. It's turning you into an easy target for hackers and indentity thieves.
| Social Media | June 29, 2021 |
A security researcher has revealed that it's possible to find phone numbers and match them to Twitter usernames, a security flaw that could leave millions of people's accounts exposed. The researcher said he'd already found the phone numbers of several high-profile users and politicians.
| News | June 29, 2021 |
Thousands of U.S. police documents were leaked to the public in what’s being called “BlueLeaks” on Juneteenth. The data could contain private information.
| Trash | June 29, 2021 |
COVID has forced schools to figure out how to do everything, including administering tests, remotely. This has led to privacy complications and student revolt.
| Trash | January 20, 2021 |
It may be a long road ahead for the four former Google employees who were unceremoniously fired, while attempting to organize a Google employee union. They have said they will file charges of “unfair labor practices” with the National Labor Relations Board.
| Web | September 24, 2020 |
Streaming services are the 'Wild West' for political ads, a new report found, involving little fact checking and reactive policies about misinformation.
| News | September 22, 2020 |
Out on native reservations where internet access is scarce, six tribal libraries pooled resources to build out their communities' broadband networks.
| Trash | September 17, 2020 |
A faulty Elasticsearch database exposed addresses, emails, and phone numbers. The security researcher who first found the bug said the company was hard to work with.
| News | September 14, 2020 |
A new study shows that only 33 percent of people living in tribal ZIP codes have affordable broadband, compared with 51 percent of the rest of the population.
| Trash | September 10, 2020 |
Social media giveth and social media taketh away: An Instagram movement aimed at Glossier, a brand that built itself up on social media, threatens to topple it.
| Social Media | September 10, 2020 |
Facebook took down around 13 pages associated with the Internet Research Agency that were created to point people toward a left-leaning fake news site.
| News | September 1, 2020 |
Apple and Google are creating a new software framework that states can use to more easily create COVID-19 contact-tracing apps.
| Apple | September 1, 2020 |
In a surprise move, the two online marketplace platforms announced they would combine, leaving sellers and buyers stranded with no access to former Letgo accounts.
| Trash | August 31, 2020 |
In allowing users to opt out of being tracked around the web, Apple might be doing what the advertising boycott against Facebook could not.
| Mobile | August 31, 2020 |
In Pasadena, California, identity authentication company PopID has begun rolling out new face-pay kiosks to more than 25 restaurants and retailers.
| Trash | August 26, 2020 |
TikTok has filed a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration's executive order banning it from operating its business in the U.S..
| News | August 26, 2020 |
Big Tech is banding together to have talks with government agencies about election security. But it may be too little too late.
| Social Media | August 14, 2020 |
Since Facebook announced a ban, more than 100 new groups affiliated with this far-right movement have formed. A report says they can evade Facebook's censors.
| Social Media | August 12, 2020 |
The latest in a string of far-right forums that have been banned from social media, the channel was a big promoter of white nationalist rhetoric and ideas.
| Social Media | August 10, 2020 |
Facebook is an advertising behemoth, but experts say the point of a monthlong protest is to help brands reexamine whether they actually need the company at all.
| Trash | July 1, 2020 |
After testing their theory, two software developers say they’ve discovered a flaw in the Apple iOS copy-paste system that could leave information vulnerable.
| Apple | June 23, 2020 |
T-Mobile subscribers reported service outages across several cities in the United States on Monday. A routing issue has been blamed for knocking out service.
| Mobile | June 16, 2020 |
Twitter will soon begin verifying users' accounts again, according to social media secret finder Jane Wong. Details of the new system haven't been announced.
| News | June 8, 2020 |
Music services including Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music are promoting the Blackout Tuesday movement to voice support for Black Lives Matter protesters.
| Social Media | June 2, 2020 |
A threat actor can see your rough location simply by calling you on Signal, whether you have them listed as a contact, and even if you don't pick up the phone.
| Mobile | May 20, 2020 |
Amazon warehouse workers, who began making $17/hour in March, will revert to earning $15/hour in June. This is the second time Amazon has extended hazard pay.
| Trash | May 13, 2020 |
Xavier Becerra said he was "ready to enforce" the state's stay at home orders in the wake of Elon Musk flouting state rules and reopening his Tesla factory.
| Cars | May 13, 2020 |
A wearable patch can monitor a patient who has been treated for COVID with hydroxychloroquine, a drug that can cause serious, even deadly, heartbeat issues.
| Wearables | May 9, 2020 |
A researcher has found that dozens of companies have accidentally been leaking millions of user emails to the likes of Google, Snapchat, Facebook. and others.
| Web | April 30, 2020 |
Australia will force Facebook and Google to share ad revenue with media companies -- one of the first times the companies will have to pay for content they use.
| Trash | April 20, 2020 |
Pressure and scrutiny on Amazon's labor practices could lead to lasting change if workers seize the moment, experts and labor historians say.
| News | April 7, 2020 |
Apple has bought the popular weather app Dark Sky, which will now be known as Dark Sky by Apple, and Android users are going to be shut out of it as of July 1.
| Android | March 31, 2020 |