Three former Google software engineers who sued the company yesterday claim they were fired for following Google’s famous “Don’t be evil” mantra. “Google terminated each plaintiffs’ employment with it for adhering to the directive ‘Don’t …
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today ordered Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy, saying the merger “would reduce competition between social media platforms and that the deal has already removed Giphy as a …
UK orders Facebook to sell Giphy, rejects Meta’s proposed merger conditions Read More »
Few large companies have had a more contentious internal argument over remote work amid the pandemic than Apple, but it is moving ahead with bringing many employees back into physical offices starting in February. As …
Apple has a new work-from-home policy, but it’s still not what employees want Read More »
PyPI—the open source repository that both large and small organizations use to download code libraries—was hosting 11 malicious packages that were downloaded more than 41,000 times in one of the latest reported such incidents threatening …
Malware downloaded from PyPI 41,000 times was surprisingly stealthy Read More »
Historically, when major game companies have talked about emulation, they’ve pigeonholed the technology primarily as a way for players to steal their IP through piracy. Now, though, Xbox chief Phil Spencer is urging the industry …
Why modern consoles can’t just “run any… older executable” Read More »
There are, by some estimates, more smart phones on this planet than human beings to use them. People who have never used a desktop computer use smart phones and other mobile devices every day and …
Securing your digital life, part three: How smartphones make us vulnerable Read More »
A hacker working for a US intelligence agency breached the servers of Booking.com in 2016 and stole user data related to the Middle East, according to a book published on Thursday. The book also says …
Booking.com was reportedly hacked by a US intel agency but never told customers Read More »
More than 1,000 Android users have been infected with newly discovered malware that surreptitiously records audio and video in real time, downloads files, and performs a variety of other creepy surveillance activities. In all, researchers …
>1,000 Android phones found infected by creepy new spyware Read More »
In September, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Apple must allow iOS developers to direct users to external content-purchasing mechanisms outside of the App Store’s built-in In-App Purchases. Tuesday night, Rogers refused Apple’s …
Judge rejects Apple’s arguments for delaying ordered iOS App Store changes Read More »
US authorities have brought criminal charges against a Ukrainian and a Russian national for their roles in high-profile ransomware attacks as part of a sprawling global crackdown on digital extortion groups. The US justice department …
US charges Ukrainian and Russian nationals over ransomware attacks Read More »
Hacking group Fail0verflow announced Sunday evening that it had obtained the encryption “root keys” for the PlayStation 5, an important first step in any effort to unlock the system and allow users to run homebrew …
Hacking group says it has found encryption keys needed to unlock the PS5 Read More »
Google announced earlier this year that it is planning to forcefully transition as many of its users as possible to two-factor authentication (2FA). The company elaborated further in October, saying it was planning to auto-enroll 150 …
Google wants every account to use 2FA, starts auto-enrolling users Read More »