Electric Vehicles Cut US Gas Consumption by a Measly 0.54%
[ad_1] Electric vehicles have never been more popular. Just about every automaker is in the midst of an electrification effort, spurred on by impending government regulations around the world aimed…
A Matrix Update Patches Serious End-to-End Encryption Flaws
[ad_1] Developers of the open source Matrix messenger protocol have released an update to fix critical end-to-end encryption vulnerabilities that subvert the confidentiality and authentication guarantees that have been key…
Juul Will Pay $438.5M for Its Role in Underage Vaping
[ad_1] Disgraced ecigarette maker Juul has agreed to pay $438.5 million to 33 states and Puerto Rico to settle an investigation into whether the vaping giant deceptively marketed its products…
TikTok Users Were Vulnerable to a Single-Click Attack
[ad_1] Microsoft said on August 31 that it recently identified a vulnerability in TikTok’s Android app that could allow attackers to hijack accounts when users did nothing more than click…
Apple’s Self-Repair Program Has a Long Way to Go
[ad_1] This is on top of Apple making many products that are inherently not user-upgradeable, sometimes in the name of potential performance gains or improved experiences. Things like soldered-down NAND chips,…
Scans of Students’ Homes During Tests Are Deemed Unconstitutional
[ad_1] As the pandemic unfolded in spring 2020, an Educause survey found that an increasing number of students—who had very little choice but to take tests remotely—were increasingly putting up…
Here’s What Happens When Countries Use Bikes to Fight Emissions
[ad_1] Transportation produces about a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, and passenger vehicles account for over half that figure. As such, nearly every plan for future emissions cuts…
iOS Can Stop VPNs From Working as Expected—and Expose Your Data
[ad_1] A security researcher says that Apple’s iOS devices don’t fully route all network traffic through VPNs as a user might expect, a potential security issue the device maker has…
This De-Extinction Company Wants to Resurrect the Thylacine
[ad_1] Of all the species that humanity has wiped off the face of the earth, the thylacine is possibly the most tragic loss. A wolf-sized marsupial sometimes called the Tasmanian…
This Man Built His Own ISP. Now He’s Getting $2.6M to Expand It
[ad_1] Jared Mauch, the Michigan man who built a fiber-to-the-home internet provider because he couldn’t get good broadband service from AT&T or Comcast, is expanding with the help of $2.6…
A Duo of Google Meet Apps Is Officially Here, and It’s Confusing
[ad_1] Google is officially kicking off the merger of its two video chat apps, Google Meet and Google Duo. Google announced the merger in June, with the plan to keep…
An ISP Settled Piracy Lawsuits. Could Users Take the Hit?
[ad_1] Charter Communications has agreed to settle piracy lawsuits filed by the major record labels, which accused the cable internet provider of failing to terminate the accounts of subscribers who…
A New Attack Easily Knocked Out a Potential Encryption Algorithm
[ad_1] In the US government’s ongoing campaign to protect data in the age of quantum computers, a new and powerful attack that used a single traditional computer to completely break…
Martin Shkreli Is Back With a Web3 Drug Discovery Platform
[ad_1] Martin Shkreli—the notorious ex-pharmaceutical executive fresh from prison after his 2017 fraud conviction—announced his latest, eyebrow-raising venture this week: the creation of a blockchain-based Web3 drug discovery platform that…
No NFTs in Minecraft? This Crypto Group Will Make Its Own Game
[ad_1] On June 20, Microsoft-owned Mojang announced that NFTs and blockchain technology would no longer be allowed to “integrate” with Minecraft. That was bad news for NFT Worlds, which has…
The DHS Bought a ‘Shocking Amount’ of Phone-Tracking Data
[ad_1] For years, people have wondered not if, but how much, the Department of Homeland Security accesses mobile location data to monitor US citizens. This week, the American Civil Liberties…
Crypto Is Straining the Power Grid. Congress Wants to Rein It In
[ad_1] All of the companies included in the investigation were asked to explain “the impacts of your facilities on energy costs to local families and businesses,” but none could describe…
‘Blood Washing’ Is the Latest Dubious—and Pricey—Long-Covid Trend
[ad_1] The Covid-19 pandemic is considered by many experts to be a mass disabling event. Though most people fully recover from a battle with the highly infectious coronavirus, a significant…