Enlarge (credit: Drew Angerer | Getty Images) Microsoft has been pushing harder to increase the baseline security features of Windows PCs for a couple of years now—the “secured-core PC” initiative launched back in 2019 was meant to guard against firmware-level attacks, and Windows 11’s system requirements mandate support for many supported-but-optional security features from Windows […]
Enlarge / The main newsroom of Sputnik news in Moscow on April 27, 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Mladen Antonov) Google said today that YouTube is blocking RT (formerly Russia Today) and Sputnik throughout Europe. “Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we’re blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik across Europe, effective immediately,” […]
Enlarge / The main newsroom of Sputnik news in Moscow on April 27, 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Mladen Antonov) Google said today that YouTube is blocking RT (formerly Russia Today) and Sputnik throughout Europe. “Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we’re blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik across Europe, effective immediately,” […]
Enlarge / The main newsroom of Sputnik news in Moscow on April 27, 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Mladen Antonov) Google said today that YouTube is blocking RT (formerly Russia Today) and Sputnik throughout Europe. “Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we’re blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik across Europe, effective immediately,” […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Late last night, an Airbus A340-300 took off from Munich International Airport in Germany. It’s possible that the plane was empty apart from the crew, though it may have been carrying a passenger who was looking to get out of town quickly. The brown-and-white jet, named “Bourkhan,” is […]
Enlarge / A low-temperature isomerization unit at the Novokuibyshevsk Refinery, a subsidiary of Rosneft Oil Company, in the Russian city of Novokuibyshevsk. (credit: Yegor Aleyev / TASS) Shell announced today that it would be pulling out of the stalled Nord Stream 2 pipeline and seeking to sell its stakes in various oil and gas projects […]
Enlarge / Trump decided to make his own social network after being banned from Twitter. (credit: Getty Images | Justin Sullivan) The rollout of Donald Trump’s social network has predictably been a disaster. Truth Social’s debut on Monday was marred by technical problems and a gigantic waiting list, while some people who actually were able […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) After being pressed by the media and government organizations about paid reviews on its site, Amazon is taking its fight against compensated reviews to the courts. On Tuesday, the company filed lawsuits against AppSally and Rebatest, firms that Amazon claims sell “fake” positive Amazon reviews. The claims: 5-star reviews for sale […]
Enlarge / Missouri Gov. Mike Parson at a press conference in May 2019. (credit: Getty Images | Jacob Moscovitch ) A newly released police report thoroughly debunks Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s baffling claim that a journalist who helped the state identify and fix a website security flaw was a “hacker” and criminal. Parson demanded the […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Spencer Whalen/EyeEm ) The Internal Revenue Service today said that selfies collected from taxpayers will be deleted and that it has deployed a new verification option as an alternative to its controversial facial recognition system. The IRS’s use of the ID. me facial acknowledgement service has been criticized by privacy […]