Privacy
Court upholds warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens under Section 702
5:44 pm PST • December 5, 2016
The U.S. federal appeals court has ruled in United States v. Mohamud, a case that began with a 2010 holiday bomb plot and will end with unique implications for the private digital communications of American…
Biotech & Health
These science superstars just won the 2017 Breakthrough Prize
5:00 pm PST • December 4, 2016
Today at the 5th annual Breakthrough Prize, some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names will award more than $25 million to scientific research in departments across the globe. The event splices…
Media & Entertainment
Facebook blocks links to B.S. Detector, fake news warning plugin
9:41 am PST • December 2, 2016
Not only is Facebook not providing little red warnings along with links to potentially specious news—it’s now blocking links to the plugin that did. Over the past week, some Facebook…
Media & Entertainment
Reports of a Facebook fake news detector are apparently a plugin
4:58 pm PST • December 1, 2016
Update: The feature appears to be an implementation of the Chrome plugin B.S. Detector, which some users took as a test by Facebook itself. We’ll continue to investigate but for…
Revenge is sweet, but irony is sweeter. Apparently, the hacker who infiltrated San Francisco’s Muni transportation system late last week fell victim to his own horrible personal cyber hygiene. According…
