Researchers want Facebook to change its rules, making it easier for journalists and academics to undertake investigations and studies on the social network. The Knight First Amendment Institute, a nonprofit organization at Columbia University, on Monday sent a letter asking CEO Mark Zuckerberg to amend Facebook’s terms of service and create a “safe harbor” for …
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iPhone chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. saw several of its factories knocked offline Friday night because of a virus, but it’s unclear whether production of the iPhone components was affected, said a report Saturday by Bloomberg. The virus wasn’t introduced by a hacker, TSMC told the publication, adding that the company had contained the problem and restarted some manufacturing, …
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Nathaniel Gleicher used to fight hackers from the White House as member of the National Security Council during the Obama administration. Now, he’s trying to stop coordinated influence campaigns from spreading across Facebook. The two jobs aren’t that different, he says. As head of Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, he’s responsible for the team that’s trying to stop fakers from …
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Two key policy changes will be introduced to overcome privacy concerns about My Health Record, the embattled online service that stores a summary of your key health information. After discussions with the Australian Medical Association (AMA) and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Greg Hunt, minister for health, announced that significant changes will be made to the My Health …
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We’ve been warned about apps that track our behaviour or store our private information, but what if your smartphone screen is betraying you? Scientists have revealed the way you swipe, pinch and tap your smartphone screen could be used to track your identity and potentially breach your privacy. In a research paper presented to the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium in …
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Has the rise of fake news plunged democracy into crisis? Some UK politicians believe it has. Britain should have more powers to regulate and scrutinize the world’s largest tech companies, says a report published Sunday by Parliament’s committee investigating fake news. The report paints a picture in which people’s data is being manipulated and voters are being targeted without their …
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Earlier this year, Instagram made it possible to see the last time you or one of your friends was using the app. Recently Instagram added a green dot of those who are online to profile pictures, similar to what Facebook Messenger has. Revealing, to the minute, the last time you were using the app is a bit creepy, to be …
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There are over 130 million iPhone users in China, and their data is now being stored by a Chinese government-run company. China Telecom, a state-owned carrier in China, is now in control of storing Chinese users’ iCloud data, it announced on Tuesday. It takes this duty from Guizhou-Cloud Big Data, who controversially gained operation control over Apple’s iCloud business in …
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When big companies buy tiny, beloved products like Instapaper, there’s always a fear they’ll get unceremoniously killed off. Particularly when a new privacy law (GDPR) makes it tempting for companies to destroy things rather than spend money updating them. But Instapaper isn’t getting the ax — after two years under its owner Pinterest, the bookmark-and-read-it-later app is going indie, and …
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The world has gotten a few more details on the recently unveiled HTC Exodus, the first “blockchain phone” announced by a major manufacturer. It will cost in the neighborhood of $1,000 (like its upcoming competitor, Sirin Labs’ Finney), with a real price announcement by the end of August, and will ship by the end of the year. That’s straight from …
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