Michel Durand and John Davison were loving their dream job, piloting 737s to foreign countries. Key points:Two pilots and an aircraft engineer have switched passenger jets for dronesThe drones can cover big distances, revealing the location of pest animals, their number...
The ransomware problem isn't getting any better. In fact, it's poised to get even worse, as cybercriminals have begin experimenting with double-encryption ransomware attacks. That works pretty much exactly how it sounds; victims pay a ransom to decrypt their...
Early in his testimony for Epic Games v. Apple on Friday, Apple CEO Tim Cook described his company’s mission: “To make the best products in the world that really enrich people’s lives.” For the rest of the day, Epic’s...
Google is developing several APIs designed to enhance the web platform, including APIs for automatically launching web apps and opening files. These APIs should eventually find support in all leading browsers.A declarative link capturing API, due shortly, will enable...
An RWDSU representative holds a sign outside the Amazon fulfillment warehouse that was at the center of a unionization drive in Bessemer, Alabama. | Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images A failed union drive may get new life...
Reed Hastings is the biggest donor in the California recall election — by far. | Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images/Netflix Reed Hastings is spending $3 million to back Newsom. There could be much more to come....
On May 10, 40 advocacy groups sent an open letter demanding a permanent ban on the use of Amazon’s facial recognition software, Rekognition, by US police. The letter was addressed to Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy, the company’s current...
I may be overstating a bit, but it seems like we can’t go a week without some breach or ransom attack hitting the news cycles. It’s even more frustrating when these incidents affect the lives of the rank and...
Meanwhile, the Kremlin routinely strongly resists international efforts to bring the hackers to heel, simply throwing accusations back at the rest of the world—refusing to acknowledge that a problem exists, and declining to help. On May 11, for example,...
This week, researchers identified what is now the world’s largest iceberg. | Alessandro Dahan/Getty Images An ice analyst explains the job. Recently, a humongous chunk of floating ice broke off from an ice shelf...
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