Sixty Coinbase employees have accepted a buyout offer after CEO Brian Armstrong announced a controversial new policy curbing political activism inside the company. Armstrong disclosed the figure in a Thursday email to employees. Ars Technica reports: Armstrong announced the new policy last week after a summer when many technology companies faced pressure from their employees…

Shipments grew 13% in Q3 2020, according to Canalys. …read more Source:: CNet

Airliners carry a variety of computer systems that could become vulnerable to hackers and U.S. regulators haven’t imposed adequate counter measures, a government watchdog report concluded. From a report: The Federal Aviation Administration hasn’t prioritized cyber risks, developed a cybersecurity training program or conducted testing of potentially vulnerable systems, the Government Accountability Office said in…

Pittsburgh workforce erosion, punitive policies cited in labor complaint The US National Labor Relations Board has bundled a series of complaints alleging labor law violations against IT services firm HCL America (HCL Technologies), which supplies contract workers like data analysts to a Google office in Pittsburgh, into a case to be heard in February.… …read…

Covid-19 contact-tracing apps that rely on an API developed by Apple and Google and bluetooth technology cannot accurately measure the distance between users on public transport, a recently released study from Trinity College Dublin has found. From a report: The researchers of the study first tested the API on a group of volunteers who switched…

We’re just five days away from Apple’s big unveiling. …read more Source:: CNet

Like most such mobile malware, the new one doesn’t encrypt data but attempts to make an infected system impossible to use, Microsoft says. …read more Source:: DarkReading

So far, the company has doled out $288,000 to five researchers who, in three months, found 55 vulnerabilities in its corporate infrastructure. …read more Source:: DarkReading

An anonymous reader shares a report: It took Soraya Bagheri a day to learn that 450 shares of Moderna had been liquidated in her Robinhood account and that $10,000 in withdrawals were pending. But after alerting the online brokerage to what she believed was a theft in progress, she received a frustrating email. The firm…

When will we finally get AirTags? Here’s every rumor we’ve heard about the rumored tracking devices that could help you find your phone, keys and other important stuff. …read more Source:: CNet