An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Robinhood is seemingly still very popular. According to The New York Times, Thursday — the day of Robinhood’s strictest trading restrictions — was also its best ever: it saw over 177,000 downloads (twice the previous week’s daily rate) and had 2.7 million daily users. Robinhood also announced…

The infamous malware has incorporated the legitimate Masscan tool, which looks for open TCP/IP ports with lightning-fast results. …read more Source:: Threatpost

The search giant has invested aggressively in its cloud business over the last few years. …read more Source:: CNet

You’ll be able to type out messages to your friends without leaving your VR session of Beat Saber. …read more Source:: CNet

On Tuesday, a test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, a huge next-generation spacecraft that Elon Musk, the founder and chief executive of the private rocket company, dreams of one day sending to Mars, came to an explosive end. From a report: That brief flight, to an altitude of about 6 miles and then back to a…

Ransomware gangs made at least $350 million in ransom payments last year, in 2020, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis said in a report last week. From a report: The figure was compiled by tracking transactions to blockchain addresses linked to ransomware attacks. Although Chainalysis possesses one of the most complete sets of data on cryptocurrency-related cybercrime,…

What a lovely company Amazon will pay $61.7m to drivers it is said to have screwed over by stealing their tips for three years, only stopping when America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched an investigation.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

First it was General Motors, now the Coalition for Sustainable Automotive Regulation is out, too. …read more Source:: CNet

Suspected Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in software made by SolarWinds to help break into U.S. government computers last year, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing five people familiar with the matter, marking a new twist in a sprawling cybersecurity breach that U.S. lawmakers have labeled a national security emergency. From a report: Two people briefed on…

Jeff Carlson, writes in a post: After consulting numerous webcam buying guides and reviews, purchasing a handful of the most popular models, and testing them in varying lighting situations, I can’t escape the grim truth: there are no good webcams. Even webcams recommended by reputable outlets produce poor quality imagery — a significant failing, given…