Cupertino thinks EU plan ‘stifles innovation rather than encouraging it’ Smartphones, tablets, and cameras sold within the European Union could be forced to adopt a single standard charging port by the middle of the decade if the latest plans from the European Commission get the go-ahead.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Americans are habitually unattuned to the massive and profoundly human apparatus that brings us basically everything in our lives. Much of the country’s pandemic response has treated us as somehow separate from the rest of the world and the challenges it endures, but unpredictably empty shelves, rising prices, and long waits are just more proof…

Casey Ellis, founder, CTO and chairman of Bugcrowd, discusses a roadmap for lowering risk from cyberattacks most effectively. …read more Source:: Threatpost

“Who benefits from people dying?” asks ad agency owner who commissioned the sign. “A funeral home.” …read more Source:: CNet

A stalkerware company that’s designed to let customers spy on their spouses’s, children’s, or employees’ devices is exposing victims’ data, allowing anyone on the internet to see screenshots of phones simply by visiting a specific URL. From a report: The news highlights the continuing lax security practices that many stalkerware companies use; not only do…

A high-severity vulnerability could cause system crashes, knocking out sensors, medical equipment and more. …read more Source:: Threatpost

The Lenovo Yoga Book is a interesting thing, featuring a touch-surface keyboard that also doubles as a Wacom tablet. [TinLethax] sadly broke the glass of this keyboard when trying to replace a battery in their Yoga Book, but realised the Wacom digitizer was still intact. Thus began a project to salvage this part and repurpose…

A whole lot of ███ in documents which finger Peter Thiel and execs Facebook is remaining silent over two explosive lawsuits unsealed this week which contain allegations that board members “authorized” the overpayment of an FTC fine by up to $4.9bn in order to protect CEO Mark Zuckerberg.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Twitter will let users send and receive tips using Bitcoin as part of a broader push to help users make money from the service. From a report: Twitter also said Thursday that it’s looking into authenticating users’ nonfungible tokens — digital goods ranging from high art to pictures of digital apes. Some users already showcase…

This cosmic optical illusion was first predicted by Albert Einstein. …read more Source:: CNet