A small U.S. company with ties to the U.S. defense and intelligence communities has embedded its software in numerous mobile apps, allowing it to track the movements of hundreds of millions of mobile phones world-wide, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter and documents it reviewed. From the report: Anomaly…

Building successful macro attacks means getting past several layers of security, but a Black Hat speaker found a way through. …read more Source:: DarkReading

A lot happens on YouTube, and the Google video site has for ages emailed subscribers that opted into alerts about new uploads and livestreams. YouTube is getting rid of these emails next week as very few people opened alerts about new videos from their inbox. From a report: The rationale is “less than 0.1% of…

Taiwanese optics suppliers in the frame, reportedly Apple forecaster Ming-Chi Kuo has reported some supply chain issues for the firm’s upcoming entry-level iPhone 12, with camera lenses from one supplier seemingly raising quality concerns.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Hacker accused of hacking and extorting companies, selling stolen data online. …read more Source:: ZDNet

As Google faces at least four major antitrust investigations on two continents, internal documents obtained by The Markup show its parent company, Alphabet, has been preparing for this moment for years, telling employees across the massive enterprise that certain language is off limits in all written communications, no matter how casual. From a report: The…

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams gaze upon the most eye-popping projects from the past week. Who would have known that springy doorstops could be so artistic? Speaking of art, what happens if you give everyone on the network the chance to collectively paint using pixels? There as better way to catch a rat,…

Don’t worry, your job’s safe… we think The UK government is setting up a dynamic purchasing system to help buy artificial intelligence services across the public sector with an estimated £200m on the table over four years.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Defend the Wall as Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch in this new game. …read more Source:: CNet

Democrats want to hit billionaires with a one-time 60% tax on wealth gains made during the coronavirus pandemic. …read more Source:: CNet