Enterprises are embracing on-demand freelance help — but the practice, while growing, opens up entirely new avenues of cyber-risk. …read more Source:: Threatpost

The collaborative augmented reality is part of Snapchat’s new push for local or long-distance AR. …read more Source:: CNet

It will be Google’s first physical retail store ever. …read more Source:: ZDNet

After 17 years underground, the Brood X periodical cicadas are slowly emerging in 15 states across the East Coast and Midwest. From a report: They’ll shed their skins and spend four to six weeks mating before the females lay eggs and they all die. But some of them are getting wilder in their short lives…

Help Dad work hands-free with this versatile, practical accessory. …read more Source:: CNet

Misinformation campaigns thrive on inequality of knowledge, which bad actors use to drive a wedge between communities. …read more Source:: DarkReading

One of these days we’ll automate these outage articles with some kind of AI Microsoft’s Azure portal and related products are down right now in Europe. The Windows giant is said to be working on a fix to bring systems back online.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The Treasury Department on Thursday announced that it is taking steps to crack down on cryptocurrency markets and transactions, and said it will require any transfer worth $10,000 or more to be reported to the Internal Revenue Service. From a report: “Cryptocurrency already poses a significant detection problem by facilitating illegal activity broadly including tax…

On Wednesday, Google quietly slipped updates into its May 3 Android security bulletin for bugs that its Project Zero group has confirmed are zero-days. …read more Source:: Threatpost

After an aborted test flight in December, Richard Branson’s space tourism dream will try to take flight again. …read more Source:: CNet