Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news
Lawmaker urges regulating Facebook and Google’s algorithms
Once again, lawmakers demonstrate profound lack of understanding of how the internet works
Google using Project Wycheproof to scan crypto software for security holes
Tools named after the smallest mountain in the world tests for weaknesses
Yahoo breach: your account is selling for pennies on the dark web
And not just your data, but also the data of government officials, lawmakers and diplomats
Shadow Brokers are back with ‘stolen NSA cyberweapons’, now 99.9% off
The faux-bad-English hackers wanted BTC 1,000,000, then slashed the price to BTC 10,000…now yours as a job lot for just BTC 1000.
Electoral College Elects Donald Trump As President
mi writes: The drama is over, Donald J. Trump passed the 270 electoral votes necessary to become President. A few electors dissented, resulting in their prompt dismissal and replacement per their state’s laws. Ironically, more dissenters turned on Clinton than…
Alphabet's Waymo Reveals Its Self-Driving Chrysler Pacifica Minivans
Artem Tashkinov writes: Waymo, what used to be a Google division and now is a new division in Alphabet, has revealed its first production ready fully autonomous car based on Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. The new vehicle for six passengers will…
Mark Zuckerberg Demos Jarvis, His Own Home AI Assistant
harrymcc writes: As Mark Zuckerberg’s personal challenge for 2016, he built Jarvis — a service similar to Alexa or Google Assistant, but built to do exactly the things he wants to do in his home, and controllable by both voice…
Solar Is Top Source of New Capacity On the US Grid In 2016
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The U.S. electric grid continued to transform in 2016. No new coal plants were added, and solar became the top new source of generating capacity. Combined with wind, a small bit…
Scientists Blast Antimatter Atoms With a Laser For The First Time
For the first time, researchers from Indiana University were able to blast antimatter atoms with a laser to measure the light emitted from the anti-atoms. The researchers hope to answer one of the big mysteries of our universe: Why, in…