An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: When it launched late last year, the new MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar was largely reliant on first-party applications to show off what it could do. Since then, a number of other companies…

In October 2015, two gamers who used face-scanning tech found in 2K Games’ NBA series to create more realistic avatars filed a lawsuit against the company as they were concerned about how 2K would store and use their biometric data….

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Source-code hub Gitlab.com is in meltdown after experiencing data loss as a result of what it has suddenly discovered are ineffectual backups. On Tuesday evening, Pacific Time, the startup issued the…

NASA’s Cassini probe has captured news images of Saturn’s rings in unprecedented detail. The images were captured by the probe in its penultimate mission phase of its mission that includes “20 orbits that dive past the outer edge of the…

TechCrunch is reporting that Facebook is prioritizing “authentic” content in News Feed with a ranking algorithm change that detects and promotes content “that people consider genuine, and not misleading, sensational, or spammy.” The algorithm will also boost stories that are…

Technology alone cannot protect you. Bad guys are constantly developing new ways to get past firewalls, anti-virus and filters. You are the best defense against any attacker.

Your right to decline to share privacy-busting details with border agents depend on your visa, and with checks stepping up, it makes sense to find out before you travel

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