A class-action lawsuit against Uber alleges that Uber has “devised a ‘clever and sophisticated’ scheme in which it manipulates navigation data used to determine ‘upfront’ rider fare prices while secretly short-changing the driver,” reports Ars Technica. “When a rider uses…

The co-founder and current board member of Twitter, Ev Williams, said today that he plans to sell a “minority of [his] TWTR” stock over the next year, and doesn’t plan to sell “more than 30 percent” of his holdings. Williams…

An anonymous reader writes: “A new malware strain called BrickerBot is intentionally bricking Internet of Things (IoT) devices around the world by corrupting their flash storage capability and reconfiguring kernel parameters. The malware spreads by launching brute-force attacks on IoT…

AmiMoJo writes: The EFF is warning about unregulated activity against websites by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) of the City of London Police. A program called RogueBlock accepts notifications from IP holders, which the PIPCU then acts on,…

YouTube is getting a little pickier about who can make money there. From a report on CNET: Google’s massive video site said Thursday that channels must reach 10,000 total views before they qualify to run ads, the most direct way…

Justin Schuh, lead engineer of Chrome Security, said ensuring browser security for Chrome users is a balancing act juggling OEM pressures, questionable certificate authorities and quashing third-party software incompatibility issues.

While many have already drawn their conclusions on the link between autism and cybercrime, this study aims to establish whether it’s real and to understand the pathways into offending

Best Buy refutes accusation of overly close links to investigators as questions are raised over admissibility of evidence in a child abuse case

Security experts say latest tranche of stolen CIA documents is ‘the most technically damaging yet’

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