An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Tens of thousands of fake listings are added to Google Maps each month, redirecting users to fraudulent websites selling phony or overpriced services, or are part of some referral scam. Researchers say…
'Drawable' Electronic Circuit Technology Creates Radical Possibilities For Flexible Gadgets
drunkdrone quotes a report from International Business Times: Who said pen and paper was dead? German scientists have developed a new type of ink that allows fully-functioning electronic circuits to be “written” directly onto a surface from a pen. The…
Microsoft Acquires Container Platform Deis From Engine Yard
According to an announcement made earlier today, Microsoft has acquired Deis, “the company behind some of the most popular tools for building and managing applications on top of the Google-incubated Kubernetes container orchestration service,” writes Frederic Lardinois via TechCrunch. From…
Americans Support Letting Cities Build Their Own Broadband Networks, Pew Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Most Americans want to let local governments build out internet service if the internet providers in their area aren’t any good, according to the Pew Research Center. In a phone survey…
DMCA 'Safe Harbor' Up In the Air For Online Sites That Use Moderators
“The Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s so-called ‘safe harbor’ defense to infringement is under fire from a paparazzi photo agency,” reports Ars Technica. “A new court ruling says the defense may not always be available to websites that host content submitted…
Riverbed Patches Vulnerabilities in Application Monitoring Portal
Riverbed Technology, whose products are used by most of the Global 500, patched vulnerabilities in its SteelCentral Portal used for critical application performance monitoring.
Travel Routers, NAS Devices Among Easily Hacked IoT Devices
A researcher poked holes in seven different IoT devices at last week’s Security Analyst Summit, including a host of travel routers, NAS devices, and an IP-enabled camera.
ShadowBrokers Dump More Equation Group Hacks, Auction File Password
The ShadowBrokers’ latest dump of Equation Group hacks focuses on UNIX systems and GSM networks, and was accompanied by an open letter to President Trump.
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Uber ‘showing drivers and riders different fare estimates’, says lawsuit
Lawsuit that aims to recover back pay alleges that Uber shows riders a longer, slower and more expensive route than the drivers are shown