An anonymous reader quotes Deadline: Netflix, Amazon and Hulu will be paying a lot more in writers’ residuals under the new WGA film and TV contract. New details, outlined by WGA West, reveal that high-budget shows they run will generate…
PCs Connected To the Internet Will Get Infected With WanaDecrypt0r In Minutes
An anonymous reader writes: “The Wana Decrypt0r ransomware — also known as WCry, WannaCry, WannaCrypt, and WanaCrypt0r — infected a honeypot server made to look like a vulnerable Windows computer six times in the span of 90 minutes, according to…
Microsoft Blasts Spy Agencies For Leaked Exploits Used By WanaDecrypt0r
An anonymous reader shares Engadget’s report about Microsoft’s response to the massive WanaDecrypt0r ransomware attack: Company president Brad Smith has posted a response to the attack that roasts the NSA, CIA and other intelligence agencies for hogging security vulnerabilities instead…
FCC Suspends Net Neutrality Comments, As Chairman Pai Mocks 'Mean Tweets'
An anonymous reader writes:Thursday the FCC stopped accepting comments as part of long-standing rules “to provide FCC decision-makers with a period of repose during which they can reflect on the upcoming items” before their May 18th meeting. Techdirt wondered if…
Lyft And Waymo Announce They'll Collaborate On Self-Driving Cars
An anonymous reader quotes NBC: In the race to the self-driving future, Lyft has agreed to work with Waymo, the self-driving car company owned by Google’s parent company, to bring autonomous vehicles to the masses, both companies told NBC News…
French President-Elect Macron Urges Action On Climate Change
After Sunday’s election in France, Macron’s victory “is likely to be a boon for the French digital economy and its startup scene,” writes a foreign policy think tank blog, “but the country’s frosty relationship with U.S. tech companies is likely…
Did The UK Police Hire Foreigners To Hack Hundreds of Activists?
Big Hairy Ian shared this story from the BBC: Undercover counter-extremism officers used hackers in India to access the emails of journalists and environmental activists, it has been claimed… The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it had received an anonymous…
Researchers Find New Version Of WanaDecrypt0r Ransomware Without A Kill Switch
Remember that “kill switch” which shut down the WannCry ransomware? An anonymous reader quotes Motherboard: Over Friday and Saturday, samples of the malware emerged without that debilitating feature, meaning that attackers may be able to resume spreading ransomware even though…
Up To 1.4M More Fake Wells Fargo Accounts Possible
An anonymous reader quotes the Bay Area Newsgroup: Wells Fargo may have opened as many as 3.5 million bogus bank accounts without its customers’ permission, attorneys for customers suing the bank have alleged in a court filing, suggesting the bank…
Why Amanda Palmer Left the Music 'Industry' For Crowdfunding
Amanda Palmer says abandoning the commercial music industry for a subscription model made it possible to take more chances, like a new album with psychedelia artist Edward Ka-Spel. An anonymous reader quotes Digital Trends: I spent my whole life in…