Location data scandals, a Zcash bug, and more of the week’s top security news.
Original source: https://www.wired.com/story/teen-apple-macos-hack-security-roundup
Location data scandals, a Zcash bug, and more of the week’s top security news.
Original source: https://www.wired.com/story/teen-apple-macos-hack-security-roundup
Blackmail and extortion schemes have existed for centuries, from 17th-century Scottish farmers paying off plunderers to David Letterman revealing he was targeted to keep his affairs quiet.
Original source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/us/blackmail-vs-extortion-difference.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
With new vegetarian and lab-produced burgers coming to stores, several states are looking to bar newcomers from using the word meat on their labels.
Original source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/technology/meat-veggie-burgers-lab-produced.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The sci-fi anthology show deserves a second run. Come on, Hulu.
Original source: https://www.wired.com/2019/02/geeks-guide-dimension-404
Before stars are stars and solar systems emerge, there is nothing but gas and dust.
Original source: https://www.wired.com/story/space-photos-of-the-week-galaxy-next-door
OnlyFans has put X-rated entertainment in the hands of its entertainers. Call it the paywall of porn.
Original source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/style/onlyfans-porn-stars.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Access to cars is the best short-term solution for connecting lower-income people to jobs, but the autos they can afford are the worst for the planet.
Original source: https://www.wired.com/story/green-new-deal-electric-cars
“When people have something to say, they come to Medium, where they can say it at length,” a spokeswoman for the online platform said.
Original source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/business/media/jeff-bezos-medium.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Between 1917 and 1991 the USSR built hundreds of sanatoriums across its empire. Many of them still survive.
Original source: https://www.wired.com/story/soviet-era-spa-gallery
The threat of legal action by the Chinese tech giant is part of a broader effort to defend itself from charges that it poses a security risk.
Original source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/business/huawei-lawsuit-czech-republic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss