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Rush to bitcoin? Not so fast, say keepers of corporate coffers
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Elon Musk's Tesla became the biggest name to reveal it had added bitcoin to its coffers last month, many pundits were swift to call a corporate rush towards the booming cryptocurrency.
Russia rebukes Facebook for blocking some media posts
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia accused Facebook on Monday of violating citizens' rights by blocking some media outlets' content in the latest standoff between a government and Big Tech.
White House cites 'active threat,' urges action despite Microsoft patch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Sunday urged computer network operators to take further steps to gauge whether their systems were targeted amid a hack of Microsoft Corp's Outlook email program, saying a recent software patch still left serious vulnerabilities.
From vote to virus, misinformation campaign targets US Latinos
A nonpartisan academic report released this past week said most false narratives in the Spanish-language community “were translated from English and circulated via prominent platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, as well as in closed group chat platforms like WhatsApp, and efforts often appeared coordinated across platforms”.
Game of drones: Chinese giant DJI rocked by geopolitical tensions, staff exodus
About a third of DJI’s 200-strong team in the region was laid off or resigned last year, from offices in Palo Alto, Burbank and New York, according to three former and one current employee.
Activists in race to save digital trace of Syria war
From videos of deadly air strikes to jihadist takeovers, Al-Mutez Billah’s YouTube page served as a digital archive of the Syrian war until automated takedown software in 2017 erased it permanently.
Singapore warms to electric cars two years after Tesla’s rebuke
After years of not doing much to foster the uptake of electric cars, Singapore has started to embrace them.
At Dubai airport, travellers’ eyes become their passports
Despite concerns about overzealous surveillance in the UAE, the country’s vast facial recognition network only shows signs of expanding.
Casting a wide intrusion net: Dozens burned with single hack
The SolarWinds hacking campaign blamed on Russian spies and the “grave threat” it poses to US national security are widely known. A very different – and no less alarming – coordinated series of intrusions also detected in December has gotten considerably less public attention.
France delivery co-op seeks to serve decent work conditions for riders
It may have taken a cracked rib, but Bruno Giraud is now joining a growing number of French riders trying to challenge the business model of meal delivery platforms.
