Day: May 27, 2022

Fan’s Rare Recordings Of Lost 1963 Beatles’ Performances Can’t Be Heard, Because … Copyright

Posted on by Robin Edgar

There’s a story in the Daily Mail that underlines why it is important for people to make copies. It concerns the re-surfacing of rare recordings of the Beatles: In the summer of 1963, the BBC began a radio series called Pop Go The Beatles which went out at 5pm on Tuesdays on the Light Programme. Each Read more about Fan’s Rare Recordings Of Lost 1963 Beatles’ Performances Can’t Be Heard, Because … Copyright[…]

Microsoft’s free Top Gun ‘Flight Simulator’ expansion is finally here

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Now that Top Gun: Maverick is finally reaching theaters, the matching Microsoft Flight Simulator expansion is launching as well. Microsoft and Asobo Studio have released the free add-on to both hype up the Tom Cruise movie and give you a taste of the US Navy’s real-world flight training. You’ll get a “Maverick Edition” livery for Read more about Microsoft’s free Top Gun ‘Flight Simulator’ expansion is finally here[…]

Now Amazon to put creepy AI cameras in UK delivery vans

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Amazon is installing AI-powered cameras in delivery vans to keep tabs on its drivers in the UK. The technology was first deployed, with numerous errors that reportedly denied drivers’ bonuses after malfunctions, in the US. Last year, the internet giant produced a corporate video detailing how the cameras monitor drivers’ driving behavior for safety reasons. Read more about Now Amazon to put creepy AI cameras in UK delivery vans[…]

GM Discloses Data Breach of Cars’ Locations, Mileage, Service

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General Motors suffered a hack that exposed a significant amount of sensitive personal information on car owners—names, addresses, phone numbers, locations, car mileage, and maintenance history. The Detroit-based automaker revealed details of the incident in a breach disclosure filed with the California Attorney General’s Office on May 16. The disclosure explains that malicious login activity Read more about GM Discloses Data Breach of Cars’ Locations, Mileage, Service[…]

Cheap gel film pulls buckets of drinking water per day from thin air

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Water scarcity is a major problem for much of the world’s population, but with the right equipment drinking water can be wrung out of thin air. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have now demonstrated a low-cost gel film that can pull many liters of water per day out of even very dry Read more about Cheap gel film pulls buckets of drinking water per day from thin air[…]

MGM Resorts’ 142m person customer data now leaked on Telegram for free

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Miscreants have dumped on Telegram more than 142 million customer records stolen from MGM Resorts, exposing names, postal and email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth for any would-be identity thief. The vpnMentor research team stumbled upon the files, which totaled 8.7 GB of data, on the messaging platform earlier this week, and noted Read more about MGM Resorts’ 142m person customer data now leaked on Telegram for free[…]

Twitter fined $150 million after selling 2FA phone numbers + email addresses to targeting advertisers

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Twitter has agreed to pay a $150 million fine after federal law enforcement officials accused the social media company of illegally using peoples’ personal data over six years to help sell targeted advertisements. In court documents made public on Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice say Twitter violated a 2011 agreement Read more about Twitter fined $150 million after selling 2FA phone numbers + email addresses to targeting advertisers[…]

GitHub saved plaintext passwords of npm users in log files

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GitHub has revealed it stored a “number of plaintext user credentials for the npm registry” in internal logs following the integration of the JavaScript package registry into GitHub’s logging systems. The information came to light when the company today published the results of its investigation into April’s unrelated OAuth token theft attack, where it described Read more about GitHub saved plaintext passwords of npm users in log files[…]