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Six Federal Agencies Used Facial Recognition On George Floyd Protestors
The FBI, U.S. Park Police, and other agencies used the technology during the height of 2020's protests, according to a new government watchdog report.
NYC is Blocking Tenants From Using A Free Online Tool to Sue Landlords
The New York City Housing Court is now requiring that tenants file lawsuits in person and pay a $45 filing fee as they return to in-person operations.
Internet Archivists Discover a Rare, Early Version of Minecraft
Alpha v1.1.1 had become a “holy grail” for the Minecraft archiving community, but a decade-old Tweet finally tipped the group off.
Federal Judge Rules Baltimore's Secret Spy Planes Violated The Constitution
The court decision sets a new precedent for whether law enforcement can use aerial surveillance technology to monitor entire cities in real-time.
A Hacker Is Remotely Wiping People’s Internet-Connected Hard Drives
Users of Western Digital's WD My Book Live devices are reporting that all of their data has been remotely wiped by hackers exploiting a vulnerability.
Two Brothers Are Missing After Claiming $3.6 Billion In Bitcoin Was Stolen by Hackers
The brothers behind South African investment platform Africrypt are nowhere to be found after they claimed 69,000 bitcoins were stolen by hackers.
Hackers Use Fake Call Center to Trick Victims Into Installing Ransomware
A phishing email campaign tricked users into contacting a call center where they would unknowingly be directed to install ransomware to their computer.
A Neural Network Made This Version of 'Grand Theft Auto 5'
"We are playing entirely within a neural network’s representation of Grand Theft Auto 5."
4 Surveillance Company Executives Indicted for Allegedly Aiding Torture
Executives from French companies Amesys and Nexa Technologies were indicted for selling surveillance technology to regimes in Libya and Egypt.
Happy Prime Day, Amazon Is Destroying Millions of Products a Year
An investigation into a single UK fulfillment center revealed that they were destroying over 100,000 products a week.
The 5-Year Mystery of the 'Evil Farming Game' Has Been Solved
An errant comment from a YouTuber set Redditors on a five-year journey to find a lost farming game.
Criminals Are Sending Malicious Hardware Wallets to Steal People's Crypto
Ledger users report being sent fake usb devices designed to steal their cryptocurrency.