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Ukraine Accuses Russia of Using WhatsApp Bot Farm to Ask Military to Surrender
Ukraine’s Security Service announced that it had disrupted a Russian operation that sent 5,000 messages to police and military officers asking to defect and surrender.
Ukraine Arrests ‘Hacker’ It Says Was Routing Calls for Russian Troops
Russia may be relying on hackers like this after Ukrainian telecommunications firms blocked Russian and Belarusian numbers.
$370 '5G Bioshield' Is Just USB Stick With a Sticker on It
Sold to 5G conspiracy theorists, the 5GBioShield USB Key says it uses “quantum holographic catalyzer technology for the balance and harmonisation of the harmful effects of imbalanced electric radiation.” It doesn’t.
Nationwide Outage Meant AT&T Customers Couldn't Dial 911
Police across the country reported the issue on Tuesday morning. Last year, AT&T was fined $5 million for outages that prevented 911 calls in 2017
The Congressional Black Caucus Is Asking Silicon Valley Why It's So White
The political organization sent a letter to technology and telecommunications lobbying groups about diversity last month.
Democrats are trying to make Republicans pay for net neutrality’s death
Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Ed Markey introduced a resolution on Friday that could force Republicans to get on the record about net neutrality or not.
Sen. Ron Wyden explains the “nightmare scenario” of no net neutrality
Before Sen. Ron Wyden knew for sure that the Federal Communications Commission would kill net neutrality on Thursday, he still thought the repeal was a bad idea.
The UK Granted Spy Tech Export to Turkey Amid Its Massive Crackdown on Dissent
Turkey has ordered over a hundred media outlets to close, jailed journalists, and most recently demanded the arrest of a senior Amnesty International employee.
OneWeb Wins FCC Approval to Launch a Fleet of Internet-Beaming Satellites
The company, backed by Richard Branson, wants to blanket the Earth in 720 satellites offering fiber-quality internet speeds for rural areas.
How to Track What Congress Is Doing on the Internet
A new tool aims to monitor what government workers look at online.
Convicted TalkTalk Blackmailer Warns Young Hackers About Falling Into Crime
Daniel Kelley had an interest in computers, but says there were not many opportunities for him to develop it.