Two Harvard students took Meta’s commercially available Ray Ban smart glasses and built facial recognition software that automatically looks up someone’s face and identifies them, including personal information. Read it at @[email protected] (Registration may be required). #Meta #SmartGlasses #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/WDXr7Z
Threads users who have connected their accounts to the fediverse can now see who follows them and likes their posts from other fediverse servers, such as Mastodon and Pixelfed. More from @Techcrunch #Threads #Fediverse #Mastodon #Tech #Technology #SocialMedia https://flip.it/dUFdOP
The FCC announced a $31.5 million settlement with T-Mobile over multiple data breaches that compromised the personal information of millions of U.S. consumers from 2021-2023. More from @[email protected]. #FCC #TMobile #Cybersecurity #Tech https://flip.it/MGWkCJ
WordPress.org has lifted its ban on hosting provider WP Engine until Oct. 1, after putting a block on it earlier this week. The block prevented several sites from updating their plug-ins and themes and exposing them to potential security risk. @Techcrunch tells us more: https://flip.it/ZSl2I_
#Tech #Technology #WordPress #Internet #Web #Privacy #CyberSecurity
Hi tech devotees! Please check out these newly federated Flipboard Magazines. Follow them for product reviews, trends, exclusive interviews and opinion, and the latest in technology news:
The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined Meta with a $101.5 million penalty after investigating a 2019 security breach in which the company mistakenly stored users' passwords in plain text. Via @Engadget. #Meta #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/ZD45rD
A group of independent security researchers were able to scan virtually any internet-connected Kia vehicle’s license plate and within seconds gain the ability to track that car’s location, unlock the car, honk its horn, or start its ignition at will. More from @WIRED (Subscription may be required). #Kia #Hack #Tech #Technology #Cybersecurity https://flip.it/2fswDC
Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov, who was arrested in France last month, stated that the messaging app will now start handing over the IP addresses and phone numbers of users if prompted by legal requests. More from @[email protected] #Telegram #Privacy #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/XOPmbP
For people who love organization and color, and organization by color, there’s a game that you’re bound to love. It’s called “I Love Hue.” The game revolves around choosing a puzzle and arranging blocks and color by shade. Too easy? It gets harder as you go. TechRadar tells us more: https://flip.it/xqbSi_
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How do you build one single camera that can please everyone, all the time? Apple’s thesis is, apparently, to make everyone else do the work. Writing for @theverge Allison Johnson recently tested the iPhone 16 camera, and the flood of new options gave her “a kind of vertigo.” Read more of Johnson’s thoughts after she spent over a week with the device: https://flip.it/zBjxp_
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Sub.club is here to help the fediverse make money.
From @theverge: "The idea is that this will let users on ActivityPub-based platforms like Mastodon easily offer paid subscriptions and premium content while taking a 6 percent cut in addition to payment processing fees. It could solve a big problem with the fediverse right now: it’s not easy to make a living on it unless you direct your followers back to existing platforms like Patreon."