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• Attackers are staging tax-themed phishing attacks to target businesses in Germany and Italy

  Researchers have discovered a social engineering attack targeting organizations in Germany, Italy, and the US by delivering ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Planned Parenthood launches clinic search tool to make abortion safer in the US

  Planned Parenthood launched new ‘Abortion Care Finder’ on Tuesday to provide more information for women and to help ...

  • Cara Curtis

• 265 Indian fake news sites caught pushing anti-Pakistan propaganda

  Researchers have discovered a network of 265 fake local news sites across 65 countries that are being used to disseminate ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Facebook’s black employees say the company has a racism problem

  A group of anonymous black Facebook — past and present — employees have published an open letter stating the company's ...

  • Cara Curtis

• The evolution of sex toys: From 30,000-year old stone dildos to hi-tech vibrators

  Hallie Lieberman, a sex toy historian, is the author of Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy — a look at humanity’s ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Safari gets support for hardware security keys with iOS 13.3

  Apple's iOS 13.3 update comes with a new nifty feature that allows Safari users to use hardware security keys for two-factor ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• We reviewed the hate tweets that 'dark mode' fans sent us

  We wrote an unpopular opinion article about dark mode that was, well, unpopular. So we reviewed some of the hate tweets we ...

  • Callum Booth

• Electric planes are here — but they won’t reduce CO₂ emissions

  The UK government plans to ban the sale of new conventional petrol and diesel cars by 2040. Clearly the plan is for all citizens to be driving electric or hybrid-electric cars, or – better still – riding bicycles. But can electrification help cut emissions from that other carbon-intensive ...

  • The Conversation

• Microsoft pledges to honor California's CCPA privacy law across the US

  Microsoft has pledged to honor California's landmark digital privacy law — the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) — ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Mexican state oil firm Pemex hit by ransomware attack (Updated)

  Mexican state-owned oil firm Pemex has been hit by "Ryuk" ransomware, prompting the company to disconnect its network and ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Google confirms plans for a search tool that can analyze millions of health records

  Google partners with Ascension to give it access to personal health datasets that can be used to develop AI-based tools for ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• India is going ahead with its facial recognition program despite privacy concerns

  The Indian government has played down fears of mass surveillance in response to concerns that the proposed facial recognition ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan