Brace for controversy: Edward Snowden has written a memoir
Enlarge / This is going to go down on your permanent record.
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Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee and National Security Agency contractor who spilled some of …
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Apple’s AirDrop and password sharing features can leak iPhone numbers
Valentina Palladino
Apple makes it easy for people to locate lost iPhones, share Wi-Fi passwords, and use AirDrop to send files to other nearby devices. A recently …
Quick Facts about Settlers of Catan
Getting Started
It may take some time to set up the game until you get the hang of it. The board is made of hexagonal pieces being joined together similar to a jigsaw. Even though these have a suggested setup, …
Cybersecurity officials warn state and local agencies (again) to fend off ransomware
Enlarge / Georgia State Police and Capitol Police had their laptops taken offline by ransomware in the latest of many attacks on state and local government agencies.
Yesterday, the Georgia …
AT&T kills DirecTV Now brand name as TV subscribers leave in droves
AT&T is eliminating the DirecTV Now brand name it uses for its struggling Internet-based TV service. DirecTV Now will become “AT&T TV Now” later this summer, AT&T announced today. DirecTV …
Feds: former cloud worker hacks into Capital One and takes data for 106 million people
A former systems engineer has been arrested on charges that she hacked into Capital One’s network and stole sensitive data for about 106 million people, according to an FBI court …
200 million devices—some mission-critical—vulnerable to remote takeover
About 200 million Internet-connected devices—some that may be controlling elevators, medical equipment, and other mission-critical systems—are vulnerable to attacks that give attackers complete control, researchers warned on Monday.
In all, …
Ars Asks: Do you think your company is on the right things-as-a-service track?
Enlarge / Artist’s impression of a cloud service offering.
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Two or three times per year, Ars runs surveys in order to help us better understand what …