NSO Group Gave Pegasus Spyware Demo to the NYPD
Image: Timothy A. Clary/Contributor Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard’s podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet. A section of the New York Police Department (NYPD) focused on intelligence gathering…
Spain ends mask mandate outdoors as coronavirus surge ebbs
MADRID (AP) — Spain is scrapping a mandate to wear masks outdoors, as COVID-19 infection rates drop and hospitals report lower admissions. Mask-wearing will not be necessary outside beginning Thursday, government spokeswoman Isabel Rodríguez said Tuesday…
Facebook should tighten doxxing rules on home addresses, says its oversight board By Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – Facebook (NASDAQ:) owner Meta Platforms should not allow…
Wells Fargo Says It Is Not Too Late to Buy Bitcoin
It is not too late to invest in bitcoin, said multinational financial services giant Wells Fargo in a Monday report, drawing parallels between the adoption rates of the internet in the 1990s and that of cryptocurrencies today. Wells Fargo’s global…
Mark your calendars! Motorola’s flagship is going global on this date –
TL;DR Motorola is teasing a global launch for an Edge series phone. The device could be the Moto Edge X30 launched in China late last year. It packs the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor and other flagship specs to match. Motorola was the first OEM to launch…
BP profits surge as high gas prices hit household finances
LONDON (AP) — BP PLC reported its biggest full-year profit for eight years on Tuesday, its coffers boosted by soaring oil and gas prices that have hiked domestic fuel bills for millions of people. The British energy giant said its underlying replacement…
Lynk satellites connect with thousands of devices
SAN FRANCISCO – Lynk Global satellites have connected with thousands of unmodified smartphones, tablets, internet-of-things devices and vehicles, the Fall Church, Virginia, startup announced Feb. 8. The mobile devices required “zero modifications,” Lynk…
Spanish retiree fights digital divide, seeks ‘human’ help
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish retiree campaigning to keep in-person customer services at bank branches because he felt “left out” by the shift to online banking on Tuesday is handing government officials a petition with more than 610,000 signatures, amid a…
Play the Starring Role in the World’s First Set of Metaverse Movies Right from Your Smartphone | News
LONDON, Feb. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Visualax founder Amith Lankesar has beaten Hollywood to create the world’s first set of metaverse adventure-style movies. Better still, the user can take on the leading role in the three-dimensional…
Review: Chuck Klosterman deep dives into ’The Nineties’
This cover image released by Penguin Press shows “The Nineties,” by Chuck Klosterman. (Penguin Press via AP) AP “The Nineties” by Chuck Klosterman (Penguin Press) Few things make a book reviewer feel older than reading a book — words on…