Lucas Ropek, Author at Gizmodo

Scheduling Platform FlexBooker Discloses Data Breach Affecting 3.7 Million Accounts

The service is used largely by small businesses to assist with scheduling events and meetings.

Coup Prediction Algorithms Are Here to Save and/or Destroy Democracy

The ability to forecast social unrest is something governments have desired for a long time—and data researchers are helping them get there.

Tech News Lucas Ropek

French Car Ads Will Soon Be Required by Law to Tell You Not to Drive a Car

The new regulation mandates that car advertisements include references to travel alternatives, such as walking or riding a bike.

Climate Change Lucas Ropek

RIP Popcorn Time

The well-known pirate streaming application has gone through several iterations and it's time to say goodbye to its current one.

Internet Lucas Ropek

FTC to Companies: Patch Log4j ASAP or Suffer Our Wrath

The Federal Trade Commission has given companies affected by the ubiquitous log4j bug a stern warning.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

Report: Russian Hacker Who May Have Documents Proving Kremlin Election Meddling in U.S. Custody

Vladislav Klyushin, who worked with high-level government offices in Russia, may provide valuable information about Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

Let’s Go Brandon Cryptocurrency Sponsors the Brandon That Started It All

LGB will live on, at least for the duration of 2022's NASCAR season, when the driver who started it all will partner with a memecoin based on the slogan.

Cryptocurrencies Lucas Ropek

University Loses Valuable Supercomputer Research After Backup Error Wipes 77 Terabytes of Data

Kyoto University in Japan recently suffered a technical error that wiped out a whole lot of valuable information.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

Mass Food Poisoning Incident Leads Apple to Temporarily Shut Down iPhone Factory

The Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn is known for its allegedly squalid, abusive working conditions.

Tech News Lucas Ropek

Hackers Are Getting Better and Better at Defeating Your 2FA Security

Two-factor authentication is a widely used and trusted security mechanism, but criminals are increasingly using malicious toolkits that can outwit it.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

LastPass Says It Didn’t Leak Your Password

The password manager was accused of a data breach but the company says that's not what happened.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

6 of the Biggest Crypto-Heists of 2021

Did the crypto community get burned this year? Of course, it did.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

How NSO Group’s iPhone-Hacking Exploit Works

Frightening exploits sold by the embattled Israeli spyware vendor have been used to hack people all over the world. Now researchers have unpacked how it works.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

Walk-Through Metal Detectors Can Be Hacked, New Research Finds

Garrett metal detectors, which are used in schools and government buildings, have security vulnerabilities that can be remotely exploited.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

NSO Spyware Was Used to Target Jamal Khashoggi’s Wife, Digital Forensics Confirm

The spyware giant has denied that it played a role in the Saudi dissident's death.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

Log4j Vulnerabilities Are Piling Up as Companies Scramble to Patch

Security professionals recently discovered additional log4j vulnerabilities. They're already causing trouble.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

NASA Denies It Used the Doomed Log4j in Its Mars Ingenuity Helicopter

Despite what you may have heard, NASA firmly denies it's using the bug-ridden log4j.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

Meta Warns That 50,000 of Its Users May Have Been Targeted by Private Spies

Meta says it has banned six "surveillance-for-hire" firms from its platforms. The firms may have spied on tens of thousands of Instagram and Facebook users.

Social Media Lucas Ropek

6 Things That Are Going to Ruin Christmas This Year

The holidays have a lot stacked against them this year. Let's review.

Tech News Lucas Ropek

Log4j: Just How Screwed Are We?

A vulnerability in a widely used Apache library has caused Internet-wide chaos—and the trouble may just be starting.

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Scheduling Platform FlexBooker Discloses Data Breach Affecting 3.7 Million Accounts

Coup Prediction Algorithms Are Here to Save and/or Destroy Democracy

French Car Ads Will Soon Be Required by Law to Tell You Not to Drive a Car

RIP Popcorn Time

FTC to Companies: Patch Log4j ASAP or Suffer Our Wrath

Report: Russian Hacker Who May Have Documents Proving Kremlin Election Meddling in U.S. Custody

Let’s Go Brandon Cryptocurrency Sponsors the Brandon That Started It All

University Loses Valuable Supercomputer Research After Backup Error Wipes 77 Terabytes of Data

Mass Food Poisoning Incident Leads Apple to Temporarily Shut Down iPhone Factory

Hackers Are Getting Better and Better at Defeating Your 2FA Security

LastPass Says It Didn’t Leak Your Password

6 of the Biggest Crypto-Heists of 2021

How NSO Group’s iPhone-Hacking Exploit Works

Walk-Through Metal Detectors Can Be Hacked, New Research Finds

NSO Spyware Was Used to Target Jamal Khashoggi’s Wife, Digital Forensics Confirm

Log4j Vulnerabilities Are Piling Up as Companies Scramble to Patch

NASA Denies It Used the Doomed Log4j in Its Mars Ingenuity Helicopter

Meta Warns That 50,000 of Its Users May Have Been Targeted by Private Spies

6 Things That Are Going to Ruin Christmas This Year

Log4j: Just How Screwed Are We?

INIU Portable Power Bank Is Small in Size and Smaller in Price for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale (45W, 10,000mAh)

Humans Were Already Dog People 16,000 Years Ago, DNA Suggests

California Regulator Says Tesla’s ‘Robotaxis’ Are More Like a Limo in the Eyes of the Law

Dyson Airwrap Falls to an All-Time Low in Amazon’s Spring Sale, Lowering the Barrier for This Premium Multi-Styler

The ‘Tales from ’85’ Trailer Wants You Back in ‘Stranger Things’ Already

Forget Ray-Ban Meta, XREAL 1S AR/XR Virtual Screen Smart Glasses Drop to Record Low on Amazon

Pixel Buds Pro 2 Hit Record Low as Google Continues Its Clearance-Like Price Cuts Following Smartphone Deals

DJI Now Has a Cheaper 360 Drone Than Insta360, but the U.S. Won’t Get It

Amazon Clears Out Apple Watch Series 9 With Silver Stainless Steel Case at 48% Off During Spring Sale

What Do You Mean Fox McCloud Is in the ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Movie

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees