Computing

Man Faces Up to 25 Years in Prison for Allegedly Breaching Kansas Water Plant’s Network

The former employee of a Kansas-based water treatment facility is facing decades in prison after allegedly having broken into the plant’s computer systems two years ago. Wyatt A. Travnichek, 22, is accused of gaining “unauthorized access” to the internal workings of the Ellsworth Rural Water District No. 1 on March 27, 2019, according toan indictment…

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

LexisNexis Is ICE’s Latest Doxing Tool: Report

LexisNexis—the data-harvesting company that you might know as a key tool for researchers and reporters across a cavalcade of industries—has signed a $16.8 million contract with Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE), the Intercept reported on Friday. The contract was initially scoped out by Mijente, a Lantinx advocacy group that had previously critiqued major tech companies…

Privacy & Security Shoshana Wodinsky

Pixel 6 Will Reportedly Be the First Phone With Google-Made Chip

Google’s next Pixel phones will reportedly be the company’s first devices powered by its own homemade chip, internally called the “GS101” Whitechapel. According to documentation reviewed by 9to5Google, Whitechapel is used in conjunction with the codename “Slider,” which is a reference to the Google Camera app. It seems likely that Slider is a shared platform…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

Utility That Funded a Racist Ad Campaign Tweets How It Remains ‘Committed’ to Antiracism

Last week, FirstEnergy, a powerful Midwest utility, tweeted a message of unity in the wake of increasing attacks on Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. “FirstEnergy condemns the rise in violence across our country and stands in support of the Asian-American community,” read a statement with the accompanying hashtag #StopAsianHate. “We remain committed to standing…

Energy Molly Taft

Universities Across the Country Are Being Swept Up in a Large Data Fiasco

A number of prominent U.S. colleges have become the newest, unlucky recipients of a cybersecurity migraine currently affecting dozens of organizations all over the world. You may have heard something about Accellion—the global cloud provider whose secure-file transfer product (called FTA) was beset by a hacking campaign back in December. If you haven’t heard about…

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

Robocalls May Get Worse Soon, and You Can Blame Facebook

Rather than dole out what is, essentially—at least to one of the richest companies on the planet—a handful of spare change, Facebook set out to purposely undermine one of the most important legal protections Americans have against unwanted robocalls. Today it accomplished that mission. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued an opinion that negates…

Tech News Dell Cameron

This Obviously Fake Nvidia RTX 4090 Is Ridiculous and Perfect

April Fool’s is the worst holiday, but this is one stunt we can get behind. Someone built an obviously fake Nvidia RTX 4090 and 4090 Ti to get into the spirit—and to poke fun at the current graphics cards situation—and it’s so ridiculous it has to be seen to be believed. Spotted by PCMag, Denmark-based…

Gadgets Joanna Nelius

Streaming Stadia From Your Xbox Might Seem Weird, but This Is How Cloud Gaming Should Work

Imagine this: You’re over at your best friend’s house going through their Xbox library. They’ve been wanting to try out one of the latest, hyped-up first-person shooters, but they don’t own it. You do, but it’s through a cloud gaming service. It doesn’t look great on your phone, and your friend doesn’t have a Chromecast…

Internet Joanna Nelius

Microsoft Lands $22 Billion to Put Custom HoloLens Headsets on U.S. Soldiers

In late 2018, Microsoft struck a $480 million deal with the U.S. Army to deliver augmented reality headset prototypes based on its HoloLens system. Well, it appears the military is a fan because it’s inked a contract to get a whole lot more of them. As in, over 120,000 headsets worth up to $21.88 billion…

Tech News Victoria Song

Health Official in Papua New Guinea Explains How Facebook Spreads Misinformation

Papua New Guinea’s health minister, Jelta Wong, spoke with an Australian think tank over videochat on Thursday about challenges PNG faces in combatting the covid-19 pandemic. PNG is seeing a resurgence of the disease along with a growing wave of misinformation being spread online about vaccines, and the talk is an interesting look at how…

Social Media Matt Novak

Soon, Siri Won’t Be a Feminine Voice by Default

The latest update to the iOS 14.5 beta won’t fix all of our gripes with Siri, but it does introduce a few major changes for Apple’s digital assistant. For starters, Siri will no longer be feminine by default for English speakers. Instead, once iOS 14.5 is officially pushed out, iOS users will be prompted to…

Tech News Victoria Song

This Stick-On Gadget Solves Wireless Charging’s Biggest Problem

Wireless chargers have a dark secret that’s never addressed in the brochures and other promotional materials: You still have to deal with wires. But with Humanscale’s new NeatCharge wireless charger, at least those cords are hidden away out of sight underneath a desk or table. Is a wireless charger more convenient than having to plug…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

It’s Looking Like Samsung’s Return to Wear OS Is Inevitable

Rumors that Samsung might be ditching its proprietary smartwatch operating system for Google’s neglected Wear OS platform aren’t new. However, it’s looking increasingly likely that Tizen OS is not long for this world. Earlier this week, Android Police found hidden code in the Galaxy Wearable app that referenced a new pair of Samsung earbuds dubbed…

Gadgets Victoria Song

Facebook Lets Users Restrict Commenting to a Small Circle of Friends

Facebook users will soon get more control over who can comment on their public posts, according to an announcement by the social media giant on Wednesday. Facebook users will be able to select between three options for each of their news posts: Comments will be allowed by the entire public, comments will be allowed by…

Social Media Matt Novak

April Fools’ Day Returns to Terrorize a Weary Internet

It’s that time of year again. April Fools’ Day is on Thursday and this is your official warning to be on the look out for corporate-instigated shenanigans. Brands largely took a break from April Foolishness last year on account of the covid-19 pandemic, but this year things seem to be picking up right where they…

Tech News Matt Novak

Amazon Says Those Twitter Accounts Are Fake, Which We Can All Agree On

As Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama near a ballot count for their union election, Amazon is engaged in another sweep of last-ditch efforts to salvage the company’s reputation as a GREAT workplace and it made another thwarted attempt to micro-monitor the ballot count. All around, it’s a bad look for Amazon, but this is a…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

Apple Fixes ‘Asian’ Adult Content Filter, but We Need More

In an ideal world, I wouldn’t have had to write a story about how Apple’s adult content filter on iOS blocks users from searching the word “Asian” in any browser. In that world, I also wouldn’t have to write the follow-up the issue is now fixed, but that the timing—shortly after a mass shooting in…

Tech News Victoria Song

Now All of Nvidia’s RTX 30-Series GPUs Can Get a Frame Rate Boost

Nvidia announced this morning all of its GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards are now compatible with Resizable BAR. Whether you have an RTX 3090 or an RTX 3060 Ti, you can get some extra frames out of your favorite game. The company has been working with Intel to make its GPUs talk directly to Intel’s…

Gadgets Joanna Nelius

Looks Like There’s Hope for Apple TV Remote Haters

To say the Apple TV remote is polarizing is an understatement. On the one side, you have the stans who claim this is the best streaming remote ever made. On the other, the haters cite the remote’s touchpad and overall UI as an unforgivable affront to gadget design. But, per 9to5 Mac, Apple is currently…

Tech News Victoria Song

Apple’s WWDC 2021 Is Happening on June 7 as an Online-Only Event

While many are still expecting Apple to hold a small event this spring to release new iPads and other gadgets, it seems Apple is already looking forward to WWDC 2021, which has just been announced as an online-only event beginning on June 7. With the rollout of covid-19 vaccines still in its early stages, the…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Man Faces Up to 25 Years in Prison for Allegedly Breaching Kansas Water Plant’s Network

LexisNexis Is ICE’s Latest Doxing Tool: Report

Pixel 6 Will Reportedly Be the First Phone With Google-Made Chip

Utility That Funded a Racist Ad Campaign Tweets How It Remains ‘Committed’ to Antiracism

Universities Across the Country Are Being Swept Up in a Large Data Fiasco

Robocalls May Get Worse Soon, and You Can Blame Facebook

This Obviously Fake Nvidia RTX 4090 Is Ridiculous and Perfect

Streaming Stadia From Your Xbox Might Seem Weird, but This Is How Cloud Gaming Should Work

Microsoft Lands $22 Billion to Put Custom HoloLens Headsets on U.S. Soldiers

Health Official in Papua New Guinea Explains How Facebook Spreads Misinformation

Soon, Siri Won’t Be a Feminine Voice by Default

This Stick-On Gadget Solves Wireless Charging’s Biggest Problem

It’s Looking Like Samsung’s Return to Wear OS Is Inevitable

Facebook Lets Users Restrict Commenting to a Small Circle of Friends

April Fools’ Day Returns to Terrorize a Weary Internet

Amazon Says Those Twitter Accounts Are Fake, Which We Can All Agree On

Apple Fixes ‘Asian’ Adult Content Filter, but We Need More

Now All of Nvidia’s RTX 30-Series GPUs Can Get a Frame Rate Boost

Looks Like There’s Hope for Apple TV Remote Haters

Apple’s WWDC 2021 Is Happening on June 7 as an Online-Only Event

Meta Smart Glasses Can Now Track All the Food You Put Into Your Mouth

Artemis 2 Day 3: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

Here’s Who the Mysterious Main Characters Are in ‘Disclosure Day’

Rubin Observatory Spots Over 11,000 Asteroids in Record Haul

Volkswagen CEO Is Standing Up for Physical Buttons in Cars

Nespresso Vertuo Pop+ by Breville Hits Its Lowest Price, Now One of the Cheapest Coffee Machines Under $100

That Teenage Bout of Mono May Have a Troubling Second Act

We Landed on Mars, A.K.A. the Set of ‘For All Mankind’

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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

Let us help find what you are looking for...