Qualcomm has quietly rewritten Arduino’s terms of service after acquiring the platform in October. The changes include perpetual licenses on user content and surveillance-style monitoring, raising alarms about the end of Arduino’s open-source legacy.
Poland’s competition authority has opened an investigation into Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature. The regulator suspects the privacy tool may be misleading users while giving Apple’s advertising business an unfair edge. This marks another European challenge to Apple’s privacy-focused change
X’s new location feature has sparked chaos by revealing that many accounts aren’t where they claim to be. The rollout exposed both potential troll farms and significant technical inaccuracies in the platform’s data.
Security researchers have discovered Sturnus, a dangerous Android banking trojan that can read your encrypted messages by capturing what appears on your screen. The malware uses sophisticated evasion techniques to avoid detection while harvesting sensitive data. This serves as a stark reminder that
X’s About This Account feature briefly revealed that many supposedly American political accounts were actually based overseas. The discovery exposed widespread foreign influence operations before location data was removed. The scale suggests both state-sponsored campaigns and financially motivated a
Cybersecurity leaders are shifting from “if” to “when” thinking about breaches. The rise of agentic AI creates new vulnerabilities that traditional tools can’t catch. Building resilience requires Zero Trust frameworks and consistent implementation of basic security practices.
Workers changing jobs in states with salary history bans received 7.9% pay increases compared to 3.9% elsewhere. The bans particularly help women and minority workers close persistent wage gaps during job transitions.
A new study shows American shopping apps are more aggressive data collectors than their Chinese counterparts. Amazon tops the list, gathering 25 different types of user data, including sensitive information like political views and biometric data. The findings come as Black Friday shopping intensifi
DoorDash has confirmed a data breach affecting customer information including names, phone numbers, email addresses, and physical addresses. The breach occurred through an employee targeted in a social engineering scam. While payment information appears safe, users should remain vigilant against pot
Economist Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI’s board following the release of Jeffrey Epstein email documents. The emails show Summers continued communicating with Epstein well after his 2008 conviction, including seeking advice on personal relationships. Summers described stepping away from all
