Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Last year, Tesla issued an update that made its vehicles easier to start after being unlocked with their NFC key cards. Now, a researcher has shown how the feature can be exploited to steal cars. For years, drivers who used their Tesla NFC key card to unlock their cars had to...
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Feds seize SSNDOB marketplace that listed personal data of 24 million people
Enlarge / Seizure notice on ssndob.ws. Federal law enforcement agencies say they shut down a group of websites that made over $19 million selling Social Security numbers and other personal data. A Justice Department press release yesterday announced “the seizure of the SSNDOB Marketplace, a series of websites that operated for years and were used to...
E.U. Rule Requires New Devices to Have USB-C Charging Ports by 2026
A European Union mandate set to begin in 2026 will require all new smartphones, tablets and laptops to use a common charger.
$10 billion fund starts giving US states money for broadband expansions
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Alan Schein) The US Treasury Department has started approving broadband grants to states from a $10 billion fund created to expand access to Internet service and other digital connectivity tools. The Treasury Department’s announcement on Tuesday said the first approved projects would “connect over 200,000 homes and businesses to affordable,...
How ‘Trustless’ Is Bitcoin, Really?
In myth, the cryptocurrency is egalitarian, decentralized and all but anonymous. The reality is very different, scientists have found.
Microsoft won’t say if it will patch critical Windows vulnerability under exploit
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) As hacker groups working continue to hammer a former Windows zero-day that makes it unusually easy to execute malicious code on target computers, Microsoft is keeping a low profile, refusing even to say if it has plans to patch. Late last week, security firm Proofpoint said that hackers with ties to...
Who Is Mark Zuckerberg’s New No. 2? It’s a Trick Question.
Mr. Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, has restructured his company so that he no longer has a top deputy.
Dave Clark, Amazon’s CEO of Consumer Business, Steps Down
Dave Clark, who was also the architect of the company’s sprawling warehouse operations, said he would depart after 23 years.
At Passionflix, Tosca Musk Streams Shows of ‘Toe Curling Yumminess’
Tosca Musk, Elon’s younger sister, is the force behind Passionflix, a streaming service dedicated to adaptations of romance novels and erotic fan fiction.
Dave Clark, Amazon’s CEO of Consumer Business, Steps Down
Dave Clark, who was also the architect of the company’s sprawling warehouse operations, said he would depart after 23 years.

