Enlarge / On Friday afternoon, Coinbase sent email and SMS text messages to 125,000 customers, erroneously telling them that their 2FA settings had been changed. (credit: SOPA Images) Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase sent an automated message to a large number of its customers on Friday, saying “your 2-step verification settings have been changed.” Unfortunately, the message...
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Not enough backup power: AT&T and T-Mobile suffer big outages in Louisiana
Enlarge / LaPlace, Louisiana: Jacqueline Smith waits with her mother Lucille Matthew for transportation after they were rescued from their flooded neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021. (credit: Getty Images | Scott Olson) AT&T today said that only 60 percent of its network in Louisiana is working as Hurricane Ida...
(BPRW) B-CU Computer Engineering Program Accreditation Extended To 2027
(Black PR Wire) It was a banner day for the team that comprises the B-CU College of Science, Engineering and Mathematics as they received an extension of accreditation from ABET, or the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Originally accred
A bad solar storm could cause an “Internet apocalypse”
Enlarge / Even if the power comes back after the next big solar storm, the Internet may not. (credit: Jean Claude Moschetti | REA | REDUX) Scientists have known for decades that an extreme solar storm, or coronal mass ejection, could damage electrical grids and potentially cause prolonged blackouts. The repercussions would be felt everywhere...
Why Apple Won Its Legal Settlement With Developers
Apple said it had made major concessions, but a closer examination suggests that the tech giant and the app makers’ lawyers were big winners.
Calls Grow to Discipline Doctors Spreading Virus Misinformation
A tiny number of doctors have had an outsize influence in spreading false information about Covid-19 and vaccines.
The Rise and Fall of the World’s Ride-Hailing Giant
Didi pushed the limits and thrived in legal gray areas. Until China cracked down.
Phone Upgrade Guide: Should You Buy Now or Wait?
Apple, Samsung and others want us to replace our phones constantly, but many of our problems with current devices can be fixed.
‘Nos complica la vida’: muchas empresarias deben soportar las comparaciones con Elizabeth Holmes, la fundadora de Theranos
Numerosas emprendedoras dicen que suelen compararlas con Holmes, la fundadora de Theranos, que pronto enfrentará un juicio por fraude.
“Worst cloud vulnerability you can imagine” discovered in Microsoft Azure
Enlarge / Cosmos DB is a managed database service offering—including both relational and noSQL data structures—belonging to Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure. (credit: Microsoft) Cloud security vendor Wiz announced yesterday that it found a vulnerability in Microsoft Azure’s managed database service, Cosmos DB, that granted read/write access for every database on the service to any attacker...









