‘Naked and Afraid XL’ stars describe wearing clothes again after filming: ‘It was like a religious …
Gwen Grimes and Jonathan Bonessi had no qualms enduring the scorching savannah of South Africa for 40 days completely nude. The retired police …
Facebook ‘Manage Activity’ Is a Long Overdue Privacy Feature
Throughout its 16 years of existence, Facebook has struggled to provide the privacy controls users really want and need to safeguard the data they post to the platform. It’s been a challenging project, with plenty of major detours along the way. But today Facebook is announcing a new tool for managing your posts. It may …
UK-France travel without quarantine may be OK in June
This may open up a pathway for travellers from the UK to visit France with no quarantine restrictions. France is currently operating under a voluntary … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Researchers find exposed data on millions of users of quiz app, TVSmiles
TVSmiles, a Berlin-based mobile native advertising app whose users earn digital currency in exchange for engaging with branded content such as quizzes, apps and videos, has suffered a data breach. Security researcher UpGuard disclosed in a report today that it found an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket online last month — containing personal and device data …
Western Digital faces class-action suits over SMR hard drives
Hattis & Lukacs, a US law firm specialising in class-action and consumer law, has revealed it has initiated solicitation of plaintiffs for a prospective class-action lawsuit against Western Digital. According to the firm, WD failed to divulge in its marketing collaterals and product specifications that many of its hard drives use the Shingled Magnetic Recording …
Data breach on Indian mobile payment app BHIM exposes 7 million records
A data breach on a government-promoted payments app BHIM in India has resulted in some highly sensitive personal data of over 7 million people getting exposed. The vulnerability and the data exposure was brought to the fore by an Israeli cybersecurity company. The CSC BHIM website is used for financial transactions through a unified payment …
OurCrowd launches $100M Pandemic Innovation Fund
OurCrowd, the Israeli crowdfunding venture investment platform, today announced the launch of its Pandemic Innovation Fund, with plans to raise a total of $100 million. The money will be invested in “urgent technological solutions for the medical, business, educational and social needs triggered by global pandemics and other health emergencies.” The fund will invest in …
The WIRED Coronavirus Glossary
There’s a lot of noise about the coronavirus out there. As if living through a pandemic wasn’t difficult enough on its own, the rampant spread of misinformation about the virus has only made things murkier. And it’s especially hard to keep the facts straight when you have a strange new vocabulary thrust upon you practically …
Huizar, Wesson, Garcetti: Your Chance to do the Right Thing, Resign!
LA WATCHDOG–If a California company and its management were engaged in bribery, money laundering, extortion, mail and wire fraud, obstruction …