Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
This week, our first place winner is danderbandit with a comment about the California ruling against a rogue sheriff who seized 650,000 ballots: So a sheriff broke the law, was…
Lions and cheetahs and chimps, oh my: a spotlight on Africa’s diverse wildlife
Chimps fish for algae in a rare example of primate tool use. Credit: National Geographic A wild African black panther prowls for prey. An orphaned baby pangolin must learn how…
All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.
If one form of energy becomes the cheapest, most secure, and cleanest, you’d probably adjust your economy to use more of it, right? That’s one of the ideas underpinning a…
China-Aligned TA419 Targets U.S. AI Policy Experts With Microsoft AitM Phishing
A new China-nexus cyber espionage group known as TA419 has been attributed to multiple credential phishing campaigns targeting artificial intelligence (AI) experts working for U.S. think tanks, universities, and legal…
ShinyHunters Suspect Rey Reportedly Detained in Jordan, Helping FBI Identify Group Members
A suspected member of the ShinyHunters digital extortion group, who goes by the online alias “Rey,” has been allegedly detained by authorities in Jordan, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar…
Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
Milt Windler, one of the four leaders of Mission Control who in 1970 directed the round-the-clock efforts to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts back to Earth safely, has died at…
This Week In Techdirt History: September 27th – October 3rd
This Week in 2016 Traffic Is Fake, Audience Numbers Are Garbage, And Nobody Knows How Many People See Anything The EU’s Proposed Copyright Directive Is Likely To Be A Wonderful…
Warlock Exploits SharePoint Flaws to Disable Security Tools and Deploy Ransomware
The suspected China-linked threat actor known as Warlock is still continuing to weaponize Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities, likely both old and new, in attacks targeting organizations in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries.…
MI5 Says China’s MSS Funded Research Involving 100+ U.K.-Linked Academics
The U.K.’s domestic intelligence and security agency has warned that more than 100 academics have helped China boost its intelligence gathering efforts on behalf of Beijing’s state security service. In…
The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton
This year, members of Seattle Mountain Rescue have been setting off into the wilds of the US Pacific Northwest wearing an unusual piece of kit. They’ve been hiking into the…