Social media users unwillingly witnessed video of the murders of two television journalists yesterday, due to a default feature on Facebook and Twitter that plays videos automatically. Here’s how to turn “autoplay” off.
Monthly Archives: August 2015
California pushes 350-foot no-fly drone law
Operators would need express permission to legally fly UAVs above a property’s ground level: a hurdle that could ground tech’s big plans. 
Curt Schilling suspended over tweet comparing Muslims to Nazi-era Germans
The tweet compared the percentage of Germans who were Nazis with the number of Muslims who are extremists.
Now there’s a species of crayfish named after Edward Snowden
In a research paper published this week in the journal ZooKeys, German carcinologist Christian Lukhaup revealed the name of a new species of crayfish he discovered. He called it Cherax snowden.
Should companies be held responsible for a customer data breach? [POLL]
How much of the blame should you shoulder if you could have done more to protect your network and your customers? Have your say in our poll…
Facebook spammer Sanford Wallace guilty of sending 27 million messages
“Spam King” Sanford Wallace admitted sending 27 million emails through 500,000 compromised Facebook accounts. Now he faces three years behind bars.
Businessman who hacked 900 phones as “revenge” is jailed
He was a vengeful former business partner who deliberately hacked right into the middle of a demo to a prestigious customer…
Phone feared drowned posts selfies of adventures with firefighters
Soggy though it was, and passcode-protected it was not, its Facebook posts show it played a mean game of table tennis with its new buddies. 
Twitter muzzles Politwoops politician-tracking accounts
The US site was the first to go, and now 30 countries will no longer be able to track their politicians flip-flopping via deleted tweets.
Facebook threats against Pokémon World Championships lead to arrests in Boston
Two men are being held without bail after they allegedly made threats on Facebook promising violence against attendees of the Pokémon World Championships.