Facebook purges hundreds of fake accounts from state actors, marketers

It removed 5 networks engaged in foreign or government interference in Egypt, India, Russia, Iran, and Myanmar/Vietnam. Some targeted the US.

Huge flaw found in how facial features are measured from images

It has to do with optics: faces appear to flatten out as we get further away. Our brains compensate, but AI-run facial recognition doesn’t.

GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook

The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who’s taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more.

Nvidia patches severe flaws affecting GeForce, Quadro NVS and Tesla

In all, the update covers five Windows and Linux desktop CVE vulnerabilities, including one rated as critical.

Siri and Google Assistant hacked in new ultrasonic attack

Researchers have demonstrated how voice assistants can be secretly activated without ever physically touching the device.

Let’s Encrypt issues one billionth free certificate

Thanks to this flood of free certificates, the web is a lot more encrypted than it was a few years ago.