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Ecologists Struggle to Get a Grip on ‘Keystone Species’ | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionAnne Salomon’s first week as a graduate student in 2001 was not what she had anticipated. While other new students headed to introductory lectures,...
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iSoon’s Secret APT Status Exposes China’s Foreign Hacking Machination
A trove of leaked documents has revealed the Chinese government works with private sector hackers to spy on foreign governments and companies, domestic dissidents,...
My Two Cents On PayTM Kerfuffle
PayTM is the first digital payment product I've used at scale in India.
When RBI enforced the two factor authentication mandate for online payments, bill...
Teens Committing Scary Cybercrimes: What’s Behind the Trend?
The rise of teens committing serious cybercrimes on a large scale — and doing real harm is the process — has become hard to...
Macy’s and Sunglass Hut sued over facial recog arrest
A 61-year-old man is suing US retail giant Macy's and the parent biz of chain store Sunglass Hut for $10 million, claiming he was...
Break the fake: The race is on to stop voice cloning fraud
Scams As AI-powered voice cloning turbocharges imposter scams, we sit down with ESET’s Jake Moore to discuss how to hang up on ‘hi-fi’...
Report Crypto Trades Over $10K to IRS or Face Jail? It’s Complicated – Decrypt
The opening days of 2024 have seen a resounding call echo across the far reaches of the cryptosphere: The IRS is coming! The IRS...
“The Goldfinger” and H.K.’s great financial scandal
“The Goldfinger”, a glitzy, big-budget movie (produced in part by AMTD Group, which is also the owner of DigFin), is a fictionalized account of...
FTC bans Rite Aid from using facial recognition for 5 years
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has banned American drugstore chain Rite Aid from using AI facial recognition technology for surveillance purposes for five...
Feds Snarl ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware Operation
After nearly two weeks of speculation, the US Department of Justice has claimed credit for the takedown of ALPHV/BlackCat leak sites and infiltrating the...
UK tribunal says ICO no right to rule on Clearview AI case
A British tribunal yesterday ruled US selfie-scraper Clearview AI would not have to pay a £7.5 million ($9 million) privacy fine.
The tribunal held that...
Police Seize Bitcoin Mining Machines in Venezuelan Prison Bust – Decrypt
Among rocket launchers, grenades and bullets, Venezuelan authorities also seized an unlikely technology from criminals during a prison raid this week: Bitcoin mining machines. In...
Stolen hearts and wallets: The rapid rise of cryptocurrency romance scams
The following is a guest post from Brendan Cochrane and Katya Gozias.“Pig butchering” scams, where victims are “fattened” up with flattery, often under the...
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