Our cat diaries

Starlink is one of the few disrupters I actually want to succeed. Despite being connected to its often all too eccentric founder, a world able to access the internet from anywhere is undoubtedly a good future.

Apple admitted there are serious security vulnerabilities in iPhones, iPads and Macs that are being actively exploited.

During the 2020 summer protests, it appears as though the NYPD used new ethically questionable facial recognition software in order to track and monitor participants. Outside organizations had attempted to force the department to release documents detailing how it was used and to what extent, but their efforts have only now bore fruit.

You probably don’t need us to tell you how potentially damaging deepfakes can be. Not only do they bring uncertainty to video, they can be taken much further, actively damaging the person being faked and those who believe the fake is real.

Twitter confirmed last week that the details of 5.4 million users were exposed due to a zero day vulnerability accessed by hackers in December.

Despite Google’s best efforts, there are a number of infected Android apps on the Play Store. In fact, there’s a list of around 28 that have over 10 million downloads between them.

Tor, The Onion Router, has been around for years and has helped millions of people surf in privacy while frustrating attempts to censor and track traffic.

The online shopping platform known as PrestaShop has been the victim of malicious code that has the ability to steal secure payment information from its merchants.