Mysterious safety-tampering malware infects a second critical infrastructure site
Use of game-changing Triton malware to target safety systems isn't an isolated incident.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Dutch F-16 flies into its own bullets, scores self-inflicted hits
Fighter safely lands after accelerating through cloud of its own shells.
Aggressive police policies may backfire
Among youth, interactions with the police boost delinquency.
Chinese government proposes ban on bitcoin mining
It's unclear how quickly China will try to phase out cryptocurrency mining.
Green New Deal bill aims to move US to 100% renewable energy, net-zero emissions
10-year mobilization project emphasizes unionized labor and emissions reduction.
Cisco, like Apple and other tech giants, now wants new federal privacy law
After new California privacy law, Cisco says it wants to avoid legal “fracturing.”
Court upholds conviction of girl who urged suicide with texts and calls
"You're just making it harder on yourself by pushing it off," one message said.
Charter raises sneaky “broadcast TV” fee for second time in four months
Charter fee rose from $9 to $10 in November and will go up to $12 in March.
Coal production may have reached a point of no return, per projections
EIA's projections show that even without the Clean Power Plan, coal is on the decline.
House Democrats tell Ajit Pai: Stop screwing over the public
Pai's FCC is too secretive and too beholden to corporations, Democrats say.
Apple pays France €500 million to cover a decade of back taxes
Paris has been urging other EU states to more heavily tax Silicon Valley giants.
Mark Zuckerberg still thinks Facebook has made the world better
Opinion: Facebook celebrates 15 years of impact—much of which is negative.
Prosecutors: Two men used SIM swapping to extort cryptocurrency
A third suspect was found to have a file on his computer: "Hacker Sh—t!"
Remember the woman who was killed by an Uber AV? Her family sued Tempe
Lawsuit claims city was liable for its design of a particular median.
Man who stole $5M in cryptocurrency via SIM swap pleads guilty
Prosecutors: Joel Ortiz tricked mobile firms, fraudulently transferred phone numbers.
