Amazon customers’ names and email addresses disclosed by website error
Company remains mum on key details, including where breach happened and for how long.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Sorry Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook isn’t a “positive force”
Facebook makes users depressed, and Facebook posts helped fuel ethnic cleansing.
In China, replacing coal and biomass stoves has saved lives
Particulate matter from solid fuels causes hundreds of thousands of premature deaths.
You snooze, you lose: Insurers make the old adage literally true
Why insurers spy on sleep apnea sufferers via connected CPAP machines.
Silk Road’s alleged hitman, “redandwhite,” arrested in Vancouver
Ross Ulbricht told redandwhite that he wanted to put a "bounty" on a vendor's head.
The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really?
In our two-part series, Ars looks at what Snowden's disclosures have wrought politically and institutionally.
Ajit Pai wants to raise rural broadband speeds from 10Mbps to 25Mbps
FCC-funded rural broadband currently requires download speed of just 10Mbps.
Ukraine detects new Pterodo backdoor malware, warns of Russian cyberattack
Revived Gamaredon threat group just part of wave of new attacks tied to Russia's FSB.
Ivanka Trump used personal email for official White House business
Donald Trump savaged Hillary Clinton for using a personal email account in 2016.
Russia’s Cozy Bear comes out of hiding with post-election spear-phishing blitz
Emails that seem eerily familiar masquerade as US State Department.
Charter, Comcast don’t have 1st Amendment right to discriminate, court rules
Byron Allen's multi-billion dollar suits against Charter and Comcast can proceed.
Doomed Argentine sub found a year after its disappearance
Underwater drones discover wreck in South Atlantic.
Bitcoin and Ethereum fall to lows not seen since 2017
Every major cryptocurrency has seen its value plunge in recent days.
Ajit Pai isn’t saying whether ISPs deliver the broadband speeds you pay for
FCC is still measuring in-home speeds—but hasn't released report in two years.
