Ryan Lovelace

BMW partners with Amazon to put new voice assistant in cars

BMW is teaming up with Amazon to provide drivers with a smart voice assistant capable of managing verbal tasks while drivers keep their attention on the road.

September 29, 2022

News site blames hack for racist, obscene push alerts sent through Apple News

The business news publication Fast Company said Wednesday that a hacker caused racist and obscene push alerts to be sent to people's devices via the Apple News platform.

September 28, 2022

China posed as conservatives and liberals to bash U.S. politicians online, Meta says

Meta said Tuesday that it took down a China-based influence operation featuring fake accounts impersonating conservatives criticizing President Biden and liberals ripping Republicans in states like Florida, Texas and California.

September 27, 2022

Walmart joins metaverse with ‘Walmart Land’

Move over, Disneyland. "Walmart Land" wants to become an entertainment destination in the metaverse, the virtual reality arena for people to play games and pass time.

September 27, 2022

TikTok approaching resolution of American security concerns with Biden administration

TikTok said Monday it is moving closer to resolving national security concerns pressed by the Biden administration, following years of federal scrutiny over allegations that the video platform had transmitted Americans' personal data to China.

September 26, 2022

Mail fraud? Biden’s postal inspectors tracked pro-gun activists

Records provide a rare glimpse into the breadth and depth of the Postal Service's surveillance apparatus, which is capable of reaching into every home and business in the country.

September 25, 2022

Florida petitions Supreme Court in fight with big tech over social media access rules

Florida is urging the Supreme Court to intervene in the state's dispute with big tech companies over how social media platforms may restrict or bar people and content online, teeing up a major legal battle over free speech rights in the digital age.

September 23, 2022

Postal Service surveilled protesters with pro-gun, anti-Biden agendas

The U.S. Postal Service monitored protesters across the country, snooping on Americans focused on issues involving guns and President Biden's election, according to records obtained by The Washington Times.

September 22, 2022

Meta cutting staff as TikTok, rivals cut into its markets: Report

Meta is reportedly trimming its workforce in the newest slate of changes designed to help the tech titan remain competitive amid the spiking popularity of upstart rival tech platforms such as TikTok.

September 22, 2022

Senators warn the U.S. is incapable of protecting American innovation from foreign intel agents

Federal lawmakers said Wednesday they feared that the U.S. government is failing to protect private businesses, academia and students from foreign intelligence officers looking to steal research and technology, and spread their influence deep into American society.

September 21, 2022

Morgan Stanley pays a $35M fine for exposing the data of millions of customers

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that Morgan Stanley failed to protect the personal data of approximately 15 million users.

September 20, 2022

U.S. government reviewing psyops after social media crackdown on a pro-American influence campaign

The Pentagon is reportedly reviewing its information warfare operations after social media companies cracked down on a pro-American influence operation with potential ties to the U.S. government.

September 19, 2022

Lawmakers want investigation of Energy Department transferring expensive tech to China

Lawmakers want answers on why the federal government allegedly handed over to China expensive, advanced battery technology that cost taxpayers millions of dollars to develop.

September 19, 2022

Biden administration cyber official predicts more cyberattackers than ever focused on elections

A leading Biden administration cyber official is warning that the barriers to entry for cyberattackers seeking to influence elections have become "really low," with the midterm elections looming less than two months away.

September 16, 2022

Lawmakers believe scientists are closer to discovering ‘fountain of youth’

Federal lawmakers say discovering a "fountain of youth" to slow and perhaps end human aging is a realistic possibility.

September 15, 2022

Twitter challenges whistleblower allegations of poor security and endangering people’s data

Twitter officials on Wednesday disputed a whistleblower's allegations that the social media company violated rules and laws, endangering users' personal data.

September 14, 2022

Twitter compromised by spies from China and India, whistleblower tells lawmakers

Spies from China and India infiltrated Twitter and the social media company ignored a warning about insider threats, the company's former top security official told lawmakers on Tuesday.

September 13, 2022

Senate Judiciary Committee pushes Twitter CEO to answer whistleblower allegations

The Senate Judiciary Committee's bipartisan leadership pressed Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to answer questions about the social media platform's allegedly poor security, following the public disclosures of a former executive.

September 13, 2022

AI-powered biological warfare is ‘biggest issue,’ former Google exec warns

Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said Monday he fears that artificial intelligence will empower America's enemies to engage in biological warfare.

September 12, 2022

Details of Twitter’s $7 million whistleblower settlement emerge ahead of congressional testimony

Twitter reportedly paid a multimillion-dollar settlement earlier this summer to a former executive who is set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about security failures at the social media platform.

September 9, 2022