An Android app started secretly recording users almost a year after it was listed on Google Play
Innocent-seeming apps can be trojan horses for your information. | Image: Amar Toor / The Verge An Android recording app called iRecorder Screen Recorder began as an innocent screen recording app but turned evil nearly a year after it was first released, as detailed by Ars Technica. The app first
Read moreElon Musk fails to launch Ron DeSantis in disastrous Twitter Space
Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his 2024 presidential campaign to screeching audio feedback and technical difficulties in a Twitter Space with Elon Musk on Wednesday. DeSantis eventually did launch his campaign, but the event was mired with problems from the very beginning —
Read moreRon DeSantis to announce presidential bid in Twitter Space with Elon Musk
Photo by Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is set to announce he is running for president in a conversation with Twitter owner Elon Musk, NBC News reported Monday. The announcement will take place during a Twitter Spaces event on Wednesday at 6PM ET, and David Sacks,
Read moreBuyer beware: some SanDisk Extreme SSDs are wiping people’s data
The SanDisk Extreme Pro can shrug off dust and water, at least. | Image: SanDisk Western Digital has now tacitly admitted that its SanDisk Extreme Pro portable solid-state drives were critically broken after all — by issuing a firmware update that’ll hopefully keep the 4TB model from wiping your data
Read more3 Ways Data Governance Leaders Can Promote Their Careers
Seeing data governance functions pigeonholed into compliance and data security responsibilities drives me a little nuts. First, it misses the key business value proposition of data governance, which should be on helping people in the organization, customers, and partners leverage data in decision-making in reliable and compliant ways. I advise
Read moreCoinbase One subscriptions launch as the crypto company squares off with the SEC
Coinbase hopes its new subscription service will make up for lost revenue. | Image: Coinbase Hey, look at that; Coinbase brought its subscription service, Coinbase One, out of beta. TechCrunch reports the program is available in the US, UK, Germany, and Ireland, with plans to roll out in 31 more
Read morePSA: time to recycle your old Wemo smart plugs (if you haven’t already)
The Wemo Smart Plug Mini V2’s security flaw will not be fixed. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Security researchers at Sternum report they’ve found an exploitable vulnerability in the Wemo Smart Plug Mini V2 (via 9to5Mac). The plug debuted in 2019, offering cross-platform compatibility with Apple
Read more1Password is finally rolling out passkey management
eBay is one of the few websites to currently support passkey sign-on. | Image: 1Password 1Password customers are finally gaining partial access to the passwordless future we’ve been promised. Starting from June 6th this year, anyone with a 1Password account will be able to use it to save and manage
Read moreHow to Sell Innovation Strategies to Executives: Prepare for Debate and Seek Decision
One CIO shared this feedback with me after reading my book, Digital Trailblazer. “Isaac, I wish you had written more about your experiences with the Board and the strategic leadership team (SLT),” she said. Even seasoned CIOs, CTOs, and CDOs want advice on navigating their CXO/SLT and CXO/Board responsibilities because
Read moreEU draft legislation will ban AI for mass biometric surveillance and predictive policing
The draft legislation will ban mass facial recognition, among other uses of AI, but has yet to be confirmed as law. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The EU has taken a step closer to enforcing strong regulation of AI, drafting new safeguards that would prohibit a wide
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