National Academies to fast-track a new climate assessment
The nation’s premier group of scientific advisers announced Thursday that it will conduct an independent, fast-track review of the latest climate science. It will do so with an eye to…
After Endless Layoffs And Chaos, Time Warner Discovery Splits Back Into Two Lesser, Unremarkable Companies
We’ve well documented how the AOL–>AT&T->Warner Brothers->Discovery series of mergers were among some of the most destructive and pointless “business deals” ever conceived by modern man. Just decades of “savvy…
Rocket Report: Firefly lights the markets up; SpaceX starts selling trips to Mars
Welcome to Edition 8.06 of the Rocket Report! After years of disappointing results from SPACs and space companies, it is a good sign to see Firefly’s more traditional initial public…
RubyGems, PyPI Hit by Malicious Packages Stealing Credentials, Crypto, Forcing Security Changes
A fresh set of 60 malicious packages has been uncovered targeting the RubyGems ecosystem by posing as seemingly innocuous automation tools for social media, blogging, or messaging services to steal…
Leaked Credentials Up 160%: What Attackers Are Doing With Them
When an organization’s credentials are leaked, the immediate consequences are rarely visible—but the long-term impact is far-reaching. Far from the cloak-and-dagger tactics seen in fiction, many real-world cyber breaches begin…
GreedyBear Steals $1M in Crypto Using 150+ Malicious Firefox Wallet Extensions
A newly discovered campaign dubbed GreedyBear has leveraged over 150 malicious extensions to the Firefox marketplace that are designed to impersonate popular cryptocurrency wallets and steal more than $1 million…
IRS Commissioner On Direct File Program: ‘It’s Gone’
For no less than 25 years now, Techdirt has been writing about how the tax preparation industry, especially Intuit, has spent gobs of money bribing lobbying government to keep relatively…
New executive order puts all grants under political control
On Thursday, the Trump administration issued an executive order asserting political control over grant funding, including all federally supported research. The order requires that any announcement of funding opportunities be…
FCC Democrat: Trump admin is declaring “Mission Accomplished” on broadband
The Federal Communications Commission is hamstringing its upcoming review of broadband availability by ignoring the prices consumers must pay for Internet service, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said in a statement…
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: What’s Next For Ctrl-Alt-Speech
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts,…