2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (336+ words) Sergei Anatolyevich Filimonov, 36, a Russian national and web developer who was allegedly involved in a transnational cyber‑fraud conspiracy responsible for large‑scale bank account takeover activity, was arraigned Friday in the Northern District of Georgia after being extradited from…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (365+ words) AI doomerism is quickly becoming the hottest political debate in Washington, as Republicans and Democrats scramble to figure out how to approach a new technology that, while capable of tremendous good, is also proving terrifyingly capable of evil. One of…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (463+ words) The Chinese government is using hackers to target U.S.-based artificial intelligence companies using their own form of AI bots. This comes amid a race between Washington and Beijing to ensure dominance in the AI industry. Google said it discovered that…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (325+ words) U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Wednesday announced that the Justice Department’s Scam Center Strike Force busted an illicit Chinese marketplace wide open. During a press conference, Pirro said these marketplaces that are run by transnational criminal…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (496+ words) Cybersecurity has developed an interesting new problem. We are getting better at finding holes in software, but that does not necessarily mean we are getting better at closing them. There are already private-sector projects trying to deal with this. Akrites,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (396+ words) We've all worked jobs and left those employers for new opportunities. But for two employees who worked at a North Carolina restaurant, their former employer held onto their personal info and reportedly used it to hire illegal aliens instead. This…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (936+ words) When something goes terribly wrong, we expect government to ask questions. Investigations begin. Decisions are examined. Timelines are reconstructed. We ask what happened, whether procedures were followed, whether different decisions could have produced a different outcome, and how to reduce…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1117+ words) My oldest son is a West Point graduate training to fly Black Hawks. My youngest brother spent his career as a Green Beret Weapons Sergeant. Between the two of them, I have spent a couple of decades getting used to…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (579+ words) New inventions and technologies, from the lightbulb to the farm tractor to the automobile to the laptop computer to Uber drivers, cause serious job market disruptions. They also cause a backlash, as horse and buggy operators, cab drivers, video rental…...