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PRC: Not Stealthy, Just Annoying + FTC Win Masks Shaky Legal Foundations
Editor’s Note: This newsletter is part of a collaboration between Lawfare and Risky Business. You can find the full version of the Seriously Risky Business newsletter and previous editions on Substack. PRC: Not Stealthy, Just Annoying Not only are cyber espionage groups likely based in China using living-off-the-land techniques to operate stealthily, but they are …
Browsers Are Fixing the Internet’s Most Annoying Problem
There are useful notifications—and then there are the notifications your web browser wants to send you. After years of invasive pop-ups, two of the world’s biggest browsers are finally clamping down on the annoyance of websites that want to ping you with updates. Wired UK This story originally appeared on WIRED UK. By now you’ll …
New SHAKEN/STIR technology will put an end to annoying robocalls. Here’s how
Robocalls are super annoying. Jason Cipriani/CNET Spam and robocalls are such a widespread problem — Americans endured over 26 billion of them in 2018 — that the FCC has stepped in, fining four companies responsible for billions of robocalls. Stopping robocalls on your own is one thing, but the FCC has also tasked the communications industry with …
We’re Going to Mistake the Drones of the Future for Annoying Flying Insects
GIF: Harvard School of Engineering (YouTube) Harvard’s robotic flying bee has been in development for well over a decade now. And despite its incredibly simple design, over the past few years, its creators have improved Robobee’s capabilities, adding abilities such as the ability to hover and even steer itself down a pre-determined flight path. It’s …