Google awarded $10 million in bug bounties last year, the second highest in the program's history
The largest single payout was $113,337
Neil Young comes back to Spotify, two years after Joe Rogan "vaccine disinformation" row
The singer still isn't happy with Spotify's audio quality, though
Tim Berners-Lee shares his predictions on the 35th anniversary of the World Wide Web
Surprisingly optimistic
The IRS launches a free online tax filing tool in 12 states
Direct File can only be used to file federal returns, for now
Google, Apple, Microsoft and Mozilla release Speedometer 3.0 to benchmark browser performance
For a definitive answer to whether your browser is the fastest
Carmakers are sharing driving habits with insurance companies, unbeknownst to owners
Have your insurance rates jumped and you don't know why?
Airbnb bans indoor security cameras from rentals
Hosts can still monitor noise levels to prevent house party situations
Biden backs bill that could kill TikTok in the US, TikTok fights back
"If they pass it, I'll sign it"
The New York Times issues DMCA takedown requests against Wordle imitators
The Times bought Wordle in 2022
Discord claims over 200 million monthly active users, planning an IPO
Discord is also opening up Quests to more games and launching official game-themed items in its store
WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable with third-party apps using the Signal protocol
The interoperability, however, is only meant for EU residents
Ransomware group scams its partner out of a share of $22 million by faking an FBI takedown
Who said there is "honor among thieves?"
Google updates Search to fight low-quality spammy content, doesn't mention "AI" at all
An effort to neutralize "emerging tactics" designed to game search results
A hot potato: While we wait for the global revolution that AI algorithms will surely bring, Google is trying to survive the incoming spam-apocalypse enabled by automatic content generation at scale. The company is seemingly improving web search with more stringent rules against meaningless web pages, but their track record for the past few years is far from positive.
Facebook to remove the News tab in US and Australia as company shifts its focus
Meta continues prioritizing user content over news
Wikipedia downgrades CNET's reliability rating due to AI generated content
CNET said the experiment was done "quietly," not "in secret"
Three more publishers sue OpenAI over ChatGPT copyright infringement claims
The New York Times is in the middle of a similar lawsuit against OpenAI
Tumblr and WordPress blogs will be exploited for AI model training
Automattic is striking an AI-focused deal, but may have already abused some private content
A ransomware group says it has stolen almost 200GB of data from Epic Games (updated)
The group has not posted any evidence supporting its claim
OpenAI accuses New York Times of paying someone to "hack" ChatGPT
A questionable use of the word "hack"
Threads appears to be winning the Twitter succession war
Daily downloads have doubled or even tripled X's for three months
Criminals hijacked more than 8,000 trusted domains, sent millions of malicious emails
The campaign has reportedly been operational since at least 2022
Nvidia GeForce Now will start showing ads to free tier users
But only while you're waiting in a queue, not during gameplay
Class action suit filed over license plate data, allegedly violating the privacy of millions of California drivers
The defendant says its actions did not violate any California law
LockBit ransomware group bounces back a week after law enforcement had disrupted hacking operation
LockBit claims sensitive details of Donald Trump's court cases prompted the operation
Number of data breaches falls globally, triples in the US
The US has overtaken Russia as the most-breached country