Battery tests sparked two fires at Tesla lab in Palo Alto
A laboratory in Palo Alto where Tesla Motors was testing lithium-ion batteries was shut down for about three weeks in January after the batteries caused a fire and damaged a water line in the company’s testing chamber
Substack confirms data breach affects users’ email addresses and phone numbers
Substack said that in October, an “unauthorized third party” accessed user data, including email addresses, phone numbers, and other unspecified “internal metadata.”
A major US payment gateway and solutions provider says a ransomware attack has knocked key systems offline, triggering a widespread outage affecting multiple services.
‘We will protect them from the digital Wild West.’ Another country will ban social media for under-16s
Spain will ban social media for under-16s and require platforms to employ strict age verification tools, joining Australia, France and Denmark in moves to curb the influence of digital platforms on children.
Tesla is (still) trying to deceive investors into thinking it has SF Robotaxis
Tesla has once again suggested that it has Robotaxis operating in the San Francisco Bay Area, despite the company cannot legally operate autonomous vehicles in the state of California.
Microsoft Starts Sharing Your Location With Your Employer
Microsoft confirms “When users connect to their organization’s Wi-Fi, Teams will automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in.” Conversely, if you’re not connected to work Wi-Fi"
What is clear is that this tool can be used to police adherence to policies around when people work outside the office.
Nike says it is investigating possible data breach
Nike says it is investigating a potential data breach, after a group known for cyber attacks reportedly claimed to have leaked a trove of data related to its business operations.
The ransomware group World Leaks said on its website that it had published 1.4 terabytes of data from Nike.
The data breach incident at LastPass, which happened more than three years ago, is still enabling cryptocurrency theft. Cybercriminals managed to steal approximately $35 million to date by cracking stolen LastPass vaults
Can data centres slake their insatiable thirst for water?
The average mid-size data centre uses about 1.4 million litres of water a day for cooling servers and these requirements will increase as the climate gets hotter.
“Data centres have become super-users of fresh water at a time when globally, demand for fresh water is expected to outstrip supply by 40% by the end of the decade”
Personalization algorithms create an illusion of competence
when algorithms tailor information to a user’s behavior, that user may develop a biased understanding of the subject while simultaneously feeling overconfident in their inaccurate knowledge
Petco’s security lapse affected customers’ SSNs, drivers’ licenses and more
Petco reported that the affected data included: names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial information such as account numbers, credit or debit card numbers, and dates of birth.
In observance of the passing of Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), I recommend everyone watch this movie short (less than six minutes) from Paris Je T'aime. Released in 2006, this segment is called "Père-Lachaise." Starring Emily Mortimer and Rufus Sewell, it was written and directed by Wes Craven
'Shockingly large' amount of sensitive satellite communications are unencrypted and vulnerable to interception
Using a commercial off-the-shelf satellite dish mounted on the roof...they intercepted sensitive messages including those involving critical infrastructure and internal corporate and government communications were broadcast via satellites completely unprotected
Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again. Yep, More Pieces Are Falling Off
according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), it appears that Tesla may have used an incorrect primer, which could be the catalyst for these lightbar detaching results
Shutdown Sparks 85% Increase in US Government Cyberattacks
Cyberattacks against federal employees have nearly doubled since the US government shut down on Oct. 1.
With vital agencies on pause, employees furloughed, and threat activity only ever rising, the federal government and its personnel have possibly never been weaker than they are right now, from a cybersecurity perspective.
Fake LastPass, Bitwarden breach alerts lead to PC hijacks
An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure desktop version of the password manager
Japanese city implements two-hour daily recreational smartphone usage limit
A draft ordinance proposes a limit of two hours of smartphone use, outside of work or study purposes, was voted on in Toyoaki City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. All local citizens should follow the new rule starting from October 1. However, “there is no enforcement or penalty in the ordinance
Concern grows over whether Hollywood's film and TV industry can survive in California
Since its peak in 2021, television production in the greater Los Angeles area has decreased by 58%. The number of shoot days for television fell from 18,560 in 2021 to 7,716 in 2024.
Hollywood productions, and hence the jobs, have gone to other U.S. states and other countries who are willing to offer generous tax incentives.
BYD beats Tesla in European EV sales despite EU tariffs in 'watershed moment'
Despite incurring a higher tariff rate than Tesla, Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD sold more pure battery electric vehicles in Europe for the first time ever last month
