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“Wayforward Machine” provides a glimpse into the future of the web

Enlarge (credit: Sandro Katalina) What could the future of the Internet look like? With the digital world of the 21st century becoming a pit of unwanted ads, tracking, paywalls, unsafe content, and legal…

Neiman Marcus data breach impacts 4.6 million customers

Enlarge (credit: Jordan Nix) American luxury retailer Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) has just disclosed a major data breach impacting approximately 4.6 million customers. The breach occurred sometime in May 2020 after "an unauthorized…

California DMV gives Cruise and Waymo OK to charge for rides

Enlarge / A Cruise robotaxi test vehicle in San Francisco. (credit: Cruise) The autonomous vehicle developers Cruise and Waymo both got a little closer to running true driverless robotaxi services in and around…

Intel launches its next-generation neuromorphic processor—so, what’s that again?

Mike Davies, director of Intel's Neuromorphic Computing Lab, explains the company's efforts in this area. And with the launch of a new neuromorphic chip this week, he talked Ars through the updates. Despite…

PoC exploit released for Azure AD brute-force bug—here’s what to do

Enlarge (credit: Michael Dziedzic) A public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been released for the Microsoft Azure Active Directory credentials brute-forcing flaw discovered by Secureworks and first reported by Ars. The exploit enables anyone…

Apple forgot to sanitize the Phone Number field for lost AirTags

Enlarge / Apple's AirTags—as seen clipped to a backpack, above—allow users to attempt to find their own device via location rebroadcast from other Apple users. If all else fails, the user can enable…

Russia arrests cybersecurity expert on treason charge

Enlarge / KAZAN, RUSSIA - JULY 9, 2020: Group-IB CEO and founder Ilya Sachkov speaks during a panel discussion with representatives of the IT industry at Innopolis' Popov Technopark. (credit: Dmitry Astakhov |…

New Azure Active Directory password brute-forcing flaw has no fix

Enlarge (credit: Michael Dziedzic) Imagine having unlimited attempts to guess someone's username and password without getting caught. That would make an ideal scenario for a stealthy threat actor—leaving server admins with little to…

GM’s BrightDrop starts production of its EV600 electric delivery van

This is the BrightDrop EV410, a new electric delivery commercial vehicle from General Motors. [credit: BrightDrop ] In January, General Motors created a new electric vehicle brand. It's called BrightDrop, and like GM's…

NBC demanded that YouTube TV bundle Peacock or lose access to NBC channels

Enlarge / A giant peacock in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. (credit: Getty Images | NBC) NBCUniversal recently asked YouTube TV to bundle Peacock, the NBC streaming service that…