Entries by Hunter Smith

A leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codes

Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker / 20 hours ago A security lapse has exposed a massive database containing tens of millions of text messages, including password reset links, two-factor codes, shipping notifications and more. The exposed server belongs to Voxox (formerly Telcentris), a San Diego, Calif.-based communications company. The server wasn’t protected with a password, allowing anyone who knew where to look […]

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How machine learning systems sometimes surprise us

John Biggs@johnbiggs / 14 hours ago This simple spreadsheet of machine learning foibles may not look like much but it’s a fascinating exploration of how machines “think.” The list, compiled by researcher Victoria Krakovna, describes various situations in which robots followed the spirit and the letter of the law at the same time. For example, in the video below a machine […]

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Data artist Paolo Cirio takes on big tech’s social manipulation

INNOVATION AGENTS Sociality aggregates and sorts 20,000 social media patents into a searchable database that reveals just how invasive our digital devices have become. [Photo: courtesy of Paolo Cirio] BY DJ PANGBURN For years, Paolo Cirio has been turning data into digital activist art in inventive ways. His Obscurity social justice project, for instance, took on the predatory online mugshot […]

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How Data-Driven Commerce Is Driving Retail

By Gary Sankary | Digital Transformation | June 19, 2018 Retail executives can commiserate over apocalyptic headlines—or they can find new ways to drive their business forward. Those who choose the latter have an ally in the fight: data-driven commerce. The retail industry has spent a lot of time lately looking in the mirror. For some, it’s […]

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IDC Reveals Worldwide CIO Agenda 2019 Predictions

CIOs must reinvent IT top to bottom, create new digital platforms with agile connectivity, and modernize legacy systems or risk professional extinction FRAMINGHAM, Mass., October 31, 2018 – In the multiplied innovation economy, enterprises are racing to reinvent themselves as the pace of digital transformation (DX) becomes exponential. The most effective CIOs are reinventing IT from top to bottom and creating new digital […]

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FORTNITE SCAMS ARE EVEN WORSE THAN YOU THOUGHT

AUTHOR: BRIAN BARRETT SECURITY 10.29.18 06:00 AM EPIC GAMES THE MOST POPULAR videogame in the world is Fortnite—which makes Fortnite scams potentially a very profitable endeavor. And while that point may seem obvious, the extent of Fortnite fakes on the web, along with how convincingly they mimic their inspirations, may still surprise you. Fortnite opportunists have plagued the internet since the game’s launch; WIRED […]

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