A Flaw in Millions of Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm GPUs Could Expose AI Data
Patching every device affected by the LeftoverLocals vulnerability—which includes some iPhones, iPads, and Macs—may prove difficult. Powered by...
The Sad Truth of the FTC’s Location Data Privacy Settlement
The FTC forced a data broker to stop selling “sensitive location data.” But most companies can avoid such scrutiny by doing the bare minimum, exposing the lack of protections Americans truly have. Powered by WPeMatico
JW Player Suffers Severe Traffic Loss After Dynamic Piracy Blocking Blunder
JW Player was born around 2005 as an open source project, taking its name from the initials of main developer, Jeroen Wijering. During the mid to late 2,000s, most people who consumed video online encountered JW Player at least once; before Google bought YouTube, JW Player was YouTube’s video player of choice. According to the GitHub repo for the non-commercial version of JW Player, it can now be found on two million sites with a...
BREIN Takes Down Virtual Pirate Streaming Worlds on VRChat
Two decades ago, it was not uncommon for pirates to wait several days for a film or TV show to finish downloading. Times have changed. These days pirates can put on their VR headsets, join a virtual streaming world, and instantly stream their favorite new releases, all without paying. VR pirates currently operate in a relatively tight niche. The trend is expected to grow in the years to come but as pirates experiment with this new...
