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Spotify says piracy activists hacked its music catalogue
Music streaming service Spotify said Monday it had disabled accounts from a piracy activist hacker group that claimed to have "backed up" millions of Spotify's music files and metadata.
Dec 22, 2025
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Security
'Personality test' shows how AI chatbots mimic human traits—and how they can be manipulated
Researchers have developed the first scientifically validated "personality test" framework for popular AI chatbots, and have shown that chatbots not only mimic human personality traits, but their "personality" can be reliably ...
Dec 18, 2025
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American Airlines testing new boarding technology at DFW Airport
Imagine a future where you board an American Airlines flight without a gate agent scanning a boarding pass.
Dec 18, 2025
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AI system protects wireless networks from jamming attacks in real time
A research team at the University of Ottawa has developed an advanced artificial intelligence system designed to autonomously defend wireless networks from jamming attacks, operating much like a digital immune system. This ...
Dec 17, 2025
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The spoofing problem: Why tech platforms' age verification may not protect minors
As platforms rush to verify users' ages, experts warn consumer-grade cameras lack the technology to reliably authenticate minors.
Dec 17, 2025
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Security
AI chatbot to help cybersecurity teams protect infrastructure
Experts led by Professor Carsten Maple at the University of Warwick's Cyber Security Center, have developed a new tool, called ICSThreatQA, to tackle the problem of cybersecurity breaches.
Dec 15, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Tech savvy users have most digital concerns, study finds
Digital concerns around privacy, online misinformation, and work-life boundaries are highest among highly educated, Western European millennials, finds a new study from researchers at UCL and the University of British Columbia.
Dec 14, 2025
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Internet
User privacy in digital databases: New metric allows for more accurate assessment
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), in collaboration with the National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE), an entity under the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Administration through the Secretariat of State ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Internet
How much for a bot army? Index tracks prices across hundreds of online platforms, from TikTok to Amazon
A new site that tracks the daily fluctuating costs behind building a bot army on over 500 social media and commercial platforms—from TikTok to Amazon and Spotify—in every nation on the planet is launched today by the ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Computer Sciences
New gamified tool helps defend satellite supply chains from cyber threats
As the world's reliance on satellites intensifies, so too does the risk of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting space-based systems and critical infrastructure, with almost 240 cyber hacks targeting the space sector in the ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Internet
If social media for kids is so bad, should we be allowed to post kids' photos online?
As Australia's ban on under-16-year-olds having certain social media accounts kicks in this week, debate on whether it's a good idea or even legal rages on—both at home and overseas.
Dec 11, 2025
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Internet
Banning kids from social media doesn't make online platforms safer. Here's what will do that
The tech industry's unofficial motto for two decades was "move fast and break things." It was a philosophy that broke more than just taxi monopolies or hotel chains. It also constructed a digital world filled with risks for ...
Dec 10, 2025
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Security
Everything from air fryers to TVs suck up our personal data. Here's how to give gadgets that respect privacy this Xmas
Smart gadgets collect vast amounts of our personal data through their apps. It's usually unclear why the manufacturers need this information or what they do with it. And I don't just mean smartphones. All kinds of devices ...
Dec 9, 2025
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Security
Pixel tracking can significantly increase data breach risk on hospital websites
Researchers find that tracking pixels—small pieces of embedded code that can transmit user data to third parties—significantly increase data breach risk on hospital websites.
Dec 9, 2025
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Software
People, not software, pose bigger risk to health care cybersecurity, says researcher
A new doctoral dissertation from the University of Vaasa, Finland, argues that health care cybersecurity will remain fragile unless technology, humans and organizational processes are treated as a single unified system. According ...
Dec 8, 2025
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Telecom
Yes, the government can track your location, but usually not by spying on you directly
If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you shop for groceries, where you go to church and see your doctor, and where you traveled to over the ...
Dec 3, 2025
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Security
New defense system for transport smart-tech could save lives
A new system for detecting unusual and potentially harmful data sharing between in-vehicle smart-tech and traffic management technology could prevent 9 out of 10 cyber attacks.
Dec 3, 2025
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Security
India mandates pre-installation of government cyber safety app on all smartphones
India's telecoms ministry has directed smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a government-run cybersecurity app on all new devices, according to a government order, raising concerns of data privacy and user consent in one ...
Dec 2, 2025
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Business
Crypto hacks: Price drops often outweigh direct losses
In the crypto world, reports of cyberattacks tend to focus mainly on the funds that vanish immediately. A new study by researchers at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) now shows that the indirect consequences—such as falling ...
Dec 1, 2025
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Security
We built AI friends but forgot the safeguards
Recently, a popular AI Companion company made headlines by announcing it would ban users under 18 from open-ended chats with its AI characters, with the full restriction to taking effect on 25 November 2025.
Nov 30, 2025
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Business
How 'digital twins' could help prevent cyber-attacks on the food industry
Earlier this year, a cyberattack on British retailer Marks & Spencer caused widespread disruption across its operations. Stock shortages, delayed deliveries, and logistical chaos rippled through the retailer's network.
Nov 28, 2025
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Security
This common action is putting you at risk of being deepfaked
As we move further into the Computer Age, fake news, digital deceit and widespread use of social media are having a profound impact on every element of society, from swaying elections and manipulating science-proven facts, ...
Nov 28, 2025
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Security
Engineering identity: Anonymous data remains vulnerable to re-identification through basic details
We create and consume data continuously. This data is specific to us, but when consolidated, this shared data can be of immense value. The value is not only for population level insights.
Nov 28, 2025
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Security
New insight into why LLMs are not great at cracking passwords
Large language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning the functioning of OpenAI's conversational platform ChatGPT, have proved to perform well on various language-related and coding tasks. Some computer scientists ...
Security
Beer giant Asahi not engaging with hackers after cyberattack
Japanese beer giant Asahi said on Thursday it had not received any specific demand from the hackers behind a "sophisticated and cunning" cyberattack that could have leaked the data of around two million people.
Nov 27, 2025
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