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Uber Hid Hack of Data From 57 Million Users & Drivers
Bloomberg’s Eric Newcomer: Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing firm ousted its chief security officer and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the hack under wraps, which…
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Android Users’ Location Information Is Always Being Sent to Google
Quartz’ Keith Collins: Many people realize that smartphones track their locations. But what if you actively turn off location services, haven’t used any apps, and haven’t even inserted a carrier SIM card? Even if you take all of those precautions, phones running Android software gather data about your location and send it back to Google…
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HQ’s CEO Sounds Perfectly Normal
Well this is bizarre. The CEO of the company that owns the mobile video trivia app I wrote about just last week, Rus Yusupov, threatened to fire the game show’s most popular host (Scott Rogowsky) if a reporter ran a profile about the host. Taylor Lorenz: Scott agreed to the interview and chatted with The…
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Terry Cavanagh’s Constellation
Terry Cavanaugh makes some wacky games, or art pieces in this case. This website, and this itch page, are for his new project called Constellation. You type things in and they might appear onscreen. It’s free through the website, or for a name-your-own-price download on itch.
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Make iPhone Ringtones in Garageband
Most people have stopped syncing their iPhone with iTunes but the one big loss from that is loading your own custom ringtones, 9to5Mac’s Benjamin Mayo has a workaround using the free Garageband app from Apple. This process should really be easier.