"Either let it be, or shut this thing down and get a real remaster going."

DWR (durable water repellent) coating used for waterproof clothing often contains molecules called PFAS or "forever compounds". I go deep into the research to see what the actual risk is to humans.

What is the winner's curse? Imagine that at the beginning of class, a professor produces a jar full of coins and announces that he is auctioning it off. Students can write down a bid, he explains, and the highest bidder wins the contents of the jar in exchange…

[ANN] LuaJIT uses rolling releases, luajit at FreeLists

Phylum routinely identifies malware and other software supply chain attacks targeting high-value, critical assets: an organization’s software developers. Most recently, we’ve reported on a flurry of sophisticated attacks targeting JavaScript developers, respawning…

Meta recently conceded that in-app behavioral advertising in the EU can no longer be opt-in by default, marking the end of an era. The regulators won, at least for now.

We’ve noted repeatedly how the hyperventilation about TikTok privacy is largely just a distraction from the U.S.’ ongoing failure to pass even a basic privacy law or meaningfully regula…

We’re moving to a metered storage policy on our Dropbox Advanced plan. There is no action required today from the vast majority of our customers, who will be able to keep their existing storage and more for up to five years at no additional charge. Read on…

Demystifying and deconstructing Q&A bots that work over your data.

UBC scientists create device that uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water.

Proposed changes to the UK Investigatory Powers Act 2016 may violate international human rights law.

Contribute to yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List development by creating an account on GitHub.

A visual example-focused introduction to neural networks.

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy There are few, if any, legal domains where hypocrisy is as baked into the ecosystem as it is with web scraping. Some of the biggest companies on earth—including Meta and Microsoft—take aggressive, litigious approaches to...