Month: September 2024
Big Tech’s Promise Never To Block Access To Politically Embarrassing Content Apparently Only Applies To Democrats
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Cruise Fined $1.5 Million For Failing To Report Robotaxi Crash Involving Pedestrian
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it has fined Cruise $1.5 million for failing to disclose that a pedestrian was seriously injured by one of its driverless vehicles in San Francisco last year. The Verge reports: Last October, a Cruise vehicle hit a pedestrian and then dragged her 20 feet after she was initially struck by a human driver in a hit-and-run incident. In the aftermath, Cruise disclosed that its vehicle had struck a pedestrian but omitted details about the victim being dragged. As a result, the California Department of Motor Vehicles pulled the GM-backed company’s permit to operate self-driving cars in the state, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation into the incident.
Today, NHTSA announced the $1.5 million penalty as part of a broader consent order with Cruise that includes additional requirements around safety and disclosure. The company submitted several “incomplete reports” under the agency’s Standing General Order, which requires crash reports to be filed within a certain period of time, depending on their severity. In its first report to NHTSA, filed one day after the incident, Cruise failed to disclose “that the Cruise vehicle had dragged the pedestrian,” the consent order reads. The company also filed an additional report 10 days later in which it also failed to disclose the dragging incident.
“It is vitally important for companies developing automated driving systems to prioritize safety and transparency from the start,” NHTSA Deputy Administrator Sophie Shulman said. “NHTSA is using its enforcement authority to ensure operators and manufacturers comply with all legal obligations and work to protect all road users.” After its permit was suspended, Cruise hired a law firm to conduct an investigation into what went wrong. The firm’s report concluded that the company had tried to send a 45-second video to regulators that showed its vehicle dragging the victim but was hampered by “internet connectivity issues.” Also, Cruise employees failed to point out the dragging incident in subsequent conversations with regulators.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it has fined Cruise $1.5 million for failing to disclose that a pedestrian was seriously injured by one of its driverless vehicles in San Francisco last year. The Verge reports: Last October, a Cruise vehicle hit a pedestrian and then dragged her 20 feet after she was initially struck by a human driver in a hit-and-run incident. In the aftermath, Cruise disclosed that its vehicle had struck a pedestrian but omitted details about the victim being dragged. As a result, the California Department of Motor Vehicles pulled the GM-backed company’s permit to operate self-driving cars in the state, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation into the incident.
Today, NHTSA announced the $1.5 million penalty as part of a broader consent order with Cruise that includes additional requirements around safety and disclosure. The company submitted several “incomplete reports” under the agency’s Standing General Order, which requires crash reports to be filed within a certain period of time, depending on their severity. In its first report to NHTSA, filed one day after the incident, Cruise failed to disclose “that the Cruise vehicle had dragged the pedestrian,” the consent order reads. The company also filed an additional report 10 days later in which it also failed to disclose the dragging incident.
“It is vitally important for companies developing automated driving systems to prioritize safety and transparency from the start,” NHTSA Deputy Administrator Sophie Shulman said. “NHTSA is using its enforcement authority to ensure operators and manufacturers comply with all legal obligations and work to protect all road users.” After its permit was suspended, Cruise hired a law firm to conduct an investigation into what went wrong. The firm’s report concluded that the company had tried to send a 45-second video to regulators that showed its vehicle dragging the victim but was hampered by “internet connectivity issues.” Also, Cruise employees failed to point out the dragging incident in subsequent conversations with regulators.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
China-Linked Hackers Target US Internet Providers in Latest Attack
This comes just a week after the FBI disrupted a network of more than 200,000 devices infected with malware.
This comes just a week after the FBI disrupted a network of more than 200,000 devices infected with malware.
Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 204 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed Safari Technology Preview to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the Safari browser.
Safari Technology Preview 204 includes fixes and updates for Accessibility, CSS, Forms, JavaScript, Service Workers, Web API, Web Driver, Web Extensions, and Web Inspector.
The current Safari Technology Preview release is compatible with machines running macOS Sonoma and macOS Sequoia, the newest version of the Mac operating system.
The Safari Technology Preview update is available through the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences or System Settings to anyone who has downloaded the browser from Apple’s website. Complete release notes for the update are available on the Safari Technology Preview website.
Apple’s aim with Safari Technology Preview is to gather feedback from developers and users on its browser development process. Safari Technology Preview can run side-by-side with the existing Safari browser and while it is designed for developers, it does not require a developer account to download and use.This article, “Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 204 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements” first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed Safari Technology Preview to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the Safari browser.
Safari Technology Preview 204 includes fixes and updates for Accessibility, CSS, Forms, JavaScript, Service Workers, Web API, Web Driver, Web Extensions, and Web Inspector.
The current Safari Technology Preview release is compatible with machines running macOS Sonoma and macOS Sequoia, the newest version of the Mac operating system.
The Safari Technology Preview update is available through the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences or System Settings to anyone who has downloaded the browser from Apple’s website. Complete release notes for the update are available on the Safari Technology Preview website.
Apple’s aim with Safari Technology Preview is to gather feedback from developers and users on its browser development process. Safari Technology Preview can run side-by-side with the existing Safari browser and while it is designed for developers, it does not require a developer account to download and use.
This article, “Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 204 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements” first appeared on MacRumors.com
Discuss this article in our forums
T-Mobile promises to try not to get hacked again
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
T-Mobile is investing millions of dollars into revamping its cybersecurity practices as part of a settlement with the US Federal Communications Commission. The company will also need to pay the US Treasury $15.75 million in civil penalties — the same amount as its internal cybersecurity investment. The commission says this “groundbreaking” settlement will serve as a model for the industry.
Data breaches at T-Mobile in the last few years have leaked social security numbers, addresses, and driver’s license numbers for millions of people.
The settlement clears up several T-Mobile investigations involving cybersecurity incidents in 2021, 2022, and 2023. The FCC press release says, “…these investigations developed evidence that the breaches that occurred, which affected millions of cell phone customers, were varied in their nature, exploitations, and apparent methods of attack.”
T-Mobile recently paid a $60 million penalty for failing to report incidents of unauthorized access to sensitive data, which violated its national security agreement upon acquiring Sprint.
T-Mobile will make the following improvements to its cybersecurity:
Corporate Governance – T-Mobile’s Chief Information Security Officer will give regular reports to the board concerning T-Mobile’s cybersecurity posture and business risks posed by cybersecurity. This is a foundational requirement for all well-governed companies. Corporate boards need both visibility and cybersecurity domain experience in order to effectively govern. This commitment ensures that the board’s visibility into cybersecurity is a key priority going forward.
Modern Zero-Trust Architecture – T-Mobile has agreed to move toward a modern zero trust architecture and segment its networks. This is one of the most important changes organizations can make to improve their security posture.
Robust Identity and Access Management – T-Mobile has committed to broad adoption of multi-factor authentication methods within its network. This is a critical step in securing critical infrastructure, such as our telecommunications networks. Abuse of authentication methods, for example through the leakage, theft, or deliberate sale of credentials, is the number one way that breaches and ransomware attacks begin. Consistent application of best practice identity and access methods will do more to improve a cybersecurity posture than almost any other single change.
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
T-Mobile is investing millions of dollars into revamping its cybersecurity practices as part of a settlement with the US Federal Communications Commission. The company will also need to pay the US Treasury $15.75 million in civil penalties — the same amount as its internal cybersecurity investment. The commission says this “groundbreaking” settlement will serve as a model for the industry.
Data breaches at T-Mobile in the last few years have leaked social security numbers, addresses, and driver’s license numbers for millions of people.
The settlement clears up several T-Mobile investigations involving cybersecurity incidents in 2021, 2022, and 2023. The FCC press release says, “…these investigations developed evidence that the breaches that occurred, which affected millions of cell phone customers, were varied in their nature, exploitations, and apparent methods of attack.”
T-Mobile recently paid a $60 million penalty for failing to report incidents of unauthorized access to sensitive data, which violated its national security agreement upon acquiring Sprint.
T-Mobile will make the following improvements to its cybersecurity:
Corporate Governance – T-Mobile’s Chief Information Security Officer will give regular reports to the board concerning T-Mobile’s cybersecurity posture and business risks posed by cybersecurity. This is a foundational requirement for all well-governed companies. Corporate boards need both visibility and cybersecurity domain experience in order to effectively govern. This commitment ensures that the board’s visibility into cybersecurity is a key priority going forward.
Modern Zero-Trust Architecture – T-Mobile has agreed to move toward a modern zero trust architecture and segment its networks. This is one of the most important changes organizations can make to improve their security posture.
Robust Identity and Access Management – T-Mobile has committed to broad adoption of multi-factor authentication methods within its network. This is a critical step in securing critical infrastructure, such as our telecommunications networks. Abuse of authentication methods, for example through the leakage, theft, or deliberate sale of credentials, is the number one way that breaches and ransomware attacks begin. Consistent application of best practice identity and access methods will do more to improve a cybersecurity posture than almost any other single change.
Apple iPhone 16 Trade-In Guide: How to Get Money for a New Phone Using Your Old Phone
You can go through the carriers, or you can DIY your trade-in to get as much money as possible.
You can go through the carriers, or you can DIY your trade-in to get as much money as possible.
Franklin expedition captain who died in 1848 was cannibalized by survivors
Scientists matched DNA of living descendent to Capt. James Fitzjames of the HMS Erebus.
Enlarge / Oil painting by Belgian marine artist François Etienne Musin depicting tje HMS Erebus trapped in Arctic ice. (credit: Public domain)
Scientists at the University of Waterloo have identified one of the doomed crew members of Captain Sir John S. Franklin‘s 1846 Arctic expedition to cross the Northwest Passage. According to a recent paper published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, DNA analysis revealed that a tooth recovered from a mandible at one of the relevant archaeological sites was that of Captain James Fitzjames of the HMS Erebus. His remains show clear signs of cannibalism, confirming early Inuit reports of desperate crew members resorting to eating their dead.
“Concrete evidence of James Fitzjames as the first identified victim of cannibalism lifts the veil of anonymity that for 170 years spared the families of individual members of the 1845 Franklin expedition from the horrific reality of what might have befallen the body of their ancestor,” the authors wrote in their paper. “But it also shows that neither rank nor status was the governing principle in the final desperate days of the expedition as they strove to save themselves.”
As previously reported, Franklin’s two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror, became icebound in the Victoria Strait, and all 129 crew members ultimately died. It’s been an enduring mystery that has captured imaginations ever since. Novelist Dan Simmons immortalized the expedition in his 2007 horror novel, The Terror, which was later adapted into an anthology TV series for AMC in 2018.