Big data trove dumped after LA Unified School District says no to ransomware crooks

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A ransomware outfit calling itself Vice Society has dumped nearly 300,000 files belonging to the Los Angeles Unified School District as punishment for rebuffing demands it pay the group a hefty fee to recover data stolen during a recent cyber intrusion. Ransomware operators breach targets’ networks, encrypt all their data, and…

Google prototypes, open sources an extra-long keyboard with one row of keys

Enlarge / Google Japan jokes that you can increase productivity by having two people type on the keyboard simultaneously. (credit: Google Japan) Google Japan has a history of joke keyboard concepts that challenge common notions of computing input. The latest concept, the Gboard Stick Version, places every key in the same row, so hunting and pecking…

Still can’t buy a Raspberry Pi board? Things aren’t getting better anytime soon

Enlarge (credit: Raspberry Pi Foundation) Shortages for lots of tech components, including things like DDR5 and GPUs, have eased quite a bit since the beginning of 2022, and prices have managed to go down as availability improves. But that reprieve hasn’t come for hobbyists hoping to get a Raspberry Pi, which remains as hard to…

SEC fines Kim Kardashian, warns people about buying crypto touted by celebrities

Enlarge / Kim Kardashian arrives to ABC’s “Good Morning America” on September 20, 2022, in New York City. (credit: Getty Images | James Devaney ) Kim Kardashian will pay a $1.26 million penalty for touting a crypto security without disclosing that she was paid $250,000 to promote the token, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced…

SCOTUS weighs first case testing Big Tech liability for recommending content

Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) A key protection shielding social media companies from liability for hosting third-party content—Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act—is set to face its first US Supreme Court challenge. The question before the court hinges on whether Google-owned YouTube is responsible for aiding and abetting ISIS terrorists by actively…