Another security lapse has exposed millions of Aadhaar numbers. This time, India’s state-owned gas company Indane left exposed a part of its website for dealers and distributors, even though it’s only supposed to be accessible with a valid username and password. But the part of the site was indexed in Google, allowing anyone to bypass […]
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CEO of Rappler, a media company critical of the Philippines government, is arrested
There’s serious concern around press freedom in the Philippines after Maria Ressa, the CEO of independent media company Rappler, was arrested last night. Ressa, who was CNN’s bureau chief in Manila and then Jakarta prior to starting Rappler in 2011, was arrested on cyber libel security charges for an article published in 2012, according to […]
View More CEO of Rappler, a media company critical of the Philippines government, is arrestedIndian state government leaks thousands of Aadhaar numbers
A lapse in security has led to the leaking of over a hundred thousand Aadhaar numbers, TechCrunch can reveal. One of the web systems used to record attendance of government workers for the Indian state of Jharkhand was left exposed and without a password as far back as 2014, allowing anyone access to names, job […]
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The future of Apple’s App Store may be in the U.S. Supreme Court’s hands.
On Monday, U.S. Supreme Court justices are presiding over a case that will determine if Apple has been monopolizing the iPhone app market through its App Store. At the heart of the issue is whether the tech giant’s App Store practices have forced consumers to overpay for iOS apps.
In 2011, iPhone users filed a class-action lawsuit in California federal court alleging that Apple’s monopoly over the iPhone app market with the App Store, which is the only official source for iOS applications, has led to marked-up prices. Read more…
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View More Apple antitrust lawsuit heads to the Supreme CourtRuth Bader Ginsburg fractures her ribs and Twitter quickly offers to donate their bones
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For her safety and ours, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should be wrapped in bubble wrap at all times.
The 85-year-old icon fell in her office on Wednesday night, fracturing three of her ribs. Ginsburg was admitted to the hospital for observation on Thursday morning. The injury prevented her from attending an investiture ceremony for newly appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Twitter, meanwhile, isn’t doing so well. Fans of Notorious RBG, as she is sometimes known, immediately launched into grief — and action. Some even went so far as to offer to donate their ribs. Read more…
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Supreme Court denies broadband industry petition to scrub favorable net neutrality court decision from history
The Supreme Court today offered moral support for net neutrality activists and a soft setback for the current FCC’s agenda by declining to revisit a major case supportive of the 2015 rules. It essentially sets in stone the fundamental legality of those rules — not good PR for the agency that just rolled them back […]
View More Supreme Court denies broadband industry petition to scrub favorable net neutrality court decision from historyWhat sexual assault survivors and activists are doing now after Kavanaugh confirmation
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It was almost 5:30 p.m. ET on Friday. Sen. Susan Collins, once a swing vote, had just announced her plan to confirm Kavanaugh, all but guaranteeing his lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.
Jess Morales Rockett, political director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) — who you might recognize from a video where she confronted Sen. Ted Cruz with her own sexual assault story — was on the ground, surrounded by other exhausted, restless protesters.
“I’m literally sitting on the steps of the Capitol Building as I talk to you,” she said on the phone, voice cracking under the weight of a burden too many survivors were made to shoulder throughout the hearing. But there was something else, too. Read more…
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View More What sexual assault survivors and activists are doing now after Kavanaugh confirmationWomen’s March plans #CancelKavanaugh protest to sway senators before confirmation vote
The internet’s mood can be described in two words, one hashtag: #CancelKavanaugh.
In a final effort to stop Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, the Women’s March and other organizations have announced the Cancel Kavanaugh march, which will take pla…
Stephen Colbert unpacks Christine Blasey Ford’s ‘heartbreaking’ testimony at Kavanaugh hearing
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The Late Show host Stephen Colbert has unpacked what he dubbed “one of the longest days I can remember— and keep in mind I’ve been to a Renaissance fair.”
In two monologues, Colbert unpacked Christine Blasey Ford’s “deeply moving … believable and heartbreaking” testimony against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and then, the rage-filled statement from Kavanaugh himself.
“He came out with a well-coiffed head of steam,” Colbert said, showing a clip of Kavanaugh’s angry testimony.
“Clearly Kavanaugh thought he already faced his Senate grilling, and was upset he was being subjected to more.” Read more…
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View More Stephen Colbert unpacks Christine Blasey Ford’s ‘heartbreaking’ testimony at Kavanaugh hearingFacebook policy head makes a surprising cameo at the Kavanaugh hearing
Facebook might be doing its best to stay out of political scandals in the latter half of 2018, but the company had a presence, front and center, at one of the most contentious Senate hearings in modern history. Facebook’s vice president of Global Public Policy, Joel Kaplan, was spotted sitting prominently near his wife, Laura […]
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How to cope when the country is debating whether to believe Christine Blasey Ford
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The women of America who believe and support sexual assault survivors want a break. They want a reprieve from the attacks on Christine Blasey Ford, who was forced to recall excruciating memories of a high school sexual assault before the Senate Judiciary Committee — and the entire nation — on Thursday. They see themselves, or their mothers, sisters, daughters, and best friends, in Ford’s trauma and her tearful resolve.
They’re exhausted by the prospect that despite Ford’s credible testimony, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is still likely to be confirmed by Republicans to a lifelong appointment — the same Republicans who required Ford to answer questions from a career prosecutor. At one point, Sen. Kamala Harris, a Democrat, reassured Ford by saying, “You are not on trial.” Nevertheless, it still felt that’s exactly what was happening to Ford. Read more…
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