Month: August 2024

Disney wants to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit because of a Disney Plus agreement

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Disney wants a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit at a Disney-affiliated restaurant based on terms of service for the entertainment giant’s website and streaming video services. The company argues that a couple agreed to an arbitration clause when one of them bought tickets to Disney … Read more

Exclusive: Sonos considers relaunching its old app

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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Sonos has explored the possibility of rereleasing its previous mobile app for Android and iOS — a clear sign of what an ordeal the company’s hurried redesign has become. The Verge can report that there have been discussions high up within Sonos about bringing back the prior version … Read more

Traffic-Based Anomaly Detection in Log Files

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Welcome to the final part of the series. In this article, we will explore how to detect high traffic anomalies using Spring State Machine (SSM) and Spring Reactor. Series began with an examination of keyword-based detection in part1. Then we focused on techniques that utilize error rate analysis in part2. Let’s explore how these components … Read more

It’s now even easier to create Google Sheets tables

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google recently introduced a new table formatting feature in Sheets that made it far easier to create self-contained, sortable blocks of cells inside a spreadsheet. But the company didn’t stop there and seems to be rapidly updating the software with features that make it faster to set up, … Read more

FTC finalizes rule banning fake reviews, including those made with AI 

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Wednesday a final rule that will tackle several types of fake reviews and prohibit marketers from using deceptive practices, such as AI-generated reviews, censoring honest negative reviews, and compensating third parties for positive reviews. The decision was the result of a 5-to-0 vote. The new rule will … Read more

High-end racing bikes are now vulnerable to hacking

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Photo by Alex Broadway / Getty Images A team of computer scientists found that wireless gear-shifting systems in high-end bikes are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks that could undermine popular races like the Tour de France. Wireless gear-shift systems are meant to give riders better control of their bikes, according to the University of California San … Read more

The weirdest ‘3 billion people’ data breach ever

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Illustration: Beatrice Sala National Public Data, a company that collects personal data to resell and process background checks, is the target of a brewing class action lawsuit alleging it is the source of a massive data leak that includes information like Social Security Numbers and more on reportedly “3 billion people,” according to Bloomberg Law. … Read more

Palo Alto Networks CEO apologizes for happy hour display featuring women with lampshades on their heads

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Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is getting a lot of grief for a recent trade show event in which two women posed with lampshades on their heads. The debacle — which unflatteringly recalls the CES booth babes of the early ’90s and 2000s — reportedly happened at a happy hour hosted by CyberRisk Collaborative and … Read more

The Coming Financialization of Hashrate Markets

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Bitcoin hashrate, the computational power securing the Bitcoin network, is emerging as a unique commodity with intriguing investment potential, say Sadiq Jaffer, Senior Manager, Financial Services, KPMG UK, and Kunal Bhasin, partner for Digital Assets Center of Excellence, KPMG Canada.