A teenager who quits social media gives up more than just that. She often becomes the only one missing from the group chat where plans get made. The value of social media depends on who else is using it, which means that most teenagers are unlikely to want to cut back alone. Any solution requires...Read More

More than 40 percent of colleges and universities use Canvas. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | SuperCubePL/iStock/Getty Images The higher education sector got another reminder over the weekend that it remains a prime target for cybercriminals. Hackers who have stolen data from Ticketmaster, Google and several high-profile universities kicked off the month of...Read More

A so-called software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the cybersecurity world with its insidious threat of turning any innocent application into a dangerous foothold in a victim’s network. Now one group of...Read More

Open this photo in gallery: A Google logo at the Vivatech fair in Paris in June, 2023. Google have joined Meta and Apple in urging the government to make changes to Bill C-22.ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images Google is warning that the government’s lawful-access bill would establish a “surveillance infrastructure” that risks compromising cybersecurity in ways that...Read More

Draymond Green is certainly known to have his opinions, but a social media beef has caught everyone off guard.  The Warriors star and NBA analyst for “Inside the NBA” bizarrely told a Knicks fan to “Watch your mouth before I crush those dirty ass kids in your banner” in response to a remark she made...Read More

Pennsylvania pharma giant West Pharmaceutical Services is scrambling to restore systems impacted by a ransomware attack last week. The incident, the company says in an incident notice, occurred on May 4 and prompted the “proactive shutdown and isolation of affected on-premise infrastructure”. The containment measure disrupted the company’s business operations globally, West Pharmaceutical Services said...Read More

Canvas, a platform used by over 8,000 universities and K-12 schools for course websites, assignments and communication, shut down for several hours on Thursday. A hacking group claimed responsibility for a data breach affecting the company that owns the platform, jeopardizing the personal data of millions of students and teachers. Instructure, which provides Canvas to...Read More

The PC doesn’t feel personal anymore. That was the all-too common sentiment Flipper co-founder and CEO Pavel Zhovner shared with Gizmodo as he talked up his company’s latest device, a “network multitool” called Flipper One. In effect, it’s a small PC built to be as customizable as you need it to be. If you’re the...Read More