The Gare de Lyon Disaster
www.youtube.com The Gare de Lyon Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror <#> “On the 27th of June, 1988, a busy commuter train was bound for Paris's Gare de…
A 120-year-old company is leaving Tesla in the dust
Ezra Dyer, *The New York Times*, Opinion, 7 Mar 2023 Ford is proving to be far more modern than Elon Musk's automaker.
Ford files patent for system that could remotely repossess a car
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1921281 [Ooops! Can it made trustworthy enough so that it is immune to hacking? PGN]
Apple Now Offering Depth and Water Seal Tests for Apple Watch Ultra
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/03/02/apple-watch-ultra-depth-seal-tests/ [Now it can call 911 from great depths as well as ski slopes? PGN]
Apple Blocks Update of ChatGPT-Powered App, as Concerns Grow Over AI’s Potential Harm
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-blocks-update-of-chatgpt-powered-app-as-concerns-grow-over-ais-potential-harm-c4ca9372
How the Biggest Fraud in German History Unraveled
The tech company Wirecard was embraced by the German elite. But a reporter discovered that behind the facade of innovation were lies and links to Russian intelligence. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/how-the-biggest-fraud-in-german-history-unravelled
U.S. Marshals Service target of ‘major’ cyber-attack
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64767181 The agency responsible for pursuing fugitives and handling federal prisons in the US has been hit by a ransomware attack. Officials at the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) said on…
Indigo won’t pay ransom for stolen employee data
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/indigo-wont-pay-ransom-1.6764785 Canada's largest bookstore chain says it won't pay ransom to the online group claiming responsibility for the cyberattack that stole at least some personal data of current and former…
U.S. Air Force Giving Military Drones the Ability to Recognize Faces
David Hambling, New Scientist, 23 Feb 2023, via ACM TechNews, 27 Feb 2023 Under a contract between the U.S. Department of Defense and RealNetworks, the Seattle-based company's machine learning software…
Researchers Find New Bug ‘Class’ in Apple Devices
Alex Scroxton, *Computer Weekly*, 22 Feb 2023, via ACM TechNews, 27 Feb 2023 Researchers at cybersecurity company Trellix say they have discovered a new class of privilege escalation vulnerability in…