Delta investigating after someone set up fake Wi-Fi network mid-flight | TechCrunch
The Delta flight crew switched off the aircraft's legitimate Wi-Fi network for around 30 minutes due to the incident, according to a spokesperson.
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Mamdani vs. Amazon.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has come out in support of The Delivery Protection Act, a union-backed proposal that would force companies like Amazon, FedEx, and others to hire the workers who deliver packages wearing their logos. As it is, those workers are often contractors, which the backers of Intro 518 say serves as a smokescreen allowing the big companies to avoid responsibility and minimum pay regulations. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91DoiansHqk]
Brinks Home data breach puts 1M customers on alert
Brinks Home confirmed unauthorized access to its IT systems, and the ShinyHunters group claims it stole 4.9 million Salesforce records from it.
Google's top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get code names | TechCrunch
Google recently changed how it refers and assigns names to hacking groups. TechCrunch spoke with one of the world’s foremost experts on tracking hackers to understand why companies give hackers codenames.
Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did
Microsoft Edge is ending support for Manifest V2 extensions like uBlock Origin starting this month.
Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims | TechCrunch
Groups of hackers are breaking into large U.S. financial firms to steal sensitive data and extort victims, Google’s security researchers report.
Brendan Carr officially unleashes broadcast consolidation
The Federal Communications Commission voted to end the 39 percent cap on broadcast ownership in a party-line vote.
Apple’s private browsing feature isn’t good at its job.
Private Relay is supposed to conceal your IP address when browsing Safari, but security researchers discovered that several WebKit browser engine quirks actually allow any website that supports passkeys to bypass the privacy feature entirely and expose your device’s IP. This comes just a month after Apple’s Hide My Email feature also failed to hide emails. [Link: IP and DNS Leaks in WebKit Affecting Proxy Browsers and Apple iCloud Private Relay | https://mysk.blog/2026/08/04/webkit-proxy-icloud-private-relay-ip-leak/ | Mysk Blog – In-Depth Cybersecurity & Mobile App Privacy Research]
The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers
Florida’s data center bans are part of a bigger, broader, and bipartisan revolt against the AI industry.
PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address | TechCrunch
A bug in how Apple implements its Private Relay feature, which in theory masks users’ IP addresses from the sites they visit, can reveal users’ real IP addresses.
Ring upgraded its peephole doorbell camera to 2K
Ring’s new Peephole Cam 2K smart doorbell camera gets a big resolution upgrade and a price drop to $100.
Nvidia doesn't mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed, it's already showing progress | TechCrunch
The week-old Open Secure AI Alliance, spearheaded by Nvidia and grown to over 120 companies, already has proposals out for defending against AI agents.
Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report
Apple has appealed a new legal demand by the U.K. government, which critics say could threaten the privacy rights of users all over the world.
Malaysia is reportedly shutting down Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School
Let's see how this "frontier community for techno-optimists" is doing ...
CareCloud begins to notify hundreds of thousands after hackers stole medical records | TechCrunch
The health tech data giant, which handles vast amounts of patients' medical data, said hackers struck one of its protected health data stores.
Google says it fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI | TechCrunch
As experts have warned for the last two years, some companies — like Microsoft and now Google — are finding and patching an exponential number of bugs in their products, thanks to the use of LLMs and AI tools.
The US government just banned Roombas
The FCC’s foreign robot ban will include robot vacuums and other types of robots, not just Chinese humanoids and dogs.
The US is banning foreign robots
The US government is targeting China with a new import ban on “advanced robotic devices,” including humanoid and quadruped models.