Month: August 2020
Google dodges lawsuit over Genius lyric scraping
On Tuesday, Google beat back a lawsuit over alleged scraping of song lyrics from Genius, a lyrics and commentary site. A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York found that while the claims of scraping were credible, the scraping did not constitute a copyright violation, and the lawsuit…
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New York Comic Con is canceled
New York Comic Con’s physical presence is canceled this year. The annual convention typically takes place in Manhattan’s Javits Center. Organizers announced today, however, that “it likely comes as no surprise that NYCC 2020’s physical event at the Javits will not be able to run as intended.” Because of the…
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Clearview to rely on First Amendment to defend its face-tracking tech
As lawsuits and cease-and-desist notices pile up on Clearview AI’s doorstep, the company’s legal strategy is clarifying, and it’s all about First Amendment rights. Clearview has hired a longstanding First Amendment lawyer, Floyd Abrams, to defend the… Source
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Twitter is for real rolling out its reply-limiting feature to all users
Twitter is making its reply-limiting feature available to all users starting today, and it’s for real this time: You can finally say goodbye to the reply guys. The company’s director of product management, Suzanne Xie, writes in a blog post published Tuesday that the feature is part of the platform’s…
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Top password manager is finally coming to Linux 1Password Linux
After a decade of requests from customers, 1Password’s parent company AgilBits has announced that its popular password manager is finally coming to Linux. A full-featured Linux desktop app is by far the company’s most requested feature and later this year, 1Password customers will finally get to try it out. Until…
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Privacy-centric Tor Browser struggling to contain a major security issue null
A cybercriminal syndicate has succeeded in attaching hundreds of malicious servers to the network of privacy-focused web browser Tor, which are being used to hijack cryptocurrency transactions. The Tor operators have been wrestling the hackers for control since January, according to a report from independent security researcher Nusenu, who has…
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