Today’s Tech Sightings:
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick poses for a picture at the 89th Academy Awards – Oscars Vanity Fair Party in Beverly Hills, California, Feb 26, 2017. (Reuters)
Uber Case Could Be Watershed for Women in Tech
The recent allegations of Uber’s culture of sexism and sexual harassment have put the tech sector and its diversity problems in the spotlight – again. But writer Farhad Manjoo argues the Uber case feels like a watershed that could trigger innovation and new momentum toward finding ways to remake a tech culture that has long sidelined women.
China’s Mobile Search Engine Baidu Goes Dark for Nearly 20 Minutes
Baidu, China’s Google equivalent, went dark for 18 minutes last night, according to media accounts and the search engine’s official account. Baidu, which boasts more than 665 million users, apologized for the mishap.
Slack Bug Grants Hackers Full Access to Your Account and Messages
Researchers with cybersecurity firm Detectify have uncovered a bug in the popular chat client Slack that lets hackers manipulate communications and hijack user accounts. With this vulnerability, hackers who trick users into opening a malicious page can steal their Slack tokens. The researcher who first discovered this was able to hang up other people’s calls, intercept messages, and several other alarming actions.
More:
- Researchers Find ‘Severe’ Flaw in WordPress Plugin With 1 Million Installs
- Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Admits He ‘Must Fundamentally Change as a Leader’
- Facebook Artificial Intelligence Spots Suicidal Users
- Twitter’s Latest Anti-abuse Measures Ban Accounts, Silence Bullying
- PayPal Charity Site Accused of Rerouting Funds Without Consent
- The Top Mobile Gadgets That Bowled Us Over at Barcelona’s MWC 2017
- Li-Fi, the Internet of Light, Turns LED Fixtures Into Speedy Wireless Access
- Farewell SIM Cards, Hello Virtual SIMs?
- Meet the Weaponized Propaganda AI That Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself
- Can Word’s AI Really Make You a Better Writer?
- YouTube to Launch Paid TV on-demand Service
