According to a lawsuit by the online American College of Education (ACE), a former employee effectively held the company’s email system hostage after he was fired last spring, locking the for-profit college out and asking for $200, 000 before he would help it get back in. Read more…
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For-Profit College Says Former Admin Demanded $200,000 to Reset School Password
Sometimes, owning a smartphone feels pricy. There’s the hefty chunk of change you’ll need to spend on the phone itself, and then the monthly fee you’ll need to fork over to operate it. But for just $400 and the cost of a few old Zack Morris-style brick phones, you can avoid those expenses and build your own damn 1G… Read more…
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It Only Costs $400 to Build Your Own Cell Phone Network
After years of fighting with FOIA requesters, the CIA has finally uploaded over 12 million documents to its website . While many of the documents have been declassified for some time, the pages were intentionally hard to access, and only available on a few computers sitting at the National Archives. But now, anyone can… Read more…
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The CIA Just Dumped 12 Million Declassified Documents Online
National parks are great any time of year (yes, even in winter ), but if you don’t want to shell out for the park pass, take advantage of the National Park Service’s fee free days this year. Here are all of them. Read more…
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All the Days You Can Visit National Parks for Free in 2017
The free iOS version of the Tor browser “sparked a tidal wave of interest” after its release in December, according to Silicon.co. Mickeycaskill writes: The cost has been scrapped due to developer Mike Tigas’ worries that the price was limiting access to anonymous browsing for those who need it most. “Given recent events, many believe it’s more important than ever to exercise and support freedom of speech, privacy rights, and digital security, ” Tigas wrote in a blog post. “I think now is as good a time as ever to make Onion Browser more accessible to everyone.” “I’m still a little terrified that I’ve made this change, ” Tigas adds. For four years the Tor Onion browser was available on the Apple App Store for $0.99, the lowest non-free price allowed by Apple, providing a “reliable” income to Tigas which helped him move to New York for a new job while allowing him “the economic freedom to continue working on side projects that have a positive impact in the world.” Tigas also writes that “there’s now a Patreon page and other ways to support the project.” Last month the Tor Project also released the first alpha version of the sandboxed Tor Browser. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Tor Onion Browser’s Creator Explains Free Version For iOS
An anonymous reader shares a Motherboard report: Motherboard has obtained 900 GB of data related to Cellebrite, one of the most popular companies in the mobile phone hacking industry. The cache includes customer information, databases, and a vast amount of technical data regarding Cellebrite’s products. The breach is the latest chapter in a growing trend of hackers taking matters into their own hands, and stealing information from companies that specialize in surveillance or hacking technologies. Cellebrite is an Israeli company whose main product, a typically laptop-sized device called the Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED), can rip data from thousands of different models of mobile phones. That data can include SMS messages, emails, call logs, and much more, as long as the UFED user is in physical possession of the phone. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Hacker Steals 900 GB of Cellebrite Data
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Next Web: Google just released an image compression technology called RAISR (Rapid and Accurate Super Image Resolution) designed to save your precious data without sacrificing photo quality. Claiming to use up to 75 percent less bandwidth, RAISR analyzes both low and high-quality versions of the same image. Once analyzed, it learns what makes the larger version superior and simulates the differences on the smaller version. In essence, it’s using machine learning to create an Instagram-like filter to trick your eye into believing the lower-quality image is on par with its full-sized variant. Unfortunately for the majority of smartphone users, the tech only works on Google+ where Google claims to be upscaling over a billion images a week. If you don’t want to use Google+, you’ll just have to wait a little longer. Google plans to expand RAISR to more apps over the coming months. Hopefully that means Google Photos. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Google’s New Compression Tool Uses 75% Less Bandwidth Without Sacrificing Image Quality
Todd Spangler, writing for Variety: Amazon is rolling out its first branded on-demand subscription service for Amazon Channels: Anime Strike, offering more than 1, 000 series episodes and movies ranging from classic titles to current shows broadcast on Japanese TV. The Anime Strike channel is available to U.S. Amazon Prime members for $4.99 per month after a seven-day free trial, the newest addition to the lineup of around 100 services now available in Amazon Channels. Amazon has struck exclusive U.S. streaming deals for several series on Anime Strike, including “Scum’s Wish, ” “Onihei, ” “The Great Passage, ” “Vivid Strike!, ” “Crayon-Shin Chan Gaiden: Alien vs. Shinnosuke, ” and “Chi’s Sweet Adventure.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Amazon Launches Anime Channel for $5 Per Month, Its First Branded Subscription Channel
BrianFagioli quotes a report from BetaNews: Today, JetBlue announced something miraculous for travelers. Every one of its passengers will have access to free in-flight high-speed Wi-Fi, which it calls “Fly-Fi.” This is on every single aircraft in its fleet. In other words, if you are flying JetBlue, you get free high-speed internet “JetBlue’s Fly-Fi, which clocks in at broadband speeds beating sluggish and pricey Wi-Fi offerings onboard other carriers, keeps customers connected with an Internet experience similar to what they have at home, including the ability to stream video and use multiple devices at once. The service enables JetBlue to deliver Amazon Video streaming entertainment to customers onboard to their personal devices, as well as web surfing and chatting on favorite messaging apps, ” says JetBlue. The vice president of JetBlue, Jamie Perry, explains, “It’s 2017 and our customers expect to be connected everywhere, whether that be from the comfort of their sofa or 35, 000 feet above it. That’s why we’re so proud that JetBlue is now the only airline to offer free, high-speed Wi-Fi, live TV and movies for all customers on every plane.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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JetBlue Giving All Passengers Free In-Flight ‘Fly-Fi’ High-Speed Wi-Fi
Without any wiring to futz with, Mpow’s solar-powered, motion-sensing spotlights are the easiest way to illuminate your front porch or lawn, and you can get one for $16 today, or buy more and save. Just be sure to note the promo codes in each case. Read more…
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Illuminate Your House With Mpow’s Solar-Powered Spotlights, No Wiring Required