Can the FBI scale as well as a DDoS?

Facebook antitrust probe now has the backing of 47 attorney generals

The investigation initially only had support from the attorney generals of eight states.
US senators introduce bill to help users move data across social media sites

Senators describe bill as similar to 1996 phone number portability law.
War on deepfakes: Amazon backs Microsoft and Facebook with $1m in cloud credits

AWS offers computing power to researchers in the Facebook-backed deepfake detection competition.

Open database leaked 179GB in customer, US government, and military records

The US Department of Homeland Security has become embroiled in the leak.
US stopped using floppy disks to manage nuclear weapons arsenal

US Air Force switches to secure solid-state-based solution to replace antiquated floppy disks in SACCS nuclear weapons management system.
Google is in serious trouble, warns top anti-trust lawyer

Google's case is similar to 19 years ago -- when Microsoft was found guilty of exclusionary conduct

US senator introduces privacy bill that would jail CEOs for user privacy violations

Sen. Wyden introduces new consumer privacy bill that puts even the EU's GDPR to shame.
FCC approves merger of T-Mobile and Sprint

Both democrats on the commission voted against the deal, which shrinks the number of major wireless carriers in the US from four to three.
Huawei can work on German 5G networks: Here's why critics say that's a very bad idea

New draft German network security rules have just opened the door to Huawei, sparking an outcry.

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