The Bay Area start-up Patreon recently became the latest company to fall victim to hackers who put the online crowdfunding site’s users’ personal data at risk. Now the company is complaining that a website posting the data may be making the situation even worse.

A website called TheCthulhu.com, created by twenty-one year-old Thomas White, has made information from hacked companies publically available, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. White, who says he lives in the United Kingdom, has also posted data from the Ashley Madison hack. The online hookup site marketed to married people was hacked in July, with information from millions of user accounts released.

White’s motive in releasing the data, the Chronicle reports, is to demonstrate how easy it is to access user information from corporate hacks, so security experts can study the problems and the security community can critique damage control efforts.

White also says that journalists have a valid public interest in the data from security breaches, and notes that certain mainstream tech journals have already linked to his site in their articles.

But one security expert told the Chronicle that White’s posting may have overstepped appropriate boundaries, and suggested that making data easily accessible could be considered an ethical lapse.

The Patreon data does not include credit card numbers, and other personal information on White’s site remains encrypted and out of reach. Still, the company is concerned that the ease of access that TheCthulhu.com creates could make its users more vulnerable.

If you are a fan of crocheted pot holders or hand-crafted, fair trade jewelry, you probably enjoy the online retailer Etsy. But now retail giant Amazon wants crafters to know that they can sell their wares on a bigger stage.

“Handmade” is Amazon’s new platform for sales of artisan goods, according to Newsweek. The site was launched this week, in what many see as a direct attack on Etsy, which went public earlier this year.

Since its stock launch, Etsy’s shares have plummeted, and an additional eight percent drop followed the Amazon announcement. By contrast, Amazon’s share price is up a whopping sixty-five percent over the past year.

The new Amazon site debuted with an impressive catalog already. More than 80,000 products are on offer, from more than 5,000 crafters from over 60 countries. More than 800 items are eligible for the Amazon Prime swift delivery service, and thirty percent of the items are customizable, according to an Amazon spokesman.

While artisan production is generally more time consuming, the retailers expects more Prime-eligible offerings soon, especially during the holiday shopping season. Also, as Etsy has moved to offer more manufactured goods, Amazon established Handmade to offer only certified handcrafted products.

Amazon is also competing with Etsy for artisans with no listing fee and a twelve percent selling fee, countering the twenty cents per item listing fee that Etsy charges on top of its 3.5 percent selling fee.

A design team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, working with the private design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have created the first concept home that pairs the energy production and demand of the house with a car.

Their aim was to demonstrate that during peak power use, a car’s stored energy could be used to power a home, according to Fast Company. The system is more energy efficient because it avoids the loss of electricity inherent in pulling power long distances over the current energy grid.

Solar energy from panels on the home’s rooftop can be used to charge the car’s batteries through a wireless charging pad when supply outpaces demand. When the home needs power, it can then draw it from the hybrid natural gas-electric car.

The small home also makes use of energy efficient lighting and high-efficiency insulation. Its micro-kitchen was built by GE with efficiency as a priority.

The home is made with 3D-printed walls, also cutting down on energy costs and building materials. Using 3D technology also helped the designers modify the structure as needed during construction, with engineers printing new panels on demand.

The building materials can be ground up and re-printed as needed, eliminating waste if the building needs to be replaced.

You may have heard about complaints from drivers who work for new online on-demand car service providers. Several lawsuits have been filed to win worker’s fair compensation and other benefits.

Now the car sharing service Lyft wants you to know that they are putting their driver’s happiness first. The company has made recent deals with Hertz, Shell Oil and others to provide benefits for their force of 100,000 drivers, according to Forbes.

Under the terms of the deal with Hertz, Lyft drivers can receive discounted car rentals, if they use the car for Lyft business or personal use, and if they are driving for the company for at least two hours a day and are accepting at least 90 percent of rides requested.

Other deals include an arrangement with Shell for discounted fill-ups, and partnerships that will allow drivers to receive instant cash for their daily earnings, instead of having to wait for weekly paychecks.

Lyft is especially counting on the car rental deals to bring in new drivers. The company says that twenty percent of driver applicants do not have a car that can meet its qualifications. Some drivers may also choose to rent larger vehicles that can earn them higher fares.

Since Lyft and other car sharing services hire drivers as independent contractors, they cannot legally forbid them from working for competing firms. But Lyft is hoping that the new benefits will build loyalty and encourage their drivers to spend more time working for Lyft, and less elsewhere.

If you’re a Nook reader, you may have noticed a recent change in the Barnes & Nobel hardware. The company appears to be ending its own Nook production, in favor of partnerships with other tech companies.

The Galaxy Tab E Nook is the third collaboration between the book seller and Samsung, according to CNET. The device comes with Microsoft office pre-installed and allows split screen use of two apps at the same time.

The slim reader is just 0.33 inches thick and weighs just over a pound, and allows reading books, magazines, and newspapers in portrait and landscape layout. Buyers receive the first three Nook e-books and three Nook magazines free.

Samsung has two previous Nooks on the market. The latest device comes in at $249, between the lower-priced Galaxy Tab S2 Nook and the premium priced Galaxy Tab 4 Nook.

Samsung’s tablet sales have fallen, as the category overall is declining, with even Apple’s iPad sales dropping. With competition from larger smart phones, analysts expect tablet sales to fall eight percent overall this year.

It’s increasingly common to see unmanned drones flying overhead. But this week federal regulators sent a chill through the drone industry with what would be a record-setting fine for violations of air space rules.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $1.9 million fine against the drone company SkyPan, for the company’s flights in high-use airspace in New York and Chicago, according to the Washington Post. SkyPan cameras record the landscape primarily for developers who want an aerial view in planning construction projects.

The FAA says that at least 65 SkyPan flights over the two cities between March 2012 and December 2014 violated federal rules, including flying without air traffic control approval, failing to have required radio and other equipment, and failing to have required registrations and other paperwork.

The company’s flights, the agency charged, were careless and “endanger(ed) lives or property.” Drone sightings are increasingly common: in 2014, just 288 drones were reported, mostly by pilots. This year there have already been more than 900 such sightings.

The FAA’s most serious concern, especially with flights in crowded air space in major cities, is that drones will disrupt commercial airliners. A U.S. House subcommittee on aviation heard testimony from the FAA and others at a hearing this week on the safety of drone flights.