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Why Apple Is Fighting the FBI – and What It Means to You
January 14, 2020As Apple and the FBI begin the second major battle of their war over the protection...
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Y2K-Type Bug Hits New York City And Various Businesses 20 Years After Y2K
January 7, 2020New York City’s 14,000 parking meters stopped accepting both credit cards and pre-paid parking cards on...
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US Offers Unprecedented $5-Million Reward For Information Leading To The Capture of 2 Russian Hackers
December 5, 2019The United States Department of Justice has offered a $5-Million reward for information leading to the...
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Google Seeks People With Down Syndrome To Help Train AIs To Understand Human Speech
December 4, 2019The last half decade has ushered in the era of humans interacting with technology through speech,...
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The Top Hacked Passwords Of 2019 – Are Yours On The List?
November 19, 2019Each year, various groups release updated lists of the most common passwords found among the millions...
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Before We Consider Breaking Up Big Tech, Let’s Regulate Better
September 23, 2019Two thirds of Americans support breaking up large tech companies, according to a poll published by...
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Women’s Sexual Habits and Other Extremely Personal Information Were Shared With Facebook By Popular Period Tracking Apps
September 10, 2019Two popular period-tracking apps are believed to have shared their users’ personal information – including details...
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Encryption Company Sues CyberSecurity Conference After Getting Booed, Heckled, And Ridiculed
August 26, 2019Cryptography startup, Crown Sterling, is suing the organizers of the Black Hat USA cybersecurity conference after...
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You Cannot Reset Your Fingerprints: Major Breach In Security System Used By Banks And Police Underscores A Severe Problem With Biometric Authentication
August 15, 2019The fingerprints of over 1 million people, as well facial recognition information, unencrypted passwords, and other...
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Capital One Breach Statement: No Social Security Numbers Were Compromised… Other Than 140,000 Social Security Numbers
July 30, 2019Capital One Financial Corporation announced today that ten days ago it determined that an unauthorized party,...