Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Meta is ever so slowly expanding its trial of end-to-end encryption in a bid to protect users from snoops and law enforcement. End-to-end encryption, often abbreviated as E2EE, uses strong cryptography to encrypt messages with a key that is unique to each user. Because the key is in the sole possession...
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One of 5G’s biggest features is a security minefield
Enlarge (credit: Anton Petrus | Getty) True 5G wireless data, with its ultrafast speeds and enhanced security protections, has been slow to roll out around the world. As the mobile technology proliferates—combining expanded speed and bandwidth with low-latency connections—one of its most touted features is starting to come in to focus. But the upgrade comes...
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The Boy Bosses of Silicon Valley Are on Their Way Out
They rode their unicorns to fame and fortune. In a rocky market, it got a little less fun.
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How to Change These Default Settings and Be Happier With Your Tech
Simple steps can make your smartphone, computer and TV work better for you.
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Google Fiber was stalled for years but now says it’ll expand to 5 new states
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Kalief Browder) Google Fiber says it plans to expand its fiber-to-the-home Internet service to several new states for the first time since it announced a pause in construction in October 2016. The plans are pending local approvals. The Alphabet division said in a press release today that it is “talking...
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Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes
Enlarge / A truck delivery of fiber conduit and other materials for Jared Mauch’s broadband network. (credit: Jared Mauch) Jared Mauch, the Michigan man who built a fiber-to-the-home Internet provider because he couldn’t get good broadband service from AT&T or Comcast, is expanding with the help of $2.6 million in government money. When we wrote...
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Former Twitter Employee Convicted of Charges Related to Spying for Saudis
A federal jury in San Francisco deliberated for nearly three days before convicting him on six charges while acquitting him on five others in the two-week trial.
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How Russia Propaganda Is Reaching Beyond English Speakers
Social media companies have taken steps to restrict Russian state media accounts. But posts from those accounts still spread in Spanish, Arabic and other languages and in places outside the West.
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Justice Dept. Said to Conduct New Interviews in Inquiry Into Google’s Ad Tech
The Justice Department for more than a year has investigated whether Google abuses its dominance over the interlocking technologies that deliver ads online.