Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have unpacked a major cybersecurity find—a malicious UEFI-based rootkit used in the wild since 2016 to ensure computers remained infected even if an operating system is reinstalled or a hard drive is completely replaced. The firmware compromises the UEFI, the low-level and highly opaque chain of firmware required to boot up...
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Russia is quietly ramping up its Internet censorship machine
Enlarge (credit: Kremlin official photo) Since 2019, Vladimir Putin has supercharged his plan to separate Russia from the global Internet. The country’s sovereign Internet law, which came into force that November, gives officials the power to block access to websites for millions of Russians. The law was used to hit Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter with...
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Gen Z Designers Made It Big on Depop. Now They’re Graduating.
Depop, a social shopping app, was a springboard for many young designers during the pandemic. Some are now taking their success elsewhere.
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Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports
Competing for rights to broadcast games from the N.F.L. and other leagues could be hard for broadcast and cable companies that “aren’t playing by the same financial rules.”
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Ties Between Alex Jones and Radio Network Show Economics of Misinformation
The Genesis Communications Network built a lucrative business alongside the radio host, whose show the company has syndicated for more than two decades.
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Google Fires Engineer Who Claims Its A.I. Is Conscious
The engineer, Blake Lemoine, contends that the company’s language model has a soul. The company denies that and says he violated its security policies.
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Energy Department will lend G.M. and LG $2.5 billion to build battery factories.
The loan will help the automaker and its supplier build electric vehicle battery factories in Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan.
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Global shortage of fiber-optic cable threatens digital growth
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A worldwide shortage of fiber-optic cable has driven up prices and lengthened lead times, endangering companies’ ambitious plans to roll out state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure. Europe, India, and China are among the regions most affected by the crunch, with prices for fiber rising by up to 70 percent from record lows in...
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Twitter’s Earnings Falter as It Fights with Elon Musk
The social media company swung to a loss in the second quarter and cited “uncertainty” over its pending takeover by the billionaire Tesla chief executive as a factor.
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Twitter’s Earnings Falter as It Fights with Elon Musk
The social media company swung to a loss in the second quarter and cited “uncertainty” over its pending takeover by the billionaire Tesla chief executive as a factor.