Logan Paul, Paul Pierce and other celebrities have promoted risky and obscure digital currencies, sometimes failing to mention their conflicts of interest.
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Accused of Cheating by an Algorithm, and a Professor She Had Never Met
An unsettling glimpse at the digitization of education.
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The S.E.C. Sent a Letter to Musk About His Twitter Shares in April
The regulator questioned whether the Tesla chief executive had disclosed his stake at the right time.
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US college VPN credentials for sale on Russian crime forums, FBI says
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The FBI on Friday said that thousands of compromised credentials harvested from US college and university networks are circulating on online crime forums in Russia and elsewhere—and could lead to breaches that install ransomware or steal data. “The FBI is informing academic partners of identified US college and university credentials advertised...
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Information security gets personal: How to protect yourself and your stuff
Redefining privacy at Ars Frontiers. Click here for transcript. (video link) At the Ars Frontiers event in Washington, DC, I had the privilege of moderating two panels on two closely linked topics: digital privacy and information security. Despite significant attempts to improve things, conflicting priorities and inadequate policy have weakened both privacy and security. Some...
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A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate
PimEyes is a paid service that finds photos of a person from across the internet, including some the person may not want exposed. “We’re just a tool provider,” its owner said.
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Broadcom to Acquire VMware in $61 Billion Enterprise Computing Deal
The resulting combination of chip company and software maker would be one of the most important suppliers of technology to the cloud computing market.
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Substack Drops Fund-Raising Efforts as Market Sours
Amid an industrywide downturn, venture investors are preaching austerity and halting new deals, particularly for companies that have spent aggressively on growth.
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Internet Drama in Canada. (Really.)
We all need great internet service, but it doesn’t happen by accident.
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TikTok’s Amber Heard Hate Machine
Television turned the celebrity trial into a 24-hour tabloid spectacle. Social media made it into a sport.