The Brazilian Supreme Court has vowed to fight disinformation ahead of this year’s presidential elections. Banning the popular messaging app is its most drastic step yet.
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Mark Zuckerberg Won’t Be Named in Meta Privacy Suit, Judge Says
D.C.’s attorney general had waited too long to add Mark Zuckerberg as a defendant in the suit against Meta, the judge said.
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How the War in Ukraine Could Slow the Sales of Electric Cars
The price of nickel, an essential ingredient in most batteries, has soared because of fear that Russian supplies could be cut off.
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Sabotage: Code added to popular NPM package wiped files in Russia and Belarus
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A developer has been caught adding malicious code to a popular open-source package that wiped files on computers located in Russia and Belarus as part of a protest that has enraged many users and raised concerns about the safety of free and open source software. The application, node-ipc, adds remote interprocess...
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Uber, Lyft Drivers Struggle With High Gas Prices
Some drivers say they find it hard to justify spending hours on the road for Uber or Lyft as fuel costs continue to tick upward.
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Some of the Tech Magic Is Gone
The bubble hasn’t exactly burst, but we’re no longer seeing a fantastical belief in the power of technology.
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NLRB Sues Amazon Over Labor Practices at a Staten Island Facility
The labor agency wants a federal judge to order changes there in the case of a fired worker before a union election starts next week.
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Trickbot is using MikroTik routers to ply its trade. Now we know why
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For years, malicious hackers have been hacking large fleets of MikroTik routers and conscripting them into Trickbot, one of the Internet’s most destructive botnets. Now, Microsoft has finally figured out why and how the routers are being put to use. Trickbot came to light in 2016 as a trojan for stealing...
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Netflix fights password-sharing with test of $3 “Extra Member” fee
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | cyano66) Netflix will soon charge an extra fee for sharing accounts with people in other households. This is the company’s latest attempt to reduce the password-sharing that has been common among Netflix users for years. The fee will roll out in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru “over the next few...
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Nvidia wants to speed up data transfer by connecting data center GPUs to SSDs
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft brought DirectStorage to Windows PCs this week. The API promises faster load times and more detailed graphics by letting game developers make apps that load graphical data from the SSD directly to the GPU. Now, Nvidia and IBM have created a similar SSD/GPU technology, but they are aiming it at the...