A report by a liberal think tank tries to quantify the potential employment gains and losses, concluding that subsidies will be crucial.
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Security audit raises severe warnings on Chinese smartphone models
Enlarge / Be sure you know what you’re getting into before buying and using unfamiliarly branded smartphones—especially international models not originally intended for your country. (credit: Clover No. 7 Photography via Getty Images) The Lithuanian National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently published a security assessment of three recent-model Chinese-made smartphones—Huawei’s P40 5G, Xiaomi’s Mi 10T...
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Phone calls disrupted by ongoing DDoS cyber attack on VOIP.ms
Enlarge (credit: Icons8 Team) Quebec-based provider of telephony services VoIP.ms is facing an aggressive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber attack, causing a disruption in phone calls and services. The incident began around September 16 and has put a strain on the VoIP provider’s systems, websites, and operations. VoIP.ms serves over 80,000 customers across 125 countries,...
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Unpatched MacOS vulnerability lets remote attackers execute code
Enlarge (credit: Dmitry Chernyshov) A code execution bug in Apple’s macOS allows remote attackers to run arbitrary commands on your device. And the worst part is, Apple hasn’t fully patched it yet, as tested by Ars. Those shortcut files can take over your Mac Independent security researcher Park Minchan has discovered a vulnerability in the...
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(BPRW) A Proclamation on Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2021
(Black PR Wire) Washington, D.C. — For many families, a business is more than a job — it is the fulfillment of a dream: a better life, a family legacy, a place in the community. Minority businesses in particular are the heart
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Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image
Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, has signed off on an effort to show users pro-Facebook stories and to distance himself from scandals.
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Apple iPhone 13 Review: The Most Incremental Upgrade Ever
The new iPhone is 10 percent faster than the last one, and the photos are slightly better. In a word: Huh.
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Linux Foundation says companies are desperate for open source talent
Enlarge / It probably shouldn’t be considered “surprising” when a Linux certification entity reports that Linux certifications are highly desirable. (credit: Linux Foundation) The Linux Foundation released its 2021 Open Source Jobs Report this month, which aims to inform both sides of the IT hiring process about current trends. The report accurately foreshadows many of...
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Ransomware victims panicked while FBI secretly held REvil decryption key
Enlarge / The seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seen at the J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, D.C. (credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) For three weeks during the REvil ransomeware attack this summer, the FBI secretly withheld the key that would have decrypted data and computers on up to 1,500 networks, including those...
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$5.9 million ransomware attack on farming co-op may cause food shortage
Enlarge (credit: Raphael Rychetsky) Iowa-based provider of agriculture services NEW Cooperative Inc. has been hit by a ransomware attack, forcing it to take its systems offline. The BlackMatter group that is behind the attack has put forth a $5.9 million ransom demand. The farming cooperative is seen stating the attack could significantly impact the public supply...