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Mike Schroepfer, Facebook’s C.T.O., to Step Down in 2022

Mike Schroepfer, who leads the company’s artificial intelligence and other technical efforts, said he planned to transition into a role as a senior fellow.

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Upgrading? Here’s What You Can Do With an Old Mobile Device.

Before you retire that smartphone or tablet to the bottom of a drawer, there are ways to get more life out of it around the house.

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These Apps Deliver Food and Misery

We all want ice cream fast, but app delivery services make it too easy for us to ignore their true cost.

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What Will It Take for Electric Vehicles to Create Jobs, Not Cut Them?

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...