Hackers suspected of working on behalf of the Chinese government exploited a maximum-severity vulnerability, which had received a patch 16 months earlier, to compromise a telecommunications provider in Canada, officials from that country and the US said Monday. “The Cyber Centre is aware of malicious cyber activities currently targeting Canadian telecommunications companies,” officials for the...
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(BPRW) NAACP and Other Civil Rights Groups Demand Department of Energy Withdraw Rule Rolling Back Civil Rights Protections
(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON — The NAACP, along with a coalition of allied organizations and legal experts, filed formal comments urging the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to immediately withdraw a dangerous rule that dismantles long-s…
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Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It
To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes.
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Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk traffic
Large-scale attacks designed to bring down Internet services by sending them more traffic than they can process keep getting bigger, with the largest one yet, measured at 7.3 terabits per second, being reported Friday by Internet security and performance provider Cloudflare. The 7.3Tbps attack amounted to 37.4 terabytes of junk traffic that hit the target...
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(BPRW) NAACP Previews 116th National Convention, Aiming to Empower Community Amidst Adversity
(Black PR Wire) CHARLOTTE – The NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson was joined by local and National NAACP leaders, Mayor Vi Lyles, and other key Charlotte stakeholders for a press conference to preview the upcoming 11…
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(BPRW) Schedule and Program Updates for “State of the People National Assembly” in Baltimore June 19-21, 2025, Includes Special Partnership with Children’s Defense Fund
(Black PR Wire) BALTIMORE, MD — This week the “State of the People National Assembly” brings together hundreds of Black leaders, organizers, artists, elders, and youth from across the country for a historic Juneteenth convening to celebr…
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TikTok Hits Cannes, Where a U.S. Ban Seems a Distant Dream
TikTok executives hosted happy hours and played pickleball with influencers on the French Riviera this week, even as a U.S. ban loomed over the company.
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Can A.I. Quicken the Pace of Math Discoveries?
Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed things up using artificial intelligence.
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Your A.I. Queries Come With a Climate Cost
When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases.
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22 New Jobs A.I. Could Give You
In a few key areas, humans will be more essential than ever.