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Kraken, a U.S. Crypto Exchange, Is Suspected of Violating Sanctions
The Treasury Department is investigating whether the crypto exchange allowed users in Iran to buy and sell digital tokens, said people with knowledge of the matter.
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Will Streaming Save Sports or Kill It?
Sports are the lifeblood of TV but also choking it. Big Tech is following a similar playbook.
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Microsoft Earnings Fall Short
The tech giant cited the strong U.S. dollar, falling consumer demand and production slowdowns of PCs for its performance.
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Newly found Lightning Framework offers a plethora of Linux hacking capabilities
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The software framework has become essential to developing almost all complex software these days. The Django Web framework, for instance, bundles all the libraries, image files, and other components needed to quickly build and deploy web apps, making it a mainstay at companies like Google, Spotify, and Pinterest. Frameworks provide a...
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How big is the risk that someone will hack an EV charging network?
Enlarge / There are many good reasons why an EV charger should be networked, but it does come with vulnerabilities. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, as passed by Congress last November, authorizes $7.5 billion to help meet US President Joe Biden’s goal of installing 500,000 stations by 2030....
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Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have unpacked a major cybersecurity find—a malicious UEFI-based rootkit used in the wild since 2016 to ensure computers remained infected even if an operating system is reinstalled or a hard drive is completely replaced. The firmware compromises the UEFI, the low-level and highly opaque chain of firmware required to boot up...
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Russia is quietly ramping up its Internet censorship machine
Enlarge (credit: Kremlin official photo) Since 2019, Vladimir Putin has supercharged his plan to separate Russia from the global Internet. The country’s sovereign Internet law, which came into force that November, gives officials the power to block access to websites for millions of Russians. The law was used to hit Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter with...
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Gen Z Designers Made It Big on Depop. Now They’re Graduating.
Depop, a social shopping app, was a springboard for many young designers during the pandemic. Some are now taking their success elsewhere.
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Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports
Competing for rights to broadcast games from the N.F.L. and other leagues could be hard for broadcast and cable companies that “aren’t playing by the same financial rules.”