It’s even harder now to understand what the U.S. wants to accomplish with its computer chip plans.
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‘Ready to Rock, You Guys?’ The Winklevoss Twins Play Amagansett.
At the end of a tour that drew some social media mockery, the billionaire brothers’ rock band received a friendly reception at a venue close to their parents’ beach house.
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The cryptopocalypse is nigh! NIST rolls out new encryption standards to prepare
Enlarge / Conceptual computer artwork of electronic circuitry with blue and red light passing through it, representing how data may be controlled and stored in a quantum computer. (credit: Getty Images) In the not-too-distant future—as little as a decade, perhaps, nobody knows exactly how long—the cryptography protecting your bank transactions, chat messages, and medical records...
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Google allowed sanctioned Russian ad company to harvest user data for months
Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto | Getty Images) ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The day after Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner sent a letter to Google warning it to be on alert for...
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Google closes data loophole amid privacy fears over abortion ruling
Enlarge (credit: Lari Bat | Getty Images) Google is closing a loophole that has allowed thousands of companies to monitor and sell sensitive personal data from Android smartphones, an effort welcomed by privacy campaigners in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to end women’s constitutional right to abortion. It also took a further...
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Mark Zuckerberg Prepares Meta Employees for a Tougher 2022
In an internal meeting this week, Mr. Zuckerberg said the tech giant was facing one of the “worst downturns that we’ve seen in recent history.”
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Google Says It Will Delete Location Data When Users Visit Abortion Clinics
Under pressure from employees and supporters of reproductive rights, the company announced privacy changes for the post-Roe era.
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TikTok tells Republican senators how it plans to keep American data away from China.
“We know we are among the most scrutinized platforms from a security standpoint,” the video app’s chief executive wrote.
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Billing fraud apps can disable Android Wi-Fi and intercept text messages
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Android malware developers are stepping up their billing fraud game with apps that disable Wi-Fi connections, surreptitiously subscribe users to pricey wireless services, and intercept text messages, all in a bid to collect hefty fees from unsuspecting users, Microsoft said on Friday. This threat class has been a fact of life...
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(BPRW) Luchadores and Superheroes Featured in Colorful COVID-19 Ad Campaigns
(Black PR Wire) SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– As part of a statewide effort to encourage Latino and Black/African American Californians to get vaccinated and boosted, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has launched engaging and cult