A group of about 20 quality assurance testers at the video game company are to vote by mail, with ballots counted on May 23.
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Hackers hammer SpringShell vulnerability in attempt to install cryptominers
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Malicious hackers have been hammering servers with attacks that exploit the recently discovered SpringShell vulnerability in an attempt to install cryptomining malware, researchers said. SpringShell came to light late last month when a researcher demonstrated how it could be used to remotely execute malicious code on servers that run the Spring...
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Elon Musk Details Plan for $46.5 Billion Twitter Takeover
Mr. Musk has been building a stake in the social media company and last week made an unsolicited offer to acquire it outright.
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Obama Calls for More Oversight of Social Media in Speech at Stanford
Tech companies’ power has “turbocharged” political division and requires government scrutiny, former President Barack Obama said at Stanford.
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Three Ways to Cut Your Tech Spending, as Prices Rise Everywhere
Here’s how to be mindful about the tech subscriptions, phone bills and upgrades that drain our budgets.
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The YouTube Rabbit Hole Is Nuanced
It’s unlikely that you’ll be watching kitten videos one day and believing in QAnon the next.
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Netflix’s Stumble Could Be a Warning Sign for Streaming Industry
The company faces a number of challenges, but its problems may be an indication that its competitors are racing toward an unstable future.
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Critical bug could have let hackers commandeer millions of Android devices
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Security researchers said they uncovered a vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to commandeer millions of Android devices equipped with mobile chipsets made by Qualcomm and MediaTek. The vulnerability resided in ALAC—short for Apple Lossless Audio Codec and also known as Apple Lossless—which is an audio format introduced by Apple in...
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Barack Obama’s New Role: Fighting Disinformation
The former president has embarked on a campaign to warn that the scourge of online falsehoods has eroded the foundations of democracy.
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Three Ways to Cut Your Tech Spending, as Prices Rise Everywhere
Here’s how to be mindful about the tech subscriptions, phone bills and upgrades that drain our budgets.