A spokesman for the Facebook founder said the money sent to election offices in 2020 was a “one-time donation.” The grants prompted Republicans to push for bans on private donations for elections.
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Russia’s Sandworm hackers attempted a third blackout in Ukraine
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Sundry Photography) More than half a decade has passed since the notorious Russian hackers known as Sandworm targeted an electrical transmission station north of Kyiv a week before Christmas in 2016, using a unique, automated piece of code to interact directly with the station’s circuit breakers and turn off the...
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Elon Musk Will Not Join Twitter’s Board, Company Says
The announcement reverses a decision last week, when Twitter said Mr. Musk would become a board member after amassing a 9.2 percent stake in the company.
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Amazon, Labor Organizers File Objections to Alabama Union Vote
The company listed a series of complaints against an upstart union’s organizing efforts. Both Amazon and another union noted objections to another vote in Alabama.
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Amazon, Labor Organizers File Objections to Alabama Union Vote
The company listed a series of complaints against an upstart union’s organizing efforts. Both Amazon and another union noted objections to another vote in Alabama.
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Amazon, Labor Organizers File Objections to Alabama Union Vote
The company listed a series of complaints against an upstart union’s organizing efforts. Both Amazon and another union noted objections to another vote in Alabama.
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How Facial Recognition Is Being Used in the Ukraine War
Services that put a name to a face, including Clearview AI, are being used to identify Russian soldiers, living or dead, and to verify that travelers in Ukraine are who they claim.
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What’s the Future of Online Grocery Shopping?
Some of our pandemic-induced digital habits are here to stay. But what about buying bananas?
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SpaceX and Axiom Launch Private Astronaut Crew to Space Station
Axiom Space bought seats on a SpaceX rocket to be NASA’s guests in orbit as the agency extends efforts to commercialize spaceflight.
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Trend says hackers have weaponized SpringShell to install Mirai malware
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers on Friday said that hackers are exploiting the recently discovered SpringShell vulnerability to successfully infect vulnerable Internet of Things devices with Mirai, an open source piece of malware that wrangles routers and other network-connected devices into sprawling botnets. When SpringShell (also known as Spring4Shell) came to light last Sunday, some...