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Feds allege destructive Russian hackers targeted US oil refineries
Enlarge / Critical infrastructure sites such as this oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, rely on safety systems. (credit: IIP Photo Archive) For years, the hackers behind the malware known as Triton or Trisis have stood out as a uniquely dangerous threat to critical infrastructure: a group of digital intruders who attempted to sabotage industrial...
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(BPRW) ART 2063 Presents – Transatlantic Partnerships: Models and Opportunities
(Black PR Wire) Africans Rising Together 2063 (ART 2063) is an initiative of Africans in the Diaspora to build bridges of reconciliation, and constructive partnerships for the common development of people of African descent. This webinar will be solutions
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U.S. and European Leaders Reach Deal on Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy
President Biden said the agreement included “unprecedented protections.”
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Instacart Cuts Its Valuation by 38 Percent, Citing ‘Turbulence’
Despite the company’s fast growth during the pandemic, the market for technology stocks appears to have cooled.
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FCC puts Kaspersky on security threat list, says it poses “unacceptable risk“
Enlarge / Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and founder of Moscow-based Kaspersky, at the 2020 World Internet Conference (WIC) at Wuzhen, China. (credit: Getty Images) The Federal Communications Commission on Friday effectively barred sales of security products from Moscow-based Kaspersky, determining that they pose an unacceptable risk to US national security. The move adds Kaspersky to the...
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(BPRW) PHARRELL WILLIAMS’ BLACK AMBITION BUILDS UPON INAUGURAL YEAR’S SUCCESS WITH SECOND-YEAR PRIZE APPLICATION LAUNCH
(Black PR Wire) Los Angeles, CA – Black Ambition empowers Black and Latinx innovators and communities to excel uninterrupted. Founded by Pharrell Williams in 2020, the non-profit announced today that applications for its second annual prize competit
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E.U. Takes Aim at Big Tech’s Power With Landmark Digital Act
The Digital Markets Act is the most sweeping legislation to regulate tech since a European privacy law was passed in 2018.
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Uber Partners With Yellow Taxi Companies in N.Y.C.
The ride-hailing giant is teaming up with two taxi technology companies in New York City.
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How Amazon Is Resisting Unions in Two Upcoming Elections
The company has held hundreds of meetings with workers to discourage them from supporting a union in two upcoming elections.