Russia’s disinformation machine is working in overdrive inside its own borders.
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Will Russia’s Isolation Last?
Foreign companies and tech powers are increasingly pressured to cut ties over political crises. But then what?
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Elizabeth Holmes’s Ex-Boyfriend Set to Go on Trial in Theranos Case
Jury selection started in Sunny Balwani’s fraud trial, which will establish just how much he knew about the blood-testing start-up Theranos and Ms. Holmes’s actions.
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Do You Still Love the Walkman?
Some people love technology that the rest of us see as obsolete junk.
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Rivian Pares Delivery Targets for 2022, Citing Supply Problems
The company said it expected to produce only 25,000 electric vehicles this year, adding a new cloud to its outlook only months after a hot I.P.O.
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Feds extradite ransomware suspects from 2 prolific gangs in a single week
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / iStock) Federal prosecutors extradited two suspected ransomware operators, including a man they said was responsible for an intrusion that infected as many as 1,500 organizations in a single stroke, making it one of the worst supply chain attacks ever. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, was arrested last August as he crossed from...
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When Pigs Cry: Tool Decodes the Emotional Lives of Swine
An algorithm built by European researchers could help farmers “speak pig” to improve the animals’ welfare.
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Brave takes on the creepy websites that override your privacy settings
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Some websites just can’t take “no” for an answer. Instead of respecting visitors’ choice to block third-party cookies—the identifiers that track browsing activity as a user moves from site to site—they find sneaky ways to bypass those settings. Now, makers of the Brave browser are taking action. Earlier this week, Brave...
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The secret US mission to bolster Ukraine’s cyber defenses ahead of Russia’s invasion
Enlarge (credit: gwengoat | Getty Images) Months before the Russian invasion, a team of Americans fanned out across Ukraine looking for a very specific kind of threat. Some team members were soldiers with the US Army’s Cyber Command. Others were civilian contractors and some employees of American companies that help defend critical infrastructure from the...
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Apple Has to Try Hard Now
The tech giant used to give us only a few cool options. Now it has to work harder to win us over.