Critics of the Justice Department deal to free the Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say it could blunt tools like sanctions and prosecutions.
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NBC demanded that YouTube TV bundle Peacock or lose access to NBC channels
Enlarge / A giant peacock in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. (credit: Getty Images | NBC) NBCUniversal recently asked YouTube TV to bundle Peacock, the NBC streaming service that has apparently failed to get many paying subscribers. The Comcast-owned NBC wants the Google-owned YouTube TV to pay for Peacock as a...
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GM’s BrightDrop starts production of its EV600 electric delivery van
This is the BrightDrop EV410, a new electric delivery commercial vehicle from General Motors. [credit: BrightDrop ] In January, General Motors created a new electric vehicle brand. It’s called BrightDrop, and like GM’s legacy brands that are electrifying, it, too, will use the company’s forthcoming Ultium batteries and Ultium Drive electric motors. Unlike the rest...
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New Azure Active Directory password brute-forcing flaw has no fix
Enlarge (credit: Michael Dziedzic) Imagine having unlimited attempts to guess someone’s username and password without getting caught. That would make an ideal scenario for a stealthy threat actor—leaving server admins with little to no visibility into the attacker’s actions, let alone the possibility of blocking them. A newly discovered bug in Microsoft Azure’s Active Directory...
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Facebook Is Delaying ‘Instagram Kids’ Amid Criticism
The social media giant said it still wanted to build a child-focused Instagram product but would postpone the plans in the face of criticism.
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Activision to pay $18 million settlement over workplace misconduct.
The complaint by a federal agency followed several other legal actions taken against the game maker, which has been accused of sexual harassment and discrimination.
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New Limits Give Chinese E-Gamers Whiplash
China has a complex relationship with video games. New government rules for minors have made it even more so.
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Ford picks Kentucky and Tennessee for $11.4 billion EV investment
Enlarge / A rendering of the BlueOvalSK campus in Glendale, Kentucky. (credit: Ford) On Monday, the Ford Motor Company announced a massive investment to build electric vehicles in Kentucky and Tennessee. Together with partner SK Innovation, it will invest $11.4 billion and create around 11,000 new jobs in the region building electric F-series pickup trucks...
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Researchers use Starlink satellites to pinpoint location, similar to GPS
Enlarge / SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink satellites launches from the Kennedy Space Center on October 6, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) Signals from SpaceX Starlink broadband satellites can be used to pinpoint locations on Earth to within eight meters of accuracy, engineering researchers reported in a new...
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Film studios sue “no logs” VPN provider for $10 million
Enlarge / Your at-home entertainment studio. (credit: Ella Don) Dozens of movie production companies sued LiquidVPN this year over the VPN provider’s marketing efforts that could be perceived as promoting piracy. These companies, which are now seeking $10 million in damages, claim that the “no log” policy of LiquidVPN is not a valid excuse, as the...