The decisions were a major blow to attempts to rein in Big Tech. The judge said one of the complaints, from the Federal Trade Commission, lacked facts and gave the agency 30 days to refile it.
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Are Black Creators Really on ‘Strike’ From TikTok?
A viral campaign aims to draw attention to the ways social platforms compensate users.
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SolarWinds hackers breach new victims, including a Microsoft support agent
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The nation-state hackers who orchestrated the SolarWinds supply chain attack compromised a Microsoft worker’s computer and used the access to launch targeted attacks against company customers, Microsoft said in a terse statement published late on a Friday afternoon. The hacking group also compromised three entities using password-spraying and brute-force techniques, which...
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A well-meaning feature leaves millions of Dell PCs vulnerable
Enlarge / Dell has released a patch for a set of vulnerabilities that left as many as 30 million devices exposed. (credit: Artur Widak | Getty Images) Researchers have known for years about security issues with the foundational computer code known as firmware. It’s often riddled with vulnerabilities, it’s difficult to update with patches, and...
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NFC flaws let researchers hack an ATM by waving a phone
Enlarge (credit: Chalongrat Chuvaree | Getty Images) For years, security researchers and cybercriminals have hacked ATMs by using all possible avenues to their innards, from opening a front panel and sticking a thumb drive into a USB port to drilling a hole that exposes internal wiring. Now, one researcher has found a collection of bugs...
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Antitrust Overhaul Passes Its First Tests. Now, the Hard Parts.
When the Judiciary Committee began approving a suite of bills on Wednesday, fault lines were exposed that could make final passage difficult.
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The Internet Eats Up Less Energy Than You Might Think
New research by two leading scientists says some dire warnings of environmental damage from technology are overstated.
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What Congress Wants From Big Tech
House lawmakers have gotten serious. A package of bills poses existential threats to the tech giants.
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BuzzFeed Confirms Plans to Go Public Through SPAC Deal
The digital media company, which will merge with a publicly listed shell company in what is known as a SPAC deal, also lined up about $150 million in debt financing.
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10 Million Data Requests: How a Times Team Tracked Covid
The project began 18 months ago as a simple concept: Count every known U.S. case at the time. When the virus grew exponentially, so did the efforts to document it.