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As Congress Debated Landmark China Bill, Beijing Surged Ahead
Experts are still assessing how China apparently leapfrogged ahead in its effort to manufacture a semiconductor that rivals those made in Taiwan, which supplies both China and the West.
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Comcast stock falls as company fails to add Internet users for first time ever
Enlarge / Comcast CEO Brian Roberts at an event in Beijing on October 17, 2019. Comcast is the largest Internet provider in the US with over 29.8 million residential broadband customers, but the company’s long streak of adding Internet subscribers each quarter is finally over. In Q2 2022 earnings announced today, Comcast said it has...
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0-days sold by Austrian firm used to hack Windows users, Microsoft says
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft said on Wednesday that an Austria-based company named DSIRF used multiple Windows and Adobe Reader zero-days to hack organizations located in Europe and Central America. Multiple news outlets have published articles like this one, which cited marketing materials and other evidence linking DSIRF to Subzero, a malicious toolset for “automated...
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0-days sold by Austrian firm used to hack Windows users, Microsoft says
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft said on Wednesday that an Austria-based company named DSIRF used multiple Windows and Adobe Reader zero-days to hack organizations located in Europe and Central America. Multiple news outlets have published articles like this one, which cited marketing materials and other evidence linking DSIRF to Subzero, a malicious toolset for “automated...
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How Mark Zuckerberg Is Leading Meta Into Its Next Phase
Facebook’s founder is setting a relentless pace as he pushes his company through a tech transformation during a global economic slowdown.
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Instagram, Facing Criticism From Kylie Jenner and Others, Tries Explaining Itself
Meta is meeting backlash for changes that make some of its platforms act more like TikTok.
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Kraken, a U.S. Crypto Exchange, Is Suspected of Violating Sanctions
The Treasury Department is investigating whether the crypto exchange allowed users in Iran to buy and sell digital tokens, said people with knowledge of the matter.
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Will Streaming Save Sports or Kill It?
Sports are the lifeblood of TV but also choking it. Big Tech is following a similar playbook.
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Microsoft Earnings Fall Short
The tech giant cited the strong U.S. dollar, falling consumer demand and production slowdowns of PCs for its performance.