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Facebook Whistle-Blower Urges Lawmakers to Regulate the Company
Frances Haugen, who left the social network in May and leaked internal documents, gave senators rare insight into its inner workings.
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Gone in Minutes, Out for Hours: Outage Shakes Facebook
When apps used by billions of people worldwide blinked out, lives were disrupted, businesses were cut off from customers — and some Facebook employees were locked...
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'Stalkerware' Apps Are Proliferating. Protect Yourself
These spyware apps record your conversations, location and everything you type, all while camouflaged as a calculator or calendar.
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Biden Administration Combating Ransomware with Crackdown on Cryptocurrency Payments
Cybersecurity experts see exchanges as a weak point for ransomware gangs that otherwise operate wholly in on the Internet, all but untouchable by law enforcement...
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The Battle for Digital Privacy Is Reshaping the Internet
As Apple and Google enact privacy changes, businesses are grappling with the fallout, Madison Avenue is fighting back and Facebook has cried foul.
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Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close a Spyware Flaw
Researchers at Citizen Lab found that NSO Group, an Israeli spyware company, had infected Apple products without so much as a click.
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Russia Influences Hackers but Stops Short of Directing Them, Report Says
The arrangement allows the Russian government some plausible deniability for attacks, researchers found.
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Crypto's Rapid Move Into Banking Elicits Alarm in Washington
The boom in companies offering cryptocurrency loans and high-yield deposit accounts is disrupting the banking industry and leaving regulators scrambling to catch...
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Tesla Sells 'Full Self-Driving,' but What Is It Really?
As the company deals with government scrutiny of its driver-assistance technology, an add-on kit sold for up to $10,000 is also getting more attention.
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The World's Biggest Crypto Exchange Still Lacks U.S. Footing
The founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, needs investors for the company's U.S. unit after a recent venture capital deal fell through — a setback that cost him a...
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Overwhelmed by Coronavirus, Cuba's Vaunted Health System Is Reeling
The Cuban government Tuesday published a new cyberterrorism law that makes it illegal to use telecommunications to post "offensive" material.
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U.S. Will Investigate Tesla's Autopilot System Over Crashes With Emergency Vehicles
It will be the broadest look yet at Tesla's assisted-driving technology. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has the authority to force a recall...
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Google Infringed on Patents Owned by Sonos, a Trade Judge Says
The preliminary finding will now be reviewed by the full U.S. International Trade Commission.
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What Should Happen to Our Data When We Die?
Anthony Bourdain's A.I.-generated voice is just the latest example of a celebrity being digitally reincarnated. These days, though, it could happen to any of us...
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Constant but Camouflaged, Flurry of Cyberattacks Offers Glimpse of New Era
Once imagined as a new kind of warfare, government-linked hacking has instead become a widespread and perhaps permanent feature of the global order.
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Fallout From Hack of City Law Department Could Linger for Months
One department official was reassigned, and lawyers still lack remote access to case files, leading to delays with lawsuits.
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Spy Agencies Turn to Scientists as They Wrestle With Mysteries
American intelligence agencies are tapping outside expertise as they wrestle with mysteries like the coronavirus and UFOs that are as much about science as they...
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Game Over: Chinese Company Deploys Facial Recognition to Limit Youths' Play
Tencent Games says it has been using facial recognition to enforce China's rules on how much time people under 18 can spend playing video games.
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Crashes Involving Tesla Autopilot, Other Driver-Assistance Systems Attract Scrutiny
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is requiring automakers to report crashes involving vehicles with advanced driver-assistance systems.
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