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New York City Takes Aim at AI
The Big Apple fields an action plan for artificial intelligence.
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The Battle to Prevent Another January 6 Features a New Weapon: The Algorithm
A year after the attack on the Capitol, data scientists say artificial intelligence can help forecast insurrection — with some big concerns.
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Complaint to FTC Claims Amazon Search Results Full of Ads 'Unlawfully Deceiving' Consumers
More than a quarter of Amazon search results are paid ads, according to the complaint filed by a coalition of labor unions.
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Tech Companies Join the Fight to Take Down Hacking Groups
Google and Microsoft are taking on hackers.
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Facebook Reveals Broad Takedown of Global Disinformation Networks
The takedowns described in the company's monthly threat report demonstrate how the cat-and-mouse game between Facebook and bad actors is escalating.
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Happy Hacksgiving: Officials Warn of a Surge of Cyber Threats
Government agencies are also warning companies and consumers to be on guard against holiday attacks.
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Ransomware Hackers Have the Upper Hand
Hackers put companies under intense pressure to pay ransoms quickly to get their computers systems back online.
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Commerce Department Announces Rule Aimed at Stemming Sale of Hacking Tools to Russia, China
The rule is not intended to keep American researchers from working with colleagues overseas to find software flaws.
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Messy, Incomplete U.S. Data Hobbles Pandemic Response
The nation's decentralized, underfunded reporting system hampers efforts to combat the coronavirus.
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Federal Government to Expand Use of Facial Recognition Despite Growing Concerns
Federal government to expand use of facial recognition despite growing concerns.
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Bye-Bye, Miners! How Ethereum's Big Change Will Work
The cryptocurrency is jettisoning the "miners" who track and validate transactions on the world's most-used blockchain network.
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Apple is Prying into iPhones to Find Sexual Predators
Privacy activists worry governments could weaponize the feature.
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Oregon Examines Spyware Investment amid Controversy
The Oregon state employee pension fund is one of the largest investors, if not the largest, in a private equity firm that has majority ownership of NSO Group, the...
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TSA Issues Cybersecurity Rules for Pipeline Companies
A U.S. Transportation Security Administration directive imposes new rules requiring pipeline operators to strengthen their cyberdefenses.
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U.S., Allies Accuse China of Hacking Microsoft and Condoning Other Cyberattacks
This is the first time Washington and other U.S. allies have assigned blame for the Microsoft Exchange hack, which compromised more than 100,000 servers worldwide...
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Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack
Inside the hacks that lock down computer systems and damage businesses.
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Google Totally Changing How Ads Track People Around the Internet
The Internet giant is throwing tracking cookies in the dustbin, prompting big questions about privacy, competition, and advertising.
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Feds Recover More Than $2 Million in Ransomware Payments from Colonial Pipeline Hackers
U.S. officials say more than $2 million in cryptocurrency payments to the hackers who held Colonial Pipeline hostage in May has been recovered.
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Feds Recover More Than $2 Million in Ransomware Payments from Colonial Pipeline Hackers
The seizure of cryptocurrency paid by Colonial Pipeline to a Russian hacker ring marks a major milestone for the Department of Justice.
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Hackers hit JBS, the world’s largest meat processor, in ransomware attack
The breach is the latest targeting a crucial supply chain, and comes three weeks after the Colonial Pipeline hack disrupted fuel operations in the U.S.
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