Saturday, August 31, 2019

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was hacked Friday. Here's how to safeguard your Twitter account

The hack of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account on Friday revealed a flaw in the social network's systems that could leave anyone vulnerable. And it raised a serious question as to how you can keep your account safe from the same thing.


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Friday, August 30, 2019

France touted a 'compromise' with the US on tech tax, but it's far from settled

French President Emmanuel Macron said he had reached a compromise with the US over the country's decsion to tax tech giants, something that angered President Donald Trump. But the reality is the compromise is more like a pause.


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Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was hacked

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account was hacked on Friday afternoon. A series of racist and otherwise offensive posts went out from his account.


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Google reportedly agrees to pay at least $150 million to settle FTC probe into YouTube

Google has agreed to pay a fine of at least $150 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission investigation into YouTube's handling of children's data, according to multiple reports.


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Pokémon Masters is the latest mobile game to draw heavily from console

Video games are increasingly making the jump from console to your pocket.


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Apple is making it easier to get your iPhone fixed at more places

Apple is launching a new program that will make it easier for its customers to get their iPhones fixed by expanding the number of businesses that can repair them.


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Scooters are a huge problem for cities. No one knows how to solve it yet

In the Wild West of transportation, no one knows what to do about scooters.


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Twitter under fire for removing the word 'vagina' from ads for gynecology book

Twitter removed advertisements for a book on gynecology because they used the word "vagina," a prominent medical practitioner has claimed.


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Autonomous Vehicle Development Fuels Industry Angst

In the Internet of Things -- or the "Intelligence of Things," which is more apt -- the automotive segment has become a leading center of innovation. Only healthcare offers the same ability to leverage advances in sensors, processing, connectivity and artificial intelligence technology to advance an industry while simultaneously improving society. As a result, the entire electronics and automotive ecosystem is racing to develop self-driving/autonomous vehicles. However, changing an established industry does not come without challenges.

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Google finds evidence of attempted mass iPhone hack

Google has uncovered evidence of a sustained effort to hack large numbers of iPhones over a period of at least two years, its researchers said.


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