Hackers have a devastating new target
A major gas pipeline. Dozens of government agencies. A Florida city’s water supply. And now, one of the world’s top meat producers. The…
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Microsoft wants to make voting more trustworthy. This partnership will help
In late February 2020, Microsoft carried out the first official test of its ElectionGuard voting security software in an election in Fulton,…
Continue ReadingTaking the ‘cyber’ out of cyberattacks: Why hackers are going after physical infrastructure
A major gas pipeline. Dozens of government agencies. A Florida city’s water supply. And now, one of the world’s top meat producers. The…
Continue ReadingHelicopters, a patrol car and virtual bodyguards: Inside Citizen’s scattered push to upend public safety
Well before Citizen, a controversial real-time crime alerting app, raised eyebrows by testing a company-branded patrol car on the streets of Los…
Continue ReadingAmazon thrived during the pandemic. These drivers say they paid the price
Massive turnover rates. Dissatisfaction with pay. Demanding bosses. Some workers who helped Amazon take advantage of the business opportunity the…
Continue ReadingUS announces new delayed tariffs against six countries in response to taxes targeting large tech companies
The US government announced new, suspended tariffs on Wednesday against six countries in response to those governments’ digital services taxes,…
Continue ReadingAmazon changes employee policies for time off, marijuana
Amazon announced Tuesday it supports the federal legalization of marijuana, and that the company is revising a controversial workplace policy critics…
Continue ReadingSilicon Valley may look very different after the pandemic
After four months of working from home during the pandemic, Reeba Akram decided to change where home was. Akram, who works for Google, moved with her…
Continue ReadingMajor meat producer JBS USA hit by cyberattack, likely from Russia
Major meat producer JBS USA suffered a cyberattack on Sunday. The attack affected servers supporting its IT systems in North America and Australia,…
Continue ReadingTwo Elon Musk tweets have violated SEC settlement agreement, report says
Two tweets by Elon Musk in the past two years have run afoul of an agreement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that Tesla lawyers must…
Continue ReadingMajor meat producer JBS USA hit by cyberattack
Major meat producer JBS USA suffered a cyberattack on Sunday. The attack affected servers supporting its IT systems in North America and Australia,…
Continue ReadingMeat producer JBS USA suffers cyberattack
Major meat producer JBS USA suffered a cyberattack on Sunday. The attack affected servers supporting its IT systems in North America and Australia,…
Continue ReadingWanted: Millions of cybersecurity pros. Salary: Whatever you want
A series of major digital security breaches over the past year are serving as a wake-up call to Corporate America about the need to invest in…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft says SolarWinds hackers have struck again at the US and other countries
The hackers behind one of the worst data breaches ever to hit the US government have launched a new global cyberattack on more than 150 government…
Continue ReadingSilicon Valley is in a high-stakes standoff with India
The biggest names in tech are locked in an increasingly tense stand-off with India over strict new social media rules they fear will erode privacy,…
Continue ReadingThis $5 billion insurance company likes to talk up its AI. Now it’s in a mess over it
A key part of insurance company Lemonade’s pitch to investors and customers is its ability to disrupt the normally staid insurance industry…
Continue ReadingTech trade groups file lawsuit against Florida’s new social media law
Florida’s new law prohibiting social media platforms from suspending politicians is just days old. But it’s already being challenged in…
Continue ReadingFacebook will no longer remove claims that Covid-19 was man-made
Facebook said it’s no longer removing from its platforms claims that coronavirus was man-made. That announcement comes shortly after President…
Continue ReadingCitizen says it’s not starting its own private security force — but it won’t rule out hiring someone else to do it
Citizen, an app that started as a service for real-time crime alerts made waves late last week with news that it was testing a private, on-demand…
Continue ReadingUber drivers win their first ever unionization deal
Uber has recognized a labor union for the first time in a move that could boost efforts by gig economy workers to win better employment rights. GMB,…
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