Amazon Echo Show 15 review: Is all that screen space worth it for $249.99?
Amazon's latest Echo device isn't designed to blend in with your surroundings. In fact, it's expected to be a center of attention.
Jan 6, 2022
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France hits Google, Facebook with huge fines over 'cookies'
French regulators have hit Google and Facebook with 210 million euros ($237 million) in fines over their use of "cookies", the data used to track users online, authorities said Thursday.
Jan 6, 2022
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This New Year, why not resolve to ditch your dodgy old passwords?
Most of the classic New Year resolutions revolve around improving your health and lifestyle. But this year, why not consider cleaning up your passwords too?
Jan 3, 2022
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Computer scientists develop a framework to protect browsers from zero-day vulnerabilities in third-party libraries
Researchers from the University of California San Diego, the University of Texas at Austin, and Mozilla have designed a new framework, called RLBox, to make the Firefox browser more secure. Mozilla has started deploying RLBox ...
Dec 7, 2021
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Fourteen new types of attacks on web browsers detected
IT security experts have identified 14 new types of attacks on web browsers that are known as cross-site leaks, or XS-Leaks. Using XS-Leaks, a malicious website can grab personal data from visitors by interacting with other ...
Dec 2, 2021
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Increased advertising and algorithm changes at Google may make it harder to find what you're looking for
Over the past 25 years, the name "Google" has become synonymous with the idea of searching for anything online. In much the same way "to Hoover" means to use a vacuum cleaner, dictionaries have recognized "to Google" as meaning ...
Sep 1, 2021
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FTC official raps Facebook for booting political ads probe
A senior Federal Trade Commission official is criticizing Facebook's move to shut down the personal accounts of two academic researchers and terminate their probe into misinformation spread through political ads on the social ...
Aug 6, 2021
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Facebook shuts out NYU academics' research on political ads
Facebook has shut down the personal accounts of a pair of New York University researchers and shuttered their investigation into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network.
Aug 4, 2021
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Managing data practices on the web
Surfing the web today exposes users to a shocking array of data collection practices. Websites are building digital profiles about you, targeting ads towards you, and sometimes they're even using your computer to mine cryptocurrency, ...
Jul 20, 2021
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Misconceptions plague security and privacy tools
As ransomware attacks continue to rise, tools to protect security and privacy are important. But if you think surfing the web via private browsing mode, virtual private networks (VPNs), or Tor browser protects you from security ...
Jul 16, 2021
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