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Half a million stolen passwords, emails for sale on dark web

Hackers stole personal data from more than a half million users of an Italy-based email service and posted the purloined information for sale online.

Apr 8, 2020 report

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Facebook takes on the world of cryptocurrency with 'Libra' coin

Facebook unveiled plans Tuesday for a new global cryptocurrency called Libra, pledging to deliver a stable virtual money that lives on smartphones and could bring over a billion "unbanked" people into the financial system.

Jun 18, 2019

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Study details scale of human labor needed to keep 'the cloud' aloft

The representation of cloud technology as an automated realm powered by ethereal data flows fails to do justice to the exhaustive human effort that is required to keep the data centers behind it running.

Nov 30, 2022

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Cryptoassets: New algorithm shows that nested financial services could cause domino effects

It has been an extremely turbulent year for the crypto world. In particular, the collapses of the stablecoin Terra at the beginning of the year and the one of the crypto exchange FTX two weeks ago left many investors stunned. ...

Nov 29, 2022

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Using gaming tactics in apps raises new legal issues

When new innovations emerge, there's always a temptation to say that we need to rewrite the rulebook for them. Gamification has been no exception.

May 2, 2022

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Google parent suffers 1Q growth slowdown, profit decline

Google's corporate parent on Tuesday posted its slowest quarterly revenue growth since 2020, the latest sign that the huge gains enjoyed by technology companies during the pandemic are fading into the rear-view mirror.

Apr 27, 2022

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Google strikes deal with CME as exchange moves to cloud

CME Group and Alphabet Inc.'s Google struck a deal to help the derivatives exchange operator with its technology needs and a plan to move all of its operations to the cloud.

Nov 4, 2021

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As banks push AI, worry about worsening inequality follows

Banks, consumer advocates and think tanks are weighing in to federal bank regulators about potential pitfalls in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in making loan decisions.

Aug 4, 2021

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What are stablecoins? A blockchain expert explains

Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency linked to an asset like the U.S. dollar that doesn't change much in value.

Jul 29, 2021

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Keylime security software is deployed to IBM cloud

Keylime, a cloud security software architecture, is being adopted into IBM's cloud fleet. Originally developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory to allow system administrators to ensure the security of their cloud environment, Keylime ...

Jul 27, 2021

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