'Hundreds of millions of people' may have had their text messages exposed online, researchers say
Some of your text messages may have been left exposed on the internet for the world to see.
Dec 2, 2019
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WhatsApp launches first digital payments option
Facebook on Monday added a digital payments feature to its WhatsApp messaging service, starting in Brazil but with an eye to expanding around the world.
Jun 15, 2020
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Robotics
A quicker eye for robotics to help in our cluttered, human environments
In a step toward home-helper robots that can quickly navigate unpredictable and disordered spaces, University of Michigan researchers have developed an algorithm that lets machines perceive their environments orders of magnitude ...
May 24, 2019
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National emergency alerts potentially vulnerable to attack
On October 3, 2018, cell phones across the United States received a text message labeled "Presidential Alert." The message read: "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed."
Jun 21, 2019
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Facebook admits phone numbers may be used to target ads
Facebook on Thursday confirmed that advertisers were privy to phone numbers given by members of the social network for enhanced security.
Sep 28, 2018
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Global sting: Secure FBI-run messaging network tricks crooks
Criminal gangs divulged plans for moving drug shipments and carrying out killings on a secure messaging system secretly run by the FBI, law enforcement agencies said Tuesday, as they unveiled a global sting operation they ...
Jun 8, 2021
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Apple moving forward on app privacy, despite pushback
An update to the software powering some billion iPhones around the world kicks in Monday with an enhanced privacy feature critics fear will roil the internet advertising world.
Apr 25, 2021
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COVID-19 messages make emergency alerts just another text in the crowd on your home screen
On a spring day in 2020, residents of El Paso, Texas, saw their phones light up with a text message: "Avoid parks/family gatherings this Easter. Stay home, stay safe. Do it for your loved ones."
Jun 9, 2021
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From iPhone OS 1 to iOS 15: A history of the system that powers your Apple smartphone
A lot has changed since Steve Jobs first introduced the world to Apple's latest device in 2007: the iPhone.
Jun 8, 2021
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That blaring noise you heard? It was a test of the federal government's emergency alert system
"THIS IS A TEST": If you have a cellphone or were watching television Wednesday, you should have seen that message flash across your screen as the federal government tested its emergency alert system used to tell people about ...
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Message
A message in its most general meaning is an object of communication. It is something which provides information; it can also be this information itself. Therefore, its meaning is dependent upon the context in which it is used; the term may apply to both the information and its form. A communiqué is a brief report or statement released by a public agency.
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