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Feds issue emergency order for agencies to patch critical Windows flaw
The US Department of Homeland Security is giving federal agencies until midnight on Tuesday to patch a critical Windows vulnerability…
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Sources: DOJ to brief state AGs on Wednesday about its plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google; a case could be filed as early as next week (Tony Romm/Washington Post)
Tony Romm / Washington Post: Sources: DOJ to brief state AGs on Wednesday about its plans to file an antitrust…
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Verizon to buy TracFone, expanding big carriers’ control of prepaid industry
Enlarge / A monitor displaying a Verizon logo and share prices at the New York Stock Exchange on September 4,…
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ByteDance asserts it will maintain majority ownership and control over TikTok Global and will not transfer source code or technology to Oracle and Walmart (Financial Times)
Financial Times: ByteDance asserts it will maintain majority ownership and control over TikTok Global and will not transfer source code…
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Companies can track your phone’s movements to target ads
Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google and Apple have taken steps this year they say will help users…
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How Nvidia's bets on gaming and AI transformed it from a niche player in the high-end graphics market in the mid-90s into the most valuable US chip company (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal)
Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: How Nvidia’s bets on gaming and AI transformed it from a niche player in…
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Traders set to don virtual reality headsets in their home offices
Spare bedrooms and living rooms could soon become part of vibrant trading floors as one of the world’s biggest investment…
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Behind the rise of viral earworms on TikTok, whose musical DNA and culture of repetition often leads to the same songs being reused again and again in videos (Asha Saluja/Slate)
Asha Saluja / Slate: Behind the rise of viral earworms on TikTok, whose musical DNA and culture of repetition often…
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A bevy of new features makes iOS 14 the most secure mobile OS ever
Enlarge / From left to right: iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max. Samuel Axon Eleven months ago,…
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US delays TikTok ban by a week, as company says Oracle and Walmart may take 20% stake in TikTok Global's pre-IPO round, host US user data and computer systems (Jonathan Shieber/TechCrunch)
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: US delays TikTok ban by a week, as company says Oracle and Walmart may take 20%…
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