Month: August 2024

DoJ could force divestment of Android operation system and Chrome web browser following the antitrust verdict A week after a judge ruled the tech giant illegally monopolized the online search market, the US Department of Justice is considering options that include breaking up Alphabet’s Google, worth some $2tn, according to reports from the New York …

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Robotic, peculiar wording in recent issues of Cody Enterprise tipped a veteran reporter off A quote from Wyoming’s governor and a local prosecutor were the first things that seemed slightly off to Powell Tribune reporter CJ Baker. Then, it was some of the phrases in the stories that struck him as nearly robotic. The dead …

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Facebook founder shares photo of sculpture of Priscilla Chan, rendered in green with a large silver cloak Mark Zuckerberg has raised eyebrows by commissioning a giant sculpture of his wife, Priscilla Chan. In a photo of the statue, posted to Instagram, the Facebook CEO and co-founder said he was “bringing back the Roman tradition of …

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Algeria’s first women’s boxing Olympic gold medallist files criminal complaint in France against X over alleged ‘cyber-harassment’ JK Rowling and Elon Musk have been named in a cyberbullying lawsuit filed in France by the Olympic champion boxer Imane Khelif. Khelif, who was subjected to a global gender eligibility row during her Olympic run, became Algeria’s …

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State-sponsored hacking campaigns are evolving in social engineering strategies and technical aspects Russia’s state security agency is launching increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks against US, European and Russian civil society members, in some cases by impersonating individuals who are personally close to the targets of the attacks, according to a new investigation by security researchers. A …

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Harris’s track record, and time as California senator and AG, has tech leaders wondering if she’d have a friendlier approach to the industry About 700 wealthy Democratic supporters packed into San Francisco’s Fairmont hotel on Sunday to see Kamala Harris in her first return to the city since launching her campaign for president. Among the …

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Running a tea shop in the woods doesn’t help arena fighter Alta to escape her trauma. Designer Davey Wreden explains how his cosy gaming dream-fulfilment fantasy turned into something much more meta At first, Wanderstop appears to tap into the same restless urge as many other cosy games: the wish to leave our stressful lives …

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An attempt to expose the billionaire founder of Microsoft fails to land a killer blow Houston, we have a billionaire problem. There are 2,781 individuals in the world worth more than a billion dollars, according to Forbes, and together these people have a net worth of $14.2tn, roughly the GDP of the Eurozone. The US boasts …

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Campaign says it was ‘not aware of any security breaches’ after Trump’s campaign says it was hacked US politics – live updates Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign said it was notified by the FBI last month that it was “targeted by a foreign actor influence operation”, a NBC News reporter said on Tuesday. “We have robust …

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Plaintiff says he was let go after complaining that his manager openly celebrated terrorism against Israel A Jewish former employee of Intel sued the chipmaker on Tuesday, saying he was fired after complaining that the senior executive he reported to openly celebrated antisemitism, Hamas and terrorism against Israel. The plaintiff, a former vice-president of engineering …

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