Economy

October 27, 2022
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Apple clarifies security update policy: Only the latest OSes are fully patched

Enlarge / The default wallpaper for macOS 11 Big Sur. (credit: Apple) Earlier this week, Apple released a document clarifying…
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October 26, 2022
156

Feds say Ukrainian man running malware service amassed 50M unique credentials

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Charles O’Rear) Federal prosecutors have charged a 26-year-old Ukrainian national with operating a malware service…
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October 26, 2022
102

“Too much and too soon”—Steven Sinofsky looks back at Windows 8, 10 years later

Enlarge / A billboard showing Windows 8 in Times Square in New York at the Microsoft Store in October 2012.…
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October 25, 2022
91

Apple rushes out patch for iPhone and iPad 0-day reported by anonymous source

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Apple on Monday patched a high-severity zero-day vulnerability that gives attackers the ability to remotely execute…
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October 25, 2022
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Shutterstock partners with OpenAI to sell AI-generated artwork, compensate artists

Enlarge / The Shutterstock logo over an image generated by DALL-E. (credit: Shutterstock / OpenAI) Today, Shutterstock announced that it…
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October 25, 2022
106

Passkeys—Microsoft, Apple, and Google’s password killer—are finally here

Enlarge (credit: Gertty Images) For years, Big Tech has insisted that the death of the password is right around the…
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October 24, 2022
119

Comcast’s new higher upload speeds require $25-per-month xFi Complete add-on

Enlarge / Comcast’s xFi Advanced Gateway with Wi-Fi 6E. (credit: Comcast) For Comcast Internet customers frustrated by the cable service’s…
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October 24, 2022
109

Company that makes rent-setting software for landlords sued for collusion

Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images/Getty) ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive…
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October 21, 2022
113

VMware bug with 9.8 severity rating exploited to install witch’s brew of malware

(credit: Pixabay) Hackers have been exploiting a now-patched vulnerability in VMware Workspace ONE Access in campaigns to install various ransomware…
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October 21, 2022
106

AI tool colorizes black-and-white photos automatically

Enlarge / Palette.fm does AI photo colorization using text prompts for refinement. (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) A Swedish…
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