Economy

May 29, 2021
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Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors

Enlarge (credit: Amazon) If you use Alexa, Echo, or any other Amazon device, you have only 10 days to opt…
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May 28, 2021
100

Apple’s M1 chip has a security bug, but don’t worry—it’s mostly harmless

Enlarge (credit: Apple) Apple’s new M1 CPU has a flaw that creates a covert channel that two or more malicious…
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May 28, 2021
113

SolarWinds hackers are back with a new mass campaign, Microsoft says

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Kremlin-backed hackers who targeted SolarWinds customers in a supply chain attack have been caught conducting…
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May 27, 2021
94

Charter charges more money for slower Internet on streets with no competition

Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum service truck in McKinney, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg)…
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May 26, 2021
97

No, it doesn’t just crash Safari. Apple has yet to fix exploitable flaw

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Apple has yet to patch a security bug found in iPhones and Macs despite the availability…
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May 26, 2021
97

Amazon to buy MGM for $8 billion in major boost to Prime Video library

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Steve Jurvetson) Amazon today announced a definitive agreement to buy MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) for $8.45 billion.…
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May 25, 2021
150

Vulnerability in VMware product has severity rating of 9.8 out of 10

Enlarge (credit: Michael Theis / Flickr) Data centers around the world have a new concern to contend with—a remote code…
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May 25, 2021
116

It’s ransomware, or maybe a disk wiper, and it’s striking targets in Israel

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers say they’ve uncovered never-before-seen disk-wiping malware that’s disguising itself as ransomware as it unleashes destructive…
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May 24, 2021
98

Actively exploited macOS 0day let hackers take screenshots of infected Macs

Enlarge (credit: CHUYN / Getty Images) Malicious hackers have been exploiting a vulnerability in fully updated versions of macOS that…
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May 22, 2021
94

Hear ye, DarkSide! This honorable ransomware court is now in session

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A crime forum is holding a quasi-judicial proceeding against the makers of DarkSide, the ransomware that…
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