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Economy
Researchers peek at proprietary data of US particle physics lab Fermilab
Enlarge (credit: Glukicov) Multiple unsecured entry points allowed researchers to access data belonging to Fermilab, a national particle physics and…
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Economy
Fix for critical Qualcomm chip flaw is making its way to Android devices
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Makers of high-end Android devices are responding to the discovery of a Qualcomm chip flaw that…
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Economy
Severe vulnerabilities in Dell firmware update driver found and fixed
Enlarge / At least three companies have reported the dbutil_2_3.sys security problems to Dell over the past two years. (credit:…
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Twitter’s latest robo-nag will flag “harmful” language before you post
Enlarge / Before you tweet, you might be asked if you meant to be so rude. (credit: Getty Images /…
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Economy
Data leak makes Peloton’s Horrible, No-Good, Really Bad Day even worse
Enlarge (credit: Peloton) Peloton is having a rough day. First, the company recalled two treadmill models following the death of…
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Economy
Starlink can serve 500,000 users easily, several million “more of a challenge”
Enlarge / Screenshot from the Starlink order page, with the street address blotted out. (credit: SpaceX Starlink) SpaceX has received…
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Investing
The New Deal and Recovery, Part 14: Fear Itself (Conclusion)
(This post completes my three-part discussion of the “regime uncertainty” hypothesis, according to which the New Deal hampered recovery by…
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Economy
Netflix IT exec forced employees to use products from vendors that bribed him
Netflix’s former vice president of IT operations was convicted of taking bribes from technology vendors in exchange for awarding them…
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Economy
New Spectre attack once again sends Intel and AMD scrambling for a fix
Enlarge (credit: Intel) Since 2018, an almost endless series of attacks broadly known as Spectre has kept Intel and AMD…
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Economy
Frontier exits bankruptcy, claims it will double fiber-to-the-home footprint
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Rafe Swan) Frontier Communications emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday, saying that it plans…
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