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GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps

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GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps

Cecilia D'Anastasio

Police caught one of the web’s most dangerous paedophiles. Then everything went dark

Police caught one of the web’s most dangerous paedophiles. Then everything went dark

Matt Burgess

How Amazon Sidewalk Works—and Why You May Want to Turn It Off

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How Amazon Sidewalk Works—and Why You May Want to Turn It Off

David Nield

DarkSide Hit Colonial Pipeline—and Created an Unholy Mess

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DarkSide Hit Colonial Pipeline—and Created an Unholy Mess

Lily Hay Newman

Apple Execs Chose to Keep a Hack of 128 Million iPhones Quiet

Mass iOS Compromise

Apple Execs Chose to Keep a Hack of 128 Million iPhones Quiet

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

What’s Google FLoC? And How Does It Affect Your Privacy?

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What’s Google FLoC? And How Does It Affect Your Privacy?

David Nield

Google Gets Serious About Two-Factor Authentication. Good!

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Google Gets Serious About Two-Factor Authentication. Good!

Lily Hay Newman

The Colonial Pipeline Hack Is a New Extreme for Ransomware

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The Colonial Pipeline Hack Is a New Extreme for Ransomware

Andy Greenberg

ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality

Fake views

ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

Microsoft Will Soon Kill Flash on Windows 10 for Good

Security Roundup

Microsoft Will Soon Kill Flash on Windows 10 for Good

Brian Barrett

Twitter's Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable

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Twitter's Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable

Brian Barrett

How a Former Netflix Exec Built a Brazen Bribery Scheme

Kickback

How a Former Netflix Exec Built a Brazen Bribery Scheme

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

They Told Their Therapists Everything. Hackers Leaked It All

Backchannel

They Told Their Therapists Everything. Hackers Leaked It All

William Ralston

Don’t Buy Into Facebook’s Ad-Tracking Pressure on iOS 14.5

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Don’t Buy Into Facebook’s Ad-Tracking Pressure on iOS 14.5

Brian Barrett

A Ransomware Group Hit DC Police—Then Pivoted to Extortion

Security Roundup

A Ransomware Group Hit DC Police—Then Pivoted to Extortion

Brian Barrett

Google's Grand Plan to Eradicate Cookies Is Crumbling

Backlash

Google's Grand Plan to Eradicate Cookies Is Crumbling

Matt Burgess

An Ambitious Plan to Tackle Ransomware Faces Long Odds

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An Ambitious Plan to Tackle Ransomware Faces Long Odds

Lily Hay Newman

China is scrambling for global semiconductor supremacy

China is scrambling for global semiconductor supremacy

Lavender Au

Māori are trying to save their language from Big Tech

Māori are trying to save their language from Big Tech

Donavyn Coffey

Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin

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Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin

Andy Greenberg