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- Therapy patients in Finland blackmailed after data breach
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 10:52 AMThe confidential records of thousands of psychotherapy patients in Finland have been hacked and some are now facing the threat of blackmail.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The iPhone 12's ceramic shield screen is tough — but you can still break it
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 11:42 AMAllstate tested the new iPhone 12 models' Ceramic Shield screen and found it to be the most durable smartphone display it ever tested — but it's not indestructible.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Conservatives push to discredit Facebook, Twitter and Google just days before the election
Sunday - 10/25/2020 - 12:42 PMA right-wing offensive is underway to discredit social media companies just days before the election.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Smart sensors could track social distancing in the office
Friday - 10/23/2020 - 07:21 AMFinding ways to maintain social distancing will be key to getting workers back into the office.
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Friday - 10/23/2020 - 01:06 AMNobody likes to have their phone stolen ... unless it's stolen by your own toddler in the middle of your TikTok dance. Video of an adorable theft delighted the internet and inspired people to post other babies (and a pet fox) swiping phones.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - iPhone 12 review: Upgrade for the camera, not 5G
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 07:15 PMDeciding whether — or when — to upgrade your smartphone is hard. Besides some attempts at swanky foldable phones, the look of smartphones hasn't changed much in recent years. Most improvements, while technologically impressive, mostly feel minor to the average consumer.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ransomware hits election infrastructure in Georgia county
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 07:15 PMA Georgia county is ground zero for what may be the first ransomware attack to hit election infrastructure this political season.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Google's defense against antitrust lawsuit? You
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 12:51 PMIn its two decades, Google has amassed a dizzying amount of power, building a search and advertising behemoth that many critics believe is an illegal monopoly.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tesla posts record profit and says it will sell half a million cars this year
Wednesday - 10/21/2020 - 07:48 PMTesla reported by far its best quarterly profit Wednesday and said it still hopes to hit its target of half a million car sales this year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sam's Club is putting robot janitors in all of its stores during the pandemic
Wednesday - 10/21/2020 - 01:51 PMSoon every Sam's Club will have a robot to scrub the store floors.
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- McDonald's social media person cries for help: I am more than just the McRib
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 05:29 PMThe McDonald's social media manager ignited a conversation on Twitter Friday, gathering people who run brand social accounts to vent and talk about mental health.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Facebook wants to add cloud games to its platform, but you won't find them on Apple devices
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 11:42 AMFacebook is diving further into games, and announced Monday that it has launched cloud gaming on its mobile and desktop platforms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Few lines but plenty of excitement as the iPhone 12 arrives in China
Friday - 10/23/2020 - 12:51 PMThe iPhone 12 has arrived in China, and Apple fans are already lining up for it — just not necessarily at stores.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Huawei's sales growth slows as US sanctions bite
Friday - 10/23/2020 - 07:21 AMHuawei says sales growth is sputtering, after Washington tightened restrictions and cut off the Chinese tech company's access to key technology.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Facebook's Oversight Board is finally hearing cases, two years after it was first announced
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 07:15 PMFacebook's court-like Oversight Board for appealing content decisions will now begin receiving cases, officials said Thursday, marking the launch of what CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised two years ago would be an independent accountability mechanism for the world's largest social media platform.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - iPhone 12 review: Upgrade for the camera, not 5G
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 07:15 PMDeciding whether — or when — to upgrade your smartphone is hard. Besides some attempts at swanky foldable phones, the look of smartphones hasn't changed much in recent years. Most improvements, while technologically impressive, mostly feel minor to the average consumer.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Facebook Dating is finally coming to Europe after privacy concerns delayed launch
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 12:51 PMFacebook has launched its dating service across 32 European countries after it was delayed for several months because of data privacy concerns.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Legendary Apple designer will work with Airbnb on future products
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 12:51 PMAirbnb announced it will be working with former Apple design chief Jony Ive on future products.
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Wednesday - 10/21/2020 - 07:48 PMNASA completed its first-ever mission to land on an asteroid 200 million miles from Earth.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just played a video game on Twitch to encourage voting
Wednesday - 10/21/2020 - 07:57 AMPlaying video games live on Twitch may not seem the most obvious way to get more Americans to the polls, but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not one to take a conventional approach.
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- Jack Ma is making history again with the Ant IPO, and getting even more wealthy while doing it
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 05:09 AMBillionaire tech tycoon Jack Ma is raising more than $34 billion in yet another record breaking IPO, further cementing his place in history as one of the world's great tech entrepreneurs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ant Group raises $34 billion in world's largest IPO
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 11:42 AMJack Ma's Ant Group has just pulled off the biggest stock market listing in history.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Facebook to researchers: Stop using our data
Saturday - 10/24/2020 - 08:01 PMFacebook is trying to scuttle the work of New York University researchers who have played an important role in bringing attention to the company's political ad-targeting practices.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Buying an iPhone at the Apple Store will be different this year. Here's how
Friday - 10/23/2020 - 07:21 AMThe new iPhone hits shelves on Friday, and that usually means fans lining up outside Apple Stores around the world.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Uber and Lyft must reclassify drivers as employees, appeals court finds
Friday - 10/23/2020 - 01:06 AMIn a blow to Uber and Lyft, a California appeals court said Thursday that the companies must reclassify their drivers as employees rather than independent contractors, affirming an earlier court decision.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A fourth-grader walked to school to use its WiFi because he didn't have internet at home
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 07:15 PMA fourth grader in Roswell, New Mexico, has been walking to his elementary school to do his classwork over the building's WiFi because he didn't have internet access at home.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Uber drivers sue over alleged "pressure" to vote, advocate for Prop 22
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 07:15 PMFor months, Uber drivers and passengers in California have received aggressive messaging in support of its controversial ballot initiative, Proposition 22.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ant Group IPO gets the green light from regulators for its blockbuster listing
Thursday - 10/22/2020 - 07:00 AMAnt Group — the crown jewel of billionaire Jack Ma's tech empire — is one step closer to its highly anticipated market IPO in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why it's so hard to dethrone Google
Wednesday - 10/21/2020 - 07:48 PMIf you use the internet, Google is practically inescapable.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amazon will let some employees work from home until mid-2021
Wednesday - 10/21/2020 - 07:57 AMAmazon plans to let some of its employees work from home until the middle of next year.
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