reader comments 113 Comcast has reluctantly agreed to discontinue its “Xfinity 10G Network” brand name after losing an appeal of a ruling that found the marketing term was misleading. It will keep using the term 10G in other ways, however. Verizon and T-Mobile both challenged Comcast’s advertising of 10G, a term used by cable companies ..
Tag : Policy
Enlarge / The Citibank logo on a bank in New York City in January 2024. reader comments 86 Citibank has illegally refused to reimburse scam victims who lost money due partly to Citibank’s poor online security practices, New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged in a lawsuit filed today in US District Court for the ..
reader comments 36 The US may have uncovered the nation’s largest “SIM swap” scheme yet, charging a Chicago man and co-conspirators with allegedly stealing $400 million in cryptocurrency by targeting over 50 victims in more than a dozen states, including one company. A recent indictment alleged that Robert Powell—using online monikers “R,” “R$,” and “ElSwapo1″—was ..
reader comments 78 The Japanese government is finally letting go of floppy disks and CD-ROMs. It recently announced amendments to laws requiring the use of the physical media formats for submissions to the government for things like alcohol business, mining, and aircraft regulation. Japan’s minister for Digital Transformation, Taro Kono, announced the “war on floppy ..
Enlarge / A hole is covered where a door plug blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane used by Alaska Airlines. Getty Images reader comments 191 Boeing is withdrawing an application for a safety exemption related to its 737 Max 7 aircraft as more details emerge on the cause of a near-disaster involving a ..
reader comments 114 Apple is “deeply concerned” that proposed changes to a United Kingdom law could give the UK government unprecedented power to “secretly veto” privacy and security updates to its products and services, the tech giant said in a statement provided to Ars. If passed, potentially this spring, the amendments to the UK’s Investigatory ..
reader comments 114 The National Security Agency (NSA) has admitted to buying records from data brokers detailing which websites and apps Americans use, US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) revealed Thursday. This news follows Wyden’s push last year that forced the FBI to admit that it was also buying Americans’ sensitive data. Now, the senator is ..
reader comments 49 Amazon Ring has shut down a controversial feature in its community safety app Neighbors that has allowed police to contact homeowners and request doorbell and surveillance camera footage without a warrant for years. In a blog, head of the Neighbors app Eric Kuhn confirmed that “public safety agencies like fire and police ..
Getty Images | Justin Sullivan reader comments 47 eBay is laying off approximately 1,000 employees in a move that reduces its full-time workforce by 9 percent, the company announced yesterday. eBay also plans “to scale back the number of contracts we have within our alternate workforce over the coming months,” CEO Jamie Iannone wrote in ..
reader comments 86 Popular apps like Venmo, Zelle, and Cash App aren’t doing enough to protect consumers from fraud that occurs when unauthorized users gain access to unlocked devices, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg warned. “Thousands or even tens of thousands can be drained from financial accounts in a matter of seconds with just a ..
