Enlarge / A DJI Inspire drone flying in Brandenburg, Germany. Patrick Pleul / Getty Images reader comments 99 with 51 posters participating, including story author Share this story The US Department of Commerce has added dozens of Chinese companies to its “entity list” of companies that may not purchase technology from US companies without a ..
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Enlarge / A Wi-Fi router. reader comments 128 with 96 posters participating Share this story Broadband and TV providers will finally be required to stop charging “rental” fees for equipment that customers own themselves, thanks to a new US law that takes effect on Sunday. The bogus fees were outlawed by the Television Viewer Protection ..
Enlarge / Operation Warp Speed hits a speed bump. Aurich Lawson / Getty Images reader comments 239 with 113 posters participating Share this story Covid-19 Coverage View more stories As we’re waiting for word on the authorization of a second vaccine for use in the US, glitches have been striking the distribution of the first ..
reader comments 67 with 42 posters participating Share this story Microsoft was hacked by the same group that compromised the networks of software maker SolarWinds and multiple federal agencies, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. In response to the report, Microsoft said it had detected a backdoored version of SolarWinds software in its ..
Enlarge / This unassuming building in Massachusetts has taken on remarkable significance in recent weeks. reader comments 30 with 25 posters participating Share this story Covid-19 Coverage View more stories Earlier this week, the FDA released documents that summarized the data on a second SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate, this one from a company called Moderna. That ..
reader comments 41 with 31 posters participating, including story author Share this story Two separate coalitions of states have filed massive antitrust lawsuits against Google in the past 24 hours, alleging that the company abuses its extensive power to force would-be competitors out of the marketplace and harms consumers in the process. Texas Attorney General ..
reader comments 72 with 55 posters participating, including story author Share this story The supply chain attack used to breach federal agencies and at least one private company poses a “grave risk” to the United States, in part because the attackers likely used means other than just the SolarWinds backdoor to penetrate networks of interest, ..
Enlarge / Ever notice that nobody talks about the procedure to replace the glass after the emergency is over? reader comments 35 with 24 posters participating Share this story With the worst of a storm of misinformation—and disinformation—about the 2020 US presidential election behind us, both Facebook and Twitter are relaxing some emergency measures put ..
reader comments 141 with 77 posters participating Share this story Forty Jane Does who say they were victims of GirlsDoPorn sued Pornhub yesterday for at least $2 million each, alleging that Pornhub hosted videos despite knowing that “GirlsDoPorn was a sex trafficking venture.” The lawsuit was filed against Pornhub and Pornhub owner MindGeek in US District ..
reader comments 170 with 94 posters participating Share this story The price of one bitcoin rose above $20,000 on Wednesday. The new all-time record caps a year of gains for the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency. The value of all bitcoin in circulation is now around $380 billion. No single event seems to have pushed bitcoin’s ..
