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Russian Hack

DHS & Thousands Of Businesses Scramble After Suspected Russian Hack

DHS & Thousands Of Businesses Scramble After Suspected Russian Hack Via Reuters:  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and thousands of businesses scrambled Monday to investigate and respond to a sweeping hacking campaign that officials suspect was directed by the Russian government. Emails sent by officials at DHS, which oversees border security and defense against hacking, were monitored by the hackers as part of the sophisticated series of breaches, three […]

today12/15/2020 10

TikTok

U.S. Court To Hear Appeal Challenging Order Blocking TikTok App Store Ban

U.S. Court To Hear Appeal Challenging Order Blocking TikTok App Store Ban Via Reuters: A U.S. appeals court on Monday will hear arguments in the Trump administration’s appeal of a judge’s order that blocked a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok from domestic app stores. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington on Sept. 27 blocked the Commerce Department order hours before it was to prohibit new downloads of the short video-sharing […]

today12/14/2020 7

DoorDash

DoorDash Delivers 86% Gain In Stock Market Debut

DoorDash Delivers 86% Gain In Stock Market Debut Via AP News: DoorDash shares soared in its initial public offering Wednesday, capping a year of explosive growth for the food delivery company. What’s not yet clear is whether DoorDash can keep the momentum going even if delivery demand eases in a post-pandemic world. The San Francisco-based company raised $3.4 billion in the offering, making it the second largest IPO so far […]

today12/10/2020 3

Facebook

Facebook Faces U.S. Lawsuits That Could Force Sale Of Instagram, WhatsApp

Facebook Faces U.S. Lawsuits That Could Force Sale Of Instagram, WhatsApp Via Reuters: Facebook Inc could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state filed lawsuits against the social media company, saying it used a “buy or bury” strategy to snap up rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay. With the filing of the twin lawsuits on […]

today12/10/2020 2

Court Packing

Dictionary.com Changes Definition of Court Packing

Dictionary.com Changes Definition of Court Packing Via Newsmax: Dictionary.com caught some some flack on Twitter Tuesday, after some users noticed it had changed the definition of the term "court packing." One Twitter user went to the "Wayback Machine" on the Internet Archive and compared the old and new definitions for the term which has become debated in political circles following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in […]

today12/09/2020 10

Smart Devices

Research: Millions Of Smart Devices Vulnerable To Hacking

Research: Millions Of Smart Devices Vulnerable To Hacking Via AP News: Researchers at a cybersecurity firm say they have identified vulnerabilities in software widely used by millions of connected devices — flaws that could be exploited by hackers to penetrate business and home computer networks and disrupt them. There is no evidence of any intrusions that made use of these vulnerabilities. But their existence in data-communications software central to internet-connected […]

today12/08/2020 4

Make Amazon Pay

More Than 400 Lawmakers From 34 Countries Back ‘Make Amazon Pay’ Campaign

More Than 400 Lawmakers From 34 Countries Back 'Make Amazon Pay' Campaign Via Reuters: More than 400 lawmakers from 34 countries have signed a letter to Amazon.com Inc boss Jeff Bezos backing a campaign that claims the tech giant has “dodged and dismissed … debts to workers, societies, and the planet,” organisers said. The “Make Amazon Pay” campaign was launched on Nov. 27 - the annual Black Friday shopping bonanza […]

today12/04/2020 7

Reuters

Reuters: U.S. states plan to sue Facebook next week

Reuters: U.S. states plan to sue Facebook next week Via Reuters:  A group of U.S. states led by New York is investigating Facebook Inc for possible antitrust violations and plans to file a lawsuit against the social media giant next week, four sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The complaint would be the second major lawsuit filed against a Big Tech company this year. The Justice Department sued […]

today12/03/2020 1

Section 230

President Trump Won’t Sign NDAA Without Section 230 Removal

President Trump Won't Sign NDAA Without Section 230 Removal Via Just The News:  President Trump said in a Tuesday night tweet that he will veto the National Defense Authorization Act if it does not eliminate Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act. Section 230 protects companies like Twitter from a range of laws and being held liable for what is said on their platform, as long as they don't attempt to censor or enforce what speech […]

today12/02/2020 10

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