Facebook Faces New Privacy Challenge
Facebook is struggling with a new challenge – to tighten privacy practices, which puts its European advertisers on the front lines of its efforts to do so and causes frustrations among them. According to the […]
Facebook is struggling with a new challenge – to tighten privacy practices, which puts its European advertisers on the front lines of its efforts to do so and causes frustrations among them. According to the […]
High ranking officials from the Defense Department said that the Pentagon is working on a technology that will block vendors who use software code that is originating from Russia and China According to Reuters, Ellen […]
Scientists announced on Wednesday that they have detected what appears to be a sizable salt-laden lake under the ice on the southern polar plain of Mars. This body of water is a possible habitat for […]
Facebook’s shares lost as much as a quarter of their value after executives said that profit margins would plummet for several years due to the costs of improving privacy safeguards, Reuters informed. The social media […]
Russian hackers broke into the networks of key U.S. power companies last year, possibly causing blackouts, CNBC informed citing the The Wall Street Journal. The attack was first detected in the spring of 2016 and continued throughout 2017, […]
Microsoft on Thursday stated that it identified and helped neutralize hacking attempts on three congressional candidates earlier this year, marking the first publicly known hacking efforts targeting candidates in the 2018 midterm elections, Politico reported. […]
Anti-Trump activists apparently managed to manipulate Google Images search results, causing images of Trump’s face to appear as the top search results for the term “idiot.” The Guardian was the first to report the prank […]
NASA has started with the planning of a small space station in the moon’s orbit, hoping it will become active by the mid-2020s. According to USA Today, the “gateway” facility would make regular manned missions […]
Google’s Alphabet will receive a $5 billion fine from European Union regulators for breaking antitrust laws. Google abused the dominant position of its Android mobile operating system which resulted in an investigation being opened three […]
NASA ‘s coverage of the Cassini spacecraft’s Grand Finale at Saturn received an Emmy nomination. According to Space, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences nominated NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for an Emmy in […]
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Commerce lifted a ban that prevented U.S. companies from selling goods to ZTE Corp. The lifting allows China’s second-largest telecommunications equipment maker to resume business. According to Reuters, the […]
NASA engineers are in the final stages of constructing a spacecraft that will help us understand the main source of energy for our planet, the sun. According to Space, 500 kilometers from the sun’s visible surface, […]
After the emergence of reports that Facebook allowed a Russian company to access the social network’s users’ data, top Democratic lawmakers on the Senate and House intelligence committees said this relationship needs to be further […]
Three days after being launched from Florida, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 9:52 a.m. EDT, NASA reported. This is the 15th […]
SpaceX has begun with testing its first spaceship that will be able to carry astronauts in space. The Crew Dragon spaceship is one of the first privately built space capsules which will be used by […]
Eight consumer advocacy groups demand from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to probe Google and Facebook over what they see as “misleading” tactics that push consumers to give up their personal data. “Companies employ numerous […]
Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, on Sunday sent an email to all of his employees alleging that an “extensive and damaging sabotage” was done by a Tesla employee. According to the chief executive officer’s email, the […]
New concerns about digital privacy and security are being raised in Washington, as more and more revelations of potential surveillance activity in the D.C. region appears. Several Officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
Tesla’s head of worldwide sales, Robin Ren, revealed on Tuesday that the company plans to build its first factory outside of the U.S. in Shanghai, CNBC reported. The Chinese government recently announced that it will […]
After Google announced its decision not to continue working on a controversial artificial intelligence (AI) contract with the Pentagon, a debate sparked regarding what Silicon Valley’s role should be in using their technology for military […]
Pentagon will be increasing their spending on a secret research which uses artificial intelligence to foresee launching of a nuclear-capable missile. According to Reuters, the system will also track and target mobile launchers in North Korea […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the tech giant data practices on Monday after a New York Times report said that Apple was among the tech firms that had access to Facebook users’ personal information. “The […]
Facebook responded late Sunday to a news report that accused the social media giant of giving at least 60 phone and device manufacturers extensive access to users’ personal information. Fox News reported that Facebook denied […]
Facebook had formed data-sharing partnerships with dozens of device makers, including Apple and Samsung, giving them access to information on users, as well as on users’ friends, The New York Times reported. The Times wrote Sunday […]
Former Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton named Facebook as a company she would consider running on Friday at Harvard University, Fox News informed. Clinton attended an event at which she received the prestigious Radcliffe Medal for “transformative impact on […]
On Wednesday, a U.S. judge dismissed two lawsuits filed by Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, which demanded that the United States government rescind a ban on the use of its products on U.S. government computers, […]
Several major U.S. media websites were blocked to Europeans on Friday as the European Union’s new data protection law kicked in, CNBC informed. The websites of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Daily […]
President Donald Trump’s administration is telling Congress it has come to an agreement to boost Chinese telecommunications company ZTE, The New York Times and Reuters reported. As part of the deal, ZTE would pay a financial penalty, revamp its management […]
In light of revelations about misuse of Facebook users’ personal information, the social network’s CEO was questioned on Tuesday by members of the European Parliament in Brussels. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony comes after a number […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is to testify before the European Parliament on Tuesday that the social network has not done enough to prevent its tools from causing “harm.” “It’s also become clear over the last […]
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