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Apple suspends new business with key supplier Pegatron after discovering violations of labor rules related to a student worker program — - Apple says Pegatron violated rules for student worker program — Company says new business paused until corrective action taken
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As POTUS, Biden will overturn Trump's immigration EOs, support net neutrality and may not prioritize Section 230 reform but his approach to antitrust is unclear — Joe Biden's election as the 46th president of the United States gives the tech industry a reason to breathe a brief sigh of relief …
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Let's Encrypt warns phones running Android 7.1 or older won't connect to many secure websites starting in 2021 as they will no longer trust its root certificate — It took a long time, but most of the web now uses HTTPS to securely transmit information, partially thanks to a push by Google.
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Windows 10, iOS 14, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox were hacked in Tianfu Cup, China's largest hacking competition; winning team from Qihoo 360 got $744K in prizes — Winning hacker team pockets $744,500 at the Tianfu Cup, China's top hacking contest. — Many of today's top software programs …
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Following positive COVID-19 vaccine news, Zoom's shares fell 15%+ and other “stay-at-home” stocks like Amazon and Netflix dropped 3.4%-5.4% in pre-market trades — Shares of Zoom Video fell sharply on Monday morning as names benefitting from people staying at home due …
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Raspberry Pi 400 review: functional $100 desktop PC that supports both Raspberry Pi OS and Ubuntu Desktop, but integrated keyboard is narrow and no 3.5mm jack — The Pi 400 isn't a powerful desktop PC—but it is a desktop PC, for $100 or less. — Late Friday afternoon …
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SoftBank's Vision Fund posts a $7.6B profit in fiscal Q2 and says original $1.35B investment is now worth $7.9B — - The unit booked a $7.6 billion profit in fiscal second-quarter — Derivative bets totaled $2.7 billion at the end of September — Masayoshi Son is making his case for SoftBank Group Corp.'s turnaround.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Tim Berners Lee's Inrupt startup releases an enterprise version of the Solid privacy platform, which allows organizations to build privacy-focused apps — Inrupt, the startup from World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee, announced an enterprise version of the Solid privacy platform today … | Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Indian grocery delivery service Bigbasket confirms it suffered a data breach in which attackers stole user email ids, mobile phone numbers, and full addresses — - Attackers offer to sell data on millions of users on dark web — Cybercrimes on the rise as Covid forces people to shop online
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AI companies like Unanimous.ai and Expert.ai say they correctly predicted election results in battleground states while traditional polling again falls short — As traditional political polling methods appear to fall short again, some tech firms say that AI holds promise
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Data breach leaks sensitive, private, and financial data of millions of customers from Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com, and others who use Prestige Software — The list of online booking sites affected by the breach includes some of the top industry giants including Booking.com.
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Parler becomes top downloaded app in the US as conservatives rally support to leave Twitter and Facebook — Social media platform Parler jumped to the top downloaded app this weekend, as conservatives rally support to leave Facebook and Twitter over censorship.
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