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What is RCS text messaging? What to know amid latest security warnings
If you’ve seen the letters RCS while texting recently, you’re not alone. But what do they mean and why are more people seeing them now?
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6 former Apple employees charged in $150,000 charitable donations scheme
Six former Apple employees are facing fraud charges in a scam that targeted the tech giant’s program for matching workers’ charitable donations, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
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Microsoft reports issues with Outlook and Teams: Here's what to know
Some Microsoft users are reporting issues with Outlook and other Microsoft 365 programs on Monday morning, according to the website Downdetector.
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How tech bros bought ‘America's most pro-crypto Congress ever'
Crypto showed up in force this election cycle, raising tens of millions to vote out the industry’s critics and vote in its friends.
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Why X's new terms of service are driving some users to leave Elon Musk's platform
Elon Musk’s X implemented new terms of service that are driving some users off the microblogging platform.
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AI is supposed to make applying to jobs easier — but it might be creating another problem
Companies have touted new AI technology that allows users to apply to thousands of jobs per day, flooding job openings with resumes.
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Here's what to know about Bluesky, the booming website welcoming fleeing X users
Championed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Bluesky was an invitation-only space until it opened to the public in February.
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Supreme Court seems likely to allow class action to proceed against tech giant Nvidia
The Supreme Court seems likely to keep alive a class-action lawsuit accusing Nvidia of misleading investors about its dependence on selling computer chips for the mining of volatile cryptocurrency. The justices heard arguments Wednesday in the tech company’s appeal of a lower-court ruling allowing a 2018 suit led by a Swedish investment management firm to continue. It’s one of two...
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Google integrates Maps, Waze with Gemini AI
Google has integrated its artificial intelligence platform Gemini into apps such as Maps and Waze to make it easier and more elaborate for users. Scott McGrew reports.
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Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
A Russian court ordered Google to pay 20 decillion for removing Russian TV channels from YouTube after its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Here's how to stay safe from scams
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which means it’s the perfect time to learn how to protect yourself from scams.
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How AI could soon force a new way to verify peoples' identities
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, you may soon need to have what are known as “personhood credentials” to verify that you’re a person and not a bot, not unlike two-factor authentication. MIT PhD student Nouran Soliman explains.
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Are you human? Researcher says as AI evolves we may need credentials to prove it
In a rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, there’s a term you’ve probably never heard of but soon will: “personhood credentials.” They aim to verify you as a real human online, not a bot, as a way to combat issues like fraud and misinformation. But it raises other questions about oversight. AI is advancing at a breakneck pace, getting...
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FTC moves to take the ‘frustration' out of canceling subscriptions for consumers
Lina Khan, who leads the agency, said the rule is designed so that if consumers signed up online, they should be able to cancel in the same number of steps.
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See the viral bike video that's resonating with phone-weary parents around the world
Parents are saying that a viral video showing the horrors of teen phone addiction is “powerful” and “hits deep.”
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Zuckerberg's metaverse is finally showing signs of life, but it's not from VR
The company formerly known as Facebook appears to have found its footing in virtual and augmented reality through a different medium.
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Harvard students show how smart glasses can be used to get your personal info with a glance
Two Harvard University students are exposing how much personal information is publicly available online by combining smart glasses and artificial intelligence to collect that data by just looking at someone. AnhPhu Nguyen is a junior at Harvard studying human augmentation, and Caine Ardayfio is a junior studying physics. They used a pair of Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses available to them…
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Smart glasses raise privacy concerns, Harvard students show in study
As two Harvard students demonstrated, Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses can be used to learn personal information about strangers.
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Verizon service restored after some customers dealt with network issues Monday
Verizon customers continue to report issues with service on Monday afternoon, so what’s the update from the company?
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Verizon users report cell service outages in several US cities
Over 100,000 users across the U.S. reported issues with their Verizon cell service on Monday.