Technology Lab
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The remote British village that built one of the UK’s fastest Internet networks
Enlarge / Laying some cable in rural UK. (credit: B4RN, Author provided / The Conversation ) Nestled between Lancashire’s...
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House OKs $100B broadband plan with $50 monthly discounts for poor people
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Bonilla1879 ) The US House of Representatives yesterday approved $100 billion worth of broadband...
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YouTube TV jumps 30% in price effective immediately
Enlarge / An odd coincidence: YouTube TV and AT&T rolled out price hikes on the same day. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images )...
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Microsoft’s “new approach” to retail stores: Closing them forever
Enlarge / Ironically, this boarded-up Microsoft Store location in New York City, seen on June 8, is one of the four in the world that...
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Two record DDoSes disclosed this week underscore their growing menace
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) Distributed denial-of-service attacks—those floods of junk traffic that criminals use to...
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T-Mobile already trying to get out of merger conditions on 5G and hiring
Enlarge / A T-Mobile logo at a store in New York on April 30, 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) T-Mobile is already...
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Intel’s 3rd-generation Xeon Scalable CPUs offer 16-bit FPU processing
Intel's focus on AI architecture is so deep that the actual SKU table seemed...
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To evade detection, hackers are requiring targets to complete CAPTCHAs
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft Security Intelligence) CAPTCHAs, those puzzles with muffled sounds or blurred or squiggly letters that...
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Deepfakes aren’t very good—nor are the tools to detect them
Enlarge / A comparison of an original and deepfake video of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (credit: The Washington Post | Elyse...
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Spies can eavesdrop by watching a light bulb’s variations
Enlarge (credit: Michael Blann | Getty Images) The list of sophisticated eavesdropping techniques has grown steadily over years:...
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Knoxville shuts down parts of its network after being hit by ransomware
Enlarge / The Knoxville City-County Building, overlooking the Tennessee River in Knoxville, Tennessee. (credit: Brian Stansberry )...
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3M sues price-gougers who used Amazon to sell masks at 1,800% markup
Enlarge / The (replica) disembodied marble head of David probably didn't need a 3M mask, but he nonetheless looked fashionable sporting...
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Honda halts production at some plants after being hit by a cyberattack
Enlarge (credit: Yonkers Honda / Flickr ) Honda halted manufacturing at some of its plants around the world on Tuesday after...
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Iran- and China-backed phishers try to hook the Trump and Biden campaigns
Enlarge (credit: Marco Verch Professional Photographer and Speaker ) State-backed hackers from Iran and China recently targeted...
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Employees, civil rights groups blast Facebook inaction on Trump statements
Enlarge / Thousands of peaceful demonstrators holding banners gather in front of the White House for the fifth consecutive day to protest...
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Ransomware gang is auctioning off victims’ confidential data
Enlarge (credit: RichLegg/Getty Images) Ransomware operators say they’re auctioning off victims’ confidential data in an attempt...