The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2021

The new system could help law enforcement in criminal investigations but may open the door to increased legal and government demands for user data. The company did not respond to a request for comment on the Financial Times report.

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The Verge

MARCH 20, 2021

A hacking group is demanding $50 million from Acer, Bleeping Computer reported, in what appears to be one of the biggest ransomware demands to date. Companies like us are constantly under attack, and we have reported recent abnormal situations observed to the relevant law enforcement and data protection authorities in multiple countries.”.

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The Verge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Fitness brand Garmin paid millions of dollars in ransom after an attack took many of its products and services offline last month, Sky News reports. BleepingComputer reported last week that Garmin had received a decryption key to access data encrypted by the virus, and that the initial ransom demand was for $10 million.

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The Verge

MARCH 30, 2022

Apple and Meta handed over user data to hackers who faked emergency data request orders typically sent by law enforcement, according to a report by Bloomberg. Fake emergency data requests are becoming increasingly common, as explained in a recent report from Krebs on Security.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

The search engine giant created an artificial intelligence system that can generate music from text descriptions, but he reports that “fearing the risks, has no immediate plans to release it.” of copying one of its products and infringing on its intellectual property, Paul reports. trillion — with a T — last year , Tim reported.

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The Verge

AUGUST 31, 2021

South Korea has passed a bill written to prevent major platform owners like Google and Apple from restricting app developers to built-in payment systems, The Wall Street Journal reports. The bill is now expected to be signed into law by President Moon Jae-in, whose party championed the legislation. trillion to date with Apple.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2021

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice, Bloomberg reports , with officials who handle money laundering and tax offenses in particular taking a interest in Binance’s business. Cryptocurrency analytics firm Chainalysis reported that in 2019, some $756 million of $2.8

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The Verge

AUGUST 9, 2021

Bleeping Computer reports that the hackers also include screenshots of documents from Intel, AMD, and American Megatrends that are under an NDA. Bleeping Computer reports, however, that RansomEXX’s ransom notes direct companies to contact an email address to start negotiations. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2021

CNA Financial, one of the largest US insurance companies, paid $40 million to free itself from a ransomware attack that occurred in March, according to a report from Bloomberg. It also seems like the hackers are looking for bigger payouts: just this week we saw reports that Colonial Pipeline paid a $4.4 million ransom to hackers.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Two of the requests had to do with investigations into human trafficking and included search warrants, and a third was an emergency disclosure as part of a credible threat to someone’s life, HKFP reported. Facebook and Twitter also halted the processing of data requests from Hong Kong’s government in response to the security law.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

According to Kang, the letter from a law firm claimed that his actions could share information with Apple’s competitors, or mislead consumers about devices that aren’t coming. Apple did not respond to a request for comment about the letters or how many were sent.

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The Verge

JULY 13, 2020

California has reportedly opened its own antitrust investigation into Google, Politico reports , which would mean the search giant is now facing antitrust probes from every state in the US bar one. Both Google and a spokesperson for the California Attorney General declined to comment to Politico on its report. “To

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The Verge

JANUARY 31, 2022

LGBTQ dating app Grindr has been removed from the Apple App Store in China, and is also unavailable on popular Android app marketplaces, Bloomberg reports. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Grindr’s removal. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2021

India’s government has told Twitter it could face “unintended consequences” if it fails to comply with the country’s new social media rules, Reuters reported. Twitter declined to comment Saturday. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with the organization’s case for support, annual reports, theory of change, and other collateral materials. Staff the organization’s social media accounts by monitoring follower activity (shares, likes, and comments) and ping those individuals with a way to volunteer or donate (or some other call to action).

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The Verge

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Tom McKay and Dhruv Mehrotra have done a fantastic job reporting about how some US school districts are buying tools designed to break into phones to download texts and photos… even ones that have been deleted. Unlike in law enforcement, though, school districts don’t have to get a warrant to use the devices on students’ phones.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In response to Facebook’s lawsuit last year, NSO Group has argued it should benefit from “sovereign immunity,” Reuters reports , because it sells its tools to foreign governments. Finally, Microsoft argues that these tools are a threat to human rights, following reports that they have been used on journalists and human rights defenders.

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

A fertility app that helps women monitor their cycles when hoping to become pregnant was sharing user data with several Chinese companies, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. Since users had no way to opt out of the tracking and were not aware it was even happening, IDAC says the practice could violate state and federal law.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2021

WABetaInfo reported on the work-in-progress feature last year, and today it shared screenshots of how it could be presented in the service’s iOS and Android apps. WhatsApp declined to comment on the unannounced feature when contacted by The Verge , but WABetaInfo has a good track record of unearthing features before they become official.

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The Verge

JANUARY 17, 2021

Amazon is facing a new lawsuit alleging that a deal between the company and five book publishers has created higher prices on e-books, The Wall Street Journal reported. Amazon declined to comment, as did Penguin Random House. Update January 17th 1:07PM ET: Adds that Amazon and Penguin Random House declined comment.

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The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2021

A former Tesla employee won a $1 million award from the automaker after an arbitrator found the company failed to prevent his supervisors from calling him a racial slur, Bloomberg Law reported. Melvin Berry, who is Black, was hired at Tesla’s plant in Alameda, California in 2015. Tesla has denied the allegations.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The UK government is banning the installation of new Huawei 5G equipment from September 2021 as part of its plans to phase out the Chinese firm’s technology by 2027, The Financial Times reports. The Financial Times reports that some companies have been stockpiling this equipment since summer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

Moore’s law concludes that 20,000 years of technological advancement now occurs every 100 years. Facebook (4 hours): To post and schedule status updates four to six times weekly, respond to messages and comments, and monitor insights. Feedback (1 hour weekly): To track and report on success.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

As the invasion of Ukraine enters its third day, Russia has blocked access to Twitter in an apparent effort to stifle the flow of information, according to a report from the internet monitoring group NetBlocks. A BBC reporter described access as “severely restricted,” saying “this message got through, but took a while.”.

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The Verge

JANUARY 7, 2022

A year ago, Platformer was the first to report that Signal was considering adding cryptocurrency payments to the platform , and it started with MobileCoin. Signal itself didn’t respond to Wired’s requests for comment on the global rollout of the payments feature. But the United States does have anti-money-laundering and KYC laws.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

As part of its ongoing fight over an Alabama warehouse’s efforts to unionize, Amazon reportedly changed the timing of a traffic light outside the warehouse, according to reporting by More Perfect Union. Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2022

Laptops and smartphones made by Apple, Microsoft, and Google are considerably less repair-friendly than those made by competitors Asus, Dell, and Motorola, according to a new report. Companies were penalized for lobbying against right to repair laws. “If Microsoft did not reply to a request for comment. out of 10 points.

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The Verge

AUGUST 8, 2021

Prosecutors in Beijing are suing Chinese tech giant Tencent, claiming the “youth mode” on its WeChat app is against laws protecting minors, Reuters reported. That article was later updated and toned down somewhat, the Wall Street Journal reported , but not before Tencent’s shares fell by more than 10 percent.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

The comments came during a town hall meeting amid the George Floyd protests On Wednesday, LinkedIn hosted a town hall about racial justice in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. The comments were first reported by The Daily Beast ; The Verge has independently confirmed them. Illustration by William Joel / The Verge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2018

The Pew Research Center has released a research report called “ The Future of Digital Life and Well-Being.” The report, The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World , was designed to answer the question: Over the next decade, how will changes in digital life impact people’s overall well-being physically and mentally?

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Myanmar’s Ministry of Information issued an ominous statement on Tuesday, a day after the military seized power, instructing people not to spread rumors on social media, CNN reported. Twitter and Facebook, which owns Instagram, did not immediately return requests for comment from The Verge on Saturday.

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Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

California was early to lay down laws and regulations for the nascent AV industry, a move that some criticized as premature and unnecessarily restrictive. Read full article Comments During the early days of its autonomous vehicle (AV) ambitions, Tesla did its testing in California, like most of the rest of the industry.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Missouri Governor Mike Parson is threatening legal action against a reporter and newspaper that found and responsibly disclosed a security vulnerability that left teacher and educational staffs’ social security numbers exposed and easily accessible. Seeing employee’s SSNs was reportedly as easy as clicking View Source.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Facebook has lost its appeal in a landmark online speech case, as Austria’s Supreme Court determined that it must remove comments that are defamatory in Austria worldwide. The comments, which must be blocked while an injunction is active, insult Austrian Green Party politician Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek.

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The Verge

AUGUST 12, 2021

Google has banned a company that sold Android users’ location data for COVID-19 mapping and other purposes, Motherboard reports. Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on its policy around SafeGraph. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. SafeGraph’s ban follows an earlier crackdown on location-collecting apps.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Twitter has reportedly suspended a number of accounts by mistake after far-right extremists began exploiting the platform’s new private media policy, according to a report by The Washington Post. The Verge reached out to Twitter with a request for comment but didn’t immediately hear back. Illustration by Alex Castro.

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The Verge

JANUARY 28, 2022

The NLRB has had several other disputes with Amazon around labor law. The NLRB found that the company violated labor laws during a union election in Bessemer , Alabama as well, and ordered a redo. Amazon didn’t immediately respond to The Verge ’s request for comment. The NLRB has had several disputes with Amazon.

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