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Gone phishing: It’s Black Friday, let’s talk about cybersecurity
Black Friday is fertile phishing ground for cybercriminals, with the usual dubious email scams, as well as rogue advertisements and…
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U.S. lobbies Germany, Italy, and Japan to ban Huawei 5G equipment
The U.S. campaign to block Huawei hardware from being used in 5G networks expanded from domestic to international early this…
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T-Mobile brings 5G to 600MHz spectrum, paving way for national rollout
Hardly a week has passed in recent months without another 5G “world’s first” story — or outright fake news —…
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Amazon opens up Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit to all wireless headphone and wearable device makers
Amazon today announced general availability for its mobile accessory kit, a toolkit to help manufacturers quickly add Alexa to their…
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Facebook starts rolling out dashboard to show how much time you waste on it every day
After Facebook announced in August that it was working on activity trackers so that users could see how much time they’re…
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You can now sign into your Microsoft account without a password
Passwords aren’t as effective a means as preventing account break-ins as they might seem. Three out of four people use duplicate…
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Dispatch plans to build a faster blockchain network with zero-cost transactions
Data-focused blockchain startup Dispatch has raised a new round of funding from China’s Fenbushi Digital to build speedy decentralized applications with…
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Apple removed Tumblr from App Store due to child pornography sharing
Mirroring a situation earlier this year with Telegram’s app for iOS devices, the official Tumblr app unexpectedly disappeared from Apple’s…
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Jeremy’s 2018 Apple holiday shopping guide
The holidays are rapidly approaching, and when it comes to shopping for Apple products, there are few times of the…
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LG Xboom WK9 review: Boomy bass can’t make up for Google Smart Display shortcomings
Facebook’s Portal. Amazon’s Echo Show. Smart displays — tablet-like touchscreen devices with built-in voice assistants — aren’t exactly on the…
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