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This page contains all of the “News” articles found on this site. These include any technological news, such as when the Hacker Group Anonymous started waging a Cyber-War on Russia or the release of Apple’s Vision Pro VR headset.
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FCC Fines Wireless Data Carriers Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon
On Monday, April 29th, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined some of the most popular wireless data carriers, alleging that they shared confidential customer data without consumer consent.
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xAI’s Grok to Become Open Source
On March 11th, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, announced on Twitter/X that xAI will make Grok, their artificial intelligence large language model, open source.
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Apple Release Apple Vision Pro
Apple’s latest piece of technology, the Apple Vision Pro, has officially become available to consumers as of Friday, February 2nd. It comes with a variety of useful features and is meant as a versatile piece of technology.
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Google to begin Deleting Inactive Accounts Starting December 1st
Google plans to begin deleting accounts that have been inactive for at least two years beginning on December 1st, 2023.
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Glaze: A New Software to Protect Digital Art from AI
Some believe that generative AI are harmful to artists due to how they are trained on images collected from the Internet. Glaze intends to disrupt this process.
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Google Advertises a “Passwordless” Future
Google has announced that, for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, they intend to begin making a passwordless future easier to obtain through the use of passkeys, another way to allow users to log into their accounts.
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FEMA To Test National Alert Systems Today
In many cases, technology is able to help save lives and alert others of emergencies. On October 4th, 2023, two emergency alert systems in the United States of America will be tested in order to ensure that they are effectively operating.
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Google Begins Selling .ZIP Domains
Google has recently released .zip and .mov top-level domains (among other options), which has caused many raised eyebrows in the cybersecurity world.
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Microsoft Disables Internet Explorer
Microsoft has made the announcement that Internet Explorer, the popular and long-lived web browser, will be disabled starting February 14th, 2023.
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TikTok Banned on U.S. Government Devices
On December 14th, the United States Senate unanimously passed the No TikTok on Government Devices Act, which would prohibit TikTok from being installed and/or used on federal government-issued devices.
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JPMorgan Chase Allegedly Hacked by Killnet
On October 11th, a Russian hacker group known as “Killnet” claimed that it successfully hacked into the JPMorgan Chase & Company infrastructure by using a Distributed Denial of Service attack.
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Anonymous Stands with Ukraine with “Operation Russia”
Anonymous, a well-known hacker group, has begun cyberattacking Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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