Security flaws in Comcast Xfinity customer software reportedly exposed customers’ partial home addresses and Social Security numbers. Security researcher Ryan Stevenson found that two vulnerabilities in the internet service provider’s online portal for its more than 26.5 million customers left the data open to hackers, according to Buzzfeed. Comcast patched the vulnerabilities after BuzzFeed News reported the findings. […]
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Apple has just responded to Congress’ inquiry on how it protects user privacy. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce last month sent letters to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Larry Page asking about the companies’ data security and privacy practices. The five-page letter to Cook asked detailed questions about how Apple collected user data and what it used […]
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Tokyo 2020 will break a tech record by becoming the the first Olympics to use facial recognition technology. The technology will be used to identify athletes, officials, staff and media at the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, the organizing committee said on Tuesday. It won’t be used to identify spectators attending the Games. Using the […]
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When California made recreational marijuana use legal at the beginning of 2018, the state turned itself into what many have called the country’s largest pot market. And while talks of a pot-powered real estate boom had already started, they were mostly centered around the industrial and retail sectors. On the residential end, most of them revolved around […]
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ANY bride will tell you that finding the perfect bridesmaid dresses can be a nightmare. Do you opt for one from a bridal shop or stick with what you know on the high street? Taking on the challenge is Polly Thompson, 34, who quit her “cushy” job in the film industry to set up her […]
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CHILDREN’S toy giant Toys ‘R’ Us has filed for bankruptcy in the US and Canada. Rumours emerged yesterday the retailer, which has more than 1,600 shops worldwide and 64,000 members of staff, was considering filing ahead of the crucial Christmas shopping period. The retailer could be filing for bankruptcy, according to reports in the US […]
Continue Reading* Lead image credit: Amazon Studios Anne Hathaway’s home in the new Amazon Prime series Modern Love is now up for grabs; the posh 2 bedroom co-op, set in NYC’s historic Astor Memorial School at 256 Mott Street has recently hit the market with a $3.5 million ask. If you haven’t yet had the chance […]
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DAD-of-two Rob Halliday-Stein started a business selling gold bars after losing his mum 10 years ago. The 41-year-old had been left some money after she passed away and used £10,000 to start Bullion by Post. Rob Halliday-Stein, 41, started his business 10 years ago Last year, the business sold £100million worth of gold and after […]
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Tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River during the first quarter of 2021 is down 1% compared with the same quarter of 2020, but port operator Marty Shell says barge demand is strong and believes the rest of the year will bring more activity to the inland waterway. River traffic was beginning to improve from […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it had seized nine copycat websites that harvested and sold users’ personal information by posing as US military recruitment sites. The operators of websites such as Army.com and NavyEnlist.com tricked people interested in joining the military out of their personal information by falsely claiming to be affiliated with […]
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