Tag: Computers and the Internet
How Wall Street Escaped the Crypto Meltdown
Only a small subset of Goldman’s clients qualified to buy investments linked to crypto through the bank, said…
Hacker Offers to Sell Chinese Police Database in Potential Breach
In what may be one of the largest known breaches of Chinese personal data, a hacker has offered…
Mark Zuckerberg Prepares Meta Employees for a Tougher 2022
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg has a message for Meta employees: Buckle up for tough times ahead.At an…
TikTok tells Republican senators how it plans to keep American data away from China.
TikTok gave U.S. lawmakers more details in a letter dated Thursday about how it plans to keep data…
Post-Roe, Her Facebook Group Went Viral
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, Veronica Risinger started what she thought would be…
Amazon Restricts L.G.B.T.Q. Products in United Arab Emirates
Amazon moved to restrict items and search results related to L.G.B.T.Q. people and issues on its website in…
Payment Data Could Become Evidence of Abortion, Now Illegal in Some States
Digital payments are the default for millions of women of childbearing age. So what will their credit and…
The Work of Online Volunteers
The volunteers who run our favorite groups on Facebook, Reddit, Nextdoor or Discord can make all the difference…
Schools Are Spending Billions on High-Tech Defense for Mass Shootings
Reid Bauer was finishing lunch period last year at his middle school in the Atlanta area when an…
How China Is Policing the Future
The more than 1.4 billion people living in China are constantly watched. They are recorded by police cameras…
Ken Knowlton, a Father of Computer Art and Animation, Dies at 91
Dr. Knowlton remained at Bell Labs until 1982, experimenting with everything from computer-generated music to technologies that allowed…
As Midterms Loom, Mark Zuckerberg Shifts Focus Away From Elections
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, made securing the 2020 U.S. election a top priority. He met regularly with…