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Hackers are attempting to exploit a recently discovered backdoor built into multiple Zyxel device models that hundreds of thousands of individuals and businesses use as VPNs, firewalls, and wireless access points. The backdoor comes in the form of an undocumented user account with full administrative rights that’s hardcoded into the device firmware, a researcher from …

There’s a case to be made that 2020, for all the sacrifices it demanded and tragedies it inflicted, could at least mark a turning point on climate change. It’s now possible that global oil demand and greenhouse-gas emissions may have already peaked in 2019, since the pandemic could slow economic growth for years, accelerate the …

Katie Paul / Reuters: Internal Facebook post indicates Rob Leathern, chief of advertising integrity who handled ad products around sensitive subjects, left the company on December 30  —  (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s chief of advertising integrity, who handled the company’s ad products around sensitive subjects …

Andrew Cunningham Activist hedge fund Third Point has taken a stake of nearly $1 billion in Intel and called on the chipmaker to consider shedding its manufacturing operations, throwing a core part of its strategy into question. The firm with $15 billion in assets run by Daniel Loeb made a number of demands in a …

“The Clearview story really freaked a lot of people out—as it should,” says Jameson Spivack, a policy associate at Georgetown University’s Center on Privacy and Technology. Many of the concerns focus on how fragmented the field is. While major companies like IBM and Microsoft are significant forces, there are also lots of smaller private companies, …

Anthony G. Attrino / New Jersey Online: Lawsuit claims a New Jersey man was jailed for ten days based on an erroneous facial recognition match, and prosecutors kept pursuing him for nearly a year  —  Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include a statement from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.

Agrandir / Siège social d’AT & T le 10 novembre 2020 à El Segundo, Californie. Getty Images | AaronP / Bauer-Griffin AT&T est déçu des offres de 15 milliards de dollars qu’il a reçues pour DirecTV et a « dit aux soumissionnaires potentiels qu’il pourrait annuler complètement l’enchère si elle n’obtient pas de meilleures offres », le …

The consensus is that 2020 has been “the worst.” But there is reason to look back at this year and find the unexpected silver linings of quarantine, particularly when it comes to how we connect with other people. None of these benefits compare with the death and suffering and misery of a terrible year, but …