Many websites require password habits that actually don’t keep you safer. Neither special characters nor frequent password resets really help security.
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Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children
Separate teen accounts for those under 18 are part of an effort to make the platform safer for children amid growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives.
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EU forcing Google, Apple to pay billions in fines and back taxes
Both companies have now exhausted their appeals in cases that date to the previous decade and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech.
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Questions about the safety of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system are growing
The technology’s problems have led many observers to become skeptical that Tesla’s system will ever be able to operate safely on a broad scale.
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How tech companies are obscuring AI’s real carbon footprint
Despite pledges to become carbon-negative, tech companies are creating more and more planet-warming emissions.
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Nvidia eyes return to record as AI spending bonanza continues
Concerns about the returns from AI investments recently contributed to a tech selloff, although that dip was readily bought amid signs that economic growth remains resilient and rising confidence that the spending on AI itself will stay strong.
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Online portals deliver scary health news before doctors can weigh in
The medical community is divided about whether instant information empowers patients or harms them.
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‘Hug your IT folks’: CrowdStrike outage turned technicians into heroes
When CrowdStrike took down millions of devices, IT workers became the thin line between corporate America and chaos.
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In a first, federal regulators ban messaging app from hosting minors
The FTC says the app NGL aggressively marketed itself to youngsters and exaggerated its power to prevent bullying.
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See how ‘The Sims’ helped these players change their real lives
Here’s how players have used The Sims to inspire their real lives: