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Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi said on Wednesday the smartphone-summoned ride service is reinforcing safeguards for passengers and their personal information.
Features to be added to the app in the coming months include “Ride Check,” which uses loca… Continue reading Uber Announces Ramped Up Passenger Security
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said late Tuesday that the leading social network and other internet firms are in an arms race to defend democracy.
Zuckerberg’s Washington Post op-ed came on the eve of hearings during which lawmakers are expected t… Continue reading Facebook Chief Says Internet Firms in ‘Arms Race’ for Democracy
Privacy and human rights organizations expressed concern Tuesday after a coalition of intelligence agencies renewed a call for technology companies to allow so-called “backdoor” access to encrypted content and devices.
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Twitter on Thursday started requiring those behind hot-button issue ads in the US to be vetted as part of the effort by the social network to thwart stealth campaigns aimed at influencing politics.
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Shanghai police said they were investigating a suspected data leak at NASDAQ-listed Chinese hotelier Huazhu Group, the local partner of France-based AccorHotels.
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Lithuania’s major online media outlets on Tuesday signed an agreement to work with the defence ministry as they try to fend off a growing barrage of cyber attacks, largely blamed on Russia.
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The Telegram encrypted messenger app said Tuesday said it would cooperate with investigators in terror probes when ordered by courts, except in Russia where it is locked in an ongoing battle with authorities.
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Facial recognition technology was credited with the arrest this week of a man attempting to use a fake passport to enter the United States at Washington’s Dulles airport, officials said.
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Google said Thursday it blocked YouTube channels and other accounts over a misinformation campaign linked to Iran, on the heels of similar moves by Facebook and Twitter.
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Facebook on Wednesday said it has suspended more than 400 of thousands of applications it has investigated to determine whether people’s personal information was being improperly shared.
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