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Functioning Apple computer built in 1970s up for auction
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A piece of computer history that helped launch a trillion dollar company is hitting the auction block.
A fully functioning Apple-1 being auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction in September is one of only 60 or so…
An American Woman sues US border agents over seized iPhone
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An American woman who had her phone seized by border agents as she returned home to the United States is suing the country's border protection agency.
Rejhane Lazoja was stopped at Newark airport, New Jersey, after…
Microsoft claims win over ‘Russian political hackers’
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Russian attempts to launch cyber-attacks against US conservative groups have been thwarted, Microsoft says.
The software company said Russian hackers had tried to steal data from political organisations,…
Facebook and Twitter unveiled fresh crackdowns on misinformation campaigns
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Facebook and Twitter unveiled fresh crackdowns on misinformation campaigns from Russia and Iran as analysts warned of more efforts to manipulate public debate ahead of the November US elections.
Facebook announced…
Bangladesh’s first app-based medical ambulance service launched
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Bangladesh’s first app-based medical ambulance service - URAL EMS – has been launched recently.
With a slogan “Be a Champion, Save a Life”, URAL EMS, a health tech startup, already started its operation in Dhaka,…
Twitter tried to downplay the impact deactivating legacy APIs
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Twitter tried to downplay the impact deactivating its legacy APIs would have on its community and the third-party Twitter clients preferred by many power users by saying that “less than 1%” of Twitter developers were…
Google still tracks you through the web if you turn off location history
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You may have assumed that turning off Google’s Location History option meant that Google is no longer tracking your movements.
But the reality is that Google can continue to collect location data and even track…
Smart way of dealing with online trolls
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When Bethesda mentioned that Fallout 76 was an online game, you could hear alarm bells ringing in fans’ heads. How were they going to deal with trolls? It’s going to be baked into the game.
Fallout 76-lead Todd…
New Facebook privacy furore
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Facebook is at the centre of another privacy furore, this one over its sharing of user data with device makers such as Apple, Amazon, Samsung and others over the past decade
The social network acknowledges the data…
Technical delay, NASA to try again launching Sun probe
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After a last-minute technical problem forced NASA to postpone by 24 hours the launch of its first mission to explore the Sun, the agency plans to try again Sunday.
The new, 60-minute launch window opens at 3:31 am…