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The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said on Thursday that its quarterly profit soared by more than 20 times from a year earlier as its revenue skyrocketed, in a sign of how enthusiasm for digital currencies has gone mainstream in the pandemic.Coinbase said it brought in...
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WASHINGTON — As the East Coast suffered from the effects of a ransomware attack on a major petroleum pipeline, President Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that placed strict new standards on the cybersecurity of any software sold to the federal government.The move...
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This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Both Apple and Amazon collect cash from companies that want to pitch their products to us. Let me make the case that these side hustles are icky...
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In the past, energy companies typically kept the operational systems that run pipelines or power plants disconnected, or “air gapped,” from the broader internet, which meant that hackers could not easily gain access to the most critical infrastructure. But increasingly that’s no longer the...
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“It’s like a perpetual motion machine — you create the fear of fraud out of vapors and then cut down on people’s votes because of the fog you’ve created,” said Michael Waldman, the president of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University....
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Online payments platform PayPal is publicly committing to moving more of its workloads to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as the multi-year development of its hybrid cloud strategy continues apace.
PayPal is in the midst of a multi-year migration to GCP following on from its split...
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Late in the third quarter of a March game between the Utah Jazz and the New Orleans Pelicans, Rudy Gobert, the Jazz’s 7-foot-1 center, caught a pass and slammed down a dunk as the Pelicans’ Josh Hart leapt to contest the shot.As the two...
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The innovation files 6Imagine Mike, let’s say Mike Wazowski, has a whiskey bar. Better, an exclusive whiskey bar, he is known for his expertise and rare brands of whiskey. The price of a 33 cc glass of whiskey varies between € 8,- for a Nikka Coffey...
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Cyber security researchers and ethical hackers may wish to consider easing off on publicly disclosing vulnerability exploit code before patches have been made available, because doing so gives malicious actors a “clear and unequivocal” advantage, according to new data crunched by vulnerability management specialist Kenna Security and...
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Mars has expanded its supplier relationship with Microsoft in a bid to optimise its operational speed and intelligent manufacturing supply chains via the Azure cloud platform.
Mars plans to work with Microsoft and Accenture to integrate transparent and responsible data, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies...
