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05/20/2022
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By Ramon Tomey
Microsoft’s Bing search engine CENSORING searches for politically sensitive Chinese personalities
Microsoft’s Bing search engine has made it difficult for people in North America to look up names of politically sensitive Chinese personalities, a cybersecurity and surveillance group found. In a May 19 report, the Toronto-based Citizen Lab pointed out that Bing’s autofill system did not return potential suggestions when users searched for personalities deemed sensitive […]
07/21/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
US and allies condemn China for massive cyberattack against Microsoft email servers
U.S. cyber officials, joined by many of the country’s major allies, blamed hackers with ties to the Chinese government for a massive cyberattack against the Microsoft Corporation’s email servers earlier this year. In spring, a cyberattack against the Microsoft Exchange email server hit over 30,000 American organizations and hundreds of thousands more groups around the world, rendering them […]
07/04/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
Massive DATA BREACH exposes personal data of 700 million users of Microsoft-owned LinkedIn
For the second time this year, Microsoft-owned social networking and employment service LinkedIn has experienced a data breach. According to Ben Lovejoy, tech journalist for 9to5Mac, a hacker exposed the personal data of around 700 million users. This represents around 92 percent of the platform’s more than 756 million total users. The data breach was discovered on […]
06/14/2021
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By Franz Walker
Microsoft exec warns that unregulated AI development will lead to an Orwellian future
A Microsoft executive predicts that runaway artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to an Orwellian future if appropriate laws to protect the public aren’t enacted soon. Microsoft president Brad Smith made the comments during an episode of the BBC‘s “Panorama,” aired May 26, that focused on the potential dangers of AI and the race between the United States and China […]
04/27/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
Big tech supporting and writing privacy legislation in multiple states to preempt passage of stronger privacy laws
Big tech corporations are pushing states to pass watered-down privacy laws that they helped write with the goal of preempting stronger privacy protections. In March, Virginia swiftly passed the Consumer Data Protection Act. According to an investigation by Protocol, the Virginia law was “industry-approved.” The law was presented to a Democratic state senator by an Amazon lobbyist. Most of […]
03/22/2021
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By Ethan Huff
CREEPY Bill Gates strikes again: Windows 10 secretly listens to everything you say and records all your keystrokes with hidden keylogger that uploads to Microsoft
Hidden inside Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system software is a keylogger spyware module that records the keystrokes and voices of users and sends this private data straight to the mother ship. Another creepy “feature” of a software platform that was originally designed by billionaire eugenicist Bill Gates, the Windows 10 keylogger add-on was supposedly “intended […]
02/03/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
Google threatens to leave Australia if it passes proposed digital media code
Google is threatening to end its search engine services in Australia if the country passes its proposed “digital media code” that would require the tech giant to pay local news publishers for the articles it links to. Prime Minister Scott Morrison isn’t fazed, saying that Microsoft’s own search engine Bing will be able to fill the […]
10/10/2020
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By Lance D Johnson
Microsoft outage locks users out of Office 365, exposing the need for local, individual control over apps
In 2013, Microsoft introduced a subscription-based model for their popular Microsoft Office software. That year Microsoft debuted Office 365, making it available through cloud-based apps that automatically update the newest security measures to protect against phishing. The downside of subscription-based software compared to licensed software is that the user can get locked out of the […]
05/12/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Hackers can use this Bluetooth exploit to TRACK and IDENTIFY iOS and Microsoft smartphone users, warn security researchers
Researchers say they have found a flaw in Bluetooth communication that leaves many iOS and Microsoft devices open to being tracked. The researchers also warn that the flaw can leak a user’s ID. Devices that are susceptible to hacking include iOS devices such as iPads and Apple watches, Microsoft products like surface tablets and laptops and FitBits. […]
04/07/2020
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By Franz Walker
Washington state LEGALIZES facial recognition for police and government agencies, creating a high-tech police state
Washington has legalized the use of facial recognition for law enforcement and other state agencies. This makes it the first U.S. state to legalize the use of such software for government business. Gov. Jay Inslee signed SB 6280 last Tuesday, March 31, after the Washington State House of Representatives passed it on March 12, by a vote of 27 […]
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