Headline News Archive

2017

June

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• Trump chooses democrat who backed net neutrality for FCC. Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel was chosen to return to the Federal Communications Commission, where she supported net neutrality rules and stricter media ownership limits that now…

• Delta instala kioscos con reconocimiento facial. Delta Airlines lanzó esta semana un sistema de reconocimiento facial para acelerar el proceso de registro de equipaje en aeropuertos.

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• Trump wants to hide your complaints about Wall Street. The U.S. Department of the Treasury formally recommended that Congress and the White House stop public access to a database that collects consumer complaints about financial companies,…

• Facebook despliega inteligencia artificial contra terrorismo. Facebook comenzó a desplegar sus capacidades de inteligencia artificial para ayudar a evitar que los terroristas usen sus servicios, señaló la compañía el jueves.

• La censura en manos de Google. Puede que el destino político de Theresa May, la primera ministra del Reino Unido, esté en declive, pero la presión que ejerce para que las…

14

• Cómo evitar la entrada de los ‘hackers’ a nuestros hogares. ¿Cuán seguro es usar mis dispositivos inteligentes en la red wifi de mi casa? ¿Debo preocuparme por eso y qué puedo hacer? Los investigadores han…

• La vida secreta de los adolescentes en las redes sociales. A principios de junio, la Universidad de Harvard anunció que le retiró la admisión a diez estudiantes que compartieron imágenes ofensivas dentro de una conversación…

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• Los programas maliciosos son una puerta a nuevos delitos como el ‘ransomware’. El primer mensaje que apareció en la pantalla le dejaba claro a la víctima que había sido hackeada; el segundo les ofrecía una manera de…

09

• 'Alexa, what's my blood sugar and how much insulin should I take?'. It’s become a punchline in the tech industry that every start-up is out to change the world. When it comes to medical technology, however, some…

08

• Lastest NSA leak: A reminder that you bosses can see your every move. It took just days for authorities to arrest and charge a federal contractor with leaking classified intelligence to the media. What helped federal authorities link Winner to the…

07

• Amazon, Kickstarter, Reddit and Mozilla stage net neutrality online protest. Some of the Internet's biggest names are banding together for a “day of action” to oppose the Federal Communications Commission, which is working to undo regulations…

02

• China es el nuevo líder en el campo de la inteligencia artificial. Sören Schwertfeger terminó su investigación posdoctoral sobre robots autónomos en Alemania, y parecía destinado para Europa o Estados Unidos, donde se inició e instituyó la…

01

• 7 ways to ready your finances for divorce. Untangling two people’s money is messy. Long before spousal or child support is awarded or your post-divorce budget is in place, you’ll need to prepare your…

• Supreme Court ruling on printer cartridges. Last week, the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to corporations that try to use patent law as a weapon against other firms, saying that…

May

31

• Recipients fear cuts to food stamps and disability aid in Trump budget. The budget that the president has proposed for the coming fiscal year would expand a work requirement for “able-bodied” adults receiving help from the Supplemental…

30

• Hackers hide cyberattacks in social media posts. It took only one attempt for Russian hackers to make their way into the computer of a Pentagon official. But the attack didn’t come through…

25

• Court weighs whether Trump can say "You're fired!" to consumer watchdog. In a packed courtroom at the U.S. District Court of Appeals, the 11 judges peppered the attorneys for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and mortgage…

• Google now knows when its users go to the store and buy stuff. Google has begun using billions of credit-card transaction records to prove that its online ads are prompting people to make purchases – even when they…

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• DOJ asks in budget proposal that cities be forced to detain illegal immigrants. The Justice Department is pushing as a part of its budget proposal to change federal law so that local jurisdictions can be forced to detain…

• Target to pay $18.5 million to 47 states in security breach settlement. Target will pay $18.5 million to 47 states and the District of Columbia as part of a settlement with state attorneys general over a huge…

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• America’s dangerous Internet delusion. The United States may have escaped most digital damage from this month’s unleashing of a global “ransomware” virus, though cyber-experts fear more attacks. The unmistakable…

18

• Google wants to be everywhere with everyone. Seven of its products — including Search, YouTube and Maps — have more than a billion users each.  Google’s ambition is to knit all those…

17

• Google, not the government, is building the future. Technology giants, not the government, are building the artificially intelligent future. And unless the government vastly increases how much it spends on research into such…

• Malware case is a major blow for the NSA. “For half a century, N.S.A. pried into other people’s secrets,” said Amy B. Zegart, a Stanford University professor who studies intelligence agencies. “Now they’re suddenly…

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• How to protect yourself from a global ransomware attack. Security experts are bracing for more fallout from Friday's worldwide WannaCry ransomware attack, which has so far affected more than 150 countries and major businesses…