Day: April 20, 2019

Ransomware Ravages Municipalities Nationwide This Week

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Facebook Fights To Shield Zuckerberg In US Privacy Probe

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‘Incognito Mode’ Isn’t Really Private. Try Browser Compartmentalization

tedlistens writes: One of the most common techniques people think can help hide their activity is the use of an “incognito” mode in a browser,” writes Michael Grothaus at Fast Company. But “despite what most people assume, incognito modes are primarily built to block traces of your online activity being left on your computer —…


Show Us Yours: Readers’ weekend rides – Roadshow

Welcome to Roadshow’s first Show Us Yours Weekend Ride Edition. Check out all the special cars that our readers submitted. Enjoy! …read more Source:: CNet


Avengers: Endgame debuts next week: Tell us your fan theories – CNET

CNET Asks: The 22-film Avengers saga comes to end next week, and we want to know what you hope the movie will reveal. …read more Source:: CNet


26 States Now Ban Or Restrict Community Broadband, Report Finds

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A new report has found that 26 states now either restrict or outright prohibit towns and cities from building their own broadband networks. Quite often the laws are directly written by the telecom sector, and in some instances ban towns and cities from building their own broadband…


Pot robots, vape pens and Elon Musk: Spend your 420 with CNET’s mellowest reads – CNET

CNET’s been on top of the evolution of weed in society. In honor of 420, we’ve rolled up some of our pot-centric reads for your enjoyment. …read more Source:: CNet


Cryptocurrency needs government’s help, says presidential hopeful Andrew Yang – CNET

Clearer rules for bitcoin and other virtual currencies will help the US innovate, argues Yang, a Democratic presidential candidate. …read more Source:: CNet


Apple is opening up its world of iPhone recycling – CNET

Keep this in mind as Earth Day approaches: All those iPhones don’t recycle themselves. …read more Source:: CNet


9 great reads from CNET this week – CNET

We learn how a fitness tracker won’t necessarily make you healthy, what the Apple-Qualcomm settlement means for a future 5G device and what’s up with the screen-fail on Samsung’s new foldable phone. …read more Source:: CNet