Day: November 9, 2021

New Bipartisan Bill Takes Aim at Algorithms

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a companion to a Senate bill that would let people use algorithm-free versions of tech platforms, according to a copy of the text shared exclusively with Axios. From the report: Recent revelations about Facebook’s internal research findings have renewed lawmaker interest in bills that seek to give…


Apple Store adds ‘Order By’ dates, giving deadlines for holiday iPhone shopping – CNET

Get that iPhone 13 Max ordered by Dec. 22. …read more Source:: CNet


AirPods 3 vs. AirPods Pro: Every big difference between Apple’s wireless earbuds – CNET

Active noise cancellation is exclusive to the $249 AirPods Pro. We’ll explain how else the two earbuds compare. …read more Source:: CNet


Oh, Comcast. An Xfinity customer and working from home? Maybe not this morning

Where were you during the Great Comcast Outage? The US woke up this morning to find Xfinity internet services still napping, with the company only now claiming it is staggering to its feet.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Verizon will soon sell PlayStation 5 consoles – CNET

The wireless carrier is getting into the console game. …read more Source:: CNet


Hacking Group Claims It Found Encryption Keys Needed To Unlock PS5

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


Here’s What A COD Vanguard Account Boosting Farm Looks Like

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Robinhood Trading Platform Data Breach Hits 7 Million Customers

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


US Charges Ukrainian And Russian Nationals Over Ransomware Attacks

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


Sony To Invest $500 Million in TSMC’s New Japanese Chip Plant Venture

Sony Group said on Tuesday it would invest about $500 million in a joint venture with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co that will build a $7 billion chip plant in Japan. From a report: Construction of the factory, which local media said last month would supply semiconductors to Sony’s image sensor business, will begin in 2022,…