Schools and universities across the United States are split on whether to open for the fall semester, thanks to the ongoing pandemic.Albion College, a small liberal arts school in Michigan, said in Ju
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Ever hear the expression, “every master was once a disaster?” Now apply that to developing a well-crafted pitch. It takes practice and honest feedback to make a masterful pitch, and that’s exactly wha
New Jersey’s top court has ruled that police can compel suspects to give up their phone passcodes, and does not violate the Fifth Amendment.The Fifth Amendment protects Americans from self-incri
Several companies offering phone-spying apps — known as “stalkerware” — are still advertising in Google search results, despite the search giant’s ban that took effect today, TechCru
Few could ever forget back in 2015 when security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek remotely killed a Jeep’s engine on a highway with a Wired reporter at the wheel.Since then, the car
In 2010, the late Barnaby Jack, a world-renowned security researcher, hacked an ATM live on stage at the Black Hat conference by tricking the cash dispenser into spitting out a stream of dollar bills.
Security researchers say they have developed a new technique to detect modern cell-site simulators.Cell site simulators, known as “stingrays,” impersonate cell towers and can capture infor
Online alcohol delivery startup Drizly has told customers that it was hit by a data breach.In an email to customers obtained by TechCrunch, the company said that a hacker “obtained” some c
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-- "The last few months should stick a fork in the absurd proposition that the United States enjoys some kind of monopoly on brilliance. Clearly, we do not," New York Times opinion columnist Farhad M
The Trump administration’s decision to extend its ban on issuing work visas to the end of this year “would be a blow to very early-stage tech companies trying to get off the ground,”
At a time where IT has to help employees set up and manage devices remotely, a service that simplifies those processes could certainly come in handy. Apple recognized that, and acquired Fleetsmith tod
The tech industry has generally wished that structural discrimination would go away, while pretending that it already has. But technology can be used by anyone for anything. And so, the world has watc
Gone are the days of not having enough time to catch up on all of those movies and TV shows you’ve been meaning to get around to. For the foreseeable future, at least, many of us have nowhere to go an
HBO Max, the HBO -plus-other-stuff streaming service from WarnerMedia, is finally here.At $14.99 per month, the service — initially available to subscribers in the United States — is more expensive th
In many ways, Netflix’s new “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” special “Kimmy vs. the Reverend” is a delight.For fans of the show, it’s a chance to catch up with Kimmy (E