Cybercriminals are zeroing in on the managed service providers that handle computer systems for local governments and medical clinics.
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Stolen Fingerprints Could Spell the End of Biometric Security – Here’s How to Save It
Biometric security is the new thing, but there's a serious problem with it: you only have ten fingers. Chaminda Hewage writes.
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Adblocking: How About Nah?
Imagine an internet without ads. That's what they don't want. Cory Doctorow writes.
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The Poli-Tricks of TL;DR: The Technical is Political
This post is an edited version of a keynote delivered by Nanjira Sambuli, Web Foundation Senior Policy Manager, at re:publica19 in Berlin. It was first published on Techpoint.africa. It’s increasingly evident that digitalisation has brought numerous benefits. From convenience and ease of communications, to easing movements of goods and services across the globe. But let’s take a trip down memory lane, to where…
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How Science and Genetics are Reshaping the Race Debate of the 21st Century
Vivian Chou writes.
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New Treatment for PKU Clears Brain Fog
For sufferers of "brain fog," a new combination of medicine and gene therapy promises to clear up the misunderstanding. Dr. Ricki Lewis writes.
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Censorship Cannot Be the Answer to Disinformation Online
Banning "fake news" does not solve misinformation, and only makes matters worse. From Jillian York and the crew at Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Thinking About Regulating the Online Space? Focus on Decentralizing Power
Juan Ortiz Freuler considers how to approach that thing lazily called "The Internet Problem" by decentralizing the power of tech giants.
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Google’s Sensorvault: Your “Whole Pattern of Life” — Delivered To The Police
Do you know where you were five years ago? Did you have an Android phone at the time? It turns out Google might know—and it might be telling law enforcement. In a new article, the New York Times details a little-known technique increasingly used by law enforcement to figure out everyone who might have been within certain geographic areas during…
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DNA Day Has a New Meaning for Me This Year: I’m an NPE
In the hustle to monetize DNA testing, people forget that NPE can be a life-changing and devastating discovery. Dr. Ricki Lewis tells her own story.