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Some US government websites won’t load after HTTPS certificates expire during shutdown
In a government shutdown, everything deemed non-essential stops. As we found out, renewing the certificates on its websites is considered…
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Marriott now says 5 million unencrypted passport numbers were stolen in Starwood hotel data breach
Starwood’s data breach just got both better and worse at the same time. Marriott, which owns hotel chain giant Starwood, said…
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Hacker leaks data on Angela Merkel and hundreds of German lawmakers
A hacker has targeted and released private data on German chancellor Angela Merkel and other senior German lawmakers and officials.…
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Defense Secretary James Mattis steps down
The man who led the Department of Defense for the first two years of the Trump administration will wrap up…
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Nvidia’s limited China connections
Nvidia / TSMC questions Following up on my analyses this week on Nvidia (Part 1, Part 2) , a reader…
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Finance
Robinhood lacked proper insurance so will change checking & savings feature
Robinhood will rename and revamp its upcoming checking and banking features after encountering problems with its insurance. The company published…
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STARTUPS
Why you need a supercomputer to build a house
When the hell did building a house become so complicated? Don’t let the folks on HGTV fool you. The process…
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The nation-state of the internet
The internet is a community, but can it be a nation-state? It’s a question that I have been pondering on…
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