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UK top cybercrime enforcement officer: it is very interesting to arrest a cybercriminal

Cybercriminals stand out from any other type of culprits because they like to brag about what they did and how...
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Costlier than a house: list of the most expensive computers of the vintage era

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Unless you’re a gaming maniac, buying a computer is unlikely to drain your savings account. Yet, that was not always...
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Hunted by an AirTag: how an Apple device can be used to stalk you

AirTag, like any other Apple device, is under close scrutiny, as American tech giant boasts about security and privacy. An...
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Why the Soviets didn’t start a PC revolution

First in space, Venus, and Mars, the USSR did not lack engineering prowess. Why then, a revolution in personal computing...
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Cyberstalking: moving to criminalize the practice that destroys lives

Only a handful of countries have legislation on cyberstalking – Australia, India, the UK, and Poland, as well as a few US states - even though it is becoming a common crime on the internet, with severe consequences in real life.
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Who has dealt with cybercriminals better: Colonial Pipeline or Ireland’s Health Services?

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We saw two different approaches to crisis management in recent Colonial and Irish Healthcare Service Executive (HSE) hacks. While Ireland...
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The proposed AI law to make Europe fit for a digital age

Big tech quickly changed the world with its move-fast-and-break-things mantra. But it didn't stop to think of the future implications...
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DarkSide strives for “ethical hacking” after hitting a vital fuel pipeline in the US

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It isn’t often that the US government declares a state of emergency. But then, a ransomware attack that takes down...
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Strict punishments for cybercrime are useless. Here is why

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What motivates people to commit crimes is something that has vexed academics and policymakers alike for several decades. Economist Gary Becker...
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Should your old personal data leak be a point of concern?

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The number of data leaks reported in recent months has been increasing, and with that more and more of us...
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Data privacy vs data security: what's the difference and why you should care?

The world is a dangerous place. Cybercrime is on the rise, and an inexorable worry for many people operating online...
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Is paying ransomware the worst strategy?

Given the huge pressure the pandemic has placed on service providers, cyberattacks have risen considerably, with ransomware being a particularly...
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Building the Metaverse - are you ready?

As the lines between offline and online begin to disappear, are we ready to build digital spaces that transcend the...
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From hero to zero: meteoric rise and fall of Tandy computers

Home computers should have been a short-term play, plugging a hole in Tandy Corps’ sales left by a passing tech...
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Designers gone wild: most bizarre functioning computers

Throughout the history of computing, computer manufacturers released quite a few oddities to the public. Take a look at some...
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A decade-long attempt to enter PC history: Atari home computers

Atari’s name is almost synonymous with video games and everything ’80s. However, the video game titan made home computers for...
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Titans that perished: Commodore

Few 'greats' from the dawn of personal computing of the late '70s remain unscathed. One of the unfortunate, Commodore, has...
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Recent Facebook, LinkedIn and Clubhouse leaks explained

Everyone’s social media platforms are leaking data lately. But why?It won’t have escaped your notice that a lot of people’s...
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Forget Windows, Apples, and Penguins: enter a world of ‘lost’ OSs

Most consumers can’t imagine their life without an established operating system. However there’s a whole world of alternative OSs.
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Coded bias: do you need to be white to play peekaboo with a robot?

Facial recognition systems are prone to errors, especially when it comes to people of color. When Joy Buolamwini first started...
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