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Will Capitol attack hike security costs for Biden inauguration?
Jan 11, 2021
The pandemic likely saved money for the Secret Service budget during the 2020 campaign.
QR codes and dramatic vistas: tips for traveling during the pandemic
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Jennifer Pak
May 15, 2020
Traveling will look very different during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump administration proposes new powers to block foreign technology deals
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Scott Tong
Nov 27, 2019
"From a business perspective, it's terrifying," said one attorney.
Do renters have the right to reject smart home technology?
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Molly Wood
Mar 5, 2019
Some tenants prefer to keep their apartments dumb.
Apple scrambles to fix FaceTime bug
Jan 29, 2019
A bug in Apple’s FaceTime, news of which filled social media channels and tech news sites this week, could have allowed a caller to listen to the audio from an iPhone she or he is calling, even before the person at the other end of the line had accepted or rejected the call. Apple is […]
New tech doorbells can record video, and that's an ethics problem
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Molly Wood
Jan 17, 2019
They might be recording a lot more than who's at the front door.
Google Plus users exposed to security vulnerability
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Jed Kim
Oct 9, 2018
A software glitch left private data of more than 496,000 users of the social media network open to potential misuse.
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First, LA welcomes subway body scanners. Next, a major city near you?
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Renata Sago
Sep 17, 2018
Questions loom about the new technology, like whether it has potential to keep travelers safe, or if it's just security theater.
Facial scan technology makes debut in airports
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Renata Sago
Aug 16, 2018
How does the technology work, and what does it offer beyond the old stand by — a set of human eyes?
Fax machines too often an unguarded gateway into corporate data systems
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Erika Beras
Aug 14, 2018
There was a time when the chugging of fax machines was heard in every office. No longer since e-mail and instant messaging services took over our lives. Even so, many of those big, industrial scanner/printer/copiers in offices also have built in fax machines. And a new study says those machines can be very easily hacked. […]