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Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

krebsonsecurity.com Unknown 2026-02-12 03:06:05

In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. But a new report finds the accused continues to operate a slew of established accounts at American tech companies — including Facebook, Github, PayPal and Twitter/X. On May 29, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced economic sanctions against Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based company alleged to pr

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Our Group Text is Sending the Top July 4th and Prime Day Deals Directly to Your Phone

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-12 03:39:00

I've been crawling the internet for the best deals just about every day for the last 10 years, and if there's one thing I know for sure it's that shopping events like Fourth of July and Prime Day are stuffed with discounts that aren't actual savings. That's why CNET's shopping experts search the internet for price reductions worth the buzz. These are real discounts, not the stuff that was artificially inflated last week. We know you don't want to miss discounts on smartphones like the new iPhone

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'There is a problem': Facebook and Instagram users complain of account bans

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-02-13 10:59:08

'There is a problem': Facebook and Instagram users complain of account bans Just now Share Save Graham Fraser & Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters Share Save Brittany Watson Brittany Watson started the petition calling for Meta to answer for banning people's accounts Facebook and Instagram users have been contacting the BBC complaining about having their accounts arbitrarily banned, and struggling to get them reinstated. Last week Meta - which owns the platforms - acknowledged a "technic

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'There is a problem': Meta users complain of being shut out of their accounts

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-02-13 12:13:37

'There is a problem': Meta users complain of being shut out of their accounts 45 minutes ago Share Save Graham Fraser & Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters Share Save Brittany Watson Brittany Watson started the petition calling for Meta to answer for banning people's accounts Meta blamed a "technical error" when, last week, it admitted wrongly suspending some Facebook Groups. Since then, users of the world's most popular social media platform have got in touch with the BBC to say how, for

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Think Your Password's Safe? Think Again. CNET Survey Reveals 49% of Americans Have Risky Password Habits

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-18 23:00:00

News flash: We have some risky password habits. CNET's latest survey shows that almost half of US adults (49%) have risky password habits. Even worse is that 24% admitted to using a password that's shared with another account. That's troubling to Attila Tomaschek, CNET software senior writer and digital security expert. "Reusing the same password across multiple accounts puts users at risk of getting their online accounts compromised through a credential stuffing attack," said Tomaschek. It

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Revisiting Knuth's “Premature Optimization” Paper

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-16 05:17:12

The most famous quote from Knuth’s paper “Structured Programming with go to Statements” is this: There is no doubt that the grail of efficiency leads to abuse. Programmers waste enormous amounts of time thinking about, or worrying about, the speed of noncritical parts of their programs, and these attempts at efficiency actually have a strong negative impact when debugging and maintenance are considered. We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization

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Revisiting Knuth's "Premature Optimization" Paper

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-17 11:17:12

The most famous quote from Knuth’s paper “Structured Programming with go to Statements” is this: There is no doubt that the grail of efficiency leads to abuse. Programmers waste enormous amounts of time thinking about, or worrying about, the speed of noncritical parts of their programs, and these attempts at efficiency actually have a strong negative impact when debugging and maintenance are considered. We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization

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Our Group Text Will Send the Hottest July 4th and Prime Day Deals Directly to Your Phone

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-25 02:39:00

There are quite a few sales events popping up soon, including those celebrating the Fourth of July and the highly anticipated Prime Day. With the influx of deals, deciding which discounts are a must can be overwhelming. That's why our experts search the internet for price reductions worth the buzz. We know you don't want to miss discounts on smartphones like the new iPhone 16 lineup or the Galaxy Z Fold 6, or even bigger ticket items like MacBooks. So, having the latest deals sent to your phone

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Meta admits wrongly suspending Facebook Groups but denies wider problem

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-02-26 08:24:59

Meta admits wrongly suspending Facebook Groups but denies wider problem 36 minutes ago Share Save Graham Fraser and Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters Share Save Getty Images Meta says it is "fixing" a problem which has led to Facebook Groups being wrongly suspended - but denied there is a wider problem with its platforms. In online forums, Group administrators say they have received automated messages stating, incorrectly, that they had violated policies so their Groups had been deleted

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10% Home Depot Promo Codes & Coupons | June 2025

wired.com Matthew Korfhage 2026-03-04 12:30:00

Home Depot goes hard. The company pretty much invented the hardware superstore when it began in 1978, just by being so big. They inflated the neighborhood tool shop into a whole city of lumber, hammers, caulk, power saws, and big rolls of wire. I would know I’m in a Home Depot blindfolded, because of a distinct quality to the air—crisp and particulate, smelling like wood dust and paint and the oiled metal of power tools. The Home Depot smell is buried deep in my childhood, filed somewhere betwee

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184 million passwords leaked across Facebook, Google, more: What to know about this data breach

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-03-07 05:00:15

Moor Studio/Getty Images While it's not as large in scale as the latest data breach that leaked over 16 billion passwords, another incident has exposed passwords and other sensitive information across some of the most popular services on the internet. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler revealed his discovery of a massive online database containing more than 184 million unique account credentials, in a report published late last month. Usernames, passwords, emails, and URLs for a host of

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184 million passwords for Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and more leaked in massive data breach

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-03-09 11:52:00

JuSun/Getty Images Yet another data breach has exposed passwords and other sensitive information – but this one is a whopper. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler revealed his discovery of a massive online database containing more than 184 million unique account credentials, in a report published late last month. Usernames, passwords, emails, and URLs for a host of applications and websites, including Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, among others, were stored in

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Threads adds new dedicated feed for fediverse content

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-15 07:41:06

Meta’s Threads is deepening its integration with the fediverse , a collection of decentralized social media platforms that includes Mastodon . Starting today, users who have enabled sharing to the fediverse in Threads will be able to see posts from federated accounts that they follow. These posts will now appear in a dedicated feed. From this feed, users can now search for federated users from within Threads. These posts will populate in reverse chronological order, ensuring the newest posts fr

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Washington Post's email system hacked, journalists' accounts compromised

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-17 23:08:25

Email accounts of several Washington Post journalists were compromised in a cyberattack believed to have been carried out by a foreign government. The incident was discovered on Thursday evening and the publication started an investigation. On Sunday, June 15, an internal memo was sent to employees, informing them of a “possible targeted unauthorized intrusion into their email system.” According to The Wall Street Journal, the memo was signed by Executive Editor Matt Murray and informed that M

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Your Passwords Are Lazy and Hackers Love It. CNET Survey Finds 49% of US Adults Have Risky Password Habits

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-17 20:00:00

It feels like I have a password for everything: my bank account, my Amazon Echo Show and even my Netflix app. With so many different devices and accounts, coming up with unique, strong passwords -- and remembering them -- can be overwhelming. It's tempting to get lazy and use the same password for multiple accounts. It's a relatable move, and it's one scammers are counting on. The risks of using old passwords or including personal information in a new one is a big risk to your data and identity

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You're Getting Lazy With Your Passwords and Hackers Love It. CNET Survey Finds 49% of US Adults Have Risky Password Habits

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-18 11:00:00

It feels like I have a password for everything: my bank account, my Amazon Echo Show and even my Netflix app. With so many different devices and accounts, coming up with unique, strong passwords -- and remembering them -- can be overwhelming. It's tempting to get lazy and use the same password for multiple accounts. It's a relatable move, and it's one scammers are counting on. The risks of using old passwords or including personal information in a new one is a big risk to your data and identity

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Password-spraying attacks target 80,000 Microsoft Entra ID accounts

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-22 12:40:25

Hackers have been using the TeamFiltration pentesting framework to target more than 80,000 Microsoft Entra ID accounts at hundreds of organizations worldwide. The campaign started last December and has successfully hijacked multiple accounts, say researchers at cybersecurity company Proofpoint, who attribute the activity to a threat actor called UNK_SneakyStrike. According to the researchers, the peak of the campaign happened on January 8, when it targeted 16,500 accounts in a single day. Such

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NASA is shutting down some official social media accounts, including the Curiosity rover's handle

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-23 03:20:16

NASA is shutting down several social media accounts run by the Science Mission Directorate, including the official Mars Curiosity Rover account on X. The organization says it made the decision in order to "make its work more accessible to the public, avoiding the potential for oversaturation or confusion." The "social media consolidation project" is concentrated in part on X, where there are dozens NASA accounts affiliated with specific missions and areas of research. So far 29 accounts are bei

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Hacked on Stripe–$41K Gone, No Real Help from Support. What Now?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 11:56:22

I’ve always been nervous about using Stripe after reading horror stories here. Unfortunately, I took my chances due to the ease of integration, and now I’m here with my own nightmare. We’ve used Stripe for nearly 10 years as a marketplace, only allowing Standard Accounts—never had a major issue. Until yesterday. A hacker created six Express accounts, linked them to our platform, and drained our balance. Then, they started charging our users and funneling the stolen money to their Express accou

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Latest Tech News

Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

Our Group Text is Sending the Top July 4th and Prime Day Deals Directly to Your Phone

'There is a problem': Facebook and Instagram users complain of account bans

'There is a problem': Meta users complain of being shut out of their accounts

Think Your Password's Safe? Think Again. CNET Survey Reveals 49% of Americans Have Risky Password Habits

Revisiting Knuth's “Premature Optimization” Paper

Revisiting Knuth's "Premature Optimization" Paper

Our Group Text Will Send the Hottest July 4th and Prime Day Deals Directly to Your Phone

Meta admits wrongly suspending Facebook Groups but denies wider problem

10% Home Depot Promo Codes & Coupons | June 2025

184 million passwords leaked across Facebook, Google, more: What to know about this data breach

184 million passwords for Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and more leaked in massive data breach

Threads adds new dedicated feed for fediverse content

Washington Post's email system hacked, journalists' accounts compromised

Your Passwords Are Lazy and Hackers Love It. CNET Survey Finds 49% of US Adults Have Risky Password Habits

You're Getting Lazy With Your Passwords and Hackers Love It. CNET Survey Finds 49% of US Adults Have Risky Password Habits

Password-spraying attacks target 80,000 Microsoft Entra ID accounts

NASA is shutting down some official social media accounts, including the Curiosity rover's handle

Hacked on Stripe–$41K Gone, No Real Help from Support. What Now?

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