The Justice Department has struck a plea deal with Nghia Hoang Pho, a programmer in the NSA’s elite operations unit, for taking his highly classified work home with him.
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Three senior-level security managers resigned from Uber today, Reuters reported earlier today. One of the three who resigned, Pooja Ashok, was chief of staff to now-former Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan. Sullivan was fired last week for trying to hide the security breach that affected about 57 million riders and 600,00 drivers. The other two who resigned were Prithvi Rai, a senior… Read More
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Plus, how one woman’s life was weaponized against her, the tax plan’s effect on grad students, and how one tiny error shut off parts of the internet in America.
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The company’s fix for an embarrassing security bug includes a big bug of its own.
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This week, the hosts welcome Mozilla’s Nick Nguyen, the VP of product for Firefox.
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Want your lights to lull you into a peaceful slumber? With the right bulbs and a little help from IFTTT, you can ask Alexa or Google to fade them out as you fall asleep.
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Computer glitch or no, American Airlines has made sure it will have enough pilots to get you to your loved ones (or vacation!) this December.
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But it will not be anything like the ’90s show you may remember.
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Nghia Hoang Pho’s case matches reports of an NSA staffer who had top secret files lifted off his computer by Kaspersky Lab antivirus software.
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The year is 1900. Life expectancy is 47 years. Almost all hospitals in the U.S. are nonprofit institutions founded by religious organizations. Fast-forward to today. Healthcare in the U.S. has ballooned into a massive industry worth $3 trillion. The U.S. spends roughly three times more than most other first-world countries, yet, all that spending has not resulted in superior outcomes. Read More
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