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What is a smart city?
The words “smart city” are practically foolproof conversation starters these days. Around the world, smart cities are implementing IoT devices, sensors, and other components to harvest data and gl...
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We asked OpenAI's chatbot to write about its maker
OpenAI has been in the news for its new chatbot, called ChatGPT. Ask the online service a question, and it can return a full essay using realistically human-sounding language in well-executed structur...
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Samsung lost its Android app-signing key—and didn’t replace it
This post was written by Pete Membrey, chief engineer – VPN technologies, ExpressVPN When you lose your house keys, it’s common practice to replace the lock on the door—especially if those keys ...
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What is Predator spyware?
Editor's note: The original version of this article lacked sufficient context about Predator's seriousness and stealthiness. It has been updated to supply that context. A powerful new spyware, called ...
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What to do if you’re a victim of revenge porn
Earlier this year, The Most Hated Man on the Internet, a Netflix true-crime show, became a sensation. The docuseries follows the story of Hunter Moore—the controversial founder of Is Anyone Up, a po...
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Survey: How much time do you waste resetting your passwords?
What would you do if you had just under four minutes to spare? Would you pop a bag of popcorn in the microwave, answer a couple of emails, read a few pages of your favorite book, or spend some quality...
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What do you miss about the old internet?
We recently asked on Facebook what people missed most about the early days of the internet. Some people mentioned sites like MSN and Yahoo chat rooms. Others brought up greater privacy. But most of al...
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OpenSSL’s ‘critical’ vulnerability: What you need to know
This post was written by Pete Membrey, chief engineer - VPN technologies, ExpressVPN Update on Nov. 2, 2022: The OpenSSL Project Team has shared the details of the vulnerability that was initially dis...
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Explainer: Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights
With a name like the AI Bill of Rights, you’d be forgiven for thinking that robots and machines are being endowed with the same ethical protection as human beings. In reality, however, the AI Bill...
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What are Amazon unauthorized purchase scams?
Scammers are nearly ubiquitous on online marketplaces, and Amazon is no exception. From hilariously misspelled emails to eerily convincing phone calls, these scams come in many forms and grow more ela...
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