Headline News Archive
2018
December
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- Your apps know where you are (and aren't keeping it secret). Many consumers know that apps can track people’s movements. But as smartphones have become ubiquitous and technology more accurate, an industry of snooping
07
- Reporte: Uber emprende trámites para cotizar en bolsa. La compañía de taxis Uber ha presentado la documentación preliminar y confidencial para cotizar en bolsa, de acuerdo con un
06
- Is Netflix’s ‘Friends’ deal the end of an online entertainment era?. Netflix has renegotiated a deal with production outfit Warner Bros. and its parent company AT&T/WarnerMedia for domestic rights to the show "
05
- Digital divide is wider than we think. According to the Federal Communications Commission, everyone in sprawling Ferry County has access to broadband internet. But that is not the reality experienced
- How Trump appointees curbed a consumer protection agency. One year after Mick Mulvaney’s arrival, he and his political aides have constrained the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from within, achieving what conservatives
- This watchdog agency is smaller, quieter and less active under Trump. Under the Trump administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has seen its role diminished. “People wondered when I got — when I took
04
- Tu celular es el enemigo de tu atención. Mientras tecleo esto, mi iPhone está escondido dentro del cajón de mi escritorio bajo llave. Ahí ha estado todo el d
- Recomendaciones de una periodista para cuidar tu privacidad en línea. ¿Cómo utilizan los periodistas de The New York Times la tecnología en sus empleos y su vida cotidiana? Kate Conger,
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- Is your holiday gift spying on you?. From baby monitors to drones, a new guide invites consumers to score products on a privacy scale that slides from "Not Creepy!" to
- Para sobrevivir a la siguiente era de la tecnología, frena y sé consciente. Hace casi cinco años, en mi primera columna de State of the Art, presenté un plan para sobrevivir a lo que se
01
- 2018’s Best credit cards for bad credit. By and large, secured cards are the best available option thanks to their low fees and easy approvals. While you should try to avoid paying
November
21
- The FCC's controversial plan for unwanted robocalls, texts. The U.S. government said Tuesday that it plans to take aim at the scourge of unwelcome phone calls and spam text messages plaguing millions
05
- How to buy a used phone without getting fleeced. Apple, Samsung and Google have all launched their new phones. Everyone in the world is itching to upgrade to the latest and greatest, but not
October
26
- A dark consensus about screens and kids. The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary of it. Technologists know how phones really work, and many have decided
25
- Facebook fined $644,000 in Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Britain's information commissioner has slapped Facebook with a fine of $644,000 — the maximum possible — for its behavior in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The
- Reseña: iPhone XR, un teléfono para la mayoría de nosotros por menos dinero. Buenas noticias, fieles clientes de Apple: no tendrán que gastar 1000 dólares en su próximo iPhone. La razón:
18
- An A.I. (artificial intelligence) glossary. The last six years have witnessed breakthroughs in everything from self-driving cars to algorithms that can detect diseases, and social networks like Twitter that rely
17
- FCC says Hurricane Michael victims deserve a month of free cell service. The Federal Communications Commission slammed the nation’s wireless carriers Tuesday for failing to quickly restore service to Hurricane Michael victims — and demanded
- Apple permite que usuarios de algunos países vean datos recopilados por la empresa. Apple Inc puso el miércoles a disposición de sus usuarios en Estados Unidos y otros países una herramienta para
16
- Facebook pedirá identidad a anunciantes políticos británicos. Cualquiera que publique un anuncio político en Facebook en Gran Bretaña estará obligado a revelar su identidad en un intento
15
- Cybersecurity experts support data beach disclosure law. A slight majority of digital security experts surveyed by the Washington Post's cybersecurity team say the United States should follow in the
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- Financial companies rack up complaints, but good luck finding them. A NerdWallet analysis of previously undisclosed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau data shows that Green Dot, a dominant prepaid card company, and Credit One, a leading
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- Children’s allowances: Debit cards linked to parents’ phones. Parents can now choose from a rapidly expanding menu of prepaid debit cards, aimed at giving them digital oversight of their children’s spending
- Experian credit freeze flaw may have revealed your PIN to fraudsters. The credit bureau’s process to retrieve a PIN that safeguards a frozen Experian credit report had a security defect, making it easier for
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- It's better for companies to be transparent about privacy bugs. Consumers and regulators have shown they will judge companies far more harshly for covering up data security issues than for openly discussing them. Google just
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