October 27, 2016

Weekly Computing Newsletter

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Cyberattacks from China are down, but why? This is the story behind the numbers

The Obama administration has been touting a decrease in commercial espionage, but the reality for corporate America may be more complicated.

 
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Google Fiber is cutting the cord on its plan to provide high-speed Internet to U.S. cities

Laying off workers and putting expansion plans on ice, Google Fiber looks to be headed for a wireless future.

 
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AT&T is making a tidy sum by turning data requests from law enforcement into a side business

Internal documents suggest the company charges investigators to use a tool that mines its customers’ metadata.

 
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Governments that shut off the Internet are costing their countries dearly

Government leaders who turn off the Internet as a means of censorship are shooting their economies in the foot.

 
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Microsoft has built a machine that’s as good as humans at recognizing speech

Human-level speech recognition has been a long time coming.

 
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Why the Internet of Things is a threat to the fabric of the Internet

In a worrying trend, our smart devices are being commandeered to launch massive cyber-assaults.

 
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Friday’s massive Internet outage could be the first of many

Hackers have shown how they could take down the Internet.

 
 

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Friday’s massive Internet outage could be the first of many

Hackers have shown how they could take down the Internet.

 
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