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The companies that own many leased solar systems on Americans' rooftops are going out of business, leaving homeowners in a lurch.

Leaked data suggest that Snatch is one of several ransomware groups using paid ads on Google.com to trick people into installing malware disguised as popular free software, such as Microsoft Teams, Adobe Reader, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Discord....

Small, artificially intelligent boxes tied to tree trunks in the Brazilian Amazon are the latest weapon in the arsenal of scientists and environmentalists battling destructive jungle invaders.

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It’s the end of an era! I still have a few that I never returned and just paid for, I bet one day they’ll be a novelty nostalgia item.

The 90,000 follower-strong account typically picks targets who appeared in other viral videos, or people suggested to the account in the comments. Many of the account’s videos show the process: screenshotting the video of the target, cropping images of the face, running those photos through facial recognition software, and...

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According to reports by Access Now, a non-profit that tracks state-imposed blackouts, for the past five years, India has shut down the internet 84 times just last year alone. In the troubled region of Kashmir, after stripping the state of various independent rights, the government imposed an 18 month shutdown from August 2019...

A 420-pound, 5-foot-2 robocop with a giant camera for a face will begin patrolling the Times Square subway station overnight, the NYPD has announced.

As part of the Strategic Capabilities Office initiative Project Pele, the DOD awarded a contract option to X-energy, LLC of Rockville, Md., to develop an enhanced engineering design for a

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Google allegedly gave drivers bridge route for years despite correction requests.

BTW this is the 1,000th thread here

DATA IS GONE FROM SATELLITE?

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Starting next year, users will be able to pay for fresh groceries using their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from right within the Uber Eats app.

Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to buy cybersecurity company Splunk Inc. in a deal valued at about $28 billion, creating one of the world’s largest software companies.The combination will help make companies more resilient to cybersecurity threats, according to the statement....

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We are not alone