Before there were Russian hackers, there was the KGB. Established in 1954 during the Khrushchev regime, the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti was notorious for developing sophisticated technologies designed to gather information from its targets. “It might be fair to call them hackers,” said Agne Urbaityte, curator of the KGB Espionage Museum. “They were before computers, but …

Equifax is reportedly close to reaching a $700 million settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission and other government agencies over its massive data breach in 2017. The money would also go towards resolving a consumer class-action lawsuit against the company, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday afternoon. The Equifax data breach allowed hackers to steal the personal information of …

There’s already a fan festival planned for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite at the end of August. But Saturday will mark its first community day, too. Co-developer Niantic, which announced the community day details Wednesday, holds these type of events regularly to entice players to spend more time on its other augmented reality game, Pokemon Go. They last for a few hours and give players …

Huawei reportedly wants to keep using Google’s Android operating system in its phones instead of jumping to its self-developed Hongmeng system. Company senior vice president Catherine Chen told reporters in Brussels on Thursday that the Hongmeng OS isn’t even designed for phones, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. Chen apparently said Hongmeng is for industrial use, noting that it …

So you scored a fantastic [EVENT NAME REDACTED BECAUSE I REFUSE TO SPEAK IT AGAIN UNTIL 2020] deal on the Amazon Echo Dot or Google Home Mini. Now you need an external speaker to go with it. Because, let’s face it, although those little hockey pucks sound decent for their size, they’re not living up to their full potential. Read …

Instagram can take quite the toll on the mental health of its users, particularly the young ones. The struggle to keep up with the highlight reels of your friends and internet celebrities can be exhausting, after all. But Instagram and its owner, Facebook, are working to ameliorate some of this stress by hiding how many likes your photos get from …

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the wizard-themed augmented reality mobile app game, is holding its first fan festival next month and registration to go into the ticket draw is now open. The fan fest will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, and entering the draw will give you the chance to purchase a $30 ticket to …

Edan Alva started driving for Lyft more than four years ago as your typical side hustle. Then he lost his job and began relying on his Lyft wages to pay the bills. It didn’t take take long for Alva to realize he couldn’t make enough to pay for rent or his son’s health insurance.  “[Lyft] seemed like a promising solution, …

Google has reportedly reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission over alleged violations of children’s data privacy laws on YouTube. The settlement comes after an FTC investigation over whether the tech giant sufficiently protected the data of children using the platform, according to a Friday report from The Washington Post citing two people familiar with the matter.  …

Prime Day is done, and Walmart‘s sale was scheduled to end two nights ago. Some deals have disappeared, but many Summer Savings discounts are still available. If you’re in the market for a Nintendo Switch, TV, Chromebook, iPad or Apple Watch, it’s worth a look. We’ve identified some of our favorite deals below. Last updated at 8 a.m. PT on July 19 …

Oh, the agony of indecision. It’s something the UK government knows a thing or two about. For a change, the big question the the country’s dithering over this week isn’t Brexit, but whether to allow mobile carriers to use Huawei equipment in their 5G network infrastructure. This dilemma has been quietly dragging on for months, and in the meantime, the …

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