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The US House of Representatives has voted to pass legislation that will prevent the government from using funds to help carriers buy Huawei’s telecommunications equipment. Other equipment considered to be a threat to national security is also banned under the draft Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act, as reported earlier Monday by The Hill.  The …

The personal banking information for thousands of Facebook employees was stolen last month, Bloomberg reported earlier Friday. The data breach reportedly occurred when someone stole multiple unencrypted physical hard drives from a Facebook payroll staffer’s car. Info on the hard drives included names, bank account numbers, the last four Social Security Number digits, salaries, bonus amounts and equity details, the report said. …

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has suggested a robocall telemarketer be fined almost $10 million, after an investigation found he spoofed a competitor’s phone number to spread misinformation about a candidate during California’s 2018 primary election. The $9,997,750 fine could be imposed on Kenneth Moser and his company Marketing Support Systems, with the FCC saying they made 47,610 spoofed …

A federal judge in California rejected Apple’s request to dismiss a class action lawsuit from customers who said it failed to address issues with the “butterfly” keyboard on its MacBook laptops. In a ruling Monday, US District Judge Edward Davila wrote that upset MacBook customers could continue their lawsuit in part because Apple’s attempted fixes over the years and further …

TikTok hid videos posted by people with disabilities, as well as those made by LGBTQ and overweight users, German site Netzpolitik reported Monday, citing leaked documents and an internal source. No matter the content of the videos, they were marked as being uploaded by special users who could be at risk of being bullied, the report said. The moderation rule …

After the US Federal Communications Commission voted to approve T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion merger with Sprint on Oct. 16, the approval has now become official. The FCC found the new T-Mobile will “help close the digital divide and advance United States leadership in 5G.” But it wasn’t a unanimous vote — FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel issued a 17-page dissenting opinion after last …

Uber’s lawsuit to prevent the City of New York from capping the number of vehicles allowed to cruise on city streets has been dismissed. The decision, published Oct. 31 and reported earlier Friday by The Verge, was made in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County. The city council first passed a law in August …

Rudy Giuiani has seemingly compared his experience of forgetting his own iPhone password to the FBI asking Apple for access to a mass shooter’s phone. Giuiani, the newly appointed cybersecurity adviser to President Donald Trump, was reacting to a report by NBC News earlier Thursday saying he needed an Apple Genius to help get into his phone because he entered …

The US Federal Trade Commission has settled its first case against a company it said produced “stalking apps” and “stalkerware.” Retina-X Studios developed and sold apps called MobileSpy, PhoneSheriff and TeenShield that secretly monitored people through their phones, Lisa Weintraub Schifferle, an FTC attorney, said in a blog post Tuesday. The apps collected information, including text messages, photos, call logs, …

Three senators have introduced draft laws that could require social media companies to ensure consumers have a way to move their personal data to other platforms when they want to, Axios reported earlier Tuesday. Things like friends lists and profile information should be exportable to other competing platforms. Republican Senator Josh Hawley and Democratic Senators Mark Warner and Richard Blumenthal …