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Trump Administration To Hold North Korea Responsible For WannaCry
Trump Administration To Hold North Korea Responsible For WannaCry
December 19, 2017  |  Safety and Security

The U.S. government has finally publicly acknowledged that North Korea was behind the WannaCry computer virus, which inflicted more than 230,000 computers in over 150...

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Kaspersky Lab Sues Trump Administration Over Agency Ban
Kaspersky Lab Sues Trump Administration Over Agency Ban
December 19, 2017  |  Legal

Kaspersky Lab, the security company that saw the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ban the use of its products within the confines of federal agencies,...

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Sen. Warren Slams CFPB’s Plan To Revisit Enforcement Actions
Sen. Warren Slams CFPB’s Plan To Revisit Enforcement Actions
December 19, 2017  |  Regulation

The Federal Reserve reported Monday (Dec. 18) that it would repeal Regulation C, a regulation pertaining to home mortgage disclosures, and is proposing to limit...

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Amazon Sets Second Annual Digital Day Date
Amazon Sets Second Annual Digital Day Date
December 19, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon has announced that its second annual Digital Day will take place on Friday, Dec. 29, with the eCommerce giant offering even bigger deals on...

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Visa Says Chip Cards Reduced Counterfeit Fraud By 66 Percent
Visa Says Chip Cards Reduced Counterfeit Fraud By 66 Percent
December 19, 2017  |  VISA

Visa, the payments company, revealed Monday (Dec. 18) in an infographic that counterfeit fraud is down in the U.S. at merchants that are using chip-enabled...

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A Cryptocurrency With “No Purpose” Has Raised $700M
A Cryptocurrency With “No Purpose” Has Raised $700M
December 19, 2017  |  Bitcoin

One of the hottest cryptocurrency investments of 2017, a startup called block.one, has raised $700 million selling a digital token that has “no purpose.” Get...

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Amazon Sparks Price War In Smart Speaker Market
Amazon Sparks Price War In Smart Speaker Market
December 19, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon has sparked a price war in the voice-activated smart speaker market that helped make its Echo Dot the number one product on its website...

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Game Of Thrones: CFPB Edition
Game Of Thrones: CFPB Edition
December 19, 2017  |  CFPB

When “Game of Thrones” finished the first half of the season earlier this year, its 17 million weekly viewers were left with a problem: they...

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