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Ukraine has banned government officials, military personnel and other defense and critical infrastructure workers from installing the popular messaging app Telegram on state-issued devices, describing the move as necessary for national security amid the war with Russia. The National Cybersecurity Coordination Center of Ukraine said it has issued a ban on the official devices of government employees, military personnel, security …

A legal battle between TikTok and the US government over a law that could ban the social media platform in the country pits two key principles against each other: national security versus freedom of expression. During a more than two-hour appearance before a federal appeals court in Washington earlier this week, TikTok argued that a U.S. law that forces the …

A billionaire spacewalker and his crew returned to Earth on Sunday, ending a five-day journey that took them higher than anyone since NASA’s moonwalkers. The SpaceX capsule landed in the early morning darkness in the Gulf of Mexico, near Dry Tortugas, Florida. On board were tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, two SpaceX engineers and a former Air Force Thunderbird pilot. They …

First we studied how my limitations and prosthesis could affect my ability to meet the demands of flight. Later we went into detail, to the point where we decided, for example, whether I would be required to use my prosthesis in space, since legs are hardly used there. In summary, I can say that although I would need the prosthesis …

If all goes according to plan, a crew of four will launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a SpaceX rocket next Monday to make history. The five-day mission, funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, has several scientific goals, but the biggest and arguably riskiest is the first commercial spacewalk. “Whatever risk it entails, it’s worth it,” Isaacman said during a news …

A viral but unsubstantiated claim that nearly every American had their Social Security number (SSN) leaked in a massive data breach spread like wildfire this week, stemming from the alleged hack of a background check company called National Public Data. While people should understandably worry about identity theft, the scale of the threat may not be as dire as it …

Reduce the font size of the article Enlarge the font of the article CrowdStrike has been sued by shareholders who say the cybersecurity company defrauded them by concealing how its flawed software testing caused the July 19 global outage that locked up more than 8 million computers. In a proposed class action filed Tuesday night in federal court in Austin, …

From airlines to banks and car dealers, a series of outages and cyberattacks in recent months left the public struggling to access services for days. Cybersecurity experts say it should be a “wake-up call” about our reliance on big tech companies – sometimes individual brands that play a central role in how companies operate. Less than two weeks ago, thousands …

A U.S. court has dismissed three claims from a former employee of BlackBerry Ltd. who alleges the company’s CEO sexually harassed her and then retaliated against her after she reported the behavior. U.S. District Judge Sallie Kim on Friday evening granted BlackBerry and John Giamatteo’s request to dismiss a claim that they created a “hostile” work environment, saying the former …

Reduce the font size of the article Enlarge the font of the article A CrowdStrike CRWD.O software update that crashed computers worldwide last week across industries ranging from aviation to banking to healthcare was caused by a bug in the U.S. cybersecurity firm’s quality control mechanism, the company said on Wednesday. Friday’s outage was caused by a flaw in CrowdStrike’s …