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Women Accused of Running IRS Robocall Ring Arrested Fontana police said they confiscated $1 million in electronics and gift cards during a nationwide phone scam investigation centered around two Southern California women.

Google Finally Confirms Security Problem For 1.5 Billion Gmail And Calendar Users Google has confirmed it is working on a fix for a credential-stealing problem that leaves more than a billion Calendar users exposed to attack

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McAfee joins Sophos, Avira, Avast—the latest Windows update breaks them all A range of fixes and workarounds have been published.

Office Depot computer scans gave fake results Many of us would gladly take advantage of a free computer tune-up from a big-name retailer.

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Windows 10 Sends Your Activity History to Microsoft, Even if You Tell It Not To Windows 10 collects an “Activity History” of applications you launch on your PC and sends it to Microsoft. Even if you disable or clear this, Microsoft’s Privacy Dashboard still shows an “Activity History” of applications you’ve launched on your PCs.

Quora Gets Hacked – 100 Million Users Data Stolen Quora says hackers stole up to 100 million users' data in a massive data breach

What I loved about Paul Allen Bill Gates remembers his friend Paul Allen, a brilliant technologist and philanthropist.

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Russian Hackers Use Malware That Can Survive OS Reinstalls Security firm ESET discovered the powerful malware, dubbed Lojax, infecting a victim's PC and suspects that it came from the Kremlin-linked hacking group known as Fancy Bear.

Chrome 69 Is a Full-Fledged Assault on User Privacy - ExtremeTech Changes made in Chrome 69 make it harder to tell if Google is syncing data across your browser sessions or not, and the changes are deliberate.