Shares in workplace software phenom Slack soar 50% in first day of trading
"I'll Slack you" is a common phrase in certain workplaces — and many are betting it will become dominant form of workplace collaboration
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City pays $600,000 to hackers who seized its computer system
Cyberattack blocked 911 dispatchers from logging calls, as a growing number of U.S. municipalities are taken hostage
Bitcoin price hits 1-year high on boost from Facebook's Libra plan
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts see Facebook's move into digital money as "the catalyst everyone's been looking for"
Why Facebook is minting its own currency
Social media company, no stranger to controversy, is diving into the brave new world of virtual money
Google commits $1 billion to ease housing crisis in the Bay Area
CEO Sundar Pichai said the internet company will pave the way for 20,000 new homes in the region over the next decade
Meet Facebook's Libra, a digital currency for the social network
The company is partnering with big names like Visa, Mastercard, Uber and Spotify to create a new global cryptocurrency
U.S. continues battle against ex-CIA software engineer tied to WikiLeaks
Joshua Adam Schulte was indicted on 13 counts in 2018, including the illegal transmission of lawfully possessed national defense information as well as three charges related to child pornography
Elon Musk says he's "deleted" his Twitter account
Musk's account is still listed as active, however, and he changed his display name to "Daddy DotCom" on Father's Day
New software designed to help media detect deepfakes
An altered video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that falsely showed her slurring her words has been viewed more than 3 million times
Mining lessons from the blockbuster game Minecraft
One of the bestselling video games of all time has no guns or blood, just chunky building blocks – a virtual Lego universe that has found its way into classrooms
From deepfake to "cheap fake," it's hard to tell what's real online
Cybersecurity experts are concerned that because AI has never been cheaper or easier to use, deepfake videos will be deployed by a diverse set of hackers during the 2020 election
Instagram outage affected its homepage and mobile app
The photo and video sharing social media platform outage hit those on the East and West coasts Thursday
Bitcoin emits as much carbon as Las Vegas, researchers say
Computers that mine and process bitcoins use vast amounts of energy, troubling climate experts
House holds hearing on "deepfakes" and artificial intelligence
Lawmakers are concerned "deepfakes" and other types of AI-generated synthetic data pose a threat to the U.S. election system
Robocall revenge: Meet the techies turning the tables on scammers
In a video that's received more than 2 million views, a man who calls himself "Jim Browning" infiltrates scammers in India
Oregon school shooter ID'd, used shotgun bought by mother, sources say
Katie Zacharia out as White House press secretary after first week
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Sacramento mom says "hero" son shot, killed Oregon school shooter
Trump waives tariffs on largest buyers of Russian oil
Vance says admin. must take action when ICE agents "screw up"
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Iran's president denies nuclear ambitions, says he's ready for talks
Hero bystander, teacher praised for saving lives in school shooting
Sean "Diddy" Combs moved to prison in Pennsylvania
