Cybersecurity
After DeepSeek, the AI version of a global trade war is one the U.S. won’t win easily
Products at the showroom of the Nvidia Corp. offices in Taipei, Taiwan, June 2, 2023. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. government’s effort to curtail AI development in China through tightened controls of chip exports, including restrictions on the most advanced offerings from Nvidia, didn’t stop DeepSeek from creating its generative AI […]
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One of tax return filing season’s biggest financial risks isn’t an IRS audit
Tax season has officially started, so you should prepare to file your 2024 tax return, and prepare for the scammers who are already prowling. Don’t get baited and hooked. Many people are lax about protecting their personal information online, and there’s more reason than ever to be wary given widespread hacks such as the massive […]
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Chinese AI app DeepSeek was downloaded by millions. Deleting it might come next
This week’s news that the DeepSeek Chatbot app, developed by China, was downloaded from the Apple app store significantly more times than the US-developed ChatGPT from Open AI, wiped billions off the global tech market. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images Plenty of Americans are discovering the AI search powers of DeepSeek, […]
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Quad foreign ministers meet in Washington in signal of Trump’s China focus
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2R) stands alongside Indo-Pacific Quad ministers, L-R, Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, during a photo opportunity before meetings at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 21, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images The United […]
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Tough new EU cyber rules require banks to ramp up security — but many aren’t ready
Traffic_analyzer | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images Tough new European Union regulations requiring banks to bolster their cybersecurity systems officially come into effect Friday — but many of the bloc’s financial services firms aren’t yet in full compliance with the rules. The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act, or DORA, requires both financial services firms and […]
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Citibank customers report fraud alerts and account access issues
In this article C Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Citibank branch in New York, US, on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Numerous Citibank customers reported receiving fraud alerts and difficulties accessing their accounts Wednesday. According to DownDetector.com, which tracks reports of digital services interruptions, hundreds of Citibank users […]
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From Gmail to Word, your privacy settings and AI are entering into a new relationship
The Microsoft 365 website on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The beginning of the year is a great time to do some basic cyber hygiene. We’ve all been told to patch, change passwords, and update software. But one concern that has been increasingly […]
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U.S. imposing new export controls on biotech equipment over China concerns
The Department of Commerce building is seen before an expected report of new home sales numbers in Washington, January 26, 2022. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday it is imposing new export controls on biotechnology equipment and related technology because of national security concerns tied to artificial intelligence and data science. […]
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TikTok preparing for U.S. Sunday shutdown, sources tell Reuters
Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images TikTok plans to shut its app for U.S. users on Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app could come into effect, unless the Supreme Court moves to block it, sources familiar with the matter said. The outcome of the shutdown would be different from that […]
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Biden opens federal land for AI data centers, sets rules for developers
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech at the State Department in Washington, U.S. Jan. 13, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Joe Biden issued an executive order Thursday aimed at speeding domestic construction of artificial intelligence infrastructure and shoring up the national security risk involved in the technology. The move empowers the U.S. Department […]
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