News
2019
December
04
- Instagram pedirá a usuarios fecha de nacimiento para aumentar seguridad en menores de edad. La red social Instagram anunció que pedirá la fecha de nacimiento a sus nuevos usuarios a partir del miércoles, lo que le permitirá publicar anuncios de alcohol y otros productos
- Preocupaciones sobre privacidad llevan a la gente a cambiar su comportamiento en línea: sondeo. Las preocupaciones sobre la privacidad están llevando a las personas a cambiar su comportamiento en línea, según un sondeo internacional...
02
- Holiday scams are heavy on naughty, lacking in nice. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. But for consumers, it’s also the most dangerous. From gift card rackets to online fraud, consumers are under near-constant assault amid what some
November
27
- Cyber Monday is usurping Black Friday, changing retailers' offers. While many brands lock in their Black Friday plans months in advance—and commit to print ads and television spots promoting their predetermined doorbuster deals—Cyber Monday has become a game of fluid
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- Consumer watchdog downplaying a major Obama-era tool. The director of the country’s primary consumer watchdog, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), downplayed the role of the complaint database in its operations and even its utility as a major tool at
20
- Police can keep Ring camera video forever, share with anyone. Police officers who download videos captured by homeowners’ Ring doorbell cameras can keep them forever and share them with whomever they’d like without providing evidence of a crime, the Amazon-owned firm told
- Amnistía Internacional: Facebook y Google abusan de derechos. Amnistía Internacional emitió una dura acusación contra las corporaciones de internet dominantes en el mundo, argumentando en un nuevo reporte que Google y Facebook deberían ser obligadas a
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- AT&T to pay $60 million over misleading 'unlimited' data plans. AT&T agreed to a $60 million settlement over allegations it misled more than 3.5 million customers by charging them for "unlimited" data plans while reducing their data speeds when their usage exceeded a
- Apple, TikTok draw congressional rebuke for skipping hearing. Apple and TikTok took a lashing Tuesday for skipping a congressional hearing meant to explore the tech industry and its ties to China, an absence that threatens to bring sustained political scrutiny of the companies
October
29
- Encuesta dice que los niños ven más videos por internet. El número de jóvenes en Estados Unidos que ven videos por internet y el tiempo que lo hacen se ha duplicado, de acuerdo con un sondeo publicado el martes.
- Facebook demanda a empresa israelí por spyware en WhatsApp. Facebook demandó el martes a la compañía israelí de hackers NSO Group por presuntamente infectar a unos 1.400 usuarios de su servicio de mensajería encriptada WhatsApp con spyware altamente
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- Facebook takes broad lashing at congressional hearing. Congressional lawmakers delivered a broad lashing of Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, sniping at his company’s plans to launch a digital currency called Libra, its pockmarked track record on privacy and diversity,
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- In House antitrust hearing, lawmakers focus on harms to privacy. House lawmakers on Friday pressed experts on how the market power of major tech platforms could hurt consumer privacy, showing that an antitrust investigation into Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon is growing to include deeper
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- How to stop the abuse of location data. First, apps on mobile devices should not be allowed to ask for location data unless they offer the user a clear service that depends on that data. Second, a new privacy law must require greater
16
- Does your toothbrush have an app yet?. New technology is creating some excitement in the formerly ho-hum world of dental care.
10
- California law blocks debt collectors from emptying your bank account. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that will prevent debt collectors from emptying Californians’ bank accounts. The bill — SB 616 — doesn’t block collectors from draining funds from the account
07
- Siguen las muertes de peatones por conductores ‘intexicados’: Activistas piden concientización. Las hermanitas Marlene, de 14 años, y Amy Lorenzo, de 12 años, perdieron la vida luego de que un camionero las arroyara mientras conducía y al mismo tiempo estaba distraí
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- Debunking a credit score myth: Use less than 30% of your credit limit. The top two factors that determine your credit score are your payment history and the amount you owe. If your credit card limit was $1,000, you should limit your purchases to no more than $300. This
- Las cortes de la UE pueden ordenar a Facebook borrar contenido a nivel mundial. Los tribunales de la Unión Europea pueden ordenar a Facebook que elimine los comentarios de los usuarios de su servicio que hayan sido declarados ilegales, según un fallo publicado el jueves
02
- Appeals court ruling upholds FCC’s canceling of net neutrality rules. A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled in favor of the Federal Communications Commission and upheld its repeal of Obama-era net neutrality protections, issuing a mixed decision that also appeared to open the door for
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