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FBI agent explores how social engineering attacks get a boost from social media

February 7, 2017 by · Leave a Comment 

Cybercriminals use social networking outlets to tailor their social engineering attacks, increasing their chance of success. A solution is in the works to mitigate the effects of these threats.

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Qatar Airways expects Trump’s travel ban to be relaxed: report

February 7, 2017 by · Leave a Comment 

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker on Tuesday said he expected U.S. President Donald Trump would eventually relax a travel ban targeting seven predominantly Muslim countries, New Zealand media reported. The travel ban, Trump's most controversial act since taking office last month, was halted temporarily on…

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U.S. government agency sued over sale of ‘certified’ used cars

February 7, 2017 by · Leave a Comment 

The Center for Auto Safety and five other groups filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday for allowing used cars to be advertised as “certified” or safe despite being the target of an outstanding safety recall. The FTC reached an agreement in January 2016 with General Motors Co and two dealership companies, Jim Koons Management and Lithia Motors Inc , that allows them to advertise cars as “certified pre-owned vehicles” even though they might have an issue …

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Channeling Steve Jobs, Apple seeks design perfection at new "spaceship" campus

February 7, 2017 by · Leave a Comment 

By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Inside the original Macintosh computer, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs inscribed the signatures of his team, revealing his deep concern for even the hidden features of his products. The campus is something of an exception to the trend of radically open offices aimed at fostering collaboration, said Louise Mozingo, a professor and chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at U.C. Berkeley.

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France fines Google over ‘right to be forgotten’

March 24, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The French data protection authority said it has fined Google 100,000 euros ($111,720) for not scrubbing web search results widely enough in response to a European privacy ruling. The only way for Google to uphold the privacy ruling was by delisting results popping up under name searches and linking them instead to outdated information across all its websites, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des…

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U.S. judge sets April 21 deadline for VW diesel fix

March 24, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

By Alexandria Sage SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday gave Volkswagen AG and U.S. regulators until April 21 to agree on a fix for the nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles on U.S. roadways caught up in VW's massive emissions cheating scandal. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer had earlier set a March 24 deadline for Europe's biggest automaker to explain where it stood on remediation efforts, after months of talks with the …

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EPA requests information from Mercedes-Benz over emission levels

February 28, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

Daimler on Sunday said the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had requested information from its luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz to explain emissions levels in some of its cars. A spokesman for Daimler said they are fully cooperating with the request for information, and that Mercedes-Benz cars conform with all rules and norms.

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U.S. says talks will continue to reach VW diesel emissions fix

January 14, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

U.S. environmental officials said on Wednesday talks will continue with Volkswagen aimed at reaching an agreement on a fix for nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles that emit up to 40 times legally allowable limits. Nearly four months after the emissions scandal broke, there…

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