The school, located in the Bronx and serving around 8,000 students, has declined to say whether it will pay up.

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A group of Asian companies want to create a blockchain-based service to turn your phone into a mobile ID system.

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In case you were wondering, scientists really can change the world, and change it for the better, too.

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The good news is that Facebook updated Instagrams’s servers-side defences automatically, so you don’t have to do anything to fix this one.

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Researchers have developed a technique for reading data from air-gapped PCs using LEDs. Cue dynamic hacker music now!

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In the latest twist in the saga of the web-conferencing app, Apple has issued a ‘silent’ update removing Zoom’s hidden web server from Macs.

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The FCC in June called for carriers to provide free, default robocall blocking services. One month later, plans are “far from clear.”

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The US Conference of Mayors has unanimously adopted a resolution not to pay any more ransoms to hackers.

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From a Ruby gem backdoor to the things that keep IT managers awake – and everything in between. It’s weekly roundup time.

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Fernando José Corbató, Turing Award winner, computer scientist extraordinaire, MIT computer lab pioneer, RIP.

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