The pandemic has placed significant financial pressures on poorer households—with the cost of extra food, energy, and remote learning having a greater impact on low-income families, a new study shows.
Economics & Business
Jan 12, 2021
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About a quarter of internet users use a virtual private network, a software setup that creates a secure, encrypted data connection between their own computer and another one elsewhere on the internet. Many people use them ...
Internet
Feb 4, 2019
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Internet use may decrease the likelihood of a person affiliating with a religious tradition or believing that only one religion is true, according to a Baylor University study.
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2018
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The majority of cyber-security solutions that stand between us and increasingly sophisticated malware, target only specific attacks or subsets of attacks, meaning that users may have to buy and install many different products ...
Security
Nov 1, 2017
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Yahoo is warning users of potentially malicious activity on their accounts between 2015 and 2016, the latest development in the internet company's investigation of a mega-breach that exposed 1 billion users' data several ...
Security
Feb 15, 2017
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The British government plans to make telecommunications firms keep records of customers' Web histories and help spies hack into computers and phones under a new cyber-snooping law unveiled Wednesday.
Security
Nov 4, 2015
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The South Korean government has required that teenagers install a spy app on their smartphones. Having the app is compulsory for teens – their phones won't work unless it is installed. When installed, it provides parents ...
Internet
Jun 22, 2015
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The Mississippi attorney general's attempt to investigate Google is on hold for at least four more months.
Business
Mar 2, 2015
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Chapman University has initiated the first comprehensive nationwide study on what strikes fear in Americans in the first of what is a planned annual study. According to the Chapman poll, the number one fear in America today ...
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2014
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A new lawsuit says the Obama administration has refused to hand over secret court documents about the National Security Agency's surveillance activities.
Security
May 1, 2014
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