What do you do if your ailing internet giant has been outed for losing, and then keeping silent about, 500 million user accounts, then letting American spy agencies install a rootkit on its mail service, possibly scuttling its impending, hail-mary acquisition by a risk-averse, old economy phone company? Just cancel your investor call and with it, any chance of awkward, on-the-record questions. (via /.)
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Oct 15, 2016
After being outed for massive hack and installing an NSA "rootkit," Yahoo cancels earnings call
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Amazon has been quietly selling its facial recognition system to US police forces, marketing it for bodycam use
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After his viral racist rant, Aaron Schlossberg's law office lost its lease
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Congress wants to extend the copyright on some sound recordings to 144 years
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Add Excel to your resume with this 4-course bootcamp
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These mini cinder blocks let you build your own desk gear
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This solar-powered device will keep you connected during an emergency
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