Russian law could force Apple to cut App Store fee to 20 percent

Posted on 02/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A Russian lawmaker has proposed a bill that would see all app store transactions capped at 20 percent, down from the usual 30 percent. Reuters is reporting that Fedot Tumusov, a member of the State Duma, Russia’s lower house in its parliament, has t...

Russia’s ‘first’ COVID vaccine has health officials concerned

Posted on 12/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

As nations and NGOs around the world scramble to develop a safe and effective vaccine against the coronavirus, Russia claimed on Tuesday to already have one. "A vaccine against coronavirus has been registered for the first time in the world this morn...

Report finds many US election officials vulnerable to phishing attacks

Posted on 26/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The security risks around the 2020 presidential election aren’t limited to direct attacks on the voting systems. Research firm Area 1 Security has published a report (via Wall Street Journal) warning that many election officials are using email syste...

US accuses Russia of firing anti-satellite weapon in space

Posted on 24/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Officials from the US and the UK have accused Russia of firing an anti—satellite weapon on July 15th. According to US Space Command, the Defense Department arm that’s responsible for military operations in outer space, it found evidence that Russia c...

NSA says Russian hackers are trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research

Posted on 16/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Russian hackers are trying to steal research on COVID-19 vaccines, according to intelligence services in the US, UK and Canada, The National Security Agency (NSA) said a group that has been linked to Russian intelligence has targeted health care orga...

Spotify expands to Russia and 12 other countries in eastern Europe

Posted on 14/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Spotify is expanding to 13 additional markets. Starting today, music fans in Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine can check out the platform....

Trump confirms cyberattack against Russian trolls during 2018 midterms

Posted on 11/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The US is normally secretive about its cyberattacks against Russia, but it just acknowledged one of them. President Trump confirmed to the Washington Post in an interview that he authorized an attack against the Internet Research Agency (a troll team...

FaceApp is cool again, and adamant it’s not a privacy minefield

Posted on 03/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

FaceApp, the image-editing app that can radically change how you look is back in the spotlight. And, as usual, questions about the company’s practices, motives and plans are sure to follow.This is the third or fourth time that FaceApp has leaped into...

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