According to the WA Attorney General’s investigation, Amazon kept prices artificially high for some third-party sellers. Amazon has pulled the plug on its ‘Sold By Amazon’ nationwide in the wake of a Washington State investigation from Attorney General Bob Ferguson. According to the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Amazon engaged in illegal price fixing, hurting the…
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Report: iPhones to Accept Credit Cards Without Extra Hardware
Paying with iPhones could be about to get a lot easier, for both customers and businesses. Apple has plans to introduce a new iOS feature that allows iPhones to accept contactless payment without any of the typical hardware dongles offered by other fintech companies like Square. We don’t know exactly when to expect the feature,…
Remote Work Is So Popular Even AirBNB’s CEO Is Doing It
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is living and working out of Airbnbs to highlight the benefits of remote workplaces. When the Covid-19 pandemic first hit in early 2020, many businesses had no choice but to shift towards remote work. Flash forward a few years, and it’s clear remote work isn’t going away. While remote and hybrid…
Coinbase Is Ready To Help You With Your Cryptocurrency Taxes
Currently, exchanges don’t have a legal requirement to offer their customers a Form 1099-B, leaving many on their own. The US tax system is famously convoluted and hard to understand. So are cryptocurrencies, digital currencies that have been part of an increasingly popular tech trend in recent years. And this tax season, a huge number…
Over 90 Hacked WordPress Add-Ons Could Give Away Your Website Access
The affected WordPress developer’s add-ons are used on more than 360,000 active websites. Researchers have found a total of 93 WordPress apps — 40 themes and 53 plugins — have been compromised as part of a large backdoor attack that gives threat-actors full access to the websites those add-ons have been used for. How large…
Privacy in the Digital Age: What’s At Stake and How to Protect Yourself
Privacy in the Digital Age: What’s At Stake and How to Protect Yourself: Navigation There’s no doubting that we live in an era unlike any other in human history. Technology has always driven human progress, and our lives almost always change in response to the latest tools we have at our fingertips. However, no other…
New NordVPN Windows Update Adds Dark Web Monitor And Security Score
The NordVPN 6.42 update for Windows brings functionality that was previously only available to Mac and mobile users. NordVPN‘s most recent update has brought a few new perks to all Windows users. First, the NordVPN for Windows app now supports Dark Web Monitor, a feature that scans the dark web and alerts users if their…
The Cryptocurrency Market Has Lost $1.4 Trillion Since Its Peak
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and even Dogecoin are all down significantly — a sign that the stock market is avoiding riskier assets. The cryptocurrency market’s multi-day tumble continued on Monday, with Bitcoin falling more than $10,000 across the weekend, dipping to a seven-month low before rising slightly to hit a current price of $33,550. Ethereum, another popular…
Are embedded devices the next ransomware target?
2021 will be remembered as the year that ransomware gangs turned their attention to critical infrastructure, targeting companies built around manufacturing, energy distribution, and food production. The Colonial Pipeline ransomware alone resulted in the shutdown of 5,500 miles of pipeline over fears that the ransomware attack on its IT network would spread to the operational…
1Password Valued at $6.8 Billion: The Rise Of The Password Manager
1Password becomes one of Canada’s most valuable tech companies, proving password managers are here to stay. Toronto-based company 1Password has raised $620 million at a huge $6.8 billion valuation, meaning the company is now one of Canada’s most valuable technology businesses. Although password managers like 1Password have been around for a while, the increased risk…