March 2020

Daniel Radcliffe Has Magical Answer For Silly ‘Harry Potter’ Question

Considering the frequency with which “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling pops up online to answer mysteries, you might think at this point there’s no (sorcerer’s) stone unturned. Rowling has handled burning questions about Hogwarts tuition (it’s free), Ron Weasley as a time-traveling Albus Dumbledore (nope) and whether Draco Malfoy is a werewolf (also no). But now, even

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Virgin Media breach ‘linked customers to porn’

Image copyright Getty Images A customer database left unsecured online by Virgin Media contained details linking some customers to pornography and explicit websites. The researchers who first discovered the database told the BBC that it contained more information than Virgin Media suggested. Such details could be used by cyber-criminals to extort victims. Virgin Media told

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The Week in Tech: Welcome to the Age of Mandatory Videoconferencing

Each week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry. Hey there, newsletter subscribers. I’m Sheera Frenkel, cybersecurity reporter for The New York Times, bringing you the week’s tech news. I’m writing this from my home office, after every tech source I was scheduled to meet during

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