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SEATTLE — A forensic analysis of Jeff Bezos’ cellphone found with “medium to high confidence” that the Amazon chief’s device was hacked after he received a video from a WhatsApp account reportedly belonging to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, according to a person familiar with the Bezos-ordered investigation. After Mr. Bezos, who […]

Britain unveiled sweeping new online protections for children on Tuesday, issuing expansive rules despite widespread objections from a number of tech companies and trade groups. The rules will require social networks, gaming apps, connected toys and other online services that are likely to be used by people under 18 to overhaul how they handle those

Tough new rules drawn up by Britain’s privacy regulator mean social media sites, games and other online services won’t be allowed to “nudge” kids into revealing personal details or lowering their privacy settings By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer January 22, 2020, 12:02 AM 2 min read LONDON — Social media sites, games and other

Reed Hastings, the chief executive of Netflix, has grown used to going up against Amazon, Hulu and YouTube. But The Walt Disney Company’s entry into the streaming industry, with Disney Plus, caught his attention. “There’s a bunch of tech companies that are in entertainment,” Mr. Hastings said at the DealBook conference in November, “but I

Reed Hastings, the chief executive of Netflix, said rivalries are nothing new. “There’s lots of competitors throughout the world,” he said at the DealBook conference in November. Netflix had already been up against Amazon, Hulu and YouTube for the past decade, he noted, saying, “The four of us have been competing hard all this time,

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store January 21, 2020, 8:24 PM 2 min read App Store Official Charts for the week ending January 19, 2020: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. TouchRetouch, Adva-Soft 2. Minecraft, Mojang 3. Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 4. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 5. Monopoly, Marmalade Game Studio 6.

To fix some crowding in her teeth, Taylor Weakley, an environmental scientist in Denver, ordered teeth aligners two years ago from SmileDirectClub, a start-up she had seen advertised on social media. At $1,850, the products were cheaper than braces, and she did not have to visit an orthodontist to get them. But when the aligners

Health officials around the world are keeping a close watch on an outbreak of a new virus in China January 21, 2020, 6:20 PM 3 min read Health officials around the world are keeping a close watch on an outbreak of a new virus in China. In response, governments are stepping up surveillance of airline

A U.N. human rights panel has ruled for the first time that people fleeing the effects of climate change may be entitled to claim asylum January 21, 2020, 4:09 PM 2 min read BERLIN — A U.N. human rights panel has ruled for the first time that people fleeing the effects of climate change may

RIO DE JANEIRO — Federal prosecutors in Brazil on Tuesday charged the American journalist Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes for his role in the spreading of cellphone messages that have embarrassed prosecutors and tarnished the image of an anti-corruption task force. In a criminal complaint made public on Tuesday, prosecutors in the capital, Brasília, accused Mr.