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Comcast says Denver company resold Comcast service without permission.

Poll workers, who skew elderly, are in short supply during the pandemic. Meet some of the young people trying to make up the gap.

Behold: The useful and not-so-useful privacy features you've been waiting for.

Brands are seeking new ways to customize messages. A startup that gathers data on when you pick up your phone, or when you go out on a run, can help.

Outage caused an hour delay in treatment for woman with life-threatening condition.

The Internet Archive and the infrastructure company are teaming up to make sure sites never fully go down.

Men accused of spying on behalf of China and earning illicit hacking profits on the side.

A group known as Barium allegedly attacked hundreds of targets around the globe—and manipulated in-game goods and currency.

AT&T CEO: Customers would accept targeted ads if given $5 or $10 price cut.

Congressional report finds aerospace group cut corners.

Oracle looks victorious in the TikTok saga—but the deal is far from final.

$100 plan in beta next month, should come to “most” Google Fiber cities in 2021.

The former Democratic candidate for Georgia governor talks democracy, election tech, and why speaking Klingon doesn’t always help. As told to Gilad Edelman.

Sara-Jayne Terp uses the tools of cybersecurity to track false claims like they’re malware. Her goal: Stop dangerous lies from hacking our beliefs.

The platform was key to the president’s upset victory in 2016. Can a group of former employees use it to boost Joe Biden?

The Kremlin has meddled in so many elections that democracy’s immune system has gotten wise to its threats. Here are lessons other countries can teach us.

How Dana DeBeauvoir set off the biggest, weirdest, and most promising revolution in election technology since the 1800s.

Whether you’re casting a ballot in person or by mail, there’s plenty to worry about. Mass voter fraud shouldn’t be on the list.

The US government has detained thousands of wireless earbuds on suspicion of being fake Apple goods—despite crystal clear branding from an established company.

Zerologon lets anyone with a network toehold obtain domain-controller password.

Underwater pods can reduce latency by moving cloud services closer to customers.

Verizon would surpass AT&T and T-Mobile in prepaid if TracFone deal is approved.

No need to breach any systems when the vendor gives the data away for free.

Testing variants on the age-old game that can jolt players into creative patterns.

Passwords, keyfobs, fingerprints—there are lots of ways to gain access to your laptop or desktop. Here are the best and most secure.

A common argument for online voting doesn't actually make sense.

Plus: Ransomware holds up schools, Zoom adds two-factor, and more of the week's top security news.

IE users, take note: Malvertising is rearing its head after lying low for awhile.

Social media firms are trying to stop making things even worse before it's too late.

Problems aren't just in Marketplace but also in Amazon's first-party listings.