Author: Tech Support

This Isn’t Your Father’s Yellow Card

As the global vaccination effort rolls out in many countries, people will increasingly be required to provide evidence for various reasons, especially travelers. Earlier this month a coalition which includes Microsoft, the Mayo Clinic, Oracle, MITRE, and others announced an effort to establish digital vaccination records called the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI). This isn’t going to

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Sources: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is expected to testify before the House Financial Services Committee in a panel hearing on GameStop on February 18 (Zachary Warmbrodt/Politico)

Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico: Sources: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is expected to testify before the House Financial Services Committee in a panel hearing on GameStop on February 18  —  The hearing before the House Financial Services Committee with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is primed to be a blockbuster.  —  The Robinhood logo is displayed on

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Network security provider SonicWall says hackers are exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in one of its firewalls, and a patch is due Tuesday (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Network security provider SonicWall says hackers are exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in one of its firewalls, and a patch is due Tuesday  —  “Highly sophisticated threat actors” exploit flaws in coordinated attack on SonicWall.  —  Network security provider SonicWall said on Monday … Network security provider SonicWall says hackers

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Google has agreed to pay $2.5M to 5,500+ female engineers as well as female and Asian job applicants who were allegedly subject to pay and hiring discrimination (Zoe Schiffer/The Verge)

Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: Google has agreed to pay $2.5M to 5,500+ female engineers as well as female and Asian job applicants who were allegedly subject to pay and hiring discrimination  —  The US Department of Labor alleges systemic pay and hiring discrimination  —  Google has agreed to pay $2.5 million … Google has

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Sources: Democrats have complained to companies, including Google, that have suspended campaign donations, say they are being penalized for Republicans' actions (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Democrats have complained to companies, including Google, that have suspended campaign donations, say they are being penalized for Republicans’ actions  —  Lawmakers say companies’ suspension of campaign donations puts business priorities at risk  —  Lawmakers from both parties … Sources: Democrats have complained to companies, including Google, that have suspended campaign

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Google will pay $2.5 million to underpaid female engineers and overlooked Asian applicants

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has agreed to pay $2.5 million to more than 5,500 employees and job applicants impacted by alleged systematic pay and hiring discrimination. The US Department of Labor found that female software engineers were being underpaid. It also identified “hiring rate differences that disadvantaged female and Asian applicants”

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Robinhood plummets back to one-star rating on Google Play Store; Google says current reviews are compliant with its policies and won't be removed (Chaim Gartenberg/The Verge)

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Robinhood plummets back to one-star rating on Google Play Store; Google says current reviews are compliant with its policies and won’t be removed  —  Following thousands of negative reviews  —  Investment app Robinhood has plummeted back down to a one-star rating on Google Play, thanks to a flood of thousands

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