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Author: BRIAN X. CHEN

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It’s Time to Stop Paying for a VPN

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021BRIAN X. CHENComments Off on It’s Time to Stop Paying for a VPN

Many virtual private network services that were meant to protect your web browsing can no longer be trusted. Here are other ways.

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What We Learned From Apple’s New Privacy Labels

January 27, 2021January 28, 2021BRIAN X. CHENComments Off on What We Learned From Apple’s New Privacy Labels

Requiring that app makers list the data they collect reveals a lot about what some apps do with our information (ahem, WhatsApp) but creates confusion about others.

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Explaining Trump’s Potential Ban on TikTok, WeChat: Q&A

September 18, 2020BRIAN X. CHENComments Off on Explaining Trump’s Potential Ban on TikTok, WeChat: Q&A

The Commerce Department announced that it was prohibiting downloads of WeChat and TikTok in U.S. app stores. Here’s what you need to know.

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A Guide to Pandemic Scams, and What Not to Fall For

May 13, 2020BRIAN X. CHENComments Off on A Guide to Pandemic Scams, and What Not to Fall For

Fraudsters see opportunities to target us in these uncertain times. Here are their most popular schemes and how we can protect ourselves.

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What Pandemic Scams Are People Falling For

May 13, 2020BRIAN X. CHENComments Off on What Pandemic Scams Are People Falling For

Fraudsters see opportunities to target us in these uncertain times. Here are their most popular schemes and how we can protect ourselves.

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The Lesson We Are Learning From Zoom

April 8, 2020BRIAN X. CHENComments Off on The Lesson We Are Learning From Zoom

The popular app offered the simplest path to videoconferencing in a pandemic. That doesn’t make it the right path to take.

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The Lesson We Are Learning From Zoom

April 8, 2020BRIAN X. CHENComments Off on The Lesson We Are Learning From Zoom

The popular app offered the simplest path to videoconferencing in a pandemic. That doesn’t make it the right path to take.

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FaceTime Bug Lets iPhone Users Eavesdrop, in a Stumble for Apple

January 29, 2019BRIAN X. CHENComments Off on FaceTime Bug Lets iPhone Users Eavesdrop, in a Stumble for Apple

A glitch in the video and audio calling app, which the company says it will fix, can turn the device into one perhaps better suited for espionage.

Headlines

Trump Explores Diplomacy With Iran While Weighing Strikes, Officials Say

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026Edward Wong and Tyler Pager

The Global Cost of Futzing With the Fed

January 12, 2026KATRIN BENNHOLD

World Court Hears Groundbreaking Genocide Case Against Myanmar

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026MARLISE SIMONS

n Venezuela, Amnesty for Political Prisoners Stokes Hope and Frustration

January 12, 2026ANATOLY KURMANAEV

Archaeologists Find Large Roman Villa Under Deer Park in Wales

January 12, 2026STEPHEN CASTLE

Owner of Swiss Bar Where 40 Died Is Ordered to Jail as a Flight Risk

January 12, 2026Ségolène Le Stradic

Trump’s Envoy to India Offers Hope Amid a Strained Relationship

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026MUJIB MASHAL

Is Grass-Fed Beef Better?

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Elon Musk’s X Under UK Investigation Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026ADAM SATARIANO

Venezuela Frees 24 More Political Prisoners, Rights Group Says

January 12, 2026Amelia Nierenberg
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