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Image: Joshua Hoehne A team of academics this week described a method that can help identify when Facebook app developers surreptitiously share user data with third parties. Called CanaryTrap, the technique was detailed by academics at the University of Iowa in a document released Monday, titled “CanaryTrap: Detecting Data Misuse …

BERLIN – Two weeks after the spectacular collapse of German financial technology giant Fincard, Deutsche Bank said Thursday that it was open to provide emergency financing to help keep the company running, even when its former chief executive is out on bail and his main assistant is hiding. from the …

President Trump, who loves training with the press, asked no questions. That was a clear sign that he wanted the message of the day to laser-focus on the economy, without the distractions of journalists asking about Russian rewards or other controversies. The economic news was so good yesterday, and much …

Antitrust regulators and consumer advocacy groups are increasing their scrutiny of Google’s planned acquisition of fitness tracker firm Fitbit. Google announced that it was buying Fitbit last year for $ 2.1 billion and said it hoped to complete the deal sometime in 2020. But the acquisition may be delayed for …

American and European regulators are closely watching Apple for possibly violating antitrust laws related to the App Store. Apple doesn’t allow iOS and iPadOS users to download apps from a third-party app store, but by cutting app purchases by 30%, Apple is forcing some developers to increase their prices to …