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Madison Square Garden Targeted Privacy Activists and Surveillance Critics

8+ hour, 17+ min ago  (903+ words) A leaked dossier exposes the private data of prominent digital rights activists who publicly criticized the company's facial recognition technology. MSG Entertainment CEO and New York Knicks owner James Dolan, seen here at a Knicks game in 2022, has banned lawyers…...

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Is Microsoft Defender Enough for Antivirus Protection? It Depends

13+ hour, 3+ min ago  (973+ words) Microsoft Defender offers great protection from malware -- but there are other online threats you might want to consider, too. Microsoft recently published a blog post stating that most people can rely on Microsoft Defender for all their antivirus needs. This…...

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cnet. com > tech > services-and-software > i-turned-off-all-antivirus-protection-for-a-week-and-survived

I Turned Off All Antivirus Protection for a Week. Here's What I Learned

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1375+ words) Disabling my antivirus for a week taught me that the most important security tool you have isn't software. I've been running Bitdefender and Windows Security on my machines for a while now. Between the two of them, I've never had…...

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cnet. com > tech > services-and-software > how-antivirus-software-becoming-more-advanced-detecting-threats

Malware Has Gotten Smarter. Here's How Your Antivirus Has, Too

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1376+ words) Antivirus software used to hunt for known malware, but now it's predicting suspicious behavior before an attack fully lands. Antivirus software is undergoing a major shift. Traditionally, antivirus software relied on matching files against databases of known malware signatures. But…...

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cnet. com > tech > services-and-software > what-is-post-quantum-encryption-vpn

You'll Be Glad Your VPN Has Post-Quantum Encryption, Even if You Don't Need It Now. Here's Why

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (814+ words) Quantum computing represents a major threat to encryption, and the inflection point may be less than five years away. Virtual private networks, or VPNs, have become an essential part of today's online security toolkit. A VPN hides your public IP…...

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cnet. com > tech > services-and-software > what-happens-when-antivirus-software-scans-your-pc

Here's What Actually Happens When Antivirus Software Scans Your PC

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1051+ words) Your antivirus software does a lot more than sit in your system tray looking busy. We often interact with our antivirus software twice: when we install it and when something goes wrong. In between, it just runs. You might kick…...

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cnet. com > paid-content > news > protect-yourself-from-scams-and-data-breaches-with-lifelock

Protect Yourself from Scams and Data Breaches with Life Lock

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (248+ words) Protecting yourself against identity theft is becoming more difficult every year. As AI technology improves, scams are multiplying in volume and variety. Roughly 18 million people were targeted in 2025, and no generation is immune. Millennials are the most common victims, but…...

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cnet. com > tech > services-and-software > mozillas-ceo-knows-you-might-not-want-ai-in-firefox

Mozilla's CEO Knows You Might Not Want AI in Firefox

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (993+ words) We talked to the browser maker's new boss about privacy, choice and his vision for the internet's future. The Firefox AI kill switch. When Mozilla announced that its Firefox browser would have a built-in artificial intelligence kill switch, it separated…...

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The Results Are In. CNET's People's Picks Winners for the Top Internet Service Providers

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cnet. com > tech > services-and-software > claude-fable-5-first-mythos-ai-model-anthropic-safety-news

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 Is the First Mythos-Level AI Model You Can Actually Use

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (486+ words) If you want to test out Fable 5 without paying extra, you need to try it before the end of the month. Fable 5 is the first model from the new Mythos family. AI enthusiasts have been aflutter since rumors first leaked…...

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