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Tesla raises Model Y price after federal tax credit change

Tesla has quietly increased the price of its best-selling Model Y crossover. From Saturday, It lists the Long Range and Performance models at $54,990, and $57,990, respectively. For the first, this represents a $2,000 increase from the all-time low that Tesla reached in mid-January. As for the performance variant, it’s currently $1,000 more than it […]

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North Korean hackers targeted nearly 1,000 South Korean foreign policy experts

South Korean officials believe North Korean hackersIt targeted at least 892 foreign policy experts in the country working for the government. Efforts towards think-tank members and academics, which date back to April, have intensified. The attacks began with spear phishing emails, often claiming to come from figures in South Korea’s political system. These often contain […]

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author_name|Jon Fingas Budget language|en-US Politics & Government provider_name|Engadget region|US site|engadget Tax & Economy

Biden signs executive order to protect personal data transfers between US and EU

Months after reaching the agreement, the White House took formal steps to protect data transfers between the United States and the European Union. President Biden has signed an executive order directing the government’s efforts to implement the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The approach essentially requires intelligence agencies to “consider” privacy and civil liberties before searching […]

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author_name|Igor Bonifacic Budget language|en-US Politics & Government provider_name|Engadget region|US site|engadget Tax & Economy

Anonymous takes responsibility for Moscow traffic jam due to app abuse

By Thursday morning, Moscow’s busy Fili district turned into a traffic jam like never before. (via ) reported that hackers used Russia’s Yandex Taxi ride-hailing app to instruct dozens of drivers on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, one of the city’s main streets. While the law caused traffic to stop for about 40 minutes on part of the […]