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Firefox Focus for iOS gets a redesign in latest update

October 5, 2021
Firefox Focus is a browser with no tabs, ads, or trackers. As Mozilla says, it’s an alternative for those super quick searches you want to keep separate from your main browser. Today, it’s receiving a redesign with a brand-new update. With version 38, Firefox Focus now has a new minimal and distraction-free design. Not only that, the browser brings the ability to pin up to four shortcuts on…
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Google turning on 2-step verification (2SV) for 150 million more accounts by the end of 2021

October 5, 2021
Back in May, Google said it would start automatically enabling two-factor authentication on eligible accounts. As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Google today provided an update on its account 2SV efforts, including upcoming security features. The company’s latest blog post did not mention how many accounts have already been automatically configured to require that users confirm they…
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Tesla is ordered to pay ex-worker $137 million in racial abuse lawsuit, releases blog about verdict

October 5, 2021
Tesla has been ordered by the court to pay $137 million to an ex-contract worker at its Fremont factory in a racial abuse lawsuit. Following the verdict, Tesla released a blog post defending itself – something the automaker rarely does since it dissolved its press relations team. The plaintiff in the case is Owen Diaz, who worked at Fremont factory from June 2015 to May 2016 as a contract…
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Canadian group satirizes Saskatchewan’s dumb EV tax by suggesting a sidewalk tax

October 5, 2021
The province of Saskatchewan in Canada has joined a growing number of regions around the world in levying punitive taxes against electric cars while letting gas cars continue to get away with murder. But a local group has come up with a creative way to show just how dumb their EV tax is: by demanding a tax on people who use sidewalks. Saskatchewan’s new EV tax went into place on October 1, and…
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