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...Xiaomi Corporation SECTOR: TECHNOLOGY / HQ: BEIJING, CHINA Huawei’s horrible year has been a windfall for China’s other big smartphone maker....
...So far this year, as many as three companies have been victim to fraudsters using manipulated media — or “deepfake” technology — to try to con them into making funds transfers, according to cyber security...
...The other let-down is that cyber space was supposed to empower small, self-organising collectives to take on big corporations. It has often done the opposite....
...To admirers, the hacktivism trend reflects the increased importance of technology in more and more aspects of life....
...If such issues persist, it might be to the benefit of old-media sites, where users see information as coming from a trusted source....
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