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How to fix the broken postseason

The College Football Playoff begins on New Year’s Day with No. 1 Alabama taking on No. 4 Notre Dame in one semifinal (5 p.m. ET) and No. 2 Clemson facing No. 3 Ohio State in the other (8:30 p.m.). It is a familiar field — all four participants have previously made the 7-year-old playoff system. It’s the sixth appearance for Alabama and Clemson and the fourth for Ohio State. Of the 28 all-time playoff slots those three teams (plus Oklahoma) have taken up 20. (Notre Dame is making its… Source link

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Breaking up Google and the rest of Big Tech wouldn’t be enough to fix our innovation problems

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Project Syndicate)—The Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Google GOOG, +5.99% may be the first salvo in a forthcoming barrage of antitrust actions directed at Big Tech. Curbing these companies’ power is one of those rare issues that receives bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. “ We can keep investing in technologies that help managers, engineers, and… Source link

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Apple, Opera, and Yandex fix browser address bar spoofing bugs, but millions more still left vulnerable – TechCrunch

Year after year, phishing remains one of the most popular and effective ways for attackers to steal your passwords. As users, we’re mostly trained to spot the telltale signs of a phishing site, but most of us rely on carefully examining the web address in the browser’s address bar to make sure the site is legitimate. But even the browser’s anti-phishing features — often the last line of defense for a would-be phishing victim — aren’t perfect. Security researcher Rafay Baloch… Source link

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