The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency is hosting an open challenge seeking ways to evaluate “credibility assessment” technology.
Building a better lie detector has long been a goal for scientists. Polygraph tests, which effectively measure people’s anxiety, aren’t particularly reliable.
The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court ruling, saying litigation could proceed to determine whether Domino’s website complies with ADA requirements for blind people.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Domino’s website, used to order food for pickup and delivery, is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Security researcher Troy Hunt wrote that the dataset, dubbed Collection #1, appears to include data stolen from numerous websites.
A new trove of data that had been shared on the cloud service MEGA included roughly 773 million sets of email addresses and passwords, apparently stolen amid numerous earlier data breaches, security researcher Troy Hunt wrote in a blog post Thursday.
A bombshell BuzzFeed report claims Trump told his lawyer to lie to Congress. It has everyone talking about just what it means to suborn perjury.
On Thursday night, the Merriam-Webster Twitter account helpfully tweeted a link to the definition of a relatively obscure legal term: suborn.
The Democratic National Committee said in a Thursday court filing that it saw a targeted phishing attack that appeared to be the work of Cozy Bear, the Russian hacking group.
Just after the 2018 midterm elections, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) saw dozens of its email addresses targeted in a spear-phishing attack, Politico reports the DNC said in a Thursday night court filing.
Top business execs and politicians visiting the World Economic Forum in Davos are, once again, being criticized for flying to the event in gas-guzzling private jets and helicopters.
As political and business leaders from around the world gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss, among other things, climate change and economic inequality, they’re once again being mocked for traveling to the Alpine ski resort in private jets and helicopters.
Recent studies link Alzheimer’s to bacteria that also cause chronic gum disease.
In case you needed more reason to floss, scientists say a growing body of research indicates that Alzheimer’s disease might be linked to Porphyromonas gingivalis, a strain of bacteria that’s also known for causing chronic gum disease, New Scientist reports.
At Davos, billionaire philanthropist George Soros warned of dangers to the world from what he sees as burgeoning, AI-powered authoritarianism in China.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, billionaire George Soros on Thursday called Chinese President Xi Jinping “the most dangerous opponent of those who believe in the concept of open society,” according to a published transcript of his comments.
The crowdfunding company is working with four nonprofits to get federal workers food, diapers, and emergency cash.
GoFundMe announced a first round of grants this week from its Government Shutdown Impact Fund, giving $50,000 each to World Central Kitchen, The National Diaper Bank Network, Feeding America, and the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund.
It’s part of the company’s Protect Your Election initiative, designed to protect political organizations from digital attacks.
Jigsaw, the Alphabet unit that aims to make the world safer through technology, is expanding its Project Shield technology that protects against distributed denial of services attacks to European political organizations, campaigns, and candidates, the company said Tuesday.
The California utility company Pacific Gas & Electric has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing massive potential liabilities for wildfires in 2017 and 2018.
Pacific Gas & Electric, a utility company that serves 16 million California residents, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday, citing up to $30 billion in potential liability from wildfires in 2017 and 2018.
Transgender veterans, undocumented Trump resort workers, and border patrol officers will come as Congressional guests.
When President Trump delivers the State of the Union address before Congress on Tuesday night, legislators from both parties will be looking to score political points, highlight issues in the news, and honor chosen causes with their invited guests. Among them will be:
Before being the first black woman nominated in a governor’s race by a major party, Stacey Abrams had already carved out an interesting career.
After U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union Address tonight, the Democratic Party will present the traditional opposition rebuttal. Tonight, the address will be delivered by Stacey Abrams, who made waves last year in her run for governor of Georgia.
With Virginia’s governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general each facing political scandal, here’s the state’s line of succession.
When Virginia Governor Ralph Northam was first linked to a photo on his medical school yearbook page, depicting one person in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan outfit, many assumed he would resign, turning over power to Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax.
The bank’s customers are not happy.
Wells Fargo customers who tried to visit the bank’s website Thursday morning found an ominous message instead of the usual online banking login screen.
Advocates for digital coins quickly mocked Wells Fargo and promoted their own products on Twitter amid a protracted bank outage.
With Wells Fargo customers unable to access their accounts Thursday after a “power shutdown” at a bank facility, cryptocurrency advocates on social media quickly argued that their coins’ decentralized networks can better withstand such problems.
Scammers are dialing toll-free numbers and working with phone companies to get a cut of the charges.
Cellphone users have been deluged by spam calls in recent years, but they’re not the only ones dealing with an onslaught of automated messaging.
In recent years, forensics scientists, statisticians, and engineers have been working to put crime scene forensics on a stronger footing, with some classic techniques falling out of favor.
Tune in to the average TV cop show and you’re likely to think crime scene forensics is a solved problem. Fingerprints, bullets, and fragments of broken glass can be unambiguously traced back to the source, then used by clever investigators to prove who committed a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
One year after the deadly shooting in Florida, gun control advocates have made some progress, mostly at the state level.
Thursday marks the first anniversary of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 students and school employees were killed. Since then, a number of gun control laws have been passed across the country, mostly at the state level. The following laws are among them:
A new report from the Prison Policy Initiative finds many local jails are still charging high prices—over $24 for 15 minutes—to make telephone calls.
If you find yourself awaiting trial in a local jail in Arkansas, you and your friends or relatives could end up spending up to $24.82 for a single 15-minute phone call, according to a new report from the Prison Policy Initiative.