How To Prevent Attacks On The Power Grid
One of the recurring nightmare scenarios outlined by security experts—a cyberattack on the country's power grid—has inspired lawmakers in both parties to come to rare agreement. A bipartisan energy...
View ArticleNew Bitcoin Rival Currency Will Offer More Anonymity, Say Its Creators
Digital currencies like bitcoin are touted for their anonymity. But in practice, it can be possible to trace transactions across the shared bitcoin ledger known as the blockchain and figure out who's...
View ArticleTwitter Security Chief Calls for Bolstered Cyber Regulation
Twitter's security chief called for greater regulation of Internet security in a Google-sponsored cybersecurity roundtable discussion hosted on Medium this week."Users should not have to petition...
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Gmail Will Now Warn You If Incoming Messages Can't Be Encrypted
Gmail will now warn users when they're exchanging email with someone whose email provider doesn't support server-to-server message encryption, Google announced this week.Traditionally, email messages...
View ArticleAmid Apple's Feud With The Government, Some Call For A Digital "Constitution"
As the feud between Apple and the government over unlocking an iPhone tied to the San Bernardino killings raises the debate over privacy versus security to a crescendo, one group of experts is seeking...
View ArticleReport: Billions of Wireless Mice and Keyboards Are Vulnerable To Hacking
Billions of wireless keyboards and mice are vulnerable to hijacking with inexpensive radio transmitters, potentially letting hackers type arbitrary commands to computers hooked to the devices from up...
View ArticleWhat the Sony Hackers Are Up To Now
The shadowy group of hackers behind the infamous Sony Pictures hack in late 2014 have carried out other digital attacks on U.S. and South Korean targets dating back at least to 2009, according to a...
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How A 1990 Hardy Boys Book Presaged The Future Of The Internet
Late last year, while working on a story about the early days of Match.com, I heard a lot of reminiscing about the days just before the web took off.Match's early users and employees shared memories of...
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Behind Bars, Prisoners Are Taking Classes Via Android Tablets
Jails and prisons are often slow to introduce new technology but thousands of inmates in state institutions across the country are now taking courses on specialized tablets designed for use behind...
View ArticleAntivirus Pioneer John McAfee Shows The FBI How To Hack An iPhone
In a pair of interviews on RT and CNN, antivirus pioneer John McAfee implied that the Federal Bureau of Investigation should be able to hack the locked iPhone tied to the San Bernardino shooting...
View ArticleACLU Urges Feds To Adopt Privacy Rules For Broadband And Cable
A coalition of privacy groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and New America's Open Technology Institute wrote to the Federal Communications...
View ArticleCredit Card Security Still A Few Chips Short, Experts Say
New chip-enabled credit and debit cards can help reduce fraud, but they can't eliminate it, particularly since most card readers are still asking consumers to swipe their cards rather than insert the...
View Article"Nailing Jell-O To The Wall": How China Shut Down The Open Internet
Not so long ago, techno-utopians and mainstream politicians agreed that trying to censor the Internet was essentially impossible."The 'Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it,"...
View ArticleNest Is Learning To Detect When You're Home
Nest smart-home products can now figure out if anyone's home.With a new software update, Nest's cameras, thermostats, and other home automation devices will begin using a mix of phone geolocation data,...
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BuzzFeed Launches New Cross-Platform Ad Format
BuzzFeed has debuted a new ad format called Swarm, which will let advertisers simultaneously target viewers across BuzzFeed's website, mobile apps, and six top social networks, according to Adweek. The...
View ArticleMeet Viv, The "Giant Brain" From The Creator Of Siri
Move over, Siri. Dag Kittlaus, the creator of Apple's iconic virtual assistant, is working on a next-generation "global brain" called Viv that's said to be more intelligent and adaptable than Siri and...
View ArticleNew $20K Honda Civic Can Drive Itself (Sometimes)
Honda is adding features to its $20,000 Honda Civic LX that will make the entry-level car able to drive itself down the highway, reports the Wall Street Journal.Drivers can take their hands off the...
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Medium Launches Curated "Collections" Of Posts
With the amount of content on Medium rapidly growing, the publishing site is adding curated "Collections" to the platform, letting users find posts and writers focusing on a particular topic."Discovery...
View ArticleFord Tests Data-Driven App To Tell You Where To Park
A pilot app from Ford will merge crowdsourced data and information on parking regulations to help guide drivers to a place they're able to park, the company said.The app, called GoPark, will collect...
View ArticleChipotle Considers Scaling Back New Food Safety Measures: Report
Chipotle is considering scaling back some of the new food safety measures it recently instituted after a series of foodborne illness outbreaks sent sales tumbling, according to a report in the Wall...
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