When Samsung Electronics remotely disabled the last of its flawed Galaxy Note 7 smartphones last month, it further blurred the lines between who ultimately controls your phone, computer, car or appliance — you, or the companies that make it work? Industry executives and analysts say ...
Google, unlike Microsoft, must turn over foreign emails: U.S. judge
A U.S. judge has ordered Google to comply with search warrants seeking customer emails stored outside the United States, diverging from a federal appeals court that reached the opposite conclusion in a similar case involving Microsoft Corp. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Rueter in Philadelphia ruled ...
Artificial intelligence beats humans for the first time in poker
Artificial intelligence has made history by beating humans in poker for the first time, the last remaining game in which humans had managed to maintain the upper hand. Libratus, an AI built by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), racked up over $1.7 million worth of chips ...
1.3 million connected devices around world infected with viruses: study
More than 1.3 million internet-connected devices around the world, including personal video recorders and security cameras, have been infected with computer viruses, according to a recent study by a group of Japanese researchers. The devices concerned, which form part of the so-called internet of things, ...
Callers for dollars: Inside India's IRS scam call centers
In late September, a woman in National City, California, received a voice message on her phone saying she was in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over "tax evasion or tax fraud." Panicking, she rang the number and told a man who said he ...
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will spend ¥19.5 billion to build a supercomputer with a platform for research that could help them develop and improve driverless cars, robotics and medical diagnostics
Scientists in the United States have developed a flexible microfluidic device that easily sticks to the skin and measures sweat levels to show how the wearer's body is responding to exercise. The low-cost device, which can quickly analyze key elements such as lactate, pH or ...
Trump cyber security team, policy slow to take shape: officials
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has not announced a point person dedicated to cybersecurity policy or staffing in his administration, an omission that could make the United States more vulnerable to threats and worsen a government cybertalent shortfall, current and former national security officials ...
After cyberattacks, internet of things wrestles with making smart devices safer
Recent cyberattacks harnessing everyday devices such as cameras, video recorders, printers, routers and speakers are a wake-up call to the hidden dangers of the "internet of things (IoT)." The problem for the device makers, though, is that few are well equipped to tackle the unfamiliar ...
Meet the machines that know what's funny
Algorithms are outperforming human beings in a variety of unexpected contexts.
Government-affiliated bank mulls stake in Fujitsu, Lenovo PC venture
A government-affiliated bank is considering investing in a joint personal computer business that Fujitsu Ltd. and China's Lenovo Group Inc. are negotiating amid a shrinking domestic PC market, sources close to the matter said Saturday. The Development Bank of Japan aims to support the joint ...
Classified ads website CEO arrested over sex trafficking allegations
Carl Ferrer, chief executive of the advertising website Backpage.com, was arrested on Thursday on criminal charges including pimping, as authorities investigate the company, which has been accused of facilitating sex trafficking of minors. The attorneys general of Texas and California said in a statement that ...
