Ashley Madison hack sends shivers through hook-up, porn sites
Larry Flynt, a defender of free speech and sexual freedom if there ever was one, has this advice for anyone worried by the hack of infidelity site Ashley Madison: Muzzle yourself. "Don't do or say anything you wouldn't want to read about on the front ...
In a world where promotional videos are ignored and online ad banners are blocked, advertisers have learned to speak emoji.
China hacked private emails of U.S. officials since 2010: NBC
Chinese hackers have been accessing the private emails of top U.S. national security and trade officials since April 2010, according to an NBC News report on Monday, citing a U.S. intelligence official and top secret document. The officials' government email accounts were not vulnerable to ...
Experts, investors upbeat after Google's surprise overhaul of operating structure
Google Inc. on Monday announced a surprise overhaul of its operating structure, creating a holding company called Alphabet to pool its many subsidiaries and separate the core web advertising business from newer ventures like driverless cars. The move appeared to be an attempt by the ...
China's largest 'social video' websites carry out self-censorship, study finds
In China, even aspiring singers and would-be comedians bow to constant and automatic online surveillance. The country's largest "social video" websites — where viewers debate and reward their favorite karaoke ditties and comic routines — operate under severe yet hazy censorship policies that grant them ...
China to place security staff at major Internet firms, websites
China is planning to set up "network security offices" in major Internet companies and for websites so authorities can move more quickly against illegal online behavior, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement. Police should take a leading role in online security and ...
Municipalities are struggling to reorganize their information technology systems to guard against possible data leaks ahead of the government's implementation of a new ID card system in January. Under the My Number system, local governments plan to assign every resident in Japan a number by ...
A veil of secrecy masks stepped-up cyberattacks in Asia, experts say
Once a month, cybersecurity lawyer Paul Haswell gets a call from an Asian company with the same question: We've been hacked. Who do we need to tell? More often than not, his answer is "no one." The client will hang up before Haswell can urge ...
The late Nintendo President Satoru Iwata changed his industry and he changed reality, both virtual and real.
Yeah right! Sarcasm poses problem for computer algorithms in data-driven U.S. election
When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld same-sex weddings in the same week that South Carolina debated keeping a controversial Civil War battle flag, Twitter user @xTomatoez posted "Gay marriage and the Confederate flag going down everywhere. Tough week for your redneck uncle on Facebook." The ...
Reducing the health risks of electronic devices
The best way to avoid some of the negative effects of portable electronic devices such as cellphones is to use them in moderation and to store them far away from the body.
U.S. personnel agency chief resigns over massive data breach
The chief of the U.S. federal hiring office resigned on Friday after massive computer hacks at the agency that put the personal data of more than 22 million Americans at risk, including people seeking sensitive security clearances. The White House said Katherine Archuleta stepped down ...
