Apple debuts thinner iPad Air 2 tablet with fingerprint sensor
Apple Inc. unveiled a more powerful and thinner version of its tablet computer called iPad 2 with the Touch ID fingerprint sensor on Thursday, with pre-orders starting Friday for customers in the United States, Japan, China and more than 30 regions. "It is the thinnest ...
U2 lead singer Bono apologized Wednesday to iTunes users who objected to receiving an automatic download of the Irish rock group's latest album in September in conjunction with the launch of new Apple iPhones. The release of the band's 11-track "Songs of Innocence" free into ...
Suspected Russian hackers exploit Windows vulnerability to attack targets such as NATO, Ukraine
Hackers, probably Russian, have exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors, according to cyber-intelligence firm iSight Partners. ISight said it did not know what ...
New 'Poodle' Internet threat is found, but it is not as menacing as Heartbleed or Shellshock
Three Google researchers have uncovered a security bug in widely used Internet encryption technology that they say could allow hackers to take over accounts for email, banking and other services in what they have dubbed a "Poodle" attack. The discovery of Poodle, whose name stands ...
If you get arrested, police can likely access your phone or tablet
If you get arrested, police and prosecutors can search your cellphone, laptop and other devices — but only when there is the probability that information relating to the alleged crime might be stored there.
A person's medical information can be worth 10 times more than a credit card number on the black market. Last month, the FBI warned health care providers to guard against cyberattacks after one of the largest U.S. hospital operators, Community Health Systems Inc., said Chinese ...
New 'Bash' software bug tipped as bigger threat than 'Heartbleed'
A newly discovered security bug in a widely used piece of Linux software, known as "Bash," could pose a bigger threat to computer users than the "Heartbleed" bug that surfaced in April, cyberexperts warned on Wednesday. Bash is the software used to control the command ...
GM to debut hands-free highway driving in Cadillac model in 2016
General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker, will introduce a Cadillac model in two years that can be driven on the highway without the driver holding the steering wheel or putting a foot on a pedal. The 2017 Cadillac model will feature Super Cruise technology ...
Google taps U.S. scholars to build new quantum information processors
Google Inc. has announced that a research team led by physicist John Martinis from the University of California Santa Barbara will join the company to begin a project to build new quantum information processors based on superconducting electronics. The Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab is a ...
U.S. undercover investigators are among 25,000 exposed in data breach
A cyberattack on a firm that performs background checks for U.S. government employees has compromised data on at least 25,000 workers, including some undercover investigators, and that number could rise, officials said on Friday. The breach at U.S. Investigations Services (USIS), based in Falls Church, ...
John McAfee, the flamboyant anti-virus software industry pioneer, made a surprise appearance at a computer hackers' conference Friday evening, where he unveiled a new website to give people a place online to vent their anger. The one-time millionaire who fled the Central American nation of ...
Edward Snowden, the former U.S. spy agency contractor who leaked details of major U.S. surveillance programs, called on supporters at a hacking conference to spur development of easy-to-use technologies to subvert government surveillance programs around the globe. Snowden, who addressed conference attendees on Saturday via ...
