EU lawmakers, nations agree on bloc's first cybersecurity law
EU lawmakers and member states struck a deal on the bloc's first cybersecurity law on Monday that will require Internet firms such as Google and Amazon to report serious breaches or face sanctions. The deal, following five hours of negotiations between the European Parliament and ...
From 'samurai' to 'Hello Kitty,' search data show how the world's view of Japan has changed
Analytics data suggest Japan is better known abroad as the land of Hello Kitty than as a country full of swaggering samurai and mincing geisha.
On China's fringes, cyberspies raise their game
Almost a year after students ended pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong, they face an online battle against what Western security experts say are China-sponsored hackers using techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Hackers have expanded their attacks to parking malware on popular file-sharing services including Dropbox ...
Health ministry website goes down; tweet hints at cyberattack
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry's website was inaccessible late Friday, and a tweet suggested the attack was apparently posted by the international group of hackers known as Anonymous. The health ministry has since restored service and is investigating the cause. The ministry confirmed at around ...
IT companies scramble to take advantage of Shibuya's transport networks, proximity to youth culture
Shibuya is famous for its scramble crossing, shopping and youth culture but the district has also established itself as a hub for myriad IT firms and Internet-based startups, leading some to describe it as the equivalent to Silicon Valley in the U.S. state of ...
Five deaths, including four suicides, tied to psychotropic drug woman allegedly sold illegally
At least five people have died from apparent drug addiction after buying a psychotropic drug online from a 55-year-old Tokyo woman, the Hyogo Prefectural Police said Thursday. Four of the five victims are believed to have committed suicide, according to the police. The police said five ...
Social media photos purport to show Russian soldiers in multiple Syria locations, bloggers say
Three serving or former Russian soldiers have been geolocated by photographs in Syria, including locations near Hama, Aleppo and Homs, Russian bloggers said Sunday, suggesting the Kremlin's operation stretches well beyond its air campaign. Russia first launched airstrikes to support President Bashar Assad in Syria's ...
YouTubers in Japan with 100,000 fans and counting
YouTube threw a big celebration for more than 20 YouTubers living in Japan who have over 100,000 subscribers.
China admits over 40 percent of its online sales counterfeit, shoddy
More than 40 percent of goods sold online in China last year were either counterfeits or of bad quality, the official Xinhua News Agency said, illustrating the extent of a problem that has bogged down the fast-growing online sector. According to the report, which was ...
Nigerian answer to Spotify lures investors from MTN to Jay-Z
The mansion, the pool, the Bentley, the life-size portrait and the gold medallions are the spoils of a revolution in Nigeria and music superstar D'banj is enjoying them. The 35-year-old used to have to bargain with street-market traders to sell his CDs because there were ...
Twitter user's IP address released following 'theft' of 1-year-old girl's photo
The Tokyo District Court has ordered Twitter Inc. to release the IP address of a computer user who tweeted a picture of a 1-year-old girl and falsely claimed that the girl died of heat exhaustion after being taken to a rally against the security ...
Facebook is following you around the Internet
Social media platforms like Facebook may be pretty intrusive in how they follow your Internet activity, but that's the price of using these "free" services.
