LAS VEGAS - At this year's CES you'll hear plenty of talk about driverless cars, connected homes and the internet of things. (Yes, we promise IoT, perhaps the buzziest of tech trends, is more than just hackable baby monitors and $400 internet-connected juicers.) Here's the technology that will drive all of those innovations over the next decade: 5G.
WASHINGTON DC - Internet service providers got an early Christmas gift. As widely expected, the Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules, handing the broadband and wireless industries a big victory in their battle against government oversight of the internet. The Republican-led FCC , chaired by a former Verizon legal counsel, voted 3-2 along party lines to
SAN FRANCISCO - After the year we've had, do you need any more convincing that your personal information is constantly being exposed to hackers? It wasn't just the Equifax hack, which leaked 145.5 million Social Security numbers, or the WannaCry ransomware attackthat locked up our computers and demanded a ransom paid in bitcoins. Even the security software
WASHINGTON DC - So when will the National Security Agency fix its leaking problem. Not this week reports showed a virtual disk image belonging to the NSA - essentially the contents of a hard drive - was left exposed on a public Amazon Web Services storage server. The server contained more than 100 gigabytes of
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers who get hold of some OnePlus phones can obtain virtually unlimited access to files and software through use of a testing tool called EngineerMode that the company evidently left on the devices. Robert Baptiste, a freelance security researcher who goes by the name Elliot Alderson on Twitter after the "Mr. Robot" TV show
WASHINGTON DC - Facebook, Google and Twitter came to Capitol Hill to argue they're ready to fight back against the scourge of fake news and the Russian misinformation campaign that influenced the 2016 US presidential election. The senators were left unimpressed. "You showed a lack of resources, commitment and a lack of genuine effort," said Sen.
WASHINGTON DC - The investigation into Russian meddling has gotten closer to finding the culprits behind a critical hack during the 2016 presidential election. Justice Department officials have compiled evidence against at least six Russian government officials believed to be responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee's computers, the Wall Street Journal reported. Nearly a year
DETROIT- The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation named Alison Gleeson its “Woman of the Year in Technology.” Gleeson is the senior vice president of the Americas for Cisco. The second annual MCWT award recognizes women in Michigan leading or driving change for other women in information technology careers or fields of study. MCWT Foundation President Carey Pachla presented Gleeson with the honor at the nonprofit’s annual gala on Oct. 28 in Dearborn. Hosted by Ford Motor Co.,
SAN FRANCISCO - Most US adults are affected by the hack. Here's a step-by-step on what to do. One of the largest data breaches in history has left 143 million people wondering if their highly personal data has been exposed to hackers. For now, Equifax doesn't explicitly tell you if you were a victim, and
SAN FRANCISCO - If you're wondering what to do after hearing about the massive data breach, follow these steps to make sure you're safe. In September 2016, Yahoo revealed a hack that compromised 500 million user accounts. In December, the company revealed yet another hack, this time affecting a record 1 billion accounts. On Tuesday,
