KANSAS CITY - Sprint, in partnership with the Sprint Foundation, is launching the 1Million Project, a multiyear program that plans to give 1 million disadvantaged high school students in the United States access to a free mobile device and high-speed internet. Inspired by President Barack Obama's ConnectED and My Brother's Keeper projects, the 1Million Project aims
WASHINGTON DC - The 400-pound hacker Donald Trump warned about Monday night during the presidential debate can't ruin Election Day, experts told Congress Wednesday. As hacks continue to influence the 2016 election, Congress has been looking into whether cyberattacks could actually affect the ballot on November 8. A congressional subcommittee on information technology, inviting high-ranking officials
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers swiped personal information associated with at least a half billion Yahoo accounts, the internet giant said Thursday, marking the biggest data breach in history. The hack, which took place in 2014, revealed names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and, in some cases, security questions and answers, Yahoo said in a
CUPERTINO, Ca. - What more can Apple say to convince customers it's protecting their personal information? As of Wednesday, it seems the company ran short of new ways to reassure us. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the iPhone 7 this week, but never listed its privacy features. In a video before the main presentation, late-night
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple issued an urgent security update on Thursday for OS X and Safari after finding the same vulnerabilities in its desktop operating system that were discovered last week in its mobile operating system and that allow attackers to remotely take control of a device. The patch for OS X 10.11.6 "El Capitan"
SAN FRANCISCO - Would you like to make money flying commercial drones? Well now you can. On Aug. 29, the Federal Aviation Administration offered drone pilot license testing nationwide, including 17 locations in Michigan. You can apply for your very own license by passing a multiple-choice test and paying a small fee. No experience necessary!
CUPERTINO - If you have an iPhone be afraid, be very afraid. A terrifying new spyware, dubbed Trident, can break through the security protection to read texts and email, record calls (including WhatsApp and Viber calls), track your location and turn on your phone's camera and microphone. Trident exploits three zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS 9 to form
MOSCOW - NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden said his old employer was likely hacked by his new host, Russia. Snowden tweeted Tuesday that the auction of malicious software files allegedly stolen from the NSA may actually be diplomatic signaling by Russia. The software, a set of digital tools, is being auctioned by a group that
SAN FRANCISCO - Using an attack that researchers at cybersecurity firm Bastille are calling "keysniffer," hackers can detect every key you press on your wireless keyboard. Think about that next time you’re using your laptop in a coffee shop. That means they can pick up your passwords and maybe the answers to your security questions,
WASHINGTON DC - Who's in charge of responding to "cyber incidents" in the US? As of today, it's the Federal Bureau of Investigation. President Barack Obama outlined a new policy for responding to cyberattacks on both the government and US industry on Tuesday, making the FBI the lead agency regardless of where the attack seems
