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ACLU gets millions in donations from tech companies, execs

By James Farrell Jan 30, 2017

The overwhelming and highly critical response from the tech industry to President Donald Trump’s immigration ban has now manifested into hard cash. The American Civil Liberties Union has received $24 million over the weekend, in…

Infra

Jennifer Lawrence photo hacker sentenced to nine months in jail

By Duncan Riley Jan 30, 2017

The hacker behind the infamous “celebgate/fappening” hacking scandal in 2014 that resulted in erotic images of celebrities appearing online has been sentenced to nine months in prison. Edward Majerczyk, 28, of Chicago, had previously pleaded…

Infra

Controversial hack repository LeakedSource offline following alleged raid

By Duncan Riley Jan 30, 2017

Controversial online hack repository LeakedSource is offline following unconfirmed reports that the owner was raided by authorities who seized the servers running the site. The site, which had been running for a number of years,…

Infra

Washington D.C. private TV system was hacked prior to inauguration

By Duncan Riley Jan 30, 2017

Officials in Washington D.C. have admitted that some 70 percent of the controllers for their closed-circuit television cameras were hacked in the week prior to the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The hack saw…

Apps

Latest Windows 10 features for insiders: Beam streaming, Game Mode and more

By Collen Kriel Jan 30, 2017

A week after releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15014, Microsoft Corp. followed up with the release of Build 15019 on Friday. The latest updates include various new gaming features, the ability for Microsoft…

Infra

Google launches its own root certificate authority to better secure the web

By Mike Wheatley Jan 29, 2017

Google Inc. said last week that it’s planning to become an independent Root Certificate Authority, which means it would be able to issue its own communications protocol certificates for securing web traffic. A certificate…

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Struggling Toshiba to spin off its flash memory business into separate entity

By Mike Wheatley Jan 29, 2017

Toshiba Corp.’s financial problems are forcing the company to spin off its highly profitable flash memory business unit into a separate entity. The Japanese firm is credited with inventing NAND flash, which does not…

Big Data

Your data is worth a lot. It’s time to start treating it like money

By R. Danes Jan 29, 2017

Business have viewed data as a valuable asset for some time, using it to pitch us more relevant content and ads and even selling it to other businesses. But what about the rest of…

‘It’s un-American!’ Tech industry slams Donald Trump’s immigration ban

By James Farrell Jan 29, 2017

If many tech leaders were less than pleased when Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, his executive order Friday temporarily barring people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States and keeping out…

Big Data

When a doll rats out a parent: Tech firms struggle with thorny privacy issues

By Gabriel Pesek Jan 28, 2017

The rise of intelligent devices, from wearables to smart home sensors to Internet-connected Barbie dolls, is confronting technology companies with a host of new ethical issues involving privacy and security. That’s forcing them to…

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ACLU gets millions in donations from tech companies, execs

Jennifer Lawrence photo hacker sentenced to nine months in jail

Controversial hack repository LeakedSource offline following alleged raid

Washington D.C. private TV system was hacked prior to inauguration

Latest Windows 10 features for insiders: Beam streaming, Game Mode and more

Google launches its own root certificate authority to better secure the web

Struggling Toshiba to spin off its flash memory business into separate entity

Your data is worth a lot. It’s time to start treating it like money

‘It’s un-American!’ Tech industry slams Donald Trump’s immigration ban

When a doll rats out a parent: Tech firms struggle with thorny privacy issues

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