DOT and FAA Propose New Rules for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
WASHINGTON - The Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration today proposed a framework of regulations that would allow routine use of certain small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) ...
Kaspersky says sophisticated malware was used to steal at least $300M from 100+ financial institutions in 30 nations since late 2013
Bank Hackers Steal Millions via Malware — PALO ALTO, Calif. — In late 2013, an A.T.M. in Kiev started dispensing cash at seemingly random times of day.
Source: Apple is gathering advice from carmakers and automotive suppliers about parts and production methods as it learns to build a self-driving electric car
Apple studies self-driving car, auto industry source says — (Reuters) - Technology giant Apple (AAPL.O) …
BBC Radio DJ Zane Lowe Joining Apple's iTunes Radio Effort
Noted DJ Zane Lowe, who has headed up BBC Radio 1's popular evening new music show for over a decade, is leaving the broadcaster next month to join Apple, reports BBC News. Lowe has won a number of a...
Interviews reveal how public shaming online ruined the lives of Justine Sacco and many others
How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco's Life — Credit: Photo illustration by Andrew B. Myers. Prop stylist: Sonia Rentsch. — As she made the long journey from New York to South Africa …
Google amends vulnerability disclosure policy, vendors working on a fix can request 14-day grace period beyond Project Zero's 90-day deadline
Google relaxes strict bug disclosure rules after Microsoft grievances — Google today relaxed its strict 90-day vulnerability disclosure that put …
Report: 1,500 data breaches worldwide compromised almost 1B data records in 2014, up 78% from 575M in 2013; 54% of the breaches involved identity theft
1 Billion Data Records Stolen in 2014, Says Gemalto — Data breaches increased 49% with almost 1 billion data records compromised …
Darkroom: A New iOS Photo Editor with DIY Filters, Curves, and Infinite History
Darkroom is a new photo editor for iPhones that just launched today. The app offers a number of powerful features for editing photos on iOS, including do-it-yourself photo filters, a curves tool, and...
Test of four activity trackers finds substantial variation in their measures of calories burned and distance covered
Why activity trackers deliver mismatched fitness data — Fitness trackers can monitor our activity 24/7 but how accurate are the devices?
Valleywag loses new editor Dan Lyons after just six weeks with no replacement announced
Bad News, Good News, Bad News — Bad news: I've been missing in action this week, as I've been stuck in bed heavily doped up and suffering with two things — the recurrence of an old back injury, and ...
Following high profile Bitcoin security incidents, standards group C4 and Bitcoin security firm BitGo propose cryptocurrency security standards
C4, BitGo Publish Draft of CryptoCurrency Security Standard — A draft of the CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS) was made available on Wednesday for public discussion.
Behind the Stanford investigation preceding the sexual harrassment and rape lawsuit against Formation 8 and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale
The Stanford Undergraduate and the Mentor — Credit: From . Ian Allen for The New York Times. — On a weekend in March almost three years ago …
Report: malware infections on mobiles increased by 25% in 2014, affecting around 16M devices
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Credit card companies boosting security; Visa expanding tokenization to devices beyond Apple; Mastercard to spend $20M on biometrics, fingerprint matching
Update Planet Biometrics.com : MasterCard to invest US$20m in cybersecurity, launch biometric pilot Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet : MasterCard, Visa make plays for payment security Jonathan Berr / CBS New...
South Carolina prisons have imposed heavy penalties on over 400 prisoners for using social media, mostly Facebook
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Wink's promise of a simple, affordable smart home proves false; not one product worked as advertised out of the box
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Flickr beta-testing Camera Roll, a sleeker interface for browsing, editing, and organizing photos
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Fleet of Tug robots services a hospital in California by delivering drugs, linen, and meals; each travels an average of 12 miles per day
Matt Simon / Wired : Tweets: @humanswlord Tweets: Humans WinLoseorDraw / @humanswlord : Meet the new hospital robot, it's more R2D2 than C3P0 but it could change #healthcare economics http://www.wire...
Snapchat Discover has sent some publishers millions of views per day
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How Pavel Durov lost control of Russia's largest social network VKontakte to the Kremlin
Casey Johnston / Motherboard : Tweets: @caseyjohnston and @mattcutts Tweets: Casey Johnston / @caseyjohnston : when Putin's oligarchs buy yr $2 billion startup bc the internet is an evil CIA project/...
Google's co-founders are about to sell $4.4 billion worth of shares
Business Insider : Tweets: @mims and @footnoted Tweets: Christopher Mims / @mims : .@fmanjoo declared Google's reign over http://www.businessinsider.com/ ... and now its founders are selling $4.4 bil...
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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