Names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, voting history for 191M US voters exposed by misconfigured database whose owner remains unidentified
Database configuration issues expose 191 million voter records — Massive database exposed to public, major political data managers deny ownership
Pictures of Google Glass Enterprise Edition turn up at FCC, showing foldable design
This is Google Glass: Enterprise Edition in the flesh [Gallery] — Earlier this year, we told you across several exclusive reports that new Google Glass hardware was on the way, namely a device Googl...
Verizon now covers up to $650 in early termination fees when switching mobile operators, joining other carriers in doing so
Verizon will give you up to $650 to switch from another carrier — Is the biggest US wireless carrier starting to feel some pressure from its rivals? Perhaps.
Samsung's Bio-Processor chip that has built-in support for measuring body fat, muscle mass, heart rate, skin temperature, and more goes into mass production
Samsung's new processor is meant for building much better fitness trackers — Samsung thinks it's about time that fitness trackers did more than monitor your pulse.
Amazon Prime adds more than 3M new members in 1 week at peak of holiday shopping season
Amazon said tonight that it added more than 3 million new Amazon Prime members globally in just one week at the height of the holiday shopping season this year. It's the latest sign of growth …
Facebook fights skepticism from net neutrality advocates over its Free Basics program in India
Facebook Confronts The Free Internet Neutrality Dilemma — What's more important? Restricted free Internet access for the poor? Or maintaining an open, neutral Internet without limitations?
Samsung plans to let US users pay online with Samsung Pay, expand it to lower-priced smartphones soon
Samsung Pay plans to enable U.S. online shopping in 2016 — Samsung Electronics Co plans to expand its fledgling mobile payment service in the United States next year …
China passes controversial counter-terrorism law that requires tech firms to help decrypt information, doesn't require installing backdoors as initially planned
China passes controversial counter-terrorism law — China's parliament passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law on Sunday …
How Hollywood Caught the UK's Most Prolific Movie Pirates
Following a three year investigation by Hollywood-backed anti-piracy group the Federation Against Copyright Theft, last week five of the UK's most prolific movie pirates were sentenced in the West Mid...
New York City starts installing LinkNYC public gigabit Wi-Fi access points in phone booths
New York is finally installing its promised public gigabit Wi-Fi — Today, workers began installing the first LinkNYC access points in New York. First announced in November 2014 …
Intel completes $16.7B Altera deal, its largest acquisition ever
Intel Completes Acquisition of Altera — $16.7 billion deal underscores Intel CEO's plan to expand chip maker's business — Intel Corp. on Monday completed its biggest-ever acquisition, a deal that...
Every new Apple product or feature released in 2015 was essentially in beta
2015: Apple's year in beta — The Gizmodo headline last week was blunt, in the way that the best Giz headlines are blunt: Everything Apple Introduced This Year Kinda Sucked. It's worth reading …
Turkish sites under intensifying, weeks long DDoS attacks that disrupted some banking services over the holidays; Anonymous claims responsibility
not Anonymous—cripple Turkey's Internet? Telegraph : Anonymous claims responsibility for massive cyberattack on Turkey Jon Fingas / Engadget : Anonymous takes credit for cyberattacks crippling Turkey ...
North Korea's homegrown Red Star OS computers watermark all documents and media files on inserted USB sticks, to track underground sharing
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Twitter hires Apple's Jeffrey Siminoff as new vice president of diversity and inclusion
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Despite a steady inflow of new well-known apps, it remains unclear whether the Universal Windows Platform can maintain momentum with developers
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US Court of Appeals rules that Cisco did not infringe on Commil's Wi-Fi patents, overturning $64M lower court verdict
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Moto 360 Sport review: $299 is a lot for a smartwatch that's only good for tracking daily movement and running, but no other activities
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Toshiba Radius 12 4K laptop review: great display, fast performance, comes with a generous selection of ports but has poor battery life and a finicky trackpad
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Behind the comeback of Frank Quattrone, who founded tech-oriented Qatalyst Partners investment bank in 2008, and has advised on 85+ deals worth at least $158B
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Diane Greene will teach Google to sell to companies; work on Bebop will continue at Google
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US-CERT director Ann Barron-DiCamillo explains how Computer Emergency Readiness Team deals with evolving cybersecurity threats
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How the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 broadens the powers of network operators to conduct surveillance for the government
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With investments from the state, an all-drone Air Force base, and high-tech talent, North Dakota has become hotbed for drone companies
Quentin Hardy / New York Times : Tweets: @pegobry Tweets: Peg / @pegobry : “ In 2001, Microsoft paid $1.1 billion for Great Plains Software of Fargo, and it now has an office there.” http://www.nytim...
Twitter's fiscal 2015 in review: revenue grew, user growth stalled, shares are near all-time lows
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