Global heatmap published by fitness tracking app Strava last November can be used to locate military bases around the world, map soldier jogging routes
Data about exercise routes shared online by soldiers can be used to pinpoint overseas facilities — Sensitive information about the location …
Memo by a NSC official that's circulating in the Trump administration proposes government pay for and build a nationwide 5G network in 3 years to fend off China
Trump national security officials are considering an unprecedented federal takeover of a portion of the nation's mobile network …
How Devumi uses its 3.5M+ automated Twitter accounts, sometimes based on stolen social identities, to sell followers and retweets to 200K+ customers
Everyone wants to be popular online. — Some even pay for it. — Inside social media's black market.
Microsoft releases out-of-band Windows update for manual download to disable Intel's buggy patch for Spectre Variant 2, will wait for a more stable fix
Microsoft has issued on Saturday an emergency out-of-band Windows update that disables patches for the Spectre Variant 2 bug (CVE-2017-5715).
Google's AI-powered Clips camera is now available in the US Google Store for $249, with first deliveries expected in March
Three months ago Google announced the Google Clips, a tiny clip-on camera powered by some impressive machine learning technology. The idea behind it was that rather …
Sources: Apple working on three Mac models, including laptops and a new desktop, with custom co-processors; new iPad to be released toward the end of the year
The company already makes many of the chips for its iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches. — For several years …
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck says it will repay all 260K users who lost money in Friday's theft of ~$400M in NEM coins
Users will receive 88.549 yen for each coin that was stolen — Japanese exchange will compensate clients using internal funds
US Secret Service warning financial institutions about “jackpotting” attacks targeting US ATMs; source close to the matter says Ploutus.D malware is being used
ATM “jackpotting” — a sophisticated crime in which thieves install malicious software and/or hardware at ATMs …
Twitter tells Congress that Russia-linked bots retweeted @realDonaldTrump 469,537 times and @HillaryClinton 47,846 times from September 1 to November 15, 2016
Russian-linked accounts spurred 50,000 retweets of Clinton — Information comes in response to questions from Congress
FCC chairman Ajit Pai says he is opposed to a proposal for the government to build a 5G network
Over the weekend, Axios reported that officials within the Trump administration have been proposing the creation of a nationwide 5G network in order to protect against Chinese leadership in forthcomin...
New Copyright Royalty Board ruling requires streaming services to give 15.1%, up from 10.5%, of revenue to songwriters and music publishers over next five years
(Reuters) - U.S. copyright authorities on Saturday decided to increase over the next five years the royalty payments music streaming companies …
Immersion says it has settled its lawsuit and signed a license agreement with Apple over its 3D Touch, Force Touch, Taptic Engine, and other haptic tech
Immersion, a company that develops and licenses haptic feedback technologies, today announced it has reached a settlement and licensing agreement with Apple.
Sources: Intel warned China's Lenovo and Alibaba about Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities before warning the US government
Decision to disclose issue to select few customers, including Lenovo and Alibaba, has ripple effects through security and tech industries
Sources: Dell considers a sale to VMWare, of which it owns 80%, in a reverse merger, which would allow Dell to be traded publicly without formal IPO
- VMware could buy Dell in massive reverse-merger, sources say. Dell currently owns 80 percent of VMware.
Google details human-centered UX approach for its Clips camera, says AI for capturing memorable moments was trained with the help of professional photographers
AI advances are now making automated analysis of live surveillance video possible, presaging useful applications while raising serious questions about privacy
What happens when digital eyes get the brains to match? — We usually think of surveillance cameras as digital eyes …
ContentSquare raises $42M Series B led by Canaan for its AI-based platform that tracks user interaction with brands' websites and apps
Understanding precisely how consumers and users interact with your website and apps is paramount to any company's success. Interaction data is not only necessary, but it's also imperative.
Inside the cryptocurrency pump and dump chat groups, where tens of thousands of traders meet to hype coin prices, before dumping them minutes later
Inside the group chats where people pump and dump cryptocurrency — How self-proclaimed “pump and dump groups” scam thousands of wannabe altcoin investors.
Profile of VocaliD, which uses a crowdsourced voice library to craft custom voices for speech-impaired users of type-to-talk devices
Millions are robbed of the power of speech by illness, injury or lifelong conditions. Can the creation of bespoke digital voices transform their ability to communicate? Tweets: @abbey_cowling Tweets:...
Economists worry that the tax incentive competition solicited by Amazon for HQ2 will divert taxpayer funds from education, infrastructure, and other priorities
How the current state of quantum computing needs to overcome inherent physics and error correction challenges to make quantum computers truly powerful
Quantum computers should soon be able to beat classical computers at certain basic tasks. But before they're truly powerful …
The first large scale freight deal has been settled in Bitcoin to deliver 3000 metric tons of wheat from Russia to Turkey
Prime Shipping Foundation piloted blockchain payment system — Vessel carried 3,000 tons from Rostov to Samsun in December — Cryptocurrencies are making inroads into food commodity trading.
Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, investor in companies including Twitter and Lyft, is released after November arrest amid corruption crackdown
Profile of Harlo Holmes, an activist developer who helps journalists learn how to use the anonymous whistleblower platform SecureDrop and to stay safe online
Harlo Holmes helps journalists learn how to use the anonymous whistleblower platform SecureDrop and how to stay safe online. — Rei Watanabe Tweets: @zackwhittaker and @abirghattas Tweets: Zack Whitt...
A deep look at the evolution of visual surveillance technology, where it is headed, and what its continuing rise will mean for security, transparency, privacy
YouTube served ads containing Coinhive's cryptocurrency-mining and CPU-draining JavaScript, likely via Google's DoubleClick; Google says ads now blocked
Inside Bridge International Academies, a controversial for-profit company using tablets to send scripted lesson plans to teachers in developing nations
Sources: a16z and USV, who have cryptocurrency experience, are passing on Telegram's ICO; firms newer to crypto like KPCB, Sequoia, and Benchmark are investing
Profile of Brandon Chez, owner of CoinMarketCap, a source for price data on cryptocurrencies that has become one of the world's most heavily trafficked sites
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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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