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It has been reported that technology related to the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Flex has been sold. (Source: PocketNow)

Samsung tech secrets sold to Chinese competitor

Nine people and two companies in South Korea have been charged with selling Samsung technology to a Chinese rival. It is believed bendable OLED technology, which is expected to be incorporated in the South Korean company’s upcomin...

Daniel R Deakin, 29 Nov 2018 19:42

DriveSavers can now recover data from locked smartphones for a mere $3,900

DriveSavers, one of the world's leading data recovery companies, now offers a service for unlocking smartphones and tablets that have a locked passcode, including iPhones and iPads. DriveSavers claims to be the only company that o...

Sam Medley, 29 Nov 2018 05:53

Two weeks ahead of release, a full copy of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been leaked

A group known for Nintendo Switch piracy has obtained and distributed a full file dump of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, set to release in two weeks on December 7th. While early game leaks are not uncommon, a leak this far in advance...

Sam Medley, 27 Nov 2018 05:24

Apple heads to U.S. Supreme Court to argue against App Store monopoly lawsuit

Apple will appear before the U.S. Supreme Court today to argue that a lawsuit brought against it is invalid. Apple claims that the lawsuit, which alleges that the iOS App Store creates a monopoly for the company, could only be bro...

Sam Medley, 26 Nov 2018 18:24

Mark Zuckerberg consented to facing the European Parliament in May 2018. (Source: CNBC/Gizmodo)

UK Parliament forces executive to hand over internal Facebook documents

The UK Parliament has seized important internal Facebook documents from an executive of the software start-up Six4Three. The unprecedented move is believed to be partly in response for Mark Zuckerberg’s failure to stand before Bri...

Daniel R Deakin, 25 Nov 2018 21:30

LinkedIn used 18 million non-user emails to buy targeted ads on Facebook

In a report published by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), it was revealed that LinkedIn has been using 18 million non-user emails to generate targeted ads on Facebook. It was also shown that LinkedIn has been using th...

Sam Medley, 25 Nov 2018 08:03

It's not the first time Google Play has suffered from malware issues. (Source: Tech Viral)

Google Play security exposed by malware hidden in fake driving games

According to malware researcher Lukas Stefanko, Google Play users have installed a number of driving game apps that are actually malware. The 13 affected apps, which all come from the same developer, had been downloaded and instal...

Daniel R Deakin, 21 Nov 2018 21:24

Connor Allsopp (left) and Matthew Hanley (right) have been jailed for their parts in the 2015 TalkTalk hack. (Source: Metropolitan Police)

Two men imprisoned for their involvement in the 2015 TalkTalk hack

Two men have been jailed in England for their parts in the hacking of TalkTalk in 2015, which cost the British telecoms company an estimated £77 million (~ US$98.5 million). TalkTalk has already been fined £400,000 (~ US$512,000) ...

Alex Alderson, 21 Nov 2018 13:46

Image source: Wikipedia, stock photos (w/ edits)

Chinese government accuses Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix of fixing DRAM prices

Chinese officials, citing "massive evidence," have accused Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix of colluding and fixing the price of DRAM. If the allegations are true, the three largest DRAM manufacturers in the world would be directly r...

Sam Medley, 21 Nov 2018 06:54

Tumblr kicked out from the App Store due to child pornography

Tumblr's disappearance from Apple's App Store finally has an official reason: what was first simply described as "an issue" was, in fact, child pornography that slipped through the filters — enough of it to make the app vanish. Th...

Codrut Nistor, 20 Nov 2018 20:16

IBM's Watson explores its inner artist by writing a commercial for Lexus

Another industry may soon be replaced by robots - IBM's Watson AI scripted a 60-second commercial for luxury car brand Lexus. Watson was fed 15 years worth of award-winning commercials and was able to outline and script the basis ...

Sam Medley, 20 Nov 2018 06:22

EE and Virgin Media have been fined millions of pounds for mischarging early-exit fees. (Source: Own)

EE and Virgin Media fined £13.3 million by Ofcom for overcharging hundreds of thousands of customers

The British regulator Ofcom has announced that it has fined EE and Virgin Media £6.3 million (~ US$8.035 million) and £7 million (~ US$8.928 million) respectively. The regulator has fined the two companies principally for overchar...

Alex Alderson, 16 Nov 2018 10:33

Image via "DeepMasterPrints: Generating MasterPrints for Dictionary Attacks via Latent Variable Evolution"

NYU researchers developed an AI that can imitate fingerprints to bypass biometric readers

In a paper presented at a biometric securities conference, a research team from NYU showed off a new algorithm for cracking fingerprint readers. The system, named "DeepMasterPrints," operates in similar fashion to a dictionary att...

Sam Medley, 15 Nov 2018 21:15

Nintendo wins $12 million from ROM site LoveRoms

Nintendo has won $12 million in a settlement with LoveRoms.com and LoveRETRO.co, two ROM distribution sites it sued this past summer. The couple that operated the two sites admitted that they participated in copyright infringement...

Sam Medley, 14 Nov 2018 06:17

Image via CloudFlare (Google Play Store)

CloudFlare releases an Android app to change your phone's DNS

CloudFlare has released a new app that will route your Android device's internet traffic through its local services, effectively changing your phone's DNS. While this may be a boon for privacy advocates that bemoan the lack of DNS...

Sam Medley, 12 Nov 2018 02:11

Amazon will prevent unauthorized third-parties from selling Apple products through its online store

In a deal struck with Apple to begin selling the newest Apple products, Amazon has announced it will ban unauthorized third-party sellers from listing or selling Apple products through Amazon. While sellers can become an authoriz...

Sam Medley, 11 Nov 2018 05:28

Snapchat sues Instagram influencer for not promoting Snapchat Spectacles

After failing to fulfill a contract with Snapchat's PR firm, PR Consultants (PRC), Instagram influencer and actor Luka Sabbat is being sued by PRC for $90,000. Sabbat signed a contract with PRC to promote Snapchat's Spectacles v2 ...

Sam Medley, 01 Nov 2018 05:25

Websites could battle more bots without interrupting users thanks to reCAPTCHA v3

Google's latest iteration of the reCAPTCHA system, reCAPTCHA v3, is now available to website administrators and webmasters. reCAPTCHA v3 runs in the background, tracking user behavior and assigning a risk score based on that behav...

Sam Medley, 31 Oct 2018 17:11

The Amazon Fire 7 Kids Edition is a tablet designed for kids. (Image via Amazon)

Apps marketed at young children have a major ad problem

In a recent study concerning children and media consumption, researchers discovered that the majority of apps targeted at children 5 years of age and younger contained advertising. Some of these ads were not clearly marked, were d...

Sam Medley, 30 Oct 2018 16:53

Google pledges US $25 million to developing "AI for social good"

Google launched a new grant initiative today, seeking to fund teams that want to develop "AI for social good." Dubbed the AI Impact Challenge, the initiative will award $25 million across multiple teams that qualify based on the s...

Sam Medley, 30 Oct 2018 05:40

Twitter will soon be removing the Like button. (Source: The Verge)

Twitter contemplating on removing the 'Like' button to improve quality of debate

Twitter might remove the red heart-shaped Like button soon as per reports by The Telegraph. According to the report, the decision to remove the Like button is to foster a healthier climate for debate. Twitterati, on the other hand...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 29 Oct 2018 16:03

Paypal bans alternative social media site Gab due to posts of the Pittsburgh shooter

Gab, a social media alternative to the likes of Facebook and Twitter, has come under fire yet again for posts from its users. This time, anti-Semitic posts from the Pittsburgh shooter, who shot and killed 11 people in a synagogue ...

Sam Medley, 29 Oct 2018 00:50

The original jailbreaking tool. (Image via CultOfMac)

U.S. Copyright Office may make circumventing DRM (jailbreaking) for repair purposes legal... sort of

A list of proposed rules put out by the U.S. Copyright Office would make jailbreaking devices like smartphones and smart speakers completely legal, if adopted. Jailbreaking, or circumventing DRM, is currently in a legally grey are...

Sam Medley, 26 Oct 2018 05:54

Yahoo suffered from massive data breaches in 2013 and 2014. (Source: PYMNTS)

Yahoo to pay US$50 million in data breach damages

Web service provider Yahoo has agreed to pay out US$50 million in damages in response to the huge data breaches the company suffered from in 2013 and 2014. Once the settlement has been legally approved, Yahoo accountholders affect...

Daniel R Deakin, 24 Oct 2018 21:35

China has been accused of installing spy chips in servers used by U.S. companies like Apple and Amazon. (Source: PCMag)

Supermicro to carry out internal review in Chinese spy chip case

Supermicro has sent out a letter to its customers to reassure them that the tech company will be carrying out a thorough internal review of its hardware in regard to allegations made by a Bloomberg article. The news item argued th...

Daniel R Deakin, 22 Oct 2018 19:52

The EU wants big tech to pay more taxes. (Source: Irish Independent)

France's finance minister gets 'EU Tech Tax' argument going again

The European Union (EU) has been planning legislation to curb the at-least perceived tax-dodging practices of big tech firms with bases within the union. It involves taxing revenues from online ads at the per-EU point of target. T...

Deirdre O Donnell, 20 Oct 2018 13:24

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, grows daily searches by 50% to 30 million

DuckDuckGo is quickly becoming a popular alternative to Google's increasingly invasive search engine. The privacy-focused search tool just announced hitting 30 million searches a day. While this is a far cry from the 3.5+ billion ...

Sam Medley, 11 Oct 2018 23:42

Bloomberg claims that almost 30 US companies were affected by the alleged Chinese spy chips. (Source ITPro)

US Homeland Security statement plays down Bloomberg spy chips claim

The US Department of Homeland Security has issued a statement that seems to refute Bloomberg’s claim that a significant number of US companies had been compromised due to clandestine microchips reporting sensitive data back to Chi...

Daniel R Deakin, 07 Oct 2018 20:32

Jerry Brown only had until midnight to sign SB822, which is the Net Neutrality law that was signed earlier today. (Source: Jerry Brown)

California's Net Neutrality law is signed in, US Department of Justice immediately sues

Finally, after a month since the law was approved by California's legislative branch, Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law SB822, their Net Neutrality legislation. However, just hours after the law was signed, the Department o...

Matthew Connatser, 01 Oct 2018 19:38

50 million Facebook accounts were compromised due to a security flaw

A Facebook breach has compromised almost 50 million accounts. After discovering the breach on September 25, the company reset the access tokens of the 50 million affected accounts and 40 million others as a precautionary step. The...

Sam Medley, 30 Sep 2018 00:07

Chrome now automatically logs you into the browser without telling you

The latest version of Google's Chrome browser will now automatically log users in if they log into any Google service. This, in turn, opens the door for the user's browsing data to be accessed by Google. While this isn't the case ...

Sam Medley, 25 Sep 2018 23:40

Ajit Pai has been criticized for his repeal on Net Neutrality and his close ties with the broadband industry. (Source: Mashable)

The New York Times has sued the FCC over allegations of hiding evidence of Russian interference in Net Neutrality repeal

In June 2017, the New York Times's request to view server information related to public comments on the repeal of Net Neutrality was denied on the grounds that it would reveal private information. Now, after months of back and for...

Matthew Connatser, 22 Sep 2018 23:18

Twitch is now banned in China

Over the past week, fewer and fewer Chinese users have been able to access Twitch. As of September 20th, Twitch's site and official iOS App were shut down in China, rendering them inaccessible within the nation. While the reason f...

Sam Medley, 21 Sep 2018 22:52

You can now play your own NES ROMs on Nintendo Switch Online thanks to a new hack

Less than 24 hours after its launch, Nintendo's Switch Online service has already been hacked to allow gamers to load their own custom NES ROMs in to the NES library. The process, which seems to be simple, is possible because of N...

Sam Medley, 20 Sep 2018 23:13

Tesla may be under criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) may have opened up a criminal investigation into Telsa incorporated after statements made by CEO Elon Musk last month. Two sources familiar with the company and this matter have stated...

Sam Medley, 18 Sep 2018 21:38

Net Neutrality has been one of the hottest issues of all time in American politics, even during the Obama era. (Source: The Verge)

California's Net Neutrality bill is soon to become law

After a highly public campaign to pass the bill SB822, which will serve as a replacement for the FCC's Net Neutrality rules, the legislative branch of California has approved the bill. Assuming the Democratic Governor Jerry Brown ...

Matthew Connatser, 02 Sep 2018 19:29

Yahoo reportedly sells its users' email data to advertisers. (Source: lifewire.com)

Yahoo is still profiting off your email data

Yahoo, which is now a part of Oath Inc., has been reported to persist in the sale of user email data to advertisers. This practice, which Google for one has sworn off in the past, may include the scanning of information concerning...

Deirdre O Donnell, 29 Aug 2018 23:30

Microsoft is currently being probed for bribery over deals in Hungary. (Source: Value Investor)

Microsoft fires employees found involved in Hungarian Government bribes

Microsoft has confirmed that it has fired four employees and terminated business relationships with four partners in Hungary over ongoing probings for bribery and corruption. The investigation is on for sale of Microsoft software ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 24 Aug 2018 09:58

Image source: The Age (Artist: Matt Golding)

An Australian teenager hacked into Apple's secure network and stole 90 GB of data

A Melbourne, Australia based teenager was able to remotely hack and access some of Apple's secure servers for over a year, downloading over 90 GB of secure files and customer information. Using hacking software to obtain authorize...

Sam Medley, 17 Aug 2018 00:04

US President Donald Trump signs bill that bans ZTE and Huawei hardware from governmental use August 2018

No Huawei and ZTE handsets for the US government, decides President Trump

Although ZTE can sell its products to the civilian consumers all over the US, a recent bill that was signed by Donal Trump bans the government use of any device made by the Chinese brand due to security issues. Even more, this bil...

Codrut Nistor, 14 Aug 2018 23:03

The GDPR requires increased transparency and data-use options for EU citizens. (Source: flickr)

More than 1000 US news websites are still blocked in EU

The GDPR was instituted in May 2018. However, it appears that over a thousand websites (at least) have not complied with it. Therefore, users with EU IP addresses cannot access their content. An independent archivist maintains a w...

Deirdre O Donnell, 10 Aug 2018 12:30

Contact number of the UIDAI was discovered in Indian Android phones. (Source India TV)

Google admits to 'inadvertently coding' Aadhaar helpline number in Indian Android phones

Smartphone users in India are reporting seeing an entry for a contact in their phonebook that purportedly belongs to a Government authority. The number apparently was added without users' consent and Google has now issued a clarif...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 05 Aug 2018 08:44

Ron Wyden wants all US Government sites to remove Adobe Flash content by next year. (Source: Fossbytes)

US Government agencies asked to stop using Adobe Flash

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has instructed Government agencies to come up with procedures to remove Adobe Flash from all US Government sites and PCs by August 1, 2019 citing Adobe's end of Flash support by end of 2020. This move is b...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 29 Jul 2018 19:33

The WPA3 security protocol is now official. (Source: Phone Year)

Wi-Fi gets its biggest update in 14 years — WPA3 security protocol now official

The ubiquitous and all-pervasive Wi-Fi is receiving its first major update in 14 years with the announcement of the WPA3 authentication protocol by the Wi-Fi Alliance. WPA3 is the successor to WPA2, which was the target of many ha...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 26 Jun 2018 17:11

U.S. government wants Google to break up with Huawei

In a second letter this month, lawmakers are again expressing concern that Google has been showing preference in working with the Chinese telecommunications company rather than the U.S. army. The search giant only sees Huawei as j...

Allen Ngo, 21 Jun 2018 22:33

BitTorrent bought by Tron cryptocurrnecy creator

Tron's creator Justin Sun hopes to make the Internet more decentralized and in order to further this plan he just bought BitTorrent Inc. The popular peer-to-peer sharing platform combined with blockchain tech could revolutionize t...

Bogdan Solca, 19 Jun 2018 19:48

There have been similar reports. (Source: Telegraph)

Chinese police now installs surveillance software on tourists' phones

A user on Reddit has narrated the tales of their trip into China, which saw the country’s border police accost them and install what was almost definitely surveillance software on their Android devices.

Ricci Rox, 11 Jun 2018 13:06

The Cambridge Analytica scandal leads to a month-long Facebook ban in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea to ban Facebook

Facebook will be banned in Papua New Guinea for a month, but the starting day has not been unveiled yet. The reason for this is to allow the government's analysts to track down those behind fake accounts, adult uploads, and those ...

Codrut Nistor, 31 May 2018 14:50

Over 40 million copies of PUBG have been sold across all the platforms it is available on. (Source: GameSpot)

PUBG takes on Epic in South Korean court

An article from English-language newspaper The Korea Times has revealed that PUBG Corporation has filed a lawsuit in the Seoul Central District Court against Epic Games, the developer of battle royale rival Fortnite. PUBG Corporat...

Daniel R Deakin, 29 May 2018 03:56

ZTE was initially banned from doing business with US companies for seven years after breaking trade sanctions. (Source: Reuters)

Update | Trump administration working on ZTE deal

A report by The New York Times has stated that the Trump administration has worked out a deal that would prevent ZTE from complete collapse. According to a source familiar with the matter, ZTE would have to comply with a number of...

Daniel R Deakin, 25 May 2018 23:50

Cyberlaw

Samsung tech secrets sold to Chinese competitor

DriveSavers can now recover data from locked smartphones for a mere $3,900

Two weeks ahead of release, a full copy of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been leaked

Apple heads to U.S. Supreme Court to argue against App Store monopoly lawsuit

UK Parliament forces executive to hand over internal Facebook documents

LinkedIn used 18 million non-user emails to buy targeted ads on Facebook

Google Play security exposed by malware hidden in fake driving games

Two men imprisoned for their involvement in the 2015 TalkTalk hack

Chinese government accuses Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix of fixing DRAM prices

Tumblr kicked out from the App Store due to child pornography

IBM's Watson explores its inner artist by writing a commercial for Lexus

EE and Virgin Media fined £13.3 million by Ofcom for overcharging hundreds of thousands of customers

NYU researchers developed an AI that can imitate fingerprints to bypass biometric readers

Nintendo wins $12 million from ROM site LoveRoms

CloudFlare releases an Android app to change your phone's DNS

Amazon will prevent unauthorized third-parties from selling Apple products through its online store

Snapchat sues Instagram influencer for not promoting Snapchat Spectacles

Websites could battle more bots without interrupting users thanks to reCAPTCHA v3

Apps marketed at young children have a major ad problem

Google pledges US $25 million to developing "AI for social good"

Twitter contemplating on removing the 'Like' button to improve quality of debate

Paypal bans alternative social media site Gab due to posts of the Pittsburgh shooter

U.S. Copyright Office may make circumventing DRM (jailbreaking) for repair purposes legal... sort of

Yahoo to pay US$50 million in data breach damages

Supermicro to carry out internal review in Chinese spy chip case

France's finance minister gets 'EU Tech Tax' argument going again

DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, grows daily searches by 50% to 30 million

US Homeland Security statement plays down Bloomberg spy chips claim

California's Net Neutrality law is signed in, US Department of Justice immediately sues

50 million Facebook accounts were compromised due to a security flaw

Chrome now automatically logs you into the browser without telling you

The New York Times has sued the FCC over allegations of hiding evidence of Russian interference in Net Neutrality repeal

Twitch is now banned in China

You can now play your own NES ROMs on Nintendo Switch Online thanks to a new hack

Tesla may be under criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice

California's Net Neutrality bill is soon to become law

Yahoo is still profiting off your email data

Microsoft fires employees found involved in Hungarian Government bribes

An Australian teenager hacked into Apple's secure network and stole 90 GB of data

No Huawei and ZTE handsets for the US government, decides President Trump

More than 1000 US news websites are still blocked in EU

Google admits to 'inadvertently coding' Aadhaar helpline number in Indian Android phones

US Government agencies asked to stop using Adobe Flash

Wi-Fi gets its biggest update in 14 years — WPA3 security protocol now official

U.S. government wants Google to break up with Huawei

BitTorrent bought by Tron cryptocurrnecy creator

Chinese police now installs surveillance software on tourists' phones

Papua New Guinea to ban Facebook

PUBG takes on Epic in South Korean court

Update | Trump administration working on ZTE deal

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