Wikileaks got everyone’s attention again this week, with dire headlines proclaiming the entire American government spook infrastructure had just been decimated by the secret-smashing site. Hold on to your hyperbole: there’s a lot more to this story. Julian Assange, true to form, has shared a little leaked data and promised [Keep reading]
Howard Schmidt had an incredible American life. He was cyberczar to two presidents – a Republican and a Democrat. Before that, he ran security at Microsoft, and later practically rescued eBay when it was turning into a cesspool of fraud. He was a soldier (Air Force, then the Army Reserves), [Keep reading]
Several major online job listing sites potentially discriminate against older job applicants because of age limitations built into their software, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan alleged on Thursday. Menus that let users create resumes and profiles prevent would-be applicants from entering years beyond a certain date, in some cases prohibiting [Keep reading]
A stunning number of Americans say they’ve been victimized by a digital crime, like credit card fraud (41 percent). But even more say they write their passwords down on a piece of paper (49 percent). In fact, Americans have a lot of bad digital habits. Some 41% say they have [Keep reading]
Before there was fake news, there was the “pseudo-event.” Fake news, the concept, is hardly new. Some argue that it dates back as far as the Golden Spike which completed American’s first transcontinental railroad, back in 1869. One could argue that the thing which finally unified America set the stage [Keep reading]
In December, I told you about the creepy coming “Internet of Toys” — and a hot new doll named My Friend Cayla that consumer groups warned could spy on your children. This week, Germany authorities banned the doll and warned parents not to allow it in their homes. “The Bundesnetzagentur has [Keep reading]
One woman sent this Prince Charming $90,000. Several bought wedding dresses, planning for the big event when their solider boyfriend returned from his overseas deployment. He showered them with poetry, cards, flowers, stuffed animals, and chocolates. They mailed him laptop computers, cell phones and tablets — things he needed for his “mission.” [Keep reading]
It can seem like no one wins when your Facebook feed is full of partisan political bickering, but indeed, there is a big winner: Facebook. And, most social media firms. There’s a loser, too: U.S. worker productivity, at least according to one new survey. Employees say they are spending TWO [Keep reading]
What’s with the suddenly disappearing Presidential Executive Orders? Perhaps the Trump administration is growing more careful with the way it rolls out new orders. Or, perhaps there’s some other explanation for an entire day’s White House events calling attention to orders that then…seem to vaporize. It’s happened twice in the past [Keep reading]
Comcast Cable TV subscribers were throwing penalty flags all over Twitter on Sunday night when an apparent outage prevented them from watching the Super Bowl. It was unclear how widespread the troubles were. Comcast’s customer support account, @ComcastCares, confirmed outages in Virginia. Outages in that area were caused by [Keep reading]
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