Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Keep that in mind as you read stories about possible hacking in this year’s presidential election. They have reached a fever pitch as deadlines for recounts are fast approaching. The facts are these: Hillary Clinton lost the presidency to Donald Trump by a relatively small [Keep reading]
And now for some good news. Fereshteh Forough reminds you about all the wonderful things technology can make happen. This is a story about a coding bootcamp doing things, enabling human beings, in a way that would have been impossible just a few years ago. Women in Afghanistan have bleak [Keep reading]
Sometimes, it’s easy to miss the forest through the trees, and it’s easy to miss the big picture through the data analysis. The story of the 2016 Presidential election is a simple one — Democrats somehow lost 10 million voters between 2008 and 2016. Contrary to the popular narrative du [Keep reading]
Here’s a new kind of ID theft you have to worry about: App ID Theft. Retail apps are cool again, but be careful what you click on. The New York Post revealed recently that Apple’s App Store is getting crowded with fake impostor apps. They appear to be legitimate retail [Keep reading]
There are times when Americans have been able to show an honorable amount of restraint in their communications. World War II and its “Loose Lips might Sink Ships” campaign, for example, when folks bit their tongues and said nothing about where family members might be when fighting in Europe or [Keep reading]
A simple, decade-old hacker trick likely led to the hacking of critical Hillary Clinton staff members. If John Podesta can fall for it, with the Presidential election at stake, so can you. So listen up. I know I sound like a broken record when I warn people to think before they click, [Keep reading]
Kristin Kalning called Wells Fargo bank with a simple issue last week — she wanted to change the mailing address on a small, decades-old IRA account. Instead, she was peppered with what she felt were overly aggressive questions about her personal financial situation, and told she couldn’t do anything with [Keep reading]
It reads like a typical Internet hoax that catches viral fire: “Stand with me at Standing Rock,” the post begins. “The Morton County Sheriff’s Department has been using Facebook check-ins to find out who is at Standing Rock in order to target them in attempts to disrupt the prayer camps.” [Keep reading]
The FCC today ruled that when it comes to your personal information, Internet service providers are more like telephone companies and less like websites — and so it has limited ISPs ability to make money by digitally stalking you and selling that data. The ruling represents a rare win for [Keep reading]
It’s easy to blame dumb consumers using bad passwords when a large-scale Internet attack occurs, and that’s what happened on Friday when sites like Reddit and Twitter became unavailable during an Internet of Things-driven denial of service attack. But a developing melodrama has U.S. security firms saying passwords were hard-coded into the gadgets [Keep reading]
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