The Google Play Store on Android devices has been a popular spawning ground for so-called "zombie" apps and games. These apps exist on the store and are usually woefully lacking a privacy policy that…
February 12, 2017 | 08:45 EST
The highly anticipated launch of a new Falcon 9 rocket by SpaceX was delayed recently due to concerns about the weather at the launch site, Vandenberg Air Force base. The launch had been slated for…
January 9, 2017 | 11:00 EST
Life has become pretty futuristic at this point. We have autonomous cars in development, we all have the power of the internet at our fingertips thanks to our smartphones, and we're actually going to…
December 29, 2016 | 10:01 EST
Some of you iPhone 6s owners may have had a few instances where the phone randomly decides to shut itself down, a mechanical flaw that has since been confirmed by Apple. This bug occurs on a "small"…
November 21, 2016 | 11:47 EST
A New York federal court judge has ordered Cloudflare to identify the operators of two websites alleged to be hosting pirated content as reported by TorrentFreak. Cloudflare is a U.S. based company…
October 30, 2016 | 10:45 EDT
The Internet Archive, a nonprofit perhaps best known for its Wayback Machine web page archive service, is celebrating its 20th anniversary as reported by ZDNet. Initially founded in 1996, the…
October 28, 2016 | 08:49 EDT
At a New York event on Wednesday, and followed by an announcement on Microsoft's news feed, the company have revealed a new hybrid desktop/touchscreen device - called the Surface Studio - which aims…
October 27, 2016 | 07:08 EDT
At least Vine's lifespan lasted a lot longer than 7 seconds. Twitter and Vine announced today in a post that in the next coming months, there will no longer be a mobile app for the popular social…
October 27, 2016 | 01:38 EDT
Last week, a DDoS attack targeting the DNS provider Dyn managed to disrupt access to many popular sites like Twitter, Amazon, and PayPal. It was discovered that many Internet of things devices like…
October 24, 2016 | 09:44 EDT
Inside sources have told that Wall Street Journal that the Facebook moderation team wanted to remove a post by presidential candidate Donald Trump. However, leadership at Facebook, including CEO Mark…
October 24, 2016 | 06:47 EDT
Yesterday, people in certain geographical regions found themselves unable to access popular sites like Twitter, Amazon, Spotify, Netflix, PayPal and many more. These outages were the result of a DDoS…
October 22, 2016 | 04:33 EDT
Earlier today, Reuters published an article which suggests that Yahoo has been automatically scanning all of its users' incoming emails at behest of a government agency. This began in 2015, and its…
October 4, 2016 | 06:27 EDT
In terms of free anti-virus software, there are two that likely get used more than any other: Avast and AVG. Back in July, Avast announced the acquisition of rival AVG for $1.3 billion. Back on…
October 4, 2016 | 04:53 EDT
James Lambert, creator of the documentary You Don't Know Hitler, wrote a blog post explaining that the documentary had been taken down from YouTube over a copyright claim. The copyright claim was…
September 26, 2016 | 05:49 EDT
SpaceX has test-fired the "Raptor" rocket engine that's slated for use in their 2024 Mars mission as reported by Engadget. The Raptor rocket engine is planned to be three times more powerful…
September 26, 2016 | 09:30 EDT
One of the most frustrating things as a YouTube creator can be needing a small change in a video, and having to go through an entire encoding process to remake a change. Then you have to upload the…
September 23, 2016 | 01:38 EDT
Today Artem Fedyaev and John Gonzalez, co-founders of the web-based discovery platform myWebRoom announced a new social experience for VR that they are calling myVR. While the majority of VR…
September 22, 2016 | 11:38 EDT
Update: A representative from Lenovo has responded to our inquiry regarding the issue, and has given us the following statement. To improve system performance, Lenovo is leading an…
September 21, 2016 | 09:33 EDT
Following reports of fires caused by Galaxy Note 7 phones, Samsung has voluntarily recalled the devices in ten markets, including the United States. The problem is said to be with the batteries,…
September 12, 2016 | 06:40 EDT
Apple yesterday announced a bunch of new stuff during their 'See You on the 7th' keynote. The biggest thing (at least for yours truly) was the official announcement of the second generation of the…
September 8, 2016 | 11:15 EDT
Last week the European Commission ordered Apple to pay €13 billion, or about $14.5 billion, to the Irish government. The Commission claims that Apple's unusual taxing structure was unfair state aid.…
September 5, 2016 | 10:14 EDT
AMD Polaris based Radeon GPUs have been flying off the shelves since their debut, to say the least. The RX 480's attractive price point for good performance for the reference designed cards have made…
September 1, 2016 | 05:04 EDT
Terms of Services for a website are a fluid thing. As sites grow and mature, the content of their Terms and Services changes, as does the frequency that they enforce it. Unfortunately, it seems that…
August 31, 2016 | 09:08 EDT
Plugging in a Kindle is causing Windows 10 to crash after the Anniversary Update has been applied as reported by The Guardian. Dozens of users of both the Paperwhite and Voyage Kindle devices…
August 29, 2016 | 09:30 EDT
A hacking group is holding an auction for what it claims are cyber weapons. This group, known as The Shadow Brokers, claim to have stolen the hacking tools from another collective called the…
August 16, 2016 | 10:19 EDT
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is pushing for a global initiative to combat encrypted messaging apps. He argues that terrorists evade detection by discussing their plans using encrypted…
August 11, 2016 | 09:49 EDT
Russian authorities have filed a case against Apple, claiming the company is responsible for price-fixing. The Federal Anti-monopoly Service(FAS) states that 16 different retailers across the country…
August 10, 2016 | 05:10 EDT
The Electronic Frontier Foundation(EFF) has petitioned the FTC to introduce labeling rules which would require retailers to warn consumers if products sold on their platforms contain DRM. DRM can be…
August 9, 2016 | 04:07 EDT
If you follow the Twitter account of Niantic CEO John Hanke, you may have noticed some unusual behavior from him. That's because the hacking group OurMine has taken control of his Twitter account…
August 1, 2016 | 12:15 EDT
The Internal Revenue Service has delivered a Notice of Deficiency to Facebook for $3-5 billion as reported by Bloomberg.A Notice of Deficiency (or CP3219A Notice) is a document from the IRS stating…
July 30, 2016 | 10:41 EDT
Microsoft will be removing the ability to change certain policies from Windows 10 Pro according to Ghacks. The change was noted in a Microsoft Technet article last updated on July 27.One of the major…
July 30, 2016 | 11:15 EDT
While the cat is away, the mice will play, so to speak. Public outcry has determined the fate of unpopular bills in the past, so Congress appeared to be hoping the public wasn't looking this time.…
July 12, 2016 | 10:30 EDT
Some of the biggest telecommunication companies in the EU released a few days ago a document called "The 5G Manifesto". The 7 pages document has been written with the combined effort of companies of…
July 11, 2016 | 05:22 EDT
The Senate was seeking unanimous consent to quickly move forward with a vote on a bill that would expand FBI surveillance power. Senator Ron Wyden has voted against the proposal, which has halted the…
June 28, 2016 | 10:08 EDT
Reuters reports that Google and Facebook have quietly begun using automated systems to take down extremist videos. The systems are similar to Google's Content ID system to take down copyright…
June 27, 2016 | 10:27 EDT
Twitch has added the ability for users to send out a personal message when they re-subscribe to a channel according to a post on the official Twitch blog.Previously, when someone decided to continue…
June 21, 2016 | 11:47 EDT
If you pay attention to YouTube at all, you may have heard what Ethan and Hila Klein of H3H3 Productions have been going through recently. In case you haven't, H3H3 Productions is currently in the…
May 27, 2016 | 08:30 EDT
If you're a user of Windows 7, take a look at your "recommend updates" and you'll probably find KB3035583, an update which was first introduced last year that forces you to download the Get Windows…
May 8, 2016 | 10:00 EDT
In the past few months, WhatsApp has been the target of multiple court orders which attempted to force the company to turn over encrypted messages to law enforcement in Brazil. In December, a judge…
May 4, 2016 | 08:35 EDT
AltspaceVR, an application allowing for virtual meetups, has just launched their integration into Slack, a popular team messaging tool. This integration will allow teams to quickly get together in a…
May 4, 2016 | 05:15 EDT
What started as an espionage investigation, eventually turned into a prosecution for possession of child pornography. Evidence of child porn possession was found using a FISA warrant issued by a…
April 29, 2016 | 09:04 EDT
Getty Images, a company which provides stock images for business purposes, has filed a complaint against Google with the European Union's antitrust commission. Getty claims that Google's image search…
April 28, 2016 | 04:58 EDT
USTelecom, a trade association representing broadband service providers, has sent its comments to the US Copyright Office concerning the DMCA. The letter begins by stating the massive growth of the…
April 12, 2016 | 10:22 EDT
Today, Google announced that it will be rolling out a new home phone service called Fiber Phone. The post states that, although mobile phones are an important means of communication, home phones are…
March 29, 2016 | 10:39 EDT
The French data protection authority CNIL announced that it has fined Google €100 000 or about $111 720. The fine is due to the company's failure to comply with an EU directive concerning the right…
March 24, 2016 | 09:53 EDT
Twitter has not been having a great time lately, and things just seem to keep piling on. This time, Twitter has had to notify 10,000 users that their email addresses and phone numbers may have been…
February 18, 2016 | 11:41 EST
Yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook published a post called "A Message to our Customers." The post warns of an FBI request, which if obeyed by Apple, would undermine the encryption on Apple phones.Before…
February 17, 2016 | 08:46 EST
Machine learning algorithms are incredibly useful. Generating search engine results and assisting in scientific research are among the numerous applications of such algorithms. Despite their utility…
February 16, 2016 | 07:40 EST