Security researchers have found two separate instances of hackers using Android apps to conduct highly targeted surveillance in the Middle East. The apps are built from two separate families of surveillance-focused malware, both targeting around a thousand unsuspecting users. The so-called ViperRAT malware was incorporated into two apps, and it has previously targeted members of […]
After addressing the Spectre and Meltdown design flaws, Intel is using its chips to boost cybersecurity software at Microsoft and Cisco. Intel wants you to know its chips have security baked into them. The computer processor giant unveiled on Monday two new features designed to improve the efficiency of computers running security programs that detect […]
Lea Kissner is back at her alma mater, the University of California at Berkeley, armed with a crisp gray blazer, a slide deck, and a laptop with a ‘My Other Car Is A Pynchon Novel’ sticker on it. Since graduating in 2002, she’s earned a PhD at Carnegie Mellon in cryptography and worked her way […]
SAN FRANCISCO — As publicity stunts go, raising money by selling flame throwers is tough to beat. But when it comes to real fundraising, Elon Musk has opted to dig in the old fashioned way: by raising capital from investors for his tunnel-burrowing enterprise, The Boring Company. Musk’s latest enterprise raised $113 million from 31 […]
Tesla isn’t even close to putting its recently revealed Tesla Roadster into production and yet there’s already a wave of companies trying to outpace it. On one end, you have Rimac, with a more traditional electric road car, and now on the other end there’s this Taiwanese company called Xing with a cute little off-road […]
ESA’s Mars Express orbiter has continued getting main software upgrades which will enable it extend its service life for many years to come. The space agency on Sunday uploaded the updated veteran deep space probe’s computers. This will remain stored in the device’s memory until a programmed restart on April 16th. The success if this […]
Thousands of apps may be tracking the online activity of children in ways that violate US privacy laws, according to a recent survey of Android apps available on the Google Play store. Using an “automatic evaluation of the privacy behaviors of Android apps,” a team of university researchers and computer scientists concluded that of 5,855 […]
In case you missed the news last week, Billy Mitchell, who considers himself the top Donkey Kong player in the world, was stripped of his high score records at Twin Galaxies, after evidence indicated that he achieved his high scores through a MAME emulator. As a result, all of his records have been expunged, and […]
The research firm Creative Strategies has conducted a new survey that gauges the impact of the recent privacy scandal among Facebook users in the United States. This study was conducted by surveying a panel of 1000 Americans, which the research group noted is representative of the general population of the United States in terms of […]
Sega is getting in on the nostalgic, miniature console trend. Yesterday at Sega Fes 2018, It announced that it will release the the Mega Drive Mini, a miniature version of the Mega Drive, sometime in 2018. The company also announced that it would be bringing a number of classic games to the Nintendo Switch this […]
Apple will repair select Apple Watch Series 2 models that do not power on or have a swollen battery free of charge as part of a new service policy. “Apple has determined that under certain conditions, some Apple Watch Series 2 devices may not power on or they may experience an expanded battery,” wrote Apple, […]
Google is testing a new navigation bar for Android P that looks similar to Apple’s new gesture and UI on the iPhone X. Google accidentally revealed the new navigation bar in an Android developers blog post (cached copy), and the company removed a screenshot it posted of it in action. The new navigation bar no […]
