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Oct 17, 2019
Sextortion campaigns are back with a vengeance.
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Oct 16, 2019
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has been critical of Big Tech for quite some time, but in a Wednesday interview he joined a growing group of lawmakers, technologists and activists who support breaking up Facebook.
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Oct 16, 2019
The South Korean operator of a child pornography website described as the "largest dark web child porn marketplace" has been indicted by a federal grand jury, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
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Oct 16, 2019
Exactly 360 years to the day since the Dutch merchant ship Melckmeyt was wrecked off a remote Icelandic island, experts have harnessed virtual reality to create a stunning virtual dive of the wreck.
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Oct 16, 2019
Exactly 360 years to the day since the Dutch merchant ship Melckmeyt was wrecked off a remote Icelandic island, experts have harnessed virtual reality to create a stunning virtual dive of the wreck.
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Oct 16, 2019
While the particular state of the Army's Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle competition may seem somewhat tangled and uncertain, there does appear to be an unambiguous, aggressive Army intention to field a new infantry fighting vehicle that breaks new ground -- when it comes to lethality, protection, deployability, speed, firepower and AI-enabled sensing. Of equal significance, the Army seeks a vehicle "soon," which can be upgraded effectively.
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Oct 16, 2019
Despite credit card issuers pushing new security measures every year, credit card theft is still a rampant crime. In fact, Federal Trade Commission reports show a significant spike in credit card fraud from the first quarter to the second quarter this year, with about 110,000 reports.
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Oct 15, 2019
Twitter will restrict how users can interact with tweets from world leaders who violate its rules.
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Oct 15, 2019
They can form swarms of hundreds of mini, precision-guided explosives, overwhelm radar or simply blanket an area with targeting sensors. They can paint or light up air, ground or sea targets for enemy fighters, missiles or armored vehicles, massively increasing warzone vulnerability. The can instantly emerge from behind mountains to fire missiles at Army convoys, infantry on the move or even mechanized armored columns.
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Oct 15, 2019
An experimental attack helicopter that looks like a flying saucer has been unveiled in China.
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Oct 15, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google unveiled a new Pixel smartphone and other hardware devices Tuesday, all aimed at getting people even more dependent on its artificial-intelligence services.
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Oct 14, 2019
A fake video that shows President Trump murdering journalists, which was condemned today by the White House, does not violate YouTube's rules.
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Oct 14, 2019
Attacking enemy lines as a heavily up-gunned armored robot, firing lasers, knocking enemy drones out of the air with "elevating" weapons, controlling air and ground drones as networked "nodes" in war and using AI to organize long-range targeting data -- are all desired attributes for the Army's new infantry vehicle - the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle.
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Oct 14, 2019
Apple may soon launch its cheapest iPhone in years - with a price tag of just $399.
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Oct 14, 2019
If you had a Yahoo account between 2012 and 2016, you may be entitled to compensation as the tech giant looks to settle a class-action lawsuit against it after it suffered several data breaches.
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Oct 13, 2019
Hacked cameras, tracking infidelity, your Amazon public profile and much more in this week's Tech Q&A from Kim Komando.
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Oct 12, 2019
Spill one cup of coffee, and you fry your laptop. Drop your tablet while taking a photo, and it can plunge to its doom. Lose your grip on a smartphone, and your $1,000 device could slip through a drainage grate and disappear forever.
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Oct 11, 2019
Surrounded by enemy fire, trapped in a valley between mountains and unable to use certain sensors, drones, fire-control and radar applications, a forward-positioned Army infantry unit suddenly finds itself with no radio, sensors, electronics... or GPS. Their communications are jammed, disabled and rendered useless, making them isolated and vulnerable to lethal air and ground attacks. Does this outnumbered infantry unit have any options with which to avoid destruction? How can they get air support or armored vehicle reinforcement?
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Oct 10, 2019
Amazon spokesperson Jay Carney backtracked on Thursday after being called out for questioning the patriotrism of the Trump administration.
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Oct 10, 2019
The European Union is fearful that 5G networks could cause "security challenges" if they're exposed to state-backed companies.
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Oct 10, 2019
Less than 24 hours after Apple received criticism from a state-run media company in China for reinstating the HKMap app in the App Store the tech giant has pulled the app again.
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Oct 10, 2019
The U.S.-based gaming giant Activision Blizzard -- which made a player forfeit $10,000 in prize money and banned him from a game for one year after he voiced support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong -- was slammed by critics Tuesday who accused the company of prioritizing its pursuit of business in China over supporting free speech.
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Oct 09, 2019
The Russian social media campaign against the U.S. targeted no single group more than African-Americans, a new federal report concludes.
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Oct 09, 2019
A shooting near a German synagogue on Wenesday that left two people dead and was motivated by anti-Semitism was live-streamed on the online streaming platform Twitch.
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Oct 09, 2019
If land-based precision artillery, maneuvering Air Force fighter jets and Navy destroyers were all able to seamlessly share sensitive targeting information in real time during high-intensity combat, the Pentagon would be closely approaching its currently-envisioned concept of modern joint multi-domain warfare.
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Oct 09, 2019
Apple may be getting close to launching its long-awaited augmented reality headset, according to an influential analyst.
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Oct 09, 2019
Apple is under fire in China after an article in the state-owned media China Daily accused the tech giant of "helping [Hong Kong] rioters engage in more violence."
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Oct 09, 2019
In 2018, Amazon's share of the U.S. e-commerce market hit a whopping 49%. To put things in perspective, this amount is more than Amazon's top three competitors combined, with eBay coming in at 6.6%, Apple at 3.9% and Walmart at 3.7%.
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Oct 08, 2019
Twitter apologized on Monday after allowing a phrase that roughly translates to mean "Die Trump" briefly trend in Turkey.
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Oct 08, 2019
Exploding enemy targets with precision artillery, "lasing" ground targets for drone air attack and waging close-combat urban warfare with hand-carried small arms -- are all scenarios entertained recently in high-tech virtual training wargame designed to closely replicate anticipated future warfare.
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Oct 08, 2019
A video showing a series of unidentified flying objects over North Carolina's Outer Banks has gone viral on YouTube, racking up more than 370,000 views.
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Oct 08, 2019
The maker of Fortnite may face a class-action lawsuit in Canada after two parents of teenage sons alleged last week the company purposely designed the multiplayer video game to be as addictive as cocaine.
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Oct 07, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Domino's Pizza, clearing the way for a lawsuit filed by a blind man alleging the chain's website and mobile-phone app are not accessible to people with disabilities.
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Oct 07, 2019
The B-52 will be armed with long-range, nuclear cruise missiles… the B-2 will elude the most modern air defenses and the B-1B bomber will fire hypersonic weapons -- if the Air Force's plan for the next several decades comes to fruition.
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Oct 06, 2019
Kim Komando answers questions about hackers, smart tech for seniors, how to archive your analog and much more.
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Oct 05, 2019
Cue the applause — Apple released a new operating system.
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Oct 04, 2019
PayPal is pulling out of a group of companies assembled by Facebook to launch its new cryptocurrency payments network.
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Oct 04, 2019
An Amazon delivery center in California reportedly rehired two warehouse workers after their colleagues organized to demand they be reinstated.
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Oct 04, 2019
Hackers linked to the Iranian government have targeted an undisclosed U.S presidential campaign, Microsoft said Friday.
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Oct 04, 2019
A glitch in the new "FIFA 20" video game has exposed the personal details of a number of players.
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Oct 04, 2019
At the world's premier hackers convention, hacking a voter system was as easy as ever, according to media reports.
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Oct 04, 2019
In the aftermath of last month's Saudi oil field attacks, believed to have been carried out by Iran, cybersecurity experts have detected an uptick in Iranian movement — and they contend it aims to both guard their nation against cyber retaliation and to launch its own attacks in the shadowy arena of cyberspace.
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Oct 04, 2019
Apple is boosting the production of the iPhone 11 due to " better-than-expected demand," according to a media report.
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Oct 03, 2019
Attorney General William Barr is demanding that Facebook stop its plan for end-to-end encryption across its messaging services.
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Oct 03, 2019
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's highest court ruled Thursday that individual member countries can force Facebook to remove what they regard as unlawful material from the social network all over the world - a decision experts say could hinder free speech online and put a heavy burden on tech companies.
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Oct 03, 2019
A hospital network in Alabama is the latest victim in a rash of ransomware attacks in the U.S.
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Oct 03, 2019
The first sketches of an unidentified victim found in a Southern California canyon more than 20 years ago were released this week using new technology.
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Oct 02, 2019
A video showing people casually discussing gene editing and designer babies is making waves because of its source: the government-funded group leading efforts to set standards for the ethically dicey science.
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Oct 02, 2019
Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren took her critique of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg one step further -- in a post on Instagram, which his company owns.
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Oct 02, 2019
While your smartphone is also a great digital camera, its built-in editing software is another story. If you want a professional-grade photo editor, most photographers and graphic designers use Adobe Photoshop. It's been the go-to photo editing program since 1990.
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Oct 02, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren continued her attack on Facebook after audio comments from CEO Mark Zuckerberg were leaked, with Warren stating the company "won't even do the bare minimum to improve transparency."
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Oct 02, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren continued her attack on Facebook after audio comments from CEO Mark Zuckerberg were leaked, with Warren stating the company "won't even do the bare minimum to improve transparency."
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Oct 01, 2019
Facebook is planning to exempt opinion pieces and satire from its fact-checking program, sources told The Wall Street Journal, amid recent controversies over content moderation.
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Oct 01, 2019
The Air Force arming its classic B-1B bomber with long-range, lethal hypersonic weapons able to move at 5-times the speed of sound, skip along the boundaries of the earth's atmosphere and descend upon targets at lightning speed -- before an enemy might have a chance to respond, or even know what's on the way.
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Oct 01, 2019
Leaked audio comments from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly include him saying that the tech company would likely have no choice but to sue the U.S. government to stave off being broken up if Elizabeth Warren becomes president.
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Sep 30, 2019
Talk about stepping back in time.
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Sep 30, 2019
The Air Force is test-dropping an upgraded, multi-function B61-12 nuclear bomb which improves accuracy, integrates various attack options into a single bomb and changes the strategic landscape with regard to nuclear weapons mission possibilities.
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Sep 30, 2019
A band of alien hunters led by an ex-punk rocker claim they've found evidence of UFOs.
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Sep 29, 2019
Phone plans for seniors, podcast gear and smartphone storage space in this week's Tech Q&A.
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Sep 28, 2019
The New York City Police Department is using targeted ads to gauge not just how safe a New Yorker feels in their own neighborhood, but also how much they trust the police there.
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Sep 28, 2019
Decades ago, Silicon Valley promised us the "paperless office." We've gotten closer than before thanks to automatic PDF conversion, e-signed contracts, and tablet displays, which have spared us millions of reams of paper.
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Sep 27, 2019
Pro-life group Live Action slammed Facebook's fact-checking system after an investigation into fact-checker Science Feedback found its conclusions to be fair and accurate.
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Sep 27, 2019
Facebook, a massive and lucrative platform built on engagement, is now going to start hiding likes. But don't fret, it's only for users in Australia -- so far.
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Sep 27, 2019
Each year, the practice of human trafficking generates more than $150 billion in profits. But experts warn that the tools being used even in the most developed societies fall far short of what is needed to put in a dent in its proliferation. So the ingredient that can change the game? Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
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Sep 27, 2019
Interview with Tim Sakulich, director of materials and manufacturing Air Force Research Laboratory and executive lead for Implementing the Air Force Science and Technology strategy.
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Sep 27, 2019
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has been slammed for using the Google Translate tool to vet refugees' social media posts.
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Sep 27, 2019
Anything brand-new always seems wildly exciting.
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Sep 27, 2019
Researchers have unmasked a website masquerading as a job site for U.S. veterans that may have ties to Iran, according to media reports.
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Sep 26, 2019
An activist group pushing for a federal ban on facial recognition blasted Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos over comments this week about the company's efforts to write its own regulations for the controversial technology.
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Sep 26, 2019
Surviving direct-hit enemy bullets to the chest, stopping hot metal fragments from IED explosions and protecting heads from otherwise catastrophic combat collisions - are all known advantages of U.S. Army soldier body armor.
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Sep 26, 2019
A pernicious strain of malware has reemerged that claims to offer Edward Snowden's just-released book as a hook to lure in unsuspecting victims.
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Sep 26, 2019
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has made it clear he thinks artificial intelligence is "humanity's biggest risk," even going so far as to say it could cause World War III. Musk took his caution to another level on Thursday, noting that "advanced AI" will be used to manipulate social media.
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Sep 25, 2019
Good luck finding love online.
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Sep 25, 2019
"Alexa, delete everything I said today."
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Sep 25, 2019
The Pentagon has awarded a nearly $16.3 million contract to Raytheon for a prototype PHASER high-power microwave weapons system, officials announced this week.
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Sep 25, 2019
Google just released a data set containing 3,000 deepfake videos that it created.
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Sep 25, 2019
Data breaches are unfortunately commonplace these days, with some of the most devastating incidents affecting millions of people. Possibly the worst ever was the breach of Yahoo that happened over the span of about four years.
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Sep 24, 2019
The New York Police Department has a new way to figure out if city residents feel safe.
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Sep 24, 2019
A group of Pittsburgh-based Google contractors voted to unionize on Tuesday.
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Sep 24, 2019
Eluding radar, quietly sailing into enemy territory and launching long-range precision attacks from less-detectable positions all begin to paint the picture of how "stealthy" offensive surface destroyers could transform modern maritime warfare.
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Sep 24, 2019
A tech guru hopes to live to the ripe old age of 200 by investing in "immortality science."
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Sep 24, 2019
Apple's insanely expensive new desktop computer will be made in the United States — not China, the company announced Monday.
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Sep 23, 2019
Amazon is planning to announce Alexa-powered wireless earbuds at its product launch on Wednesday, a new report claims.
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Sep 23, 2019
An explosive document written by 45 Google employees alleges that they've been subjected to sexism, broken promises of promotion and other harassment.
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Sep 23, 2019
Drone fighter jets, hypersonic attack planes, artificial intelligence, lasers, electronic warfare and sensors woven into the fuselage of an aircraft are all areas of current technological exploration for the Air Force as it begins early prototyping for a new, 6th-Generation fighter jet to emerge in the 2030s and 2040s.
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Sep 22, 2019
The secrets of the iPhone Pro, a better TV remote, free Microsoft office and much more in this week's Tech Q&A.
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Sep 21, 2019
Your device is like the Alamo. It's fortified and sits in one place. But there's also a gigantic army just outside its walls, eager to break through and destroy everything within. That army will never rest or retreat. The moment you crack a window open, the enemy will swarm you.
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Sep 20, 2019
China has developed the world's first portable sonic gun to control riots, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced.
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Sep 20, 2019
Facebook has suspended tens of thousands of apps that have in some way mishandled user data as the company faces a range of U.S. investigations and potential regulatory actions.
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Sep 20, 2019
Microsoft offers built-in ransomware protection for Windows 10. Here's how to make sure you're protected.
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Sep 20, 2019
An innovative new device is able to generate electricity from the night sky, according to a new study.
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Sep 20, 2019
The attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil fields will drive a massive increase in the need for perimeter security gear, according to a new report.
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Sep 20, 2019
Saudi Arabia defended itself as well as possible from the recent massive attack on its oil facilities -- an attack that the U.S. has blamed on Iran, a military expert said.
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Sep 20, 2019
A Facebook employee reportedly jumped to his death from the fourth floor of a building at the Facebook campus in Northern California Thursday, according to reports.
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Sep 19, 2019
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with President Trump at the White House Thursday, part of a series of visits with lawmakers who have been critical of the social media giant.
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Sep 19, 2019
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with President Trump at the White House Thursday, part of a series of visits with lawmakers who have been critical of the social media giant.
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Sep 19, 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's handling of a fact-checking controversy involving pro-life group Live Action was biased.
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Sep 19, 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's handling of a fact-checking controversy involving pro-life group Live Action was biased.
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Sep 19, 2019
A futuristic, eco-friendly water taxi was pulled over by police on the River Seine in Paris, according to The Independent.
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Sep 19, 2019
Starting in October, users of Amazon's voice-controlled home assistant Alexa will be able to dictate/verbally make a political contribution between $5 and $200 to a participating 2020 presidential candidate, the company announced Wednesday.
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