Technology

by Leslie Katz on September 26, 2018 at 12:48 am

RainCube, a satellite small enough to fit into a backpack, is sending radar signals into storms in hopes of giving you a better weather reading. […]

on September 26, 2018 at 12:40 am

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:France says it received 3,767 privacy complaints since GDPR debuted, up 64% YoY, as UK ICO says complaints more than doubled to 6,281 from May 25 to July 3  —  Another European data protection agency has reported a sharp rise in the numbers of complaints since the EU updated […]

by KEVIN ROOSE on September 26, 2018 at 12:31 am

USAReally might look like any other fledgling news organization. But some cybersecurity experts believe it may be part of a retooled Russian propaganda operation. […]

by MIKE ISAAC on September 26, 2018 at 12:31 am

Facebook’s acquisition of the photo-sharing site was a model for making a tech deal work. But slowly losing independence was difficult to accept. […]

by Steven Musil on September 26, 2018 at 12:30 am

Senate committee to query tech giants on their user data protection practices. […]

by Kyle Hyatt on September 26, 2018 at 12:29 am

Watch his 900-horsepower Ford Mustang attack the Green Hell sideways. […]

by Marguerite Reardon on September 26, 2018 at 12:24 am

The FCC says the new rules will cut red-tape, but critics say they weaken the ability of municipalities to negotiate with big carriers. […]

on September 25, 2018 at 11:55 pm

Daniel Roberts / Yahoo! Finance:Coinbase announces a new process to more rapidly list digital assets compliant with local law and will now publicly announce new listings only at or near launch  —  announced on Tuesday a new policy for adding assets, and it constitutes a major change for America's biggest cryptocurrency brokerage. […]

on September 25, 2018 at 11:45 pm

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:Popular ad blocker uBlock Origin gets the option to block all JavaScript execution on a page by default globally or at a domain-specific level  —  New ad blocker update boosts users' privacy and security with JS execution master switch.  —  uBlock Origin, one of the most popular ad blockers today […]

on September 25, 2018 at 11:39 pm

Leading internet search engine Google will acknowledge that it has made "mistakes" on privacy issues in testimony an executive of the Alphabet Inc unit will deliver to a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday, according to a document reviewed by Reuters. […]

on September 25, 2018 at 11:35 pm

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:Uber launches the Global Security Center, a Washington, DC-based hub that will manage the company's responses to global crises such as natural disasters  —  When hurricanes strike, Uber's new centralized security team will make decisions to cap prices or suspend servic […]

on September 25, 2018 at 11:20 pm

Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:Cody Wilson quits as director of Defense Distributed, which he founded to distribute blueprints of guns that can be 3D printed, following sexual assault charges  —  Defense Distributed, the Texas company founded to distribute blueprints of guns that can be made by a 3-D printer […]

by Gordon Gottsegen on September 25, 2018 at 11:14 pm

Update: Verizon says service has returned to some markets in the South. […]

on September 25, 2018 at 11:05 pm

Rose Behar / Android Police:Instagram adds notifications to its web apps and Instagram Lite, which is still in testing  —  If you use Instagram's mobile web app, then you've likely been waiting patiently for the addition of notifications since it launched in the first half of 2017.  That wait is finally over. […]

by Steven Musil on September 25, 2018 at 11:02 pm

Antivirus software on a home PC reportedly scooped up the information. […]

by Kyle Hyatt on September 25, 2018 at 10:56 pm

It's kind of a zany move, even by flying car standards, but this patent application could be a sign of things to come from Toyota. […]

on September 25, 2018 at 10:15 pm

Tom Warren / The Verge:Microsoft announces that it is enabling keyboard and mouse support on the Xbox One, rolling out first to Xbox Insiders in the coming weeks  —  Game developers will have to enable the support  —  Microsoft is enabling keyboard and mouse support on the Xbox One. […]

on September 25, 2018 at 10:12 pm

A U.S. Justice Department "listening session" with state attorneys general on Tuesday focused on protecting consumer privacy when big technology companies amass vast troves of data, but came to no immediate conclusions, three participants said after the meeting. […]

by Sean Buckley on September 25, 2018 at 10:12 pm

You'll be able to use any USB keyboard to play games on your Xbox One, but only if the developer enables it. […]

on September 25, 2018 at 10:10 pm

Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:Former NSA employee Nghia Hoang Pho sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for taking home classified files that were then allegedly stolen by Russian hackers  —  A mysterious hacker clan.  A controversial Russian cybersecurity specialist.  A top-secret developer with sticky fingers. […]

on September 25, 2018 at 10:05 pm

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News:Safari's Siri Suggested Websites feature found promoting conspiracy sites and misinformation; Apple says it removes any inappropriate suggestions when notified  —  Apple's Safari, one of the internet's most popular web browsers, has been surfacing debunked conspiracies, shock videos […]

by Sean Buckley on September 25, 2018 at 10:03 pm

Microsoft's Forza Horizon 4-centric Xbox event included some surprises. […]

on September 25, 2018 at 9:56 pm

Apple Inc shaved some parts from the display in its largest new iPhone, helping keep costs under control in what has become the priciest component of its phones in recent years, according to a new cost analysis of the device. […]

on September 25, 2018 at 9:55 pm

Leslie Picker / CNBC:Sources: SurveyMonkey to price its IPO at $12/share, above the range, due to strong demand from investors in advance of its first day of trading on Wednesday  —  SurveyMonkey is aiming to price above the $9 to $11 it had been seeking in its initial public offering thanks to stronger […]

by Sean Gallagher on September 25, 2018 at 9:40 pm

Former TAO coder took home tools to study in hopes of a better performance review. […]