Official: US Readying Hacking-Related Sanctions
The US government is preparing to order the first round of sanctions against foreign entities or individuals involved in hacking, according to a senior Department of Justice official, in what will be the first test of the government’s newest tool in cyber deterrence.
April 25, 2015 at 09:45PM
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Starbucks back in business: Internal report blames deleted database table, indicates outage was global
Good news, Starbucks fans: The coffee giant’s stores are open again. Bad news: The coffee isn’t free anymore.
April 25, 2015 at 07:45PM
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Apple Watch Teardown Review
Avert your eyes if you hate destruction porn.
April 25, 2015 at 05:44PM
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Five Disturbing Things You Didn’t Know About Forensic “Science”
There is one thing that all troubling forensic techniques have in common: They’re all based on the idea that patterns, or impressions, are unique and can be matched to the thing, or person, who made them. But the validity of this premise has not been subjected to rigorous scientific inquiry.
April 25, 2015 at 07:59AM
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Sleeping next to Wakē, the alarm clock of the future
The device doesn’t live on your bedside table, but instead installs over the top of your bed like a smoke detector. It finds you in your bed and wakes you with a combination of targeted light and sound.
April 25, 2015 at 07:59AM
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Crowdfunding a war: Ukraine’s DIY drone-makers
In a David versus Goliath-like battle, Ukrainian forces look to private companies and crowdfunded volunteer organisations to develop defense software and drone hardware in their fight against Russia.
April 25, 2015 at 06:24AM
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Woman behind Pakistan’s first hackathon, Sabeen Mahmud, shot dead by unknown gunmen
The progressive activist and organizer who ran Pakistan’s first-ever hackathon and led a human rights and a peace-focused nonprofit known as The Second Floor (T2F) was shot dead today by unidentified gunmen in Karachi.
April 24, 2015 at 10:44PM
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The Pentagon is trying to recruit Silicon Valley to join ‘Team America’
Will techies do a tour of duty in “the force of the future”?
April 24, 2015 at 10:05PM
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How to Turn Your Apple Watch Gold
For those of us who can’t afford a gold Apple Watch, there’s this. For those of us who can’t afford any kind of Apple Watch, well, you probably don’t need one anyway.
April 24, 2015 at 06:14PM
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Credit card terminals have used same password since 1990s, claim researchers
While retailers battle breaches that have resulted in tens of millions of credit card numbers stolen, word comes from the RSA Conference in San Francisco that a major vendor of payment terminals has been shipping devices for over two decades with the same default password.
April 24, 2015 at 05:09PM
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