2017-03-23 21:14
Most Android devices lack latest security patches
Nearly three-quarters of Android devices on the five biggest U.S. carriers are running on security patches that are at least two months old, putting them at greater risk of being hacked.
2017-03-23 20:54
H-1B lottery’s game of chance is legal, judge rules
A lawsuit that challenged the fairness and legality of the H-1B lottery system, describing it as a "never ending game of chance," has been thrown out by a federal judge.
2017-03-23 20:41
Google: Half of Android devices haven’t been patched in a year or more
Google engineers yesterday acknowledged that half of all Android devices had not received a security update in the past year, even as they argued that the firm has made progress in streamlining the open-source operating system's patching process.
2017-03-23 20:22
Fable F#-to-JavaScript tool integrates with Microsoft .Net Core SDK
Fable, a compiler that enables Microsoft's F# "functional first" programming language to emit JavaScript, has reached a 1.0 beta stage, featuring integration with Microsoft's .Net Core SDK.
2017-03-23 19:33
Google's Android Things OS won't work on new Raspberry Pi board
The new Raspberry Pi Zero W was designed to be a board to make internet-of-things devices, but a key OS from Google won't work on the hardware.
2017-03-23 19:27
Updates to Google's Duo, Allo, and Photos apps bring small but important features
Google came packed with a bunch of announcements at its Google for Brazil event, but you don’t need to live in Rio de Janeiro to benefit from them. In addition to the new location sharing in Maps, Google is also rolling out updates to its Duo, Allo,
2017-03-23 19:24
Wikileaks documents show CIA's Mac and iPhone compromises
The U.S. CIA has had tools to infect Apple Mac computers by connecting malicious Thunderbolt Ethernet adapters to them since 2012, according to new documents purported to be from the agency and published by WikiLeaks.
2017-03-23 18:13
Senate votes to kill FCC's broadband privacy rules
The U.S. Senate has voted to kill broadband provider privacy regulations prohibiting them from selling customers' web-browsing histories and other data without their permission.
2017-03-23 18:13
Intel merges AI operations into a new unit
Intel's artificial intelligence efforts have been scattered over many different units but are now being united into a single operating group.
2017-03-23 18:10
Snowden's ex-boss offers tips on stopping insider threats
Steven Bay, a former defense contractor, knows a thing or two about insider threats. For a brief period, he was the boss of Edward Snowden, the famous leaker who stole sensitive files from the U.S. National Security Agency.