2017-02-15 20:31
Maryland lawmaker seeks to unveil H-1B employers
Over the years, state lawmakers and governors have tried to deter the use of foreign workers, mostly with legislation or executive orders prohibiting state work from being completed overseas. But a Maryland lawmaker has what may be a unique approach wi
2017-02-15 19:57
G.Skill's popular mechanical keyboard has dropped to $70
Mechanical keyboards are the gold standard for anyone who spends their day typing. But their price tag can seem daunting, with full-size models that include the 10-key pad costing anywhere from $100 to $120. For some people, it’s easier to just buy
2017-02-15 19:46
Yahoo warns users of account breaches related to recent attacks
Yahoo has begun warning individual users that their accounts with the service may have been compromised in a massive data breach it reported late last year.
2017-02-15 18:54
U.S. solar growth blows away previous records
The U.S. solar market nearly doubled its electricity-generating capacity last year, as 14.6 megawatts (MW) of new photovoltaic capacity was installed throughout the country.
2017-02-15 18:45
JavaScript-based ASLR bypass attack simplifies browser exploits
Researchers have devised a new attack that can bypass one of the main exploit mitigations in browsers: address space layout randomization (ASLR). The attack takes advantage of how modern processors cache memory and, because it doesn't rely on a softwar
2017-02-15 18:33
Everything we think we know about Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S3
It’s been a long time since there’s been any news about a premium Android tablet. What was once a burgeoning product category has fallen flat as high-end phones become bigger and more powerful, and most new tablets that have been released over the
2017-02-15 17:00
Researchers trick 'CEO' email scammer into giving up identity
Businesses targeted in email scams don’t always have to play the victim. They can actually fight back.
2017-02-15 17:00
Browser privacy extension Ghostery is moving to Germany
Cliqz, the German developer of the privacy-focused browser of the same name, has acquired the tracker-blocking browser extension Ghostery and its development team from its creator, Evidon.
2017-02-15 16:32
Google Assistant can now share personal info in Allo, but only if you let it
One of the coolest features of Allo is the ability to bring Google Assistant into any conversation. Just type @google and you can ask Assistant questions like “What’s my schedule like today†or “Show me the latest Cars 3 trailer,†and it will
2017-02-15 14:00
Report: some small cities have surprisingly high number of exposed devices
Trend Micro this morning released a report about the exposed cyberassets in the top U.S. cities and most critical industry segments -- and in many cases, it was the smaller municipalities that had the largest number of problems.