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British engineers create ADSL broadband over wet string, just for fun. Sometimes, the best innovations happen because someone decided to simply see if it could be done. That’s the case of a British internet service provider Andrews and Arnold whose team was sitting around bored one day and thought... Read more
Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based antivirus firm, is suing the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to being banned from use by US Federal Agencies. The Russian-based security software company said in an open letter, that it has been made to suffer unfairly as a result of the ban. The legal action... Read more
Tech Lobbyists Blamed For Halting Anti-Sex Trafficking Bill
News December 19, 2017
Advocates suspect tech-industry lobbyists are behind the new approach. If the Dark Web has taught us anything, it’s that there are practically no limits to what you can buy online. Sex slaves, drugs, viruses and malware… even politicians… you can buy it for the right price if you know... Read more
A latte and some cryptocurrency to go, please! Tech users have been warned for years about protecting themselves when connecting over public, unsecured Wi-Fi. Whether it’s in airports, hotels, or a local coffee shop, these connections encourage the public to utilize that business; airports and hotels often charge fees... Read more
Several major tech names had their cloud traffic redirected through a Russian ISP. In one of the strangest “we have nothing to fear from Russian hacking” events this month, several major tech names had their cloud traffic redirected through a Russian provider. The brief but allegedly intentional event affected... Read more
Social network suspends ethnicity ad targeting as review explores potential abuse and exclusion. Over a year ago, public service investigative journalism platform ProPublica discovered an unsettling feature on Facebook. At the time, advertisers could target or exclude specific demographics of users with their ads based on factors like gender,... Read more
Apple Gives Private Demo Of Self-Driving Tech
News December 16, 2017
Apple’s AI team gives researchers a sneak peek at several driving projects. We’re used to Apple product launches and demos having all the look and feel of a top-billing rock star event, but the company has a lot more going on than that. At times, Apple stages invite-only, industry-only... Read more
Astronauts Will Watch ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ In Space
News December 15, 2017
NASA is to screen the latest Star Wars movie on the International Space Station. While audiences around the world will this week begin to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi in cinemas, NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will also get to watch the movie, officials at... Read more
After months of speculation, Donald Trump signs new legislation that officially bans the use of Kaspersky Lab products within any part of the US government. By signing the new defence spending bill into law, the President has purged the Moscow-based antivirus firm from any and all federal agencies amid growing concerns it was vulnerable to Kremlin influence, despite the company’s continual denials. “Considering the grave... Read more
FCC Kills Net Neutrality
News December 14, 2017
US Federal Communications Commission votes 3-to-2 to allow ISPs to now charge different prices for different internet speeds and access. Regulations that were put in place under President Barack Obama sought to ensure that all internet users had access to the “same” internet, but a party-line vote on December... Read more
Google-owned YouTube is to hire thousands more moderators to try and clean up its content. The new staff will be responsible for trying to get rid of videos that are offensive, violent, terrorism related, or just plain inappropriate for children. YouTube’s new policy comes after months of sustained accusations that children have been routinely viewing inappropriate content that was completely unsuitable for their... Read more
Hidden Keylogger Discovered In ‘Hundreds’ Of HP Laptops
News December 13, 2017
Preinstalled software has been discovered on HP laptop models, that could have been recording every letter and keystroke on users’ keyboards. The keylogger security flaw was discovered by researcher Michael Myng, who found a hidden software could be present in over 460 different HP laptop models – including the EliteBook, ProBook, Pavilion... Read more
Ghostery: A Faster, Safer, Smarter Browsing Experience
InternetNewsSoftware Reviews December 13, 2017
We review Ghostery, the Google Chrome browser extension designed to keep your online world private. Ghostery, is all about helping users protect their privacy online, by stopping advertisers, social media, and other services from collecting and storing your browsing and shopping habits. If you believe your valuable personal data should remain... Read more
Terror Goes Hi-Tech With Robots
News December 13, 2017
Terrorists ‘certain’ to get killer robots, says defence giant. If you didn’t already know it, you woke up today in a world where an organization called the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots really exists. While the name might conjure thoughts of tinfoil hats and secret meetings in the back... Read more
Facebook Launches Messenger For Kids
NewsSocial Media December 12, 2017
Social media giant’s Messenger Kids app allows children to chat and text. Facebook set the age limit for user accounts at 13 and older many years ago, but that doesn’t stop the more than 20 million estimated underaged users from partaking of the platform. Now, in the ultimate throw... Read more
AlphaZero artificial intelligence software triumphed at chess against the world’s best chess program after amassing all human knowledge of the game in just four hours. Google researchers have published a paper in which they detail how their latest AI evolution, AlphaZero, managed to display a “superhuman performance” in chess, taking just four hours to learn... Read more
Backlash is response to proposed removal of net neutrality regulations. Just in time for the Federal Communication Commission to destroy the internet for US users, a mass protest intends to beat them to it…literally. The FCC is voting on December 14th to strip away the net neutrality regulations that were... Read more
With all the recent cyber-attacks, from WannaCry, to NotPetya and Bad Rabbit, you were likely left wondering… What do you ACTUALLY get when you buy antivirus? And how does it work exactly? To shed some light on these questions, David Fiser, a threat lab analyst at Prague-based cyber security... Read more