Today’s Tech Sightings: Games Will Reshape Cities As the Pokemon GO craze continues unabated, many countries are restricting and zoning urban areas to prevent players from meandering into government sites and other sensitive areas to hunt Pokemon characters. Writer Geoff Manaugh argues that once this game is forgotten, new augmented reality games that place a […]
Dealing With Augmented Reality Cities; Facebook Under Fire Over Ads
Posted August 11th, 2016 at 11:37 am (UTC-4)
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Philippines Suffers Massive Breach; Your Next Car Needs a Firewall
Posted April 7th, 2016 at 12:01 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Megabreach Leaves 55 Million Philippine Voters Exposed The database of the Philippines’ Commission on Elections has been compromised in what could be the biggest government-related breach ever. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Trend Micro found sensitive information, including passport and fingerprint data, among the compromised files. Officials played down the incident, saying sensitive […]
Tech Sightings, December 10, 2013
Posted December 10th, 2013 at 4:19 pm (UTC-4)
Three Reasons Bitcoins Aren’t in Your Wallet Yet Security and flexibility of the virtual currency are among several big challenges, experts say. Google Cancels Plans for a $300 Million Data Center in Hong Kong The Hong Kong site – which was estimated to cost $300 million – would have complimented data centers that are being […]