Today’s Tech Sightings: Why Is Apple Afraid of Forcing Users to Reset Their Passwords? A few days ago, a hacking collective based in Turkey claimed to have access to more than 600 million Apple accounts. The group, Turkish Crime Family, threatened to destroy the iCloud accounts if Apple fails to pay thousands of dollars in […]
Apple Denies iCloud Breach; Facebook Rolls Out Fake News Alerts
Posted March 23rd, 2017 at 12:19 pm (UTC-4)
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Google, Facebook Vie for Africa; AI Threat; Kaspersky Denies KGB Ties
Posted March 24th, 2015 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Battle for African Internet Users Stirs Freedom Fears Africa is expected to have as many as 360 million smartphones and 50 percent Internet penetration by 2050, according to data from McKinsey Consultants. And Google and Facebook are paying attention and offering controversial freebies as they vie for the continent’s Internet users. […]
Tech Sightings, February 6, 2014
Posted February 6th, 2014 at 3:10 pm (UTC-4)
New lawsuit Against Bitcoin Miner Manufacturer Alleges Fraud, Negligence Butterfly Labs, a Bitcoin-related company, is facing its first civil lawsuit in the United States. More will will likely follow. Report: Nearly All Visitors to Sochi Winter Olympics Will Be Hacked The State Department has already cautioned that travelers should have no expectations of privacy in […]