Google to encrypt data on new version of Android by default
The next version of Android will for the first time encrypt data by default, Google confirmed Thursday, preventing both thieves and law enforcement officials …
Apple will no longer unlock most iPhones, iPads for police, even with search warrants
Apple said Wednesday night that it is making it impossible for the company to turn over data from most iPhones or iPads to police …
Dropbox Fights New Data Grab
On Thursday, approximately 1,500 pages of court documents were released, which showed how federal officials had forced American technology companies to partake in the …
Use Google’s new panel in security settings to keep your account safe
The settings aren’t new, but the wizard-like presentation is a new addition. It walks you through five important security settings for your Google account. …
Researchers in China work on facial recognition payment app
Researchers with the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) are reportedly working to launch a mobile payment app that makes use of facial recognition technology …
Computer hardware containing patient data stolen from Ohio plastic surgery office
More than 6,000 patients of Beachwood-Westlake Plastic Surgery and Medical Spa in Ohio are being notified that their personal information was on computer hardware …
U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data
The U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 if it failed to comply with a broad demand to hand over …
Brain-to-brain verbal communication in humans achieved for the first time
Humans just got a step closer to being able to think a message into someone else’s brain on the other side of the world: …
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