If you’ve been paying attention lately, you’ve likely noticed that more of your everyday websites are going HTTPS by default: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and even your favorite search engine. This is a good development. For years, critics have derided default, widespread HTTPS encryption and authentication as unnecessary and performance-wasting. But now that we’ve seen most
Read MoreAn organization’s domain name may be its most important asset, and losing control over it affects more than its website. For a large Brazilian bank, a domain hijacking operation last fall resulted in attackers stealing payment card data, taking over customer accounts, and infecting customers with malware. While the actual bank heist began on Oct.
Read MoreThe ultra-thin multilayer film harnesses tiny magnetic whirls called skyrmions to store and process data on magnetic media. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe ride-hailer returns to Taiwan with a redesigned business model that it claims will meet local regulations this time. Source: CNet
Read MoreWeb giant responds to Labor Department allegations of a pay gap by explaining that gender isn’t considered because it can’t be. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Bank of Canada has given new life to Konami’s Contra code. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe chipmaker asks for unspecified damages and says Apple purposely hobbled Qualcomm’s chips to make the performance match those from Intel. Source: CNet
Read MoreWill Shirley Jackson’s classic ghost story become the next “Stranger Things”? Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: When one Australian news anchor had a glorious vague-out on live TV, her news colleagues called on Twitter to #putyourbloopersout in solidarity. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe botnet is responsible for millions of spam emails each year, as well as password theft and malware injection. Source: CNet
Read MoreThat tone-deaf Pepsi ad? Nivea’s “white is purity” ad? The airline’s own leggings controversy? Hold my beer, says United. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: In the latest Piper Jaffray “Taking Stock with Teens” survey, more teens than ever say their next phone will be an iPhone. Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you’re buying a multi-room music system, there are a number of competing products. We sift through them to find the best. Source: CNet
Read MoreFrom hopping around Pluto to building ships straight out of Star Trek, NASA’s funding tech straight out of our sci-fi fantasies. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe 2013 plan to debate the idea of allowing passengers to make cell phone calls while up in the air should be taken “off the table permanently,” Ajit Pai says. Source: CNet
Read MoreSee cosplayers dressed as Power Rangers, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, the Flash, Batgirl, Wolverine and gender-swapped Disney princes in this new video. Source: CNet
Read MoreIce giant Uranus sports shimmering auroras in a Hubble image showing off the planet’s cool temperatures and enchanting rings. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus have already outpaced preorders last year for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. Source: CNet
Read MorePew finds some Americans want municipalities to build their own broadband networks. Others argue it’s cheap and good enough already. Source: CNet
Read MoreA YouTuber spends two days setting up 15,524 dominoes to topple in an elaborate display. Source: CNet
Read MoreVint Cerf says “it’s almost criminal” that programmers aren’t held accountable to design with disabilities in mind. Source: CNet
Read MoreContainers, containers, containers: Microsoft is buying Deis, a San Francisco-based Kubernetes orchestration specialist for an undisclosed amount. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreThe airline may have another passenger controversy on its hands after last month’s “leggings” incident. Source: CNet
Read MoreAnnoyed with the U.S. missile strike last week on an airfield in Syria, among other things, hacker group Shadow Brokers resurfaced on Saturday and released what they said was the password to files containing suspected National Security Agency tools they had earlier tried to sell. “Is appearing you are abandoning ‘your base’, ‘the movement’, and
Read MoreThe social network is also making it easier for small businesses to target their ads at you. Source: CNet
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