Last week’s U.S. intelligence report tracing Russia’s cyber-meddling with the 2016 presidential election is a timely reminder of the cybersecurity risks that the government and private companies face, said Tom Ridge, the nation’s first secretary of Homeland Security. “President-elect Trump is entering into a world fraught with hazards as never before,” Ridge said in a
Read MoreA bill has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would require that law enforcement agencies get a warrant before they poke around users’ emails and other communications in the cloud that are older than 180 days. The Email Privacy Act, reintroduced on Monday, aims to fix a loophole in the Electronic Communications
Read MoreIt’s App Dev 101: Don’t hard-code API tokens, encryption keys, and user credentials. But if you do, make sure to get them out of your code before committing to GitHub or other public code repositories. Four years ago, GitHub introduced a search feature that made it easy to find passwords, encryption keys, and other sensitive
Read MoreI recently had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Leonard Adleman — the “A” in the very popular public cryptographic algorithm RSA — as part of the Association for Computing Machinery’s 50th anniversary celebration of the Turing Award. In 2002, Adleman himself won the Turing Award, often referred to at the Nobel Prize of the computing
Read MoreLocated at some airports around the world, these kiosks let you use your spare foreign currency to get credit for online services. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new Insider Build of the operating system will also allow you to preview tabs in Edge and group Start tiles into folders. Source: CNet
Read MoreUp to 290 jobs could go after the company’s 2016 fourth quarter failed to hit targets. Source: CNet
Read MoreBloody good, or in bad taste? The actress chows down on humans in the Netflix comedy-horror series, which also stars Timothy Olyphant. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe silkmoth is led by pheromones to drive the vehicle to the target. Source: CNet
Read MorePartnership uses platform’s augmented reality capabilities for a wider view of exhibits. Source: CNet
Read MoreVeep’s surprise visit to SF to discuss battling cancer at conference comes as Trump wants to dump Obamacare. Source: CNet
Read MoreSeveral companies at CES 2017 had robots that made hot caffeinated beverages. While all these robots drew crowds, not all were created equal. Source: CNet
Read MoreBatman’s wearing the Tactical Batsuit, and Wonder Woman shines, but it’s Aquaman who makes the most waves. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: On Facebook, thousands are enthralled by what happened to a Best Buy employee in a Michigan town. Source: CNet
Read MoreJeanette Epps will be the first African-American crew member when she boards the International Space Station in 2018. Source: CNet
Read MoreFor our last show at this year’s CES, we get a visit from Zero Zero Robotics co-founder, discuss 5G and VR, and round up the most interesting stuff we saw at the show. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe spinoff show based on the viral videos from late-night host James Corden reveals a few of its all-star teams. It debuts on Apple Music this year. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe ride-hailing company refused to release transit data … until now. With “Movement,” Uber will publish anonymized and aggregated data for cities worldwide. Source: CNet
Read MoreIt looks like a piece of Nerf or coral, but it’s actually one of the strongest materials ever created. Source: CNet
Read MoreFlir showed off two thermal-imaging cameras specifically designed to be used with drones. Source: CNet
Read MoreNow that CES 2017 is over, we look back at what stuck out and what fell flat. Also, the iPhone was unveiled 10 years ago today. Source: CNet
Read MoreBig Blue wins the most US patents for the year — 8,088 — but Intel and Amazon surge ahead, too. Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft’s latest Windows 10 test build for PC Insiders includes the ability to pause updates for up to 35 days, but not for Home users. Here’s what else is new in Build 15002. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreA space rock large enough to do damage gives us a near miss less than two days after being discovered. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: After a Golden Globes speech in which she criticized the mocking of a disabled reporter, Streep becomes the latest object of Trump’s ire. Source: CNet
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