DuckDuckGo redesigns search to include auto-suggest, local results
DuckDuckGo, the privacy-themed search engine, has received a major redesign with enhanced search tools that could usher in a wave of new users.
Zach Miners | 21 May | Read more
DuckDuckGo, the privacy-themed search engine, has received a major redesign with enhanced search tools that could usher in a wave of new users.
Zach Miners | 21 May | Read more
Amazon, Snapchat and AT&T rank among the least trustworthy technology companies when it comes to how they handle government data requests, according to a report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Zach Miners | 16 May | Read more
Some of the biggest U.S. retailers have banded together to share information about cyberthreats, in a bid to avert breaches like that suffered by Target last holiday season.
Zach Miners | 15 May | Read more
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Zach Miners | 09 May | Read more
They spread lies. They push products you don't care about. They make unpopular people look popular. Sometimes, they take over your machine with malware.
Zach Miners | 07 May | Read more
When's the last time you thought about using different passwords for different websites? Perhaps after a bug called Heartbleed started crawling around them.
Zach Miners | 29 Apr | Read more
Websites that use encryption could be elevated in Google search results sometime in the future, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Zach Miners | 15 Apr | Read more
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday cleared a path for Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp to proceed, though it called on both companies to be mindful of their data collection policies.
Zach Miners | 11 Apr | Read more
Google is boosting Android security safeguards to better detect potentially harmful apps throughout their life cycle.
Zach Miners | 11 Apr | Read more
A 5-year-old San Diego boy has been commended by Microsoft for his security skills after finding a vulnerability in the company's Xbox games console.
Zach Miners | 05 Apr | Read more
In an attempt at clarity, Google has amended its terms of service to say that it analyzes private data, including emails, for purposes including the delivery of ads and customized search results.
Zach Miners | 04 Apr | Read more
Yahoo said Wednesday it was encrypting traffic flowing between its data centers, several months after leaked documents revealed the government had been sniffing those links.
Zach Miners | 03 Apr | Read more
Microsoft will no longer go through email messages and other personal data that users of its online services have stored on its servers, a decision taken after being sharply criticized for accessing a person's inbox as part of an internal investigation.
Zach Miners | 29 Mar | Read more
Security protections have been tightened at many of the major online services, as firms like Google and Microsoft pledge to protect their users against unwanted prying eyes. But while many people fret about unwarranted government access to their data, the Internet firms themselves play by their own set of rules.
Zach Miners | 21 Mar | Read more
An Electronic Arts website was hacked in a phishing scheme aimed at the acquisition of Apple IDs and credit card numbers, security researchers reported Wednesday.
Zach Miners | 19 Mar | Read more