Getting smarter about making cities smart
Many cities claim to be ahead of smart curve, but find themselves handcuffed by custom systems
Many cities claim to be ahead of smart curve, but find themselves handcuffed by custom systems
US regulators have launched an inquiry to discover how exactly iPhones and Android smartphone patches are distributed and whether consumers can find out if and when they’re available.
A fresh analysis of documents disclosed by former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden shows that AT&T has been a much closer and eager partner for the National Security Agency's Internet spying activities than was previously known.
Marc Ferranti | 16 Aug | Read more
The Electronic Frontier Foundation released the latest version of its annual "Who Has Your Back" report on tech companies' data disclosure policies Wednesday afternoon, giving perfect five-star ratings to companies including Apple, Adobe, Dropbox and Yahoo.
Blair Hanley Frank | 18 Jun | Read more
Verizon makes bid for AOL ... Public Wi-Fi set for speed boost ... Mac security product opens critical hole on Macs ... and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 12 May | Read more
As Google dives into the Wi-Fi and cellular network services business in the US, some are wondering just where the company is headed.
Sharon Gaudin | 25 Apr | Read more
Huawei and Ericsson appear to be the main players for securing handsets, judging by recent patent filings.
Margi Murphy | 21 Apr | Read more
The punishment AT&T received this week from the U.S. government for its sloppy protection of customer data is peanuts and won't scare other companies into taking stronger security measures, some cybersecurity experts said.
Grant Gross | 10 Apr | Read more
The latest chapter in RadioShack's bankruptcy drama brings a bit of good news for past customers and current employees.
Jared Newman | 02 Apr | Read more
If you're a longtime customer of an independent home-security firm, there's a good chance your system's control panel will soon need a major upgrade. That's because companies such as AT&T, Verizon, and others are gradually shutting down their 2G cellular networks to make room for faster and more efficient 3G and 4G networks.
Michael Brown | 25 Mar | Read more
A company that correlates data about users across different websites to share with marketers is using unique IDs inserted by Verizon into mobile Web traffic to recreate tracking cookies that have been deleted by users.
Lucian Constantin | 16 Jan | Read more
A federal judge on Friday questioned the strength of a key lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the government's Internet surveillance program known as "upstream" data collection.
Zach Miners | 20 Dec | Read more
In recent weeks, Verizon and AT&T have been caught up in a privacy firestorm over their use of so-called "permacookies," a method of tracking what their users do while browsing the Web with the intent of sharing that data with advertisers. Verizon's permacookie program lives on, but AT&T has ceased the practice, ProPublica reported on Friday.
Nick Mediati | 18 Nov | Read more
We keep hearing about them in the news. The tallies are astounding: 145 million user accounts compromised here, 40 million credit cards stolen there. What isn't always as clear with the most high-profile data breaches is how they occurred in the first place and what you can do to prevent seeing your organization in a similar headline.
John Brandon | 13 Nov | Read more
AT&T fired an employee who improperly accessed about 1,600 customer accounts and could have viewed customers' Social Security and driver's license numbers.
Jeremy Kirk | 07 Oct | Read more