The government just admitted it will use smart home devices for spying
If you want evidence that US intelligence agencies aren’t losing surveillance abilities because of the rising use of encryption by tech companies, look no further…
Turn off auto updates or Windows 10 will install automatically starting this week
So it seems Microsoft is ramping up its push to get Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users to upgrade to Windows 10. If you haven’t…
Quick-thinking tanker crew saves F-16 pilot over ISIS-controlled territory
An F-16 pilot was nearly forced to eject from his aircraft over ISIS territory due to a fuel emergency last year, an incident that could…
KB 3123862 eerily resembles Microsoft’s earlier Get Windows 10 patch
On Wednesday Microsoft released another mystery patch, KB 3123862, which appears as an optional, unchecked patch in Windows Update and closely parallels last year’s reviled Get…
Republicans Christie, Fiorina to quit White House bids
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former business executive Carly Fiorina are ending their campaigns for the 2016 Republican nomination, narrowing the field of rivals…
Every version of Windows hit by ‘critical’ security vulnerability
It was a relatively light month for critical security patches, but one major vulnerability affects every supported version of Windows. Microsoft said in its latest…
Bacteria Have Ability to ‘See,’ Eye-Opening Study Finds
Bacteria can see, using their entire one-celled selves as a tiny camera lens to focus light, researchers reported Tuesday. The ability goes beyond just a…
Supreme Court puts Obama’s Clean Power Plan on hold
A divided Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama’s sweeping plan to address climate change until after legal challenges are resolved….
Hackers breach DOJ, dump details of 9,000 DHS employees, plan to leak 20,000 from FBI
While some people were enjoying Super Bowl 50, hackers brought the pain to the Department of Home Security by dumping a directory of over 9,000…
Enigma Software sues BleepingComputer for alleged ‘smear campaign’
Enigma Software, the company behind the SpyHunter security program, is suing tech reviews site BleepingComputer over negative comments it made about its software and what…