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Visitors to Reddit might have found their usual content viewing disrupted last week after a revolt occurred on a number of major (and many minor) subreddits. So, what happened, and what does it mean now? It all started with a surprise announcement. Victoria Taylor, the beloved AMA (Ask Me Anything) […]
The European Union has announced plans for a two-tier internet that would give a fast lane to preferred corporate and governments users, after a late night “compromise” between European Commission, Council and Parliament. It is a shocking case of double speak and shady dealings. In an announcement by reps for the […]
Cab-on-demand service Uber, which has been growing leaps and bounds in the last couple of years, has taken over a portion of Bing’s mapping assets. The acquisition, which includes around 100 Bing engineers, is an interesting move that shows a coming expansion from the transportation startup. Uber works by allowing […]
A new document unearthed from the massive Snowden leak shows the National Security Agency and Government Communications Headquarters attacked Kaspersky security software in an attempt to counter anti-virus efforts. With monitoring often the result of viruses uploaded into targeted systems (or through creating a virus-run network of infected computers), anti-virus software has […]
By now, users of the password storage service LastPass have probably heard about the massive security breach that has left data and passwords vulnerable. So, what happens now? A blog post by company CEO Joe Siegrist has promised that cryptographically lockes have not been broken into, therefore user vaults with text passwords […]
How far should security go, and how much privacy should be taken from citizens in the name of security is a question asked by many. Is it security if the NSA (National Security Agency.) hack into the Google Play store to put spyware on smartphones? This is something the NSA […]
A new attack vulnerability has been found that has ten of thousands of HTTPS-protect websites, mail servers and other internet services open to eavesdropping. There are 8.4% of the top million websites open to this vulnerability and more mail services using the IPv4 address space. The issue is found in […]
