Search engine DuckDuckGo now displays location information from Apple Maps in its search results, a new example of business partners trying to profit from people’s concerns about online privacy. DuckDuckGo now uses Apple Maps both for small maps in location-related search results and for larger, interactive search results that appear in a separate maps tab,…
Super Micro sent a letter to customers saying it’ll review its products for any evidence of alleged spy chips, according to Reuters. ‘Despite the lack of any proof that a malicious hardware chip exists, we are undertaking a complicated and time-consuming review to further address the article,’ the company reportedly wrote in a letter to…
Some Facebook users have been giving the social network access to their phone activity in exchange for money as part of a research project since 2016, according to a Tuesday report by TechCrunch. Facebook, which critics say isn’t doing enough to protect the privacy of its users, has been giving people between the ages of…
The crypto community is still recovering after Alex Green, also known as alleged scammer Ryan Kennedy, washed his hands of ownership of popular cryptocurrency exchange MintPal and supposedly stole nearly 4000 bitcoins from their cold storage. MintPal was a go-to exchange for many new altcoin users looking for a simple and easy way to…
BT will pull Huawei equipment out of its core 4G network within two years to fit its own internal policy. It follows reports that the US is trying to persuade foreign allies’ wireless and internet providers to avoid the Chinese company’s equipment, citing cybersecurity risks. Britain’s telecoms have avoided using Huawei equipment in their network…
The US government wants us to buckle up for another hack attack. A Beijing-linked hacking group known as cloudhopper is after client data through technology service providers, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned, Reuters reported Wednesday. The DHS issued a technical alert advising on how attacks by cloudhopper can be prevented, identified and remediated….
The author of ”Mastering Bitcoin” and notable educator Andreas Antonopoulos has claimed bitcoin’s domination is under threat over the next few years due to privacy concerns. Design and Fungibility: important things for longtime success At the Deconomy Conference in South Korea, the crypto guru shared his opinion regarding Bitcoin’s future in light…
Japan will reportedly ban government purchases of Huawei and ZTE equipment to avoid hacks and intelligence leaks. The country’s government is likely to tweak its procurement rules to exclude the Chinese companies as soon as Monday, Reuters reported Friday, citing the Yomiuri newspaper. The news follows reports that the US is working to persuade its…
The New Economy Movement (NEM)’s platform token XEM surged 10 percent against the dollar on Monday, rising from 0.0974-fiat to 0.1046-fiat. The XEM/USD formed a straightforward uptrend while attempting to retest the high from Sep 6 correction action. The price action corrected towards 1.000-fiat later as a part of its pullback action….
The US is beefing up voter system security in preparation for the 2018 elections. Most US states have employed Albert sensors, a technology that could detect hacking attempts and send alerts to federal and state government agencies, Reuters reported. This comes after Russian hackers reportedly breached voter registration databases in Illinois and Arizona. These databases…
