IDG Contributor Network: Why the Samsung TV spying hack is way overblown
Major media has some egg on their face over this one. Drawn to the attention-grabbing idea of your Samsung TV…
Apple Pay donations turn on for 22 UK charities such as Oxfam & UNICEF
Apple on Wednesday introduced support for Apple Pay donations in the U.K., starting with a wave of 22 organizations such…
No, Apple Isn't Planning an April 4 Event, Unless by Pure Coincidence
Yesterday, a handful of blogs ran with a rumor speculating that Apple could host an event on April 4 given…
Watch a Dazzling Screen Made of Thousands of Flying Beads
A low resolution screen is designed to elicit emotion. The post Watch a Dazzling Screen Made of Thousands of Flying…
BritBox launches in US, but don’t get too excited just yet
ITV Last year, the BBC and ITV announced that they would be bringing British television to the US through what…
How the CIA’s Hacking Hoard Makes Everyone Less Secure
By keeping dozens of its spying tools secret, the CIA may have left billions of people open to being hacked.…
A Unit Testing Practitioner's Guide to Everyday Mockito
Toptal Using Mockito is not just a matter of adding another dependency. It requires changing how you think about your…
If the CIA can sidestep encryption, what makes you think cyberthieves can’t?
Having just spent much of the day browsing through Wikileaks’ latest batch of documents from the intelligence community — in which government…
Microsoft's Windows Server OS runs on ARM, with Qualcomm's help
Microsoft has warmed up to Qualcomm to make a Windows 10 PC based on its ARM chip, and now the…
CIA repurposed Shamoon data wiper, other malware
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency documents published by WikiLeaks Tuesday shows that one of the agency’s teams specializes in reusing…