Amazon to refund parents over kids' in-app purchases, says FTC
Parents with children who ran up bills, sometimes huge, through in-app purchases stand to get some or all of that…
AT&T tests open switches for better future services
A coast-to-coast network trial by AT&T last month using open-source “white box” switches, points toward a future of more reliable…
Mingis on Tech: Energy microgrids, what's up with Apple — and drones!
When it comes to the latest in energy tech, solar panels are so 2010. Solar shingles and microgrids are the…
Disaster recovery plan, step 1: Create a disaster
It’s decades ago at this military site that handles long-range communications — at the center of which are six high-power…
Review: Windows 10 Creators Update is here and worth the download (with video)
Windows 10 Creators Update, the first major update to Microsoft’s operating system since last summer’s Windows 10 Anniversary Update, is…
Ugly Jenkins gets friendly new UI
Blue Ocean, a reimagined user interface for the Jenkins continuous delivery platform, makes its official debut Wednesday as a free,…
This material for smartphone screens can repair itself
What’s more annoying than a cracked or shattered smartphone screen? Well, lots of things, probably, but that doesn’t mean it…
Chinese hackers go after third-party IT suppliers to steal data
Companies that choose to outsource their IT operations should be careful. Suspected Chinese hackers have been hitting businesses by breaching…
What users could expect from Apple's homegrown GPUs for iPhones, iPads
Apple has one big reason to move to a homegrown GPU: It wants full control over the hardware and software…
After Congress revokes Internet privacy rules, downloads double of VPN-equipped Opera browser
Opera Software today boasted that the number of new U.S. users of its namesake browser more than doubled days after…