Reading the Apple tea leaves for what's coming this fall
For Apple fans, August usually represents the summer doldrums, the dead time between June’s annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) and…
The World's Greatest Programmer
Flashback to the turn of the millennium, when this programmer pilot fish is hired to help out with a factory’s…
Supercomputers offer a look at cybersecurity's automated future
Giant refrigerator-sized supercomputers battled each other on Thursday in a virtual contest to show that machines can find software vulnerabilities.…
Apple’s bug bounty program favors quality over quantity
After years of reluctance to pay researchers for exploits, Apple has given in and is ready to hand out up…
Illinois hospital chain to pay record $5.5M for exposing data about millions of patients
Illinois’ largest hospital chain today agreed to pay a $5.5 million fine by the government for lax data security that…
How illogical: New Skype bot lets you chat with Spock
Microsoft has made no secret of its grand plans for chat bots, and this week it rolled out five new…
Raspberry Pi 3 gets the Windows 10 anniversary update
After Microsoft released an anniversary update of Windows 10 for PCs, a version is now available for the popular Raspberry Pi…
In DARPA challenge, smart machines compete to fend off cyberattacks
The first all-machine hacking competition is taking place today in Las Vegas. Seven teams, each running a high-performance computer and…
Reward: $15K for nastiest Edge browser bugs
Microsoft today launched another bug bounty for Edge, the default browser within Windows 10. The award program is similar to…
Melania Trump’s H-1B controversy explained
Overseas fashion models working on H-1B visas is a peculiar part of the visa law. This visa is intended for…