Up to a dozen banks are reportedly investigating potential SWIFT breaches
More banks have reportedly launched investigations into potential security breaches on their networks after hackers stole $81 million from the…
ACLU wants a piece of the Microsoft v. U.S. data gag order lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today asked a federal judge to let it join Microsoft in suing the U.S.…
'Black box' no more: This system can spot the bias in those algorithms
Between recent controversies over Facebook’s Trending Topics feature and the U.S. legal system’s “risk assessment” scores in dealing with criminal…
Multiple U.S. trials underway for shared 3.5GHz wireless spectrum
Six technology companies, including Google, are working on trial projects in multiple U.S. cities to test out shared 3.5GHz spectrum…
Google goes after Microsoft, Tableau and others with a free analytics tool
Google is doubling down on its commitment to the business analytics market with the launch of a new free data…
Senators want warrant protections for U.S. email stored overseas
A new bill in Congress would require U.S. law enforcement agencies to obtain court-ordered warrants before demanding the emails of…
Celebrity hacker Guccifer's confession gives us all a lesson in security
The activity of Romanian hacker Guccifer, who has admitted to compromising almost 100 email and social media accounts belonging to…
Microsoft eats another $1B as phone strategy shrinks to enterprise-only
Microsoft’s announcement yesterday that it would eat nearly $1 billion and lay off another 1,850 workers, three-quarters of them from…
The real problem with Google's mobile messaging strategy
If you’re reading this column, odds are, you don’t use your smartphone like most people. Most people have one app…
IDG Contributor Network: Here comes the FUD! Legacy vendors sure to jump on the Salesforce outage
Salesforce had an ill-timed outage recently (particularly painful is that it occurred on the eve of the company’s Dreamforce user…