Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced long-stalled legislation on Thursday that would make it a federal crime to share sexually explicit material of a person online without the subject’s consent. The "Intimate Privacy Protection Act" is an effort several years in the making...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen on stage during a town hall at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California September 27, 2015. Reuters/Stephen Lam/File Photo Facebook Inc (FB.O) said about a third of its workers are females, while black employees accounted for 3 percent of its U.S. senior...
A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 14, 2016. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson A federal appeals court on Thursday said Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and other companies cannot be forced to turn over customer emails stored on servers outside the United States, handing a victory to privacy...
A man uses his phone outside the AT&T store in New York's Times Square, June 17, 2015. Reuters/Brendan McDermid The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Thursday to open substantial spectrum for next-generation high-speed 5G wireless applications and networks. The FCC approve...
Most organizations only grow in security maturity the hard way — that is, from the intense learning that takes place in the wake of a costly data breach. That may be because so few company leaders really grasp the centrality of computer and network security to the organization’s ove...
Most organizations only grow in security maturity the hard way — that is, from the intense learning that takes place in the wake of a costly data breach. That may be because so few company leaders really grasp the centrality of computer and network security to the organization’s ove...
NYSE president Tom Farley (L) speaks with Japan's Line Corp. CEO Takeshi Idezawa (middle) ahead of the company's IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S. July 14, 2016. Reuters/Brendan McDermid Shares of Japanese messaging app operator Line Corp (LN.N) ...
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg holds a briefing to announce the bank and thrift industry earnings for the first quarter of 2013 in Washington May 29, 2013. Reuters/Gary Cameron The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is updating cyber security policies ...
The radar technology of a Tesla Model S containing Autopilot features is pointed out during a Tesla event in Palo Alto, California, U.S., October 14, 2015. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach/File Photo U.S. magazine Consumer Reports on Thursday urged Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) to disable its automatic steering ...
A man enters Klarna office in Stockholm, Sweden February 17, 2016. Reuters/Mia Shanley Swedish payments firm Klarna has added online fashion start-up Lyst to its client list as it seeks to step up competition in a sector dominated by giants such as PayPal. Klarna, which processes 10 percent of Europ...
A woman hovers a mouse over the Google and European Union logos in this April 15, 2015 photo illustration. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Alphabet Inc's Google said it would examine EU antitrust regulators' third charge against the company and provide a detailed response in the coming we...
London-based online money transfer business Azimo is considering switching its headquarters to mainland Europe because of Brexit, which it says could threaten Britain's position as a global hub for the financial technology - fintech - industry. Financial services firms operating out of London rely o...
A virtual map of Bryant Park is displayed on the screen as a man plays the augmented reality mobile game ''Pokemon Go'' by Nintendo in New York City, U.S. July 11, 2016. Reuters/Mark Kauzlarich Pokemon GO, a mobile game that has rocketed to the top of Apple Inc and Android app stores in record time,...
A Chinese man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of Boeing and other major U.S. defense contractors, was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in prison, prosecutors said. Su Bin, 51, was charged with taking part in a years-long scheme by Chinese military offic...
The augmented reality mobile game ''Pokemon Go'' by Nintendo is shown on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration taken in Palm Springs, California U.S. July 11, 2016. Reuters/Sam Mircovich/Illustration The Pokemon Go craze is blamed for several robberies of distracted mobile phone players, bu...
Servers for data storage are seen at Advania's Thor Data Center in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland August 7, 2015. Reuters/Sigtryggur Ari The growing threat of hacking and a duty to protect data more stringently will accelerate demand for cyber insurance in Europe, insurer Allianz said on Wednesday, as it la...
The Apple Inc. logo is shown outside the company's 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S. June 13, 2016. Reuters/Stephen Lam The European Union's antitrust chief has indicated that it will likely reach a decision in September or October on its two-year probe into App...
A former Google engineer, whose speech recognition software is used in more than a billion Android smartphones, has launched a company that uses blockchain technology to build a new operating system for banks. Paul Taylor, a Cambridge University academic with an expertise in artificial intelligence,...
An Amazon logo is seen on a worker's jacket at an Amazon Fulfilment Center in Wroclaw, Poland, in this file photograph dated December 3, 2015. Reuters/Kacper Pempel/files Amazon.com Inc said customers placed 60 percent more orders worldwide on "Prime Day" shopping event on Tuesday, compared with a y...
Adobe has pushed out a critical update to plug at least 52 security holes in its widely-used Flash Player browser plugin, and another update to patch holes in Adobe Reader. Separately, Microsoft released 11 security updates to fix vulnerabilities more than 40 flaws in Windows and related softwa...
