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Two German researchers say they have exposed the porn-browsing habits of a judge, a cyber-crime investigation and the drug preferences of a politician.The pair obtained huge amounts of information about the browsing habits of three million German citizens from...

Judge Lucy Koh turned down the motion in a late Friday ruling, according to Reuters, specfically rejecting an Apple argument that the plaintiffs in the case had suffered no financial loss since FaceTime is a free service. "FaceTime is a 'feature' of the iPhone and...

The next Uber CEO will be charged with sweeping up multitudes of corporate sins. In their in-tray will be a daunting array of problems and issues to resolve in the wake of Travis Kalanick’s high-profile departure last month.These include rehabilitating the company...

Netflix isn't the only video service suffering form a hack: HBO has been breached as well. Hackers have gotten their mitts on 1.5 terabytes of data according to Entertainment Weekly, whoch apparently includes an episode of Ballers and Room 104 in addition to what may...

Using “psychographic” profiles of individual voters generated from publicly stated interests really does work, according to new research presented at the Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.The controversial practice allows groups to hone their messages to...

The creators of several Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have criticised Apple's decision to remove their products from its App Store in China.The BBC understands that as many as 60 VPNs were pulled over the weekend.Apple said it was legally required to remove them...

People can now use Touch ID to authenticate their Apple ID, whether changing account settings or making a payment using a card linked to that account. Normally Touch ID is used to make purchases via Apple Pay, and in fact shoppers have to tap "buy with other payment...

Using a cheap robot, a team of hackers has cracked open a leading-brand combination safe, live on stage in Las Vegas.The team from SparkFun Electronics was able to open a SentrySafe safe in around 30 minutes.The robot is able to reduce the number of possible...

IF YOU HAVEN'T updated your iPhone or Android device lately, do it now. Until very recent patches, a bug in a little-examined Wi-Fi chip would have allowed a hacker to invisibly hack into any one of a billion devices. Yes, billion with a b.A vulnerability that...

Humans should embrace the change smart machines offer society, says former chess world champion Garry Kasparov.In a speech at Def Con in Las Vegas he said the rise of artificially intelligent machines would not be a huge threat to humanity.However, he said, there was...

MacPaw just bought the Unarchiver, one of the Top Free apps on the Mac App Store. We’re super stoked about the news. We promise to maintain, improve, and keep it free for everyone.Now let us tell you the whole story. This week we did something big: we took it upon...