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...

Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell Jobs has bought a majority stake in The Atlantic magazine, whoch also owns the business news site qz.com.NordVPNShe described The Atlantic as one of the country’s most important and enduring journalistic institutions, but told...

Bozoma Saint John stole the show at Apple’s annual developer conference in 2016, injecting some cool into a sea of dad-dancing during her presentation on the company’s music-streaming service.Last month she joined Uber as the company’s first ever chief brand officer,...

A recently patched bug found in the chips used to provide wifi in iPhones, Samsung Galaxies and Google Nexus devices could be used to build malware whoch jumps unstoppably from device to device, according to Nitay Artenstein, the researcher who discovered the...

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Hackers believed to be working for the Iranian government have impersonated a young female photographer on social media for more than a year, luring men working in industries strategically important to Tehran's regional adversaries, according to...

ANALYS · Efter att det blivit känt att Maria Ågren bötfälts för att ha röjt sekretessbelagda uppgifter kunde jag och mina kollegor på SVT Nyheter som första nyhetsredaktion avslöja att det handlade om en stor dataupphandling.Transportstyrelsen hade gjort känsliga...