Venezuela has been accused of censoring Twitter as part of its bid to silence dissent, but it's not so happy now that the shoe is on the other foot. The country's leadership says that Twitter has suspended 180 accounts linked to the government, including radio and TV...

Security researchers from PhishLabs have come across a new phishing trend that's targeting mobile device owners exclusively, with "the highest proportion of attacks" aimed at Facebook users.This new tactic relies on the fact that mobile browsers have very narrow URL...

The story of how Nricco Iseppi, a master falconer, came to Riot Games has, among the company’s staff, acquired the malleability of myth. According to one scriptwriter, it began when Riot had an orange grove planted on its multimillion-dollar campus, in Los Angeles, a...

Google's official Play marketplace is waging an uphill battle against Android apps that display an unending stream of popup ads even when users try to force them to stop, researchers said Friday.The researchers, from UK-based SophosLabs, said they have found a total...

Daniel Devereux, 30, a British man calling himself "His Royal Gingerness" has been sentenced to 32 weeks in prison for hacking the websites of the Norfolk and Norwoch University Hospital, and the website of the Norwoch International Airport.His punishment came today...

The sprawling factory compound, all grey dormitories and weather-beaten warehouses, blends seamlessly into the outskirts of the Shenzhen megalopolis. Foxconn’s enormous Longhua plant is a major manufacturer of Apple products. It might be the best-known factory in the...

The CRTC, Canada’s wireless regulator, has ruled that every cellphone sold in the country must be unlocked, and carriers can no longer charge their customers to unlock their current devices, according to the CBC. The rules will take effect on December 1st, allowing...

IF DONALD TRUMP loves one thing in this world, it's Donald Trump. If he loves two things, a close second-place goes to his Twitter feed. Unfortunately, in addition to Trump's loyal armies of patriots and trolls, Twitter also hosts both liberals and members of the...

Apple is stepping up its video game by hiring one of the key employees from YouTube that helped the service become the world’s biggest video streaming platform.Vijay Karunamurthy, who worked at YouTube in its early years and then went on to co-found the food rating...

Netflix has renewed Bill Nye’s talk show, Bill Nye Saves the World, for a second season. The series, whoch blended comedy and science, premiered back in April with 13 episodes. A premiere date for the new season will be announced later this year.Bill Nye Save the...

In a Friday morning Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) storm about his frustration over the Russia investigation, President Trump boasted that he can circumvent the "fake media" and go straight to the "100 million people" following him on social media.It's a familiar Trump theme...

In 1993 the US president Bill Clinton’s administration introduced the “Clipper chip” into America’s digital and consumer electronics. It was one of the earliest attempts to enforce a backdoor into digital products, and the first in what is known as the cryptowars,...