Today in a published excerpt of his forthcoming book, No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald reports, citing documents from 2010, that the NSA in...
It was a relatively quiet week here in the Linux blogosphere, giving residents a long-overdue opportunity to enjoy a few Tequila Tux cocktails and take stock of all the FOSS-related happenings that have taken place over the past few weeks. Among the highlights, for those who missed them, were the awarding of the IEEE Computer Society's 2014 Computer Pioneer Award to none other than Linus Torvalds; the arrival of Tails OS 1.0; and, perhaps most exciting of all, the release of Seattle-based band netcat's debut album as a Linux kernel module.It was a relatively quiet week here in the Linux blogosphere, giving residents a long-overdue opportunity to enjoy a few Tequila Tux cockt...
Snapchat has agreed to a settlement with the United States Federal Trade Commission to resolve privacy issues resulting from a hacker's publication in January of data associated with 4.6 million of its users. The company has not admitted any wrongdoing, but it has agreed to implement a comprehensive privacy program that will be audited by a third party for the next 20 years. "This is pretty standard in settlement agreements like this," said Joseph Lorenzo Hall, chief technologist at the Center for Democracy & Technology.Snapchat has agreed to a settlement with the United States Federal Trade Commission to resolve privacy issues resulting from a hacker'...
Samsung Group, the world's leading smartphone maker, is investing at least $2 billion in... biopharmaceuticals? With this foray into the drug industry, Samsung hopes to become a major player in biotechnology, which is expected to be a booming industry in coming years. A key component of this play is so-called biosimilars -- cheap versions of brand-name biotechnology drugs that no longer are protected by patents. Samsung plan to sell its first biosimilar product, a version of the arthritis therapy drug Enbrel, in Europe in 2016.Samsung Group, the world's leading smartphone maker, is investing at least $2 billion in... biopharmaceuticals? With this foray into t...
The hottest -- and possibly craziest -- tech rumor of the week is, hands down, that Apple is in negotiations to acquire Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion. Based on a single report, the story has been fanned into a raging inferno faster than a wildfire on a hot August day. Unfortunately, the only cited source for the rumor is "people familiar with the deal." On the surface, the deal to acquire Dr. Dre's and Jimmy Iovine's Beats Electronics would give Apple a popular line of cool headphones as well as a nascent streaming music service.The hottest -- and possibly craziest -- tech rumor of the week is, hands down, that Apple is in negotiations to acquire Beats Electronics ...
Over the next several months, we will see a massive step forward in the systems we use in our cars to connect to our phones, listen to music and watch videos. As I write this, the new Kenwood Excelon DNN991HD is being installed in my project car, and it promises pretty much everything but the kitchen sink. In August, Jaguar will start supplying a new AV system provided by Intel and compliant with Apple's CarPlay system. This is on top of the driving improvements, which will include lights that make rain and snow almost invisible.Over the next several months, we will see a massive step forward in the systems we use in our cars to connect to our phones, listen to mus...
Snapchat has agreed to a settlement with the United States Federal Trade Commission to resolve privacy issues resulting from a hacker's publication in January of data associated with 4.6 million of its users. The company has not admitted any wrongdoing, but it has agreed to implement a comprehensive privacy program that will be audited by a third party for the next 20 years. "This is pretty standard in settlement agreements like this," said Joseph Lorenzo Hall, chief technologist at the Center for Democracy & Technology.Snapchat has agreed to a settlement with the United States Federal Trade Commission to resolve privacy issues resulting from a hacker'...
