Cybersecurity

Britain’s New Cyberwar Strike Capabilities May Just Be Political Posturing

If you were envisioning a standing army of cyber-warriors, there’s reason to be skeptical.

Cybersecurity

These Are the Codes You Need to Crack to Get a Job as a British Cyberspy

If you get them right, you may be on your way to joining GCHQ, Britain’s signals-intelligence agency.

Digital Government

Superstar Programmers Can Get Paid as Much as Pro Athletes

A change in Google's algorithm can be worth as much as $100 million in new revenue.

Modernization

Google Is Waging War on Apps That Attack, Infiltrate and Steal From Your Phone

Android’s open platform means its must police its app store very carefully.

Digital Government

Scientists Are Scouring the Globe for Mystery Bacteria to Help Reduce Our Dependence on Fertilizer

Researchers will travel from Germany to Hawaii and beyond looking for a needle in a haystack.

Modernization

Think Google Glass Invades Your Privacy? Here’s a Wristband that Records Audio 24 Hours a Day

Audio-recording device, Kapture, will go live on Kickstarter next month.

Digital Government

The Spat Between Microsoft and Google Is Getting Ugly

Both tech companies have been engaged in a series of battles using negative PR.

Modernization

US Firms Worry Edward Snowden Is Wrecking Their Business, but the Patriot Act Was Already Doing That

Reports show the U.S. cloud industry could suffer due to government surveillance.

Modernization

If You Want to Make Money From Apps, Forget About the App Store

App store sales and advertising together count for a less than a quarter of all revenue for developers.

Cybersecurity

Move Over Huawei, There’s a New Bogeyman in Town and It’s Called Lenovo

Spy agencies of five different countries have a common policy banning the use of Lenovo machines.

Cybersecurity

Cybercrime Costs the US $20 Billion Each Year. Or $70 Billion. Or Maybe $140 Billion

A new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies has suggested several numbers for the true cost.

Digital Government

Pakistan May Un-Block YouTube—or It May Just Block All of Google

The country's incoming minister for information technology and telecommunications hopes to restore access to YouTube.

Cybersecurity

What Google and NSA Snoops Have in Common

The world's Internet companies got rich behaving just like our government's intelligence apparatus.

Cybersecurity

NATO Wants to Fight the Spectre of Cyberwar But It’s Doing It Half-Heartedly

The alliance's new cyber-strategy will likely be ineffective under certain types of attacks

Modernization

Israel May Be The First Country to Hit Peak Wi-Fi

The problem with carrier Wi-Fi is that it spreads like a blanket across entire cities, effectively blocking out part of the available spectrum to anyone else.