Google announced today that its self-driving cars have logged over 300,000 miles without a single accident -- a step closer to being able to say, "Look Mom, no hands!" without running over your mom.
Sprint marked down its pricing on the iPhone 4S today, in what we assume is preparation for the launch of the long-rumored iPhone 5.
The United States is reunited with Mars again, and it feels so good. So good, in fact, everybody is chiming in on the landing, including President Barack Obama and a few tech heavyweights with an eye to the sky.
With any major event these days, fake mobile applications are sure to turn up. Security researchers at Webroot found an Olympics application that says it will keep you up to date on scores, but really keeps your data.
The Android …
Apple’s senior vice president of Internet software and services Eddy Cue said, in an email revealed today, that he believes there will be a market for 7-inch tablets. What’s more, the late Apple chief executive Steve Jobs agreed with him.…
Apple was denied its request for a summary judgement in its infringement case against Samsung today.
If you’re going to list an item on Craigslist, you better not advertise it anywhere else. In an effort to suffocate competing sites, the online classifieds website says your listings are now exclusive to Craigslist, barred from re-posting.
Tech startup …
Apple and Samsung’s highly publicized trial began today, with opening statements from either company that lasted 90 minutes each.
“Samsung had two choices: Accept the challenge of the iPhone, come up with its own designs, and beat Apple fairly in …
Def Con and Black Hat, while both security conferences held together in Las Vegas, are two very different beasts. One attracts the corporate security type, another the hacker underbelly.
Black Hat could almost be described as mellow in comparison to …
National Security Agency director General Keith Alexander promised a crowd of hackers Friday that the NSA does not keep a profile on every American. But one former employee is saying that’s not entirely an honest claim.
“His statement about not …
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You don’t often hear about planes crashing in mid-air. The systems they have in place have done a fairly good job at keeping passengers safe. But safety and security are two different things, and while the systems may work, one …
The dust from SOPA and PIPA is settling, but the hacker community knows that it canbe kicked up again at any moment. In the run up to WCIT, the World Conference on Telecommunications, former ICANN chief executive Rod Beckstrom called …
Over 80 percent of iOS users are running Apple’s latest operating system, which the company says is the most secure version of the mobile operating system available. But that’s not enough for Apple.
The company’s head of platform security, Dallas …
Near-field communication helps you pay for things using your phone, quickly get through subway turnstiles and more. But NFC could give a hacker access to your phone just by standing next to you.
NFC interacts using small tags that can …
After 9/11, the FBI needed to change the way it operated. It switched its focus and looked toward identifying the enemy — a change former FBI assistant executive director Shawn Henry says needs to translate to the information security world.…
Apple announced its third quarter earnings today. The company made $35 billion in revenue, or $9.32 per diluted share, falling behind analyst expectations.
Apple earned $8.8 billion in profits, $1.5 billion more than the same quarter in 2011. Apple sold …
Mountain Lion is here! Apple announced that the new Mac operating system, OS X 10.8, will be available to the general public tomorrow, nearly a month since it debuted at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June.
At the time, Apple …
Apple, arguably one of the most secretive tech companies, usually likes to do events on its own terms. But it looks like the company is heading into the lion’s den, hosting a talk at Vegas security conference Black Hat.
Bloomberg …
Mountain Lion, Apple’s latest Mac operating system, may be released to the public within the next 48 hours. The company seemingly accidentally opened the Up-to-Date portal this morning that allows those with Macs bought on or after June 11 to …
It seems Apple will no longer require you to put in a password when downloading free apps in its latest mobile operating system, iOS 6.
Cult of Mac noticed the change today, a week after Apple released the latest version …
