Verizon, which is finalizing its $4.8 billion purchase of Yahoo, said late Thursday it was notified of the Verizon said it would evaluate what it will do next. In an emailed statement, the company acknowledged that it now has only "limited information and understanding of the impact" of the hack. Yahoo earlier in the day
A massive breach at Yahoo compromised account details from at least 500 million users, and the company is blaming the attack on state-sponsored hackers. Names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and hashed passwords may have been stolen as part of the hack, which occurred in late 2014, Yahoo said. The company reported the breach on Thursday, after a stolen database from the company However, the hacker behind the sale claimed that the stolen database involved only 200 million users and was likely obtained in 2012.
The site that leaked Colin Powell's stolen emails has also allegedly obtained a scan of Michelle Obama's passport. On Thursday, the site The site tweeted out the scan after obtaining stolen emails it claims are from a White House aide named Ian Mellul. The files, which are posted on DCLeaks, appear to come from Mellul's Gmail account and date back to February 2015. Although DCLeaks claims to be the work of "American hacktivists," some security experts
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The rumors have been pretty hot for a while that Google is going to make some notable changes to Android when it launches the Pixel phones on Oct. 4. We have some more evidence of what this will look like thanks to a deeper dive into several different Google APKs. The speculation is that much of the hinted features will come forth with Android 7.1 and a new Pixel Launcher, both to be unveiled with the The teardown by
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Following reports that Yahoo will confirm a data breach that affects hundreds of millions of accounts, some users reported Thursday on Twitter and elsewhere that they were prompted to change their email password when trying to log in. Yahoo launched an investigation into a possible breach in early August after someone offered to sell a data dump of over 200 million Yahoo accounts on an underground market, including usernames, easy-to-crack password hashes, dates of birth and backup email addresses. The company has since determined that the breach is real and that it's even worse than initially believed, news website Recode
First, Hulu laid the groundwork by releasing a The new programs won't even play on standard screen. They will only be accessible with a Gear VR or an Oculus Rift.
Ever since Microsoft announced its Xbox Play Anywhere program—a fancy name for “We’re porting all our first-party titles to PC”—the game I’ve been looking forward to most is And after spending most of a night with the game, I can confirm it’s gorgeous. Plus you haven’t really lived until you’ve driven The Twelve Apostles in a wood-panel Lamborghini
The hardest thing about adopting an enterprise collaboration platform can be adoption itself – getting employees to actually start up the new software and then turn to it whenever they need to communicate. Putting the software inside something that workers already use is one way to drive adoption and also make the communication tools more valuable. Cisco Systems knows this, and on Thursday the company announced a strategic alliance with Salesforce, its second big partnership in that direction after its headline-grabbing
Rich, vibrant color. Real black. You don’t realize how much you’ve missed them until they pop up again, as they do on Lenovo’s new X1 Yoga. I can’t overstate just how much nicer its OLED display looks compared to the cold LCD screens we’ve grown accustomed to. The images Lenovo sent us don’t come close to doing it justice, so you’ll have to trust us—or take a look yourself at a live unit. The vehicle for this excellent technology, the X1 Yoga, is a riff on the X1 Carbon, and it sports several notable improvements. It has an active pen/stylus on board, a larger array of ports, and you can fully rotate the display to use the laptop in orientations from tablet to tent to traditional clamshell. Lenovo refers to all this as being Yoga-ized, which definitely sounds more appealing than a Yoga being carbonized.
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A U.S. lawmaker has introduced two bills to protect voting systems from hacking, amid fears that Russian cyber spies may be interfering with this year's presidential election. Representative Hank Johnson, a Democrat serving Georgia, is proposing a moratorium on state purchases of electronic voting machines that don't produce a paper trail. His Election Integrity Act, introduced Wednesday, would also prohibit voting systems from being connected to the internet as a way to prevent online tampering. The
For wearables to succeed, many people believe technology should be inconspicuous, not popping out and making a fashion statement of its own. Google Glass may have gotten it wrong, and Oakley and Intel may have done it right with the new Radar Pace. At first glance, Oakley's Radar Pace sunglasses look undeniably cool. But hidden inside is technology that turns the sunglasses into a voice-activated coach that answers questions and provides fitness training recommendations. It's like having Siri in your sunglasses. The sunglasses are expensive. At $449, they have a hefty markup, but Oakley sunglasses and cool technology won't come cheap. The glasses will be handy for hard-core athletes, but Oakley is also targeting casual athletes. The smart glasses will start shipping on Oct. 1 in the U.S. and other countries.
Google may now be able to help you more quickly find that app you installed last week or a critical text conversation with a new “in apps” search button. The ability to If you’re on the beta, head to
