It looks like the ideal location for a James Bond thriller: a massive underground bunker in a secret location in the Swiss Alps, used for keeping data safe from snooping eyes. Housed in one of Switzerland’s numerous deserted Cold War-era army barracks, the Deltalis data center is hidden behind 4-ton ...
A newborn baby cannot hold or even swipe at an iPad, but Fisher-Price is providing a way to keep infants ...
The U.S. Army has for the first time successfully tested a vehicle-mounted laser that can shoot down incoming mortar rounds ...
U.S. regulators Thursday opened the door to allowing mobile phone use on airplanes — an issue that has stirred howls of protest over the potential for disruption in the skies. The Federal Communication Commission’s 3-2 vote came after chairman Tom Wheeler said the action ...
It didn’t take long for Tom Wheeler, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to face controversy. On Thursday, the agency’s five-member commission is set to vote on whether to allow the public to comment on Wheeler’s idea to allow cellphone calls and ...
Even as Silicon Valley speaks out against the U.S. government’s surveillance methods, technology companies are turning a handsome profit by mining personal data and peering into people’s online habits. The industry’s profit machine has become tarnished by revelations that the National Security Agency digs ...
This holiday shopping season in America, it’s Amazon versus everyone else. The online giant has attracted customers away from the likes of Wal-Mart and Best Buy with low prices and convenient shipping. Now physical stores are fighting back as the contest for customers heats ...
Marketers and developers of mobile apps have developed creative new ways to help American shoppers find what they want for less. But these inventive techniques also allow for more aggressive tracking of consumer behavior, whether buyers are on their work computer, a mobile device ...
A smartphone app designed to give early warning of earthquakes could be ready as early as next year, according to scientists at the World Science Forum in Rio de Janeiro. Researchers from the University of California showed off the project last week at a ...
Microsoft is moving toward a major new effort to encrypt its Internet traffic amid fears that the National Security Agency may have broken into its global communications links, people familiar with the emerging plans said. Suspicions at Microsoft, while building for several months, sharpened ...
Smartphone messaging company Line Corp. said Monday that the number of its global users has topped the 300 million mark, partly because it is offering the services in various languages. “The next goal is to top 500 million (users worldwide) next year,” Line CEO ...
Researchers are trying to plant a digital seed for artificial intelligence by letting a massive computer system browse millions of pictures and decide for itself what they all mean. The system at Carnegie Mellon University is called Never Ending Image Learning (NEIL). In mid-July, ...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) might be ready to permit cellphone calls in flight. But what about the airlines? Old concerns about electronics being a danger to airplane navigation have been debunked. And airlines could make some extra cash charging passengers to call a ...
Twitter has announced a significant increase in its data security as it moves to protect users from attacks by the “apex predators” of the Internet. An internal team of security engineers has spent several months implementing “perfect forward secrecy,” which adds an extra layer ...
The complaints started getting loud almost immediately after U.S. regulators said they were considering allowing passengers to use cellphones on airplanes. In petitions, on social media and in press releases, the grumbling began within hours after the Federal Communications Commission said the question will ...
