Search results for "computers"

Management of Passwords and Cyber Security

The password is the most commonly used mechanism to access mobile devices, networks, computers and accounts. As citizens of a digital society with multiple devices at our finger tips, and with access to more remote services, security requirements intensify. This can present challenges in the practice and management of passwords, especially in times of stress. […]

EU legal opinion: mass data retention at odds with EU law

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN undefined BRUSSELS (AP) — A legal adviser at the European Union’s highest court said Wednesday that the bloc’s data protection rules should prevent member states from indiscriminately holding personal data seized from Internet and phone companies, even when intelligence agencies claim that national security is at stake. In a non-binding opinion on […]

NSA finds major security flaw in Windows 10, free fix issued

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The National Security Agency has discovered a major security flaw in Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system that could let hackers intercept seemingly secure communications. But rather than exploit the flaw for its own intelligence needs, the NSA tipped off Microsoft so that it can fix the system for everyone. […]

White House proposes guidelines for regulating the use of AI

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The Trump administration is proposing new rules to guide future federal regulation of artificial intelligence used in medicine, transportation and other industries. But the vagueness of the principles announced by the White House is unlikely to satisfy AI watchdogs who have warned of a lack of accountability as computer […]

Chip to chip communication may drive next-level internet security

For the first time, information has been ‘teleported’ between two computer chips. Researchers have claimed that this is a leap that could progress to a more secure ‘quantum internet.’ Experts from the University of Bristol and the Technical University of Denmark have been working to develop a process known as quantum entanglement and managed to […]

Trump signs law to reduce robocalls, though they won't end

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An anti-robocalls measure signed into law Monday by President Donald Trump should help reduce the torrent of unwanted calls promising lower interest rates or pretending to be the IRS, though it won’t make all such calls disappear. The new law gives authorities more enforcement powers […]

Google co-founders step aside as antitrust scrutiny heats up

By RACHEL LERMAN AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s co-founders are relinquishing their executive positions just as state and federal regulators, not to mention the Department of Justice and Congress, are taking a keen interest in possible abuse of its privacy practices and market power. But their long foreshadowed successor, Sundar Pichai, has […]