By Warren Strobel and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At 3:59 p.m. EDT on Sunday, the National Security Agency and telecommunications companies will begin mothballing a once-secret system that collected Americans’ bulk telephone records, shutting down computers and sealing off warehouses of digital data. If the U.S. Congress fails to act, key provisions of the USA Patriot Act will lapse in a watershed moment in the post-Sept. 11, 2001, era.
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States will extend its cyber defense umbrella over Japan, helping its Asian ally cope with the growing threat of online attacks against military bases and infrastructure such as power grids, the two nations said in a joint statement on Saturday. “We note a growing level of sophistication among malicious cyber actors, including non-state and state-sponsored actors,” they said in a statement released
By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – The accused mastermind behind the Silk Road underground website was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for orchestrating a scheme that enabled more than $200 million of anonymous online drug sales using the digital currency bitcoin. Ross Ulbricht, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan after a federal jury in February found him guilty of charges including distributing
At Google I/O 2015, everything we’ve seen and learned about is under the command of Sundar Pichai. In this exclusive interview, he walks us through his product vision.
Google is releasing an all new photos product that works on both Android and the iPhone. It’s free, it’s awesome.
Behind the scenes with Android M, the next version of the operating system. We speak with the engineers who made it and why it’s going to be a big deal.
Google has big plans for Virtual Reality, but they start with something small: a piece of cardboard. We go behind the scenes with Cardboard and a crazy GoPro camera rig.
In this week’s episode of The BGR Show podcast, Jonathan and Zach discuss a major, transformative event that only comes around once in a lifetime: Jonathan finally got his gold Apple Watch Edition. Oh, and he just got married, too. Also covered this week are the BGR team’s expectations for iOS 9 and WWDC 2015, and plenty more. iTunes Link Direct MP3 Link Direct RSS Feed
There’s no doubt that the cloud has become an increasingly relevant option for file storage over the past few years. However, if you don’t trust your data in the hands of a third-party service, a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device might be the way to go. Sitting somewhere between local and cloud storage, NAS devices keep your files and data in your hands. Whether for personal or business use, a
Got an Apple, Mac, or iOS tech question? We have the answer. While we’re always glad to see the upgrades and new features that are included with each new version of Mac OS X, it’s definitely a drag when the new operating system prevents you from opening older apps or documents. In response to a reader question, we’ll take a look at how to deal with some of those incompatibilities
