Why the DNC Thought a Phishing Test Was a Real Attack
On Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee was alerted by Lookout, a mobile security firm, about an apparent phishing campaign. Someone…
Tech Giants Are Becoming Defenders of Democracy. Now What?
On Tuesday, a trifecta of tech companies announced that they had thwarted what appear to be significant cyberattacks from Russia…
Bill Gates shares what he learned from America’s ‘teacher of the year’
Bill Gates is a source of inspiration for many people. But when it comes to those who helped shape him…
Facebook and Twitter Eye Iran in Latest Fake Account Crackdown
Following more than a year of unrelenting focus on Russian cyber attacks on Silicon Valley giants, Facebook and Twitter announced…
Zippin’s Checkout-Free Retail Store Uses Cameras to Watch You Shop
The shop has no sign. Or rather, the sign is obscured by some kind of bunting. The glass doors are…
Klarity uses AI to strip drudgery from contract review
Klarity, a member of the Y Combiner 2018 Summer class, wants to automate much of the contract review process by…
Meet Santiago Siri, the Man With a Radical Plan for Blockchain Voting
In a café on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a one-time videogame developer turned political theorist named Santiago Siri…
Here’s why tech rivals’ logos look so similar
Have you ever wondered why tech companies use blue in their logos? Facebook, Twitter, Samsung, LinkedIn, Intel and IBM all…
How Sonos Is Building the Audio Internet
Nick Millington had just started to feel like a successful software engineer. It was early 2003, and at age 26…
Best Smart Speakers (2018): Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana
The Amazon Echo kicked off the smart speaker trend a few years ago, but it’s no longer alone. There are…
Blind loyalty
John Chen Contributor There is a secret behind every open office in Silicon Valley — and it isn’t the drain…
What will it take to save privacy?
EARLIER THIS summer, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the middle of spewing out horrible attacks on workers and oppressed people,…
The DNC Enlists Kids in Its Fight Against Hackers
Voting systems in the United States are so woefully hackable, even an 8-year-old could do it. At least, that’s the…
Google Might Be Ready to Play By China’s Censorship Rules
In 2010, Google made a moral calculus. The company had been censoring search results in China at the behest of…