May 5, 2018 | Internet, Radio Show, Security
The Best Antivirus Is Not Traditional Antivirus We set out to do a standard Wirecutter guide to the best antivirus app, so we spent months researching products, reading reports from independent testing labs and institutions, and consulting experts on safe computing....
Apr 28, 2018 | Government, Radio Show, Security
Atlanta Spent $2.6M to Recover From $52,000 Ransomware Scare THE CITY OF Atlanta spent more than $2.6 million on emergency efforts to respond to a ransomware attack that destabilized municipal operations last month. Attackers, who infected the city’s systems...
Apr 28, 2018 | Internet, News, Radio Show, Security
Fake news 2.0: personalized, optimized, and even harder to stop Fake news may have already influenced politics in the US, but it’s going to get a lot worse, warns an AI consultant to the US government. Sean Gourley, founder and CEO of Primer, a company that uses...
Apr 28, 2018 | Facebook, Internet, Radio Show, Security, Social Networking, Technology
Tech giants brace for sweeping EU privacy law Facebook and other internet companies are racing to prepare for a sweeping new European Union (EU) privacy law that aims to give consumers greater control over the use of their data. The law comes at a critical time for...
Apr 28, 2018 | Apple, Business, Radio Show, Security
Apple is moving on from Intel because Intel isn’t moving anywhere A report from Bloomberg this week has made public something that should already have been apparent to tech industry observers: Apple is planning to replace Intel processors in Mac computers with its own...
Apr 28, 2018 | Facebook, Government, Online, Privacy, Radio Show, Security, Social Networking
Facebook moves 1.5bn users out of reach of new European privacy law Facebook has moved more than 1.5 billion users out of reach of European privacy law, despite a promise from Mark Zuckerberg to apply the “spirit” of the legislation globally. In a tweak to its terms...