It was predicted that the day would come when a driverless car such as what Google wants to build will hit a road accident. It finally happened last month, though it was only until recently before the incident was made public.
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IRS phishing attacks surged exponentially
The Internal Revenue Service has detected an exponential increase in phishing and malware attacks related to tax that target taxpayers this year, marking one of the highest increases in such incidents.
SecureAuth adds behavioral biometrics to its authentication factor
Biometrics continues to gain people’s trust when it comes to securing cyber credentials and authenticating access requests. It can already be considered as the new universal standard of security and privacy. To beef things up, authentication provider SecureAuth has added a new realm of verification factor to its offering: behavioral biometrics.
US district court wants to break the anonymity of Tor users
The United States government wants to know the people who use Tor, and it has enlisted Carnegie Mellon University to do the job for it.
Cloud computing race heats up as Microsoft buys Xamarin
Xamarin, a provider of cloud computing services for software developers to build applications for mobile devices, has joined the fold of Microsoft in an acquisition move seen by many as meant to ramp up the race in the cloud among large tech companies.
What keeps Samsung Pay lagging behind Apple Pay
The fierce competition between Apple and Samsung continue, from the mobile race and beyond to the mobile payment race. The latter involves such service as Apple Pay, which was launched in conjunction with the latest flagships iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
