A group called the Shadow Brokers made headlines this month by leaking a hacking tool belonging to the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) team. Now this week...Ars Technica From ACM News | August 24, 2016
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has access to as many as 411.9 million images as part of its face-recognition database. Ars Technica From ACM News | June 20, 2016
The US government isn't saying whether it will divulge to Apple the method it used to access the locked iPhone seized by one of the San Bernardino shooters.Ars Technica From ACM News | March 29, 2016
Less than 24 hours before a highly anticipated Tuesday court session where prosecutors and Apple lawyers would have squared off here in federal court, government...Ars Technica From ACM News | March 22, 2016
Apple has been served with a court order at the FBI's request, demanding that it assist the government agency with unlocking an iPhone 5C that was used by Syed...Ars Technica From ACM News | February 19, 2016
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday evening said the US government's legal position on encryption backdoors was setting "a dangerous precedent."Ars Technica From ACM News | February 18, 2016
The U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has ordered Google to remove links from its search results that point to news stories reporting on earlier removals...Ars Technica From ACM News | August 24, 2015
In a surprise decision, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has ruled that the Estonian news site Delfi may be held responsible for anonymous...Ars Technica From ACM News | June 17, 2015
When Facebook bought Oculus VR back in March of 2014, many wondered exactly what the social network was going to do with it; let's face it, many of us are still wondering...Ars Technica From ACM News | May 21, 2015
This week at the 2015 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Intel will provide an update on its new 10nm manufacturing process and new research...Ars Technica From ACM News | February 23, 2015
Within a few weeks we’ll have a huge document full of legalese on the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, to replace the near-200-page ...Ars Technica From ACM News | February 6, 2015
In an on-camera interview with James Bamford for an upcoming episode of PBS' NOVA, Edward Snowden warned that the U.S. Department of Defense and National Security...Ars Technica From ACM News | January 9, 2015
Even if you're a devoted fan of video games, there's a decent chance you're not familiar with the name Ralph H. Baer.Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | December 8, 2014
The question of whether online broadcast television is to remain in the hands of a stodgy industry that once declared the VCR the enemy is being put directly before...Ars Technica From ACM News | April 21, 2014
When we reviewed iOS 6 a year ago, we called it a "spit-and-polish" release and stand by that assessment today.Ars Technica From ACM Opinion | September 18, 2013