Jan 20 Watch Can the tech industry strike the privacy, safety balance? By Gwen Ifill, PBS News Hour Even before President Obama outlined his proposed changes in how the NSA should collect data for surveillance, many tech giants were vocal in their criticism. Gwen Ifill discusses what's at stake with Christian Dawson of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition and… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch College students combat hackers By PBS News Hour Business and government spent around $46 billion in 2013 to guard against malicious cybercriminals. How can the U.S. combat this growing threat? Carnegie Mellon University is training the next generation of cybersecurity experts by teaching them to think like hackers. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Closing the digital divide by helping seniors get online It's estimated that about half of Americans over the age of 65 use the Internet. But for the other half, increasing societal dependence on digital technology threatens to leave behind those who don't go online. NewsHour correspondent Mary Jo Brooks… Continue watching
Jan 09 Snapchat says ‘sorry’ after 4.6 million users’ data was leaked Updated Jan. 9: One week after Snapchat's database was hacked, the company released an apology to their users, and a security update. The update gives users the chance to opt-out of linking their phone number with their user name. Continue reading
Jan 06 T-Mobile makes $3.3 billion deal with Verizon to improve cell coverage In March 2013, T-Mobile USA CEO John Legere bucked industry norms and eliminated annual contracts for all its monthly cell phone plans. At the 2014 CES, the carrier plans to announce further The Associated Press reported Monday that… Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch Can new apps lead to a new you for 2014? Take a look at these new technologies that allow people to keep track and quantify every detail of their daily lives. It's a growing movement called “quantified self.” The personal data gathered is often health-related, but there are applications to… Continue watching
Jan 02 Syrian Electronic Army hacks Skype’s social media accounts, claiming Microsoft email surveillance For who missed it. #SEA pic.twitter.com/9xG4N8kedi— SyrianElectronicArmy (@Official_SEA16) January 1, 2014 The Syrian Electronic army, a collective of hackers that support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, hacked the Twitter, Facebook and WordPress accounts of… Continue reading
Jan 01 4.6 million Snapchat users’ information leaked While Snapchat users were sleeping off their New Year's Eve celebrations, their personal data may have been compromised. 4.6 million of the photo messaging application's users' phone numbers and names were leaked to an online database. The company allegedly… Continue reading
Dec 31 Apple denies reported NSA ‘backdoor’ iPhone access Tech giant Apple has responded to newly released documents claiming the National Security Agency has a method for gaining backdoor access to its iPhones. According to All Things D, Apple said it never worked with the agency… Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch Shields and Gerson on the political lessons of 2013 Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week's top political news, including the factors that fuel economic inequality in the U.S., how Edward Snowden used technology to decentralize government power and… Continue watching