Starting Wednesday, Google will block websites that serve up deceptive download buttons or fake embedded ads alerting users to malware.
As of this week, Google is taking aim at websites that host fake download buttons or pop-ups warning of nonexistent malware on your computer. In a blog post on Wednesday, the company said this was another expansion of its Safe Browsing feature, which in November started shielding users against social engineering attacks.
Until now, VR developers had to use outside editing tools. Epic promises this will be more efficient and intuitive.
Virtual reality content makers, from independent teams to large groups of professionals working on seven-figure projects, will soon be able to develop their work in VR.
Slack’s diversity numbers have only slightly edged up, so it’s implementing a rule pioneered by the NFL.
We’re used to startups coming along and disrupting paradigms. This time, a startup is simultaneously shaking up a persistent struggle for diversity by being transparent and taking a page from the NFL’s playbook to implement a rule that’s over a decade old.
Voter records were exposed at the Iowa GOP website through a feature designed to help voters find caucus sites.
The website of the Iowa Republican Party inadvertently exposed the voting records of 2 million Democratic and Independent voters in the state.
The authentication technology may eventually let Samsung smartwatches act as a key to things like cars, doors, and subways.
A newly published Samsung patent describes a wrist-wearable sensor that reads the wearer’s veins. No, not to tell their fortune, but to establish their identity.
The social network is really stretching the limits of its Community Standards.
Facebook has started taking down the pages of businesses that legally sell marijuana for medical purposes in New Jersey, according to local news site NJ.com. The state is one of 23 across the country where medical marijuana dispensaries are permitted by law.
Profiling an Internet phenomenon and its quirky creator, a few months into its existence.
Facebook turned 12 today. It’s been part of everyday life for long enough that an infinite number of articles have been published about its phenomenal success and the vision of its inventor and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. (I wrote about him myself recently.)
Pharmaceutical companies love to talk about their R&D efforts.
Martin Shkreli is a walking nightmare for the pharmaceutical industry.
During the debate on Thursday, Bernie again argued that Hillary was too close to the big banks—but Clinton dismissed that charge.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders spent much of Thursday’s Democratic debate trading jabs about which candidate is tougher on Wall Street.
The telescope will help reveal new solar systems capable of supporting life.
The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is one step closer to completion. NASA has announced that they’ve just placed the 18th and final mirror segment into the array of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The completion of the mirror array is a major milestone in the construction of the JWST, says NASA.
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