
New attacks on graphics processors endanger user privacy
Hackers can use the graphics processing unit to spy on web activity, steal passwords, and break into cloud-based applications
By Holly Ober |
| Science / Technology

New security flaw discovered in Wi-Fi routers
Hackers can use your wireless router to extract information, and there’s not much you can do to stop them
By Holly Ober |
| Science / Technology

Fake news can’t fool new algorithm
An algorithm that can already detect fake news stories with 75 percent accuracy gets a boost from Snap Research
By Holly Ober |
| Science / Technology

New Spectre cyberthreat evades patches
New speculative execution attack launches from a computer’s return stack buffer, not the branch predictor
By Holly Ober |
| Science / Technology

New data science major promotes diversity in high-tech
Program will build new educational pathways in computing or technology for students, especially women, who otherwise would not study these subjects in college
By Holly Ober |
| Science / Technology
Microchips can permanently link patients with clinical samples
Project to embed patient data directly in biological samples receives Gates Foundation funding
By Holly Ober |
| Science / Technology