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The latest Snowden revelations about NSA surveillance activities indicate the agency could infect millons of computers with malware, and has spoofed Facebook servers to capture traffic from targets. Documents previously leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden include detailed descriptions of its tools and techniques, First Look reported ...

An Android developer's disclosure that it's possible to hack into the WhatsApp database and read the text of the chats from another application could be a big headache for Facebook, which has agreed to purchase the app for US$19 billion. ...

Apple has bumped up the discounts offered in a loyalty program available to customers who spend at least US$5,000 on its products over 12 months, TechCrunch reported. ...

The drama surrounding Mt. Gox, once the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, has intensified ...

The consumer privacy backlash stirred up by Facebook's recent deal to purchase WhatsApp for US$19 billion is now in full swing ...

Getty Images, the stock photo giant that many professional photographers loathe but amateurs love, on Thursday announced it will allow consumers to embed and share its images free for non-commercial purposes on blogs, social networks and other websites ...

Brash startup mobile carrier FreedomPop, which leases bandwidth from Sprint and has launched several aggressive programs to help it take off, on Wednesday unveiled the Privacy Phone -- nicknamed the "Snowden Phone" -- a Samsung Galaxy SII tweaked to be highly secure ...

Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer will retire in September, when he'll be replaced by Corporate Controller Luca Maestri, the company's VP of finance. Maestri will begin taking the reins in June ...

CEO Satya Nadella has begun his much-anticipated shakeup of Microsoft's leadership ranks, just weeks after taking the helm ...

Less than two months after publicly announcing that he was pulling out of the RSA Security Conference, which took place last week in San Francisco, because RSA had accepted a US$10 million contract from the United States National Security Agency, F-Secure Chief Researcher Mikko Hypponen appeared to take a somewhat mellower stance ...

Mt. Gox, the largest Bitcoin exchange, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in Tokyo, Just days after going offline following the publication on Scribd of an internal memo that alleged hackers had stolen nearly 745,000 Bitcoins from its servers over the years ...

Boeing this week filed an application with the United States Federal Communications Commission for a secure Android smartphone called the "Black" that will self-destruct if anyone tries to physically open the case ...

The United States Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have submitted four proposals to reform the National Security Agency's phone surveillance program, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday ...

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, which has been troubled by repeated DDoS attacks, has gone offline, following publication on Scribd of a purported internal memo alleging a multiyear theft totaling nearly 745,000 Bitcoins from its servers ...

Nokia on Monday confirmed months of speculation with the unveiling of its X family of smartphones running Android ...

Google on Friday announced its purchase of online ad fraud fighter Spider.io ...

The World Resources Institute on Thursday launched Global Forest Watch, a dynamic online forest monitoring and alert system to help fight the massive deforestation of the planet ...

Internet of Things, Part 1: God's Gift to the NSA ...

Technologist and serial entrepreneur Steve Perlman on Wednesday announced his new company, Artemis, and demoed its pCell technology ...

HP's problems following its 2011 purchase of Autonomy for US$11.1 billion are getting worse ...