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Social Engineering Through Social Media: From Fake Profiles To Russian Meddling

Facebook’s recent crackdown on Russian meddling got me going. Russia’s manipulation of Facebook’s ad platform has forced Facebook to up its moderation and take new machine-learning steps to invest in additional programming around it. The platform has also begun hiring 1,000 more human ad reviewers. According to a Huffington Post article, in

Social media provides relief for those awaiting word from Mexico quake zone

Images of the dead pop up on Victor Gonzalez’s Snapchat feed. They’re images that break his heart. “It’s horrible,” he said. “That’s your home country right there.” The 7.1 magnitude Central Mexico earthquake is the second major quake to hit the nation in as many weeks. The

Essential Raises $300 Million From Amazon, Others; Will Announce Smartphone Release Date Next Week

Essential Products, the smartphone startup founded by a co-creator of the Android mobile operating system, has raised $300 million (roughly Rs. 1,921 crores) in new funding and signed up retailers to sell its first device, it said on Wednesday. The $699 phone, with a titanium and ceramic

Local engineers secure internet-connected toys from hackers

ARAPAHOE COUNTY – For all the fun and games that come with a toy, Tyler Bell’s job is a little fun, but no game, he says, when it comes to security. “There’s a lot of things that get hacked nowadays,” Bell says. He is the Director of

This web design bundle will teach you everything from HTML to Flash

Every aspiring web designer needs to have a toolkit of skills totally mastered. With The Web Design CPD Certification Bundle, you can become an expert on the four essentials. You’ll master web programming languages HTML and CSS, create and edit images with Photoshop and use Dreamweaver to develop responsive

Here’s China’s latest plan to keep its citizens from the open Internet

The Chinese government is cracking down on a key technology that Web surfers use to protect their privacy and get around online censorship, according to Bloomberg News. Some of the country’s biggest telecom companies — Bloomberg lists state-run China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom — are being

InFocus Turbo 5 with 5000mAh battery launched; price starts from Rs. 6,999

The InFocus Turbo 5 is exclusively available via the online retailer Amazon India. The 2GB RAM variant is priced at Rs. 6,999 and the 3GB RAM variant is priced at Rs. 7,999. The device will be going on sale starting from July 4, 2017. Let’s take a

Best gap year tech: from Torino to Tokyo, these gadgets will help you have a great time

If you’re planning a gap year or packing for the trip of a lifetime, you’ll want to cram as many creature comforts into your backpack as possible, not to mention some tech on which to record and share some phenomenal views and bragging rights. We’re rounded up

The Trump bump – when a diss from Donald is good for business

When Donald Trump tweets, PR departments tremble in their designer footwear. “Pretty much everybody is dreading being the subject of a tweet,” said Kristin Dziczek of the Michigan-based Center for Automotive Research. “Getting hauled out into the court of public opinion with virtually no warning is not

How to move Windows 10 from your old hard drive to SSD

he move to a solid-state disk will make your Windows PC faster One of the best ways of making your PC run faster is by installing a solid-state drive (SSD). However, moving Windows to an SSD is not an easy task. The best way to move Windows