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Congress Approves Bill Making Internet Tax Ban Permanent

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed legislation placing a permanent ban on states’ taxing Internet access, sending the measure to President Barack Obama for signing into law. By a vote of 75-20, the Senate gave final approval to a bill toughening enforcement of U.S. duties on foreign

Inventor of Email, Ray Tomlinson, Dies

Raytheon Co., his employer, on Sunday confirmed his death; the details were not immediately available. Email existed in a limited capacity before Tomlinson in that electronic messages could be shared amid multiple people within a limited framework. But until his invention in 1971 of the first network

Hackers attack Verizon’s anti data breach division, access information of 1.5 million customers

Verizon’s anti-hacking task force called Verizon Enterprise Solutions was hit by hackers. Over 1.5 million customers’ data was stolen from the division, which is responsible for providing cybersecurity solutions to Fortune 500 companies. The breach was first reported by independent cybersecurity researcher Brian Krebs. The hacker/s, who

Build 2016: how to watch the live streams and what happened on Day 1

Today, Microsoft showed off what it’s been cooking up for Windows, Xbox One and evenHoloLens at its annual developer conference, Build 2016. While it’s largely aimed at the folks that make the apps you use every day, Microsoft is broadcasting the conference’s two major keynotes straight from

Truecaller fixes bug that could expose personal details of over 100 million users

Number tracking app Truecaller has fixed a bug in its Android app which could potentially allow hackers to retrieve personal information of users and change details – including call block settings – without a user’s consent. The company, however, claimed that no information was compromised due to

Brussels attack: Encryption and Snowden to blame for intelligence failures claims William Hague

William Hague: ‘The care taken by the Brussels murderers to leave no digital trail is a sign of strict and thorough training.’Reuters Former UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has claimed that recent terrorist atrocities in Brussels show ‘the need to crack’ terrorist communications, citing strong encryption and

Internet privacy campaigners warn Snooper’s Charter will cost UK more than £1bn

UK’s ambitious Snooper’s Charter could cost Home Office £1bnGetty Images Collection of web browsing histories of every UK citizen under the proposed Snooper’s Charter or the Draft Communications Data Bill, proposed by Home Secretary Theresa May, will cost the Home Office more than £1bn ($1.43bn), according to estimates

Xiaomi Launches Mi Water Purifier 2, Mi Router 3, and New Bluetooth Speaker

At a media event on Tuesday, Xiaomi announced its Mi Ecosystem sub-brand. The company also took the opportunity to unveil the first product in that lineup, the Mi Induction Heating Pressure Rice Cooker. At the event, the Chinese technology conglomerate also announced refresh of many of its

Amaya’s CEO Takes Leave Amid Insider Trading Probe

The chair and chief executive of the world’s largest online gaming company has stepped back from the company after being charged with insider trading and stock manipulation, Amaya announced Tuesday. David Baazov, 35, “is taking an indefinite paid leave of absence from the company,” it said in

Nasscom Says It Welcomes 100 Percent FDI in Online Marketplaces

Indian IT industry’s representative body Nasscom on Tuesday welcomed the opening up the retail e-commerce segment to 100 percent foreign equity through the clause of automatic route. “The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) guidelines are an indication of the government identifying the segment as an