A Google-backed innovation community in Nairobi, Kenya, plans to build the first African supercomputer outside of South Africa, which backers hope will be a step toward a more self-sufficient technological infrastructure and community in the region.
Some of the most common methods of contraception are also the most likely to fail, according to new research at Washington University — and those failures are due to user error rather than anything inherently ineffective about hormonal birth control pills or the contraceptive patch. But without resorting to other birth control methods, is there any way mobile developers can increase the effectiveness of common contraceptives?
Researchers tested four leading mobile anti-virus brands, and found that some were starkly more effective than others. Lookout and Trend Micro performed well, identifying nearly 80 percent of infections, with AVG trailing at 54.7 percent. The clear loser was Norton, which found just 20.0 percent of malware.
North Korean dissidents are spreading illegal content at faster than ever, but they’ve had to develop ways to do so without the web.
A new report found growth in computer security threats almost across the board, in a shifting trend that surprised the authors.
Members of hacktivist group Anonymous claim to have leaked some 1.7 gigabytes of internal emails from the Bureau Of Justice, a US government agency.
WikiLeaks announces the launch of Friends of WikiLeaks (FoWL), an encrypted social network for hacktivists, whistleblowers and WikiLeaks sympathizers.
Members of Anonymous have taken down the websites of the City of Chicago and Chicago Police Department in protest of the NATO summit being held in Chicago.
If you sign up for the New York City marathon, you can’t run 26.2 miles in Chicago and say you competed. Fortunately, we’re not runners (at least not after our.
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