Social media giant Facebook Inc. may know more about you than you think after a recent report claimed that the company was acquiring information about users from third-party information brokers. Pro Publica claims that Facebook has been acquiring “detailed dossiers” obtained from commercial data brokers about users’ offline lives to better refine what ads they ...

In an age of Internet-connected cars, there are lots of Dick Tracy-style things people can do in their vehicles. Now, if you’re a customer of one car company, you can add taking a conference call to the list. Swedish car maker Volvo is introducing Skype for Business to its new 90 Series cars, a move claimed to ...

As if 2016 weren’t volatile enough for the technology industry, the coming year is likely to be even more interesting, thanks to everything from an unpredictable new U.S. president to a confluence of trends ranging from artificial intelligence to virtual reality to the continued rise of the cloud. This is the latest in a series of ...

In a story that begs the question, “What year is this?” the Obama Administration has penalized Russia over allegations that it tried to tamper with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. President Obama in his last days in office has decided to punish Russia by expelling 35 diplomats and ordering the closure of offices in New ...

The Food and Drug Administration has released a set of recommendations for how device manufacturers should protect the security of Internet-connected medical devices. One year in the making, the 30-page document encourages manufacturers to monitor their devices and software for vulnerabilities and to patch any issues as they are discovered. “The best way to combat these threats ...

Ford Motor Co. Wednesday unveiled its latest Fusion autonomous vehicle complete with more processing power that brings it closer to being ready for production. Included in the new car are adjustments to the sensor technology to allow the car to better see what’s around it, along with new Light Detection And Rangings, or LiDAR, sensors that are described ...

Application performance management firm AppDynamics Inc. could become the tech industry’s first initial public offering in the new year, as the company submitted its S-1 regulatory filing Wednesday. AppDynamics is looking to raise $100 million on a valuation of approximately $1.9 billion, according to Marketwatch. Underwriting the IPO are Morgan Stanley Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Barclays, UBS, Wells ...

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has acquired Israeli database security and compliance solutions startup HexaTier Ltd. for a reported $42 million. Founded in 2009 and previously known as GreenSQL, HexaTier offers database security and compliance through database reverse proxy technology to secure cloud-hosted databases and DBaaS platforms. HexaTier is installed as a front-end to a database and ...

Hackers sponsored by the Chinese military are being blamed in a new U.S. government hacking case, according to a report. Citing people with knowledge of the breach, Reuters Friday said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was hacked for several years beginning in 2010. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is said to be investigating the security breach, which saw ...

Coinbase Inc. has been dragged into the ongoing drama surrounding failed bitcoin exchange Cryptsy (Project Investors, Inc.) over allegations that Coinbase helped steal money from the exchange. Silver Law Group and Wites & Kapetan, P.A., on behalf of Cryptsy victims, filed a class action lawsuit against Coinbase prior to Christmas alleging that company should have known ...