A former U.S. National Security Agency contractor has offered to plead guilty to one charge of stealing a classified document in an apparent attempt to have multiple other charges dropped. Harold T. Martin III was arrested in August 2016 and was found in possession of 50 terabytes of government data, including documents marked “Secret” and “Top ...

Vuzix Corp. has started taking preorders for a pair of smart glasses it first announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2018. Called the Vuzix Blade, the glasses are the company’s first entry into the consumer smart glasses market. They’re also claimed to be the first smart glasses to come with built-in support for ...

BitTorrent Inc. is gaining support for cryptocurrencies as the firm today announced a new token that can be used to speed up downloads. Called the BitTorrent Token, the token runs on the TRON protocol. That’s a blockchain platform designed by the TRON Foundation that competes directly with Ethereum as a platform of choice for cryptocurrencies. TRON ...

A hacker or hacking group going by the name “TheDarkOverlord” is demanding to be paid bitcoin for access to documents that are allegedly linked to litigation for the 9/11 terror attacks. The documents are said to have come from hacks of insurance companies Hiscox Syndicates and Lloyds of London as well as real estate developer Silverstein Properties. In a ...

The same person behind the hack of printers in December to support YouTube star PewDiePie is back again. The hacker claims to have hacked Chromecasts, smart televisions and Google Home devices. Going by the name of TheHackerGiraffe on Twitter, the hacker used a “CastHack” that took advantage of users who use incorrectly configured routers that have the Universal ...

Bitcoin has ended the year down nearly 80 percent and further still from its highest level, but a number of investors are predicting better days ahead. The cryptocurrency started the year on $13,609.79, surging to $16,741.48 on Jan. 7 before dropping to $3,689.11 as of 9:15 p.m. EST on Dec. 31. Although there was a small ...

Apple Inc. will be ringing in 2019 with declining sales, but there might be hope ahead as the first iPhone XI leaks appear. The company launched its latest range of iPhones in September, but though they may have wowed with their specifications, they also wowed many with their excessively high prices as well. By Nov. 12, ...

The data sharing scandals surrounding Facebook Inc. throughout the year may have just gotten worse. A new report finds that leading Android apps are sharing user data with the social media giant in breach of European Union law. That’s according to a new report released Saturday by Privacy International that found 61 percent of popular Android apps tested ...

Cryptocurrency startup Bakkt LLC., the brainchild of New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange Inc., today said it has raised $182.5 million in its first round of funding. Investors include Boston Consulting Group, CMT Digital, Eagle Seven, Galaxy Digital, Goldfinch Partners, Alan Howard, Horizons Ventures, Microsoft’s M12, Pantera Capital, PayU, Naspers, Protocol Ventures and naturally Intercontinental ...

The European Union is an unexpected entrant into the world of bug bounties, funding 14 of them for open-source software projects on which the organization relies. Bug bounties are payments provided to security researchers and others who detect and report vulnerabilities in software. The EU’s funding will begin at the start of January. Announced late last week by Julia ...