Should researchers still be posting their data openly online? It’s a question being debated by some researchers now that bots are routinely mining open-access databases and scientific publications to ...

As much as it’s easy to build a basic web scraper (assuming you have rudimentary computer literacy), it’s equally hard to scale your effort and enjoy meaningful success. The internet has grown highly ...

A federal judge has ruled that a revamped federal tool that state election officials have used in their efforts to identify ...

This week’s cybersecurity recap covers Firefox and Chrome bugs, EDR-killer tools, a TV botnet, an OpenBSD flaw, Android ...

Search-only contract with AI company logos. Google’s new $1bn London headquarters could be receiving a visit from the bailiffs this summer after publishers opened up a new front in the battle against ...

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from building a database of millions of Americans’ personal and ...

In spring 2026, social media users spread a rumor that a new data center in Utah would use about 16 billion gallons of water a year and that the center would be 2.7 times the size of Manhattan. Utah ...

Security firm SOCRadar says the large-scale FortiBleed campaign targeting Fortinet FortiGate devices used custom sniffers to ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

For years, enterprises have observed familiar patterns in insider threats: cyber hygiene wasn’t followed. A disgruntled ...

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