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Is Windows the greatest cyberthreat to the 2020 US election?
With Election Day coming up fast, there’s evidence that Windows-based attacks could be imminent — or may have already started. Seeds of chaos being sown already?
Why Windows is Microsoft’s shield against a federal onslaught
With Congress up in arms about how Big Tech is dominating so much of the digital world, Microsoft has managed to avoid the fray.
Top smart cities in Europe
Our overview of the top smart cities in Europe, including London, Dublin, Barcelona and Amsterdam.
Defense Dept. rolls out Microsoft Teams to millions of remote workers
The temporary deployment of Teams and other Office 365 tools is part of a wider effort by the sprawling agency to support staffers as remote work surges during the current pandemic.
Facebook changes its Libra plans to include more cryptocurrencies
After seeing the departure of key members of its non-profit development body – and facing regulatory pressure – Facebook appears to be ready to be more inclusive in its cryptocurrency plans.
MIT researchers say mobile voting app piloted in U.S. is rife with vulnerabilities
The flaws could let a hacker alter, stop or expose how a person has voted.
Why the Fed is considering a cash-backed cryptocurrency
A real-time payments infrastructure enabled by a blockchain-based stablecoin could offer many advantages, a Federal Reserve governor said during a recent speech.
U.S. Air Force to pilot blockchain-based database for data sharing
The blockchain ledger will enable data ingest from legacy data systems and wikis as well as a native web application build platform
Iowa Caucus chaos likely to set back mobile voting
While the app used to tally votes during the Iowa Caucus on Monday was not a mobile voting app, it could still undermine confidence in any future attempts to roll out the technology.
Seattle tries out mobile voting
But voter skepticism about online security has some Washington state officials responsible for general elections wary of rolling out the tech.
Former U.S. regulator leads effort to create digital dollar
The project will explore how a cryptocurrency could produce a more efficient and safer means of cross-border trade, clearance and settlement.
The race to integrate crypto into global banking is real
Public sector projects are driving greater interest to adopt fiat-backed cryptocurrencies by central and regional banks.
Amid privacy and security failures, digital IDs advance
Blockchain-based digital wallets could give owners control over their digital identity in a way that would eliminate the business silo systems of today.
What happens when every nation censors search results globally?
The dam has burst on governments asserting their right to censor the internet worldwide. Welcome to the dark side of information globalization.
Facebook won't launch cryptocurrency until U.S. regulators approve
Growing pressure from regulators prompted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to say his company will not back a global financial network based on a cryptocurrency without government okay.
Utah county moves to expand mobile voting through blockchain
Utah County plans to allow disabled voters to use a blockchain-based mobile app to vote in November, and one city hopes to use an app for all of its citizens, who are mostly young, tech-savvy millennials.
Can Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency survive the exodus?
Seven of the founding members of the Libra Association, Facebook's non-profit governing council for its planned cryptocurrency, have jumped ship amid increasing scrutiny by U.S. and European regulators.
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