Security

US tech companies ask governments to reform surveillance practices

The eight tech companies want the U.S. to lead the reforms

Are You Human … beats bots better than CAPTCHA

Users hate CAPTCHA and it's broken anyway ... here's a better solution

DARPA makes finding software vulnerabilities fun

DARPA creates a set of games that covertly search for software vulnerabilities

Mobile chip speed wars have to end, Broadcom chairman says

Battery life will win out over ongoing performance upgrades, according to Henry Samueli

FCC chairman aims for TV spectrum auction in mid-2015

The FCC will conduct the complex auction when its software and systems are ready, Wheeler says

Flashlight app vendor settles with FTC over privacy violations

Goldenshores lied to users about its flashlight app's data sharing habits, FTC says

Apple knows where shoppers are in its stores with nationwide iBeacon rollout

Shoppers could start receiving notifications as they walk past the latest iPhones

Mobile Printing via NFC: A Novelty With Little Real Value

NSA spies on Italians from roof of US Embassy in Rome, magazine reports

The allegations are based on documents the magazine says were provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden

NSA cites Reagan-era executive order to justify collection of cellphone location data

Insists program is legal and purely outward-facing