When you delete a file, that file is actually still on your computer. The only way you can truly and securely remove a file is by wiping it or using some type of secure deletion.

Chrome extension cobbled together by students offers at least one way to tackle ‘fake news’ problems

Here’s the second of our three seasonal articles to help to keep you safe during discount-season shopping… and on into the New Year.

Much of the effort that goes into making passwords stronger has no effect on security

A proof of concept attack uses malware to turn headphones into microphones that can eavesdrop from across a room.

Microsoft is bringing Office 365 to 10 new markets. The company today announced that people in Bhutan, Cambodia, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Laos, Maldives, Martinique, Mozambique, Myanmar, and Vatican City can now also subscribe to its productivity suite. The company says it…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Whistleblower Edward Snowden can be asked to give evidence in person by a German committee probing the NSA’s spying activities, the country’s Federal Court of Justice has ruled. Germany’s government has…

BrianFagioli quotes a report from BetaNews: Back in the the mid-1990’s, everyone thought they needed a computer. After all, Windows 95 made using one particularly easy, and the internet was a very attractive thing. Unfortunately, once some people got their…

After a little over a month of learning more languages to translate beyond Spanish, Google’s recently announced Neural Machine Translation system has used deep learning to develop its own internal language. TechCrunch reports: GNMT’s creators were curious about something. If…

Telegram has unveiled a new blogging platform called Telegraph, which offers fast publishing and anonymous posting without requiring you to sign up or sign in via social media. The Verge reports: The app’s user interface looks very similar to Medium…