TECH February 29, 2024 Three easy ways to clear out the junk on your phone Technology expert Kim Komando shares how to make sure your new smartphone works as good as new. Make sure the junk on your previous devices doesn't carry over.
TECHNOLOGIES January 1, 2024 Two minute tech tricks: Start the year with a clean inbox Start the New Year with a clean slate. Learn how to clear your email inbox from your phone or computer using simple tips from a tech expert.
Big Tech Backlash January 13, 2022 Yahoo rejects GOP Senate candidate's 'Let's Go Brandon' ad, calls it 'overly inflammatory and offensive' Arizona Senate candidate Jim Lamon slammed the tech giant for not allowing his "Let's Go Brandon" themed ad on its platform.
Yahoo October 14, 2019 Yahoo data breach settlement: How to collect up to $358 If you had a Yahoo account between 2012 and 2016, you may be entitled to compensation as the tech giant looks to settle a class-action lawsuit against it after it suffered several data breaches.
Hackers September 25, 2019 How to claim your $100 settlement if Yahoo leaked your data Data breaches are unfortunately commonplace these days, with some of the most devastating incidents affecting millions of people. Possibly the worst ever was the breach of Yahoo that happened over the span of about four years.
Chris Pratt July 17, 2019 Chris Pratt called a 'white supremacist' over Gadsden flag T-shirt Yahoo is facing heavy criticism for calling Chris Pratt a "white supremacist" for wearing a T-shirt with the Gadsden flag in an article published Tuesday.
Yahoo November 28, 2017 Canadian 'hacker-for-hire' pleads guilty in Yahoo breach A Canadian man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a massive breach at Yahoo that authorities say was directed by two Russian intelligence agents and affected at least a half billion user accounts.
Yahoo November 9, 2017 Marissa Mayer says she doesn't know how Yahoo got hacked Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer admitted on Capitol Hill Wednesday that the Silicon Valley giant still doesn’t understand how hackers managed to compromise the information of billions of Yahoo users.
Security October 3, 2017 Yahoo now says all 3B of its accounts were hacked Yahoo! parent company Verizon said that all 3 billion of Yahoo!'s accounts were hacked, up from the original figure of 1 billion.
Yahoo April 4, 2017 Internet pokes fun at name for combined AOL-Yahoo If you merge the letters from AOL and Yahoo, take a few away, and add a "t," you have Oath, which is what Verizon is planning to call a new entity combining the two companies after its acquisition of Yahoo is complete.
Yahoo March 15, 2017 Hackers to be charged in Yahoo security breach U.S. officials are planning to unveil charges Wednesday related to the theft of personal data that affected hundreds of millions of Yahoo users and disrupted the company’s sale to Verizon, according to people familiar with the matter.
Yahoo March 2, 2017 Another 32 million Yahoo accounts breached Add that to the 1.5 billion accounts that have already been compromised.
Security March 2, 2017 Yahoo punishes CEO in latest fallout from security breakdown Yahoo is punishing CEO Marissa Mayer and parting ways with its top lawyer for the mishandling of two security breaches that exposed the personal information of more than 1 billion users and already have cost the company $350 million.
Security February 16, 2017 Yahoo is warning users over state-sponsored cookie-forging attacks Yahoo has sent out a new warning to some users regarding allegedly state-sponsored cookie-forging attacks. It is believed that hackers were able to steal the company's cookie source code to conduct the attacks.
Security December 15, 2016 One-billion-user Yahoo breach: What to do now If you held one of the billion Yahoo accounts that were compromised in a 2013 data breach, we're sorry.
Security December 15, 2016 Yahoo hack: The 'Exxon Valdez of security breaches' Yahoo is coming under fire from security experts after the tech giant confirmed that more than one billion customer accounts have been compromised in a massive data breach.
Security December 14, 2016 Yahoo confirms more than one billion accounts compromised in massive data breach Yahoo announced Wednesday that hackers stole data from more than one billion customer accounts.
Yahoo October 11, 2016 Never can say goodbye: Yahoo just made it hard to leave by disabling email forwarding Concerned by Yahoo's historic data breach that affected some 500 million user accounts? Did you want to do something about it? Well, "too bad" appears to be the message Yahoo is sending to its users.
Security October 5, 2016 Yahoo denies mass email spying claim Yahoo denies building spying software to scan all of its customers’ incoming emails for U.S. intelligence agencies, a claim reported by Reuters Tuesday.
Security October 4, 2016 Yahoo built email spying software for intelligence agencies, report says Last year, Internet giant Yahoo built software to spy on incoming emails of hundreds of millions of accounts for U.S. intelligence agencies, according to Reuters.
Security September 23, 2016 Yahoo confirms 500 million accounts compromised in huge data breach Yahoo has confirmed that hackers stole information from at least 500 million user accounts in what it describes as a “state-sponsored” attack.
Security September 22, 2016 Yahoo to confirm hackers stole passwords for 200M accounts all the way back in 2012, report says Yahoo will confirm later this week that hackers did breach its systems in 2012, stealing personal data for about 200 million accounts, including easily decrypted passwords, a report says.
Yahoo September 12, 2016 Flickr data reveals $1.8 billion value of Vermont's conservation areas, study says Scientists have tapped the power of Flickr to find out more about visits to conservation land in Vermont, and have even been able to put a price tag on all those visits.
Yahoo April 6, 2016 Katie Couric joins Yahoo as global anchor, to host interview series Katie Couric is shifting focus to even smaller screens: Yahoo officially announced her hire as “global anchor,” making the Internet the primary platform for the talkshow hostess and journalist after 34 years on TV.
Security December 20, 2015 NSA secretly tapped Google, Yahoo data centers worldwide, new report claims Massive cloud networks from companies like Google and Yahoo cache and serve up much of the data on the Internet -- and the NSA has secretly tapped into the unencrypted links behind those company’s enormous servers, according to a new report from the Washington Post.
Microsoft November 5, 2015 Even Yahoo employees don’t use Yahoo Mail Only 25 percent of Yahoo’s own employees use the company’s email offering-- even after company executives exhorted them all to switch off of Microsoft’s Outlook, according to a leaked memo.
Privacy November 5, 2015 Yahoo CEO fears defying NSA could mean prison Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with U.S. spy demands for data.
Google November 4, 2015 After Google, Bing and Yahoo now scrubbing links from search Bing and Yahoo search engines have started removing links to some websites following the EU's right-to-be-forgotten ruling back in May, a development that'll make it that little bit harder for Web users to discover particular sites. The post Right to be forgotten: After Google, Bing and Yahoo now scrubbing links from search appeared first on Digital Trends.
Security November 4, 2015 Yahoo says it faced $250,000-a-day fine for opposing NSA data demand Yahoo said Thursday that the US government threatened it with a $250,000-a-day fine if it refused to supply the National Security Agency (NSA) with user data for its controversial PRISM surveillance program.
Yahoo November 4, 2015 Yahoo's email embraces some features popularized by Gmail in 2nd overhaul in less than a year Yahoo's free email service is becoming a bit more like Google's Gmail as part of its second makeover in less than a year.
