SAN FRANCISCO - Heads up, Snapchat users: someone has allegedly comprised 4.6 million accounts, potentially exposing your usernames and phone numbers. The Snapchat account information apparently had been posted to a site called SnapchatDB.info by an individual or group determined to prod the 2-year-old photo-sharing service, which has more than 8 million adult users in
BIRMINGHAM - My coverage of the NSA's massive data gathering and attacks on fundamental security technology has been focused on the expected impact on the IT security industry. I was one of the first to publish trepidation a day after the first Snowden report and again a week later. Recent events appear to validate my
HONG KONG - Tonight's sortie was an old-fashioned stakeout, Buck had said. If Yvonne had ever been on one, she would have understood his sentiment, but instead she was anxious, feeling exposed to dangers she never experienced working in her labs behind the protection of computer screens and miles, sometimes thousands of them, between her
LANSING - Neogen Corporation announced Thursday that it has acquired the stock of Chem-Tech Ltd., a manufacturer of insecticides for the animal and food industries. The 35-year-old company, which is wholly owned by Pat and Kelle Rolfes, operates an extensive manufacturing and distribution facility in Pleasantville, Iowa. Chem-Tech's revenues for the most recent 12 months
TROY ? Learn how to best position your company to take advantage of business opportunities abroad at the Global Economic and Industry Outlook for 2014 on Jan. 30 at Automation Alley?s headquarters. The event will answer such questions as how will the eurozone, China's GDP growth rate, geopolitical threats, shale oil discoveries, technological innovations and
AUBURN HILLS - The Chrysler Foundation today announced grants totaling $229,000 to support FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics teams and organizations in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ontario, Canada. Twenty-nine grants went to Michigan High Schools. The grants will enable more than 1,000 middle and high school students to discover
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company announced Thursday the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a first-of-its-kind sun-powered vehicle with the potential to deliver the best of what a plug-in hybrid offers - without depending on the electric grid for fuel. Instead of powering its battery from an electrical outlet, Ford C-MAX Solar Energi Concept harnesses the power
GRAND RAPIDS - Israeli researchers have identified a vulnerability in the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone that allegedly allows a hacker to easily intercept secure data. Samsung told CNET and other news outlets that it's looking into the issues and thus far doesn't believe the problem is as serious as the researchers present in their findings.
WASHINGTON DC - A US district judge dismissed the American Civil Liberties Union's lawsuit against the government's top spy agency, ruling that bulk collection of telephony metadata by the NSA is lawful. In June, the ACLU filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's mass collection of phone records, arguing that the
HOLLAND - John Maxson has been elevated to the position of Chief Executive Officer at Genzink Steel, a supplier of fabricated steel products for original equipment manufacturers of heavy equipment in the Oil & Gas, Mining, Rail, Energy and Defense Industries across North America. Maxon served for the past decade as chief operating officer. Genzink