US cyber pros test skills in exercise meant to stop attacks

The moment a U.S. official pressed a computer key Tuesday, dozens of security experts who gathered in an underground control room girded themselves for a cyberattack—a drill meant to thwart the kinds of intrusions that ...

UK surveillance law overhaul sparks privacy row

Britain's security services and police would have their right to trawl in bulk for online data boosted under a proposed new law to recast surveillance powers published Tuesday.

China requires approval for foreign firms to publish online

A new Chinese regulation announced this week will require foreign companies and foreign-Chinese joint ventures to acquire approval before publishing content online, in the government's latest move to tighten control of the ...

Insider Q&A: Competing with cable's Internet offerings

Chet Kanojia, the founder of startup TV service Aereo, has a new offering that could shake up the cable industry again. His new Internet service, Starry, would compete with cable companies in big cities.

Sri Lanka takes stake in Google balloon Internet venture

Sri Lanka's government announced Monday it would take a 25 percent stake in a joint venture with Google designed to deliver a high-speed Internet service powered by balloons and that tests would begin this month.

Pakistan orders 400,000 porn sites blocked

Pakistan has asked Internet companies to block more than 400,000 pornography websites, officials said Tuesday, as part of a crackdown on what the top court calls "offensive content" in the Muslim-majority nation.

New methods for more energy-efficient internet services

The billions of people using internet services worldwide require huge data centres resulting in an enormous energy consumption. In her doctoral dissertation at Umeå University, Mina Sedaghat has developed techniques and ...

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