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The feature would be rolled out to more of the company's applications this year such as Flickr and Tumblr.Â (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Yahoo floats a no-password option

Rudy Takala · October 15, 2015 9:53 pm

T-Mobile lost personal information on 15 million customers this month after hackers breached its credit agency, Experian. The company is a member of a trade association that has announcedÂ its opposition to bipartisan "information sharing" legislation moving through Congress.Â (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Tech companies join to fight cyberbill

Rudy Takala · October 15, 2015 7:10 pm

From Jan. 1 to June 30, the Chinese government asked Microsoft to remove 165 items from the web. (AP file photo/Ng Han Guan)

China leads the way in Internet censorship requests

Rudy Takala · October 15, 2015 6:04 pm

We look forward to moving these bills through theÂ committee soon," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Ranking Member John Conyers, D-Mich., said in a joint statement. (AP file photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Lawmakers weigh online rules that could affect Drudge, other sites

Rudy Takala · October 15, 2015 12:35 am

According to the Smart Card Alliance, an association that includes credit card companies such as Visa, Mastercard, and American Express, 120 million Americans had already received credit cards with the new EMV chips as of February.Â (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

FBI: Credit cards with chips aren’t fraud-proof

Rudy Takala · October 15, 2015 12:19 am

Just one-quarter of companies surveyed said they have a "clear understanding" of their "exposure to cyberrisk," according to the European Cyber Risk Survey released this monthÂ by insurance company Marsh. (AP Photo)

Report sheds light on why Euro companies get hacked

Rudy Takala · October 14, 2015 9:56 pm

Millennials trust social media platforms to safeguard their personal information less than any other type of website, according to aÂ survey released on Tuesday.(Bloomberg/Aidan Crawley)

Study: Millennials don’t trust social media to safeguard data

Rudy Takala · October 13, 2015 11:02 pm

Credit cards affected were those used at the store between Sept. 1-27. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Hackers steal credit card info from thrift store chain

Rudy Takala · October 13, 2015 4:19 pm

More than 3,000 people may have had their payment card and contact information accessed by hackers who made their way into the Dow Jones & Company systems.Â (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Dow Jones hit by hackers

Rudy Takala · October 12, 2015 5:38 pm

The Islamic State has set up a caliphate in a large swath of Iraq and a part of Syria since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. (Militant website via AP)

Obama: Give me a few more years in Syria

Rudy Takala · October 11, 2015 11:03 pm

As Russia has stepped up its activity in the Middle East, critics have said it accentuates a contrast of the leadership differences between Putin and Obama.Â (AP file photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Obama calls Putin weak, Russian leader won’t return favor

Rudy Takala · October 11, 2015 11:00 pm

Kansas Republican Rep. TimÂ Huelskamp was removed from some of his committee assignments in 2012. (AP file photo)

Karl Rove attacks renegade House conservative

Rudy Takala · October 11, 2015 9:47 pm