Say Her Name: Tonya Harvey Is the Third Known Trans Person to be Killed in the U.S. This Year
Tonya Harvey, a trans woman from Buffalo, NY, has just become the third trans person (and the second of color) to be killed in 2018, following 42-year-old Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien from Massachusetts, and More...
U.S. Supreme Court to Vote On a High School Bathroom Case Involving a Transgender Student For the First Time
image via Wasan Ritthawon/Shutterstock Gavin Grimm, a 17-year-old trans boy in Virginia, just wants to use the boys’ bathroom at the high school he attends. A July ruling by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals More...
U.S. to continue appeal of iPhone data case in New York
(By Nate Raymond, Julia Love & Joseph Menn, Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it would keep fighting to force Apple Inc to open an iPhone in a New York drug case, continuing its More...
Disney Crossy Road is already the No. 1 downloaded app on iOS in the U.S.
Mickey is trying to cross the road … but there is no other side! Disney Crossy Road debuted on iOS and Android on Wednesday night, and it is already the top downloaded game on iOS. Industry-tracking firm More...
U.S. Department of Defense Invites Everyone to “Hack the Pentagon,” Expose Security Flaws for Money – Hack the planet Pentagon.
The Pentagon is now accepting applications for hackers to attempt to find their security flaws, likely leading to a showdown with Fisher Stevens—or a paycheck, actually. Don’t worry, though. They’ve More...
FBI raises alarm over ransomware targeting U.S. businesses
(Reuters) – The FBI is asking businesses and software security experts for emergency assistance in its investigation into a pernicious new type of “ransomware” virus used by hackers for extortion. “We More...
NSA chief warns ‘when, not if’ a foreign country will hack U.S. infrastructure
(Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency chief said on Tuesday it was a “matter of when, not if” a foreign nation-state attempts to launch a cyber attack on the U.S. critical infrastructure, More...
Recruitment marketplace Hired nabs $40M, acquires 3 companies in U.S., France, and Australia
Hired, the jobs marketplace for techies that was formerly known as DeveloperAuction, has raised a fresh $ 40 million funding led by Lumia Capital. This takes the startup’s funding past the $ 70 million More...
Google adds real-time U.S. election information directly to search results
As the United States kicks off the 2016 election to select the next president, Google wants you to be kept informed about not only the candidates, but also the whole political process. The company is now providing More...
Glassdoor: Of the top 25 U.S. jobs for 2016, 10 are in the tech industry
Career website Glassdoor today released its report on the “Best Jobs in America for 2016.” In the list of the top 25 jobs, 10 of the jobs were in tech — just like last year, and more than any More...