How to find out if your email was one of 773 million exposed in data breach
Your email account may be among the hundreds of millions that were exposed in a massive data breach. Security experts say it could be the largest data breach ever with 773 million email addresses and 21 million passwords, according to Fortune. The breach appears to come from several different sources. The data was posted to a […]
Google just spent $40 million for Fossil’s secret smartwatch tech
Google and watchmaker Fossil Group today announced an agreement for the search giant to acquire some of Fossil’s smartwatch technology and members of the research and development division responsible for creating it. The deal is worth roughly $40 million, and under the current terms Fossil will transfer a “portion” of its R&D team, the portion […]
Google Play malware used phones’ motion sensors to conceal itself
Malicious apps hosted in the Google Play market are trying a clever trick to avoid detection—they monitor the motion-sensor input of an infected device before installing a powerful banking trojan to make sure it doesn’t load on emulators researchers use to detect attacks. The thinking behind the monitoring is that sensors in real end-user devices […]
Twitter Oopsie: Bug Made Some Android Users’ Private Tweets Public
Twitter shared some unsettling news for Android users today. For more than four years, a bug affecting Twitter’s Android app made some users’ private tweets public. Twitter says the bug was triggered when users turned on the “Protect your Tweets” setting and made seemingly unrelated changes to their accounts, like updating their email addresses. The […]
Stocks rise after report says US considering easing China tariffs during negotiations
Stocks rose on Thursday on the back of a report that said the U.S. could ease tariffs on Chinese goods during their trade negotiations with China. That idea was floated by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, according to a Wall Street Journal report, which cited people close to the matter. The report, however, added that Mnuchin […]
3 Stocks to Buy Ahead of the Next Market Crash
For some, the recent stock market volatility is a sign of a crash to come. While pulling your money out of the market is obviously one move you could make, so is investing in businesses that not only survive a downturn but thrive in one. Three Motley Fool contributors see American States Water (NYSE:AWR), Cronos […]
Sales of luxury jewelry, watches and boats at risk as stock market swoons
Spending on watches, jewelry, boats and other luxury goods could tumble because of the recent stock market jitters, according an analysis from Goldman Sachs. Declines in stock prices since their peak last September could reduce luxury spending by wealthy spenders and shave a half a percent from the gross domestic product in 2019, according to […]
Stocks end higher after report says U.S. considering easing China tariffs
Stocks extended their win streak to three days Thursday after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration was debating whether to ease tariffs on Chinese imports in a bid to calm markets and ease tensions with Beijing. How did the benchmarks fare? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.67% erased an earlier loss […]
Sears retail chain in $5.2bn rescue plan
Sears, the long-troubled US department store chain, is set to stagger on. Billionaire Eddie Lampert, a hedge fund financier who is chairman of Sears and its former chief executive, has won a bankruptcy court auction to purchase the company for $5.2bn (£4bn). Assuming it is approved, his plan will keep more than 400 stores open […]
What’s Driving Low Gas Prices? A Global Oil Glut
Gas is relatively cheap these days. Enjoy those low prices, but don’t get used to them, analysts say. An oversupply of oil on the world market has triggered a steady slide in gas prices, bringing Americans some of the cheapest gas in years as 2019 kicked off. Nationally, regular was averaging around $2.25 per gallon […]