Computing Now's News Podcast

A flaw that exposes personal data in government databases, the top five US universities whose computer science bachelor's degree recipients make the most money, and three exotic Web-tracking tools threatening privacy.

A tiny radio that could help enable the Internet of Things, a high-powered version of TCP rendering firewalls and other security products useless, and Google testing drones to provide Internet access to remote areas.

The recent digital crime wave, NATO being ready to approve a pledge of mutual defense in case of a major cyberattack, and researchers using visible light for car-to-car communications.

Commercial systems that secretly track cell phone owners' movements gaining popularity, ransomware hitting Android phones, and huge robot swarms self-assemble into complex shapes.

Hackers steal customer data from supermarket chains and a major healthcare system; technology to help poorer parts of the world connect to the Internet; and Intel's new fanless, energy-efficient chip that could lead to ultrathin mobile devices.

IBM announcing a new type of chip inspired by the brain; security researchers listing the cars most and least vulnerable to hacking; and a US court rejecting a settlement in a wage-fixing collusion suit against big Silicon Valley companies.

Researchers working with a highly efficient technique to replace TCP/IP, Russian hackers stealing more than a billion passwords, and the US National Football League using RFID sensors to track players during games.

Hackers using Amazon's cloud service to launch denial-of-service attacks, a study saying that widespread Internet connectivity imperils important systems, and researchers developing robotic furniture that can assemble itself.

Hackers placing potentially dangerous malware "bombs" in the Nasdaq stock exchange's computer system, cloud computing causing problems for digital-forensics investigators, and applications changing the way we park cars.

The recent World Cup becoming the biggest social-media event ever, researchers setting a speed record for data transmissions over copper wiring, and an industry group proposing a new smart-home wireless technology.

A Microsoft anti-malware operation inadvertently taking millions of servers offline, a new development road map for OpenSSL, and many UK and US theaters banning Google Glass.

A US court decision that has sparked fears for cloud services' future, a new approach that promises a Web-development revolution, and a hacker operation that threatened the US energy industry.

A recent report showing the slowed growth in supercomputer performance, a new technology that increases wireless bandwidth, and virtual reality coming to gaming.

World Cup technology, reinventing the computer, and hackers using weak passwords, just like their victims.

Hardening systems to fend off government spying, governments cooperating to disrupt two major cyberattack systems, and a new technique for baking robot components to make them self-assemble.