Consumer & Gadgets

Facebook must face privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica

A judge ruled Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other former directors of the social-media company must face claims they turned a blind eye to rampant privacy violations, including allowing a firm hired by Donald Trump's ...

Machine learning & AI

Study sheds light on the dark side of AI

Artificial intelligence is touted as a panacea for almost every computational problem these days, from medical diagnostics to driverless cars to fraud prevention.

Security

Hackers leak Australian health records on dark web

Hackers have followed through on a threat to leak sensitive medical records stolen from a major Australian health company that counts the country's prime minister among nearly 10 million customers.