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Over last 6 months, FBI looked at 4,000 devices, couldn’t unlock about 500

James Comey (right) is the director of the FBI.

The head of the FBI said Wednesday that the government will bring more legal cases over encryption issues in the near future, according to Reuters.

Speaking with reporters at FBI headquarters in Washington, FBI Director James Comey specifically said that end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp is affecting the...

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Journalist sentenced to 24 months in prison after hacking-related conviction

Matthew Keys is accused of giving up the CMS login information that ultimately resulted in this short-lived defacement of the LA Times' website. (credit: US DOJ)

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A federal judge sentenced journalist Matthew Keys to two years in prison Wednesday after he was convicted last year of three counts of conspiracy and criminal hacking.

Prosecutors had asked...

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Goodnight, Antarctica: Researchers won’t see sun for six months

The Sun sets over the US South Pole station for the last time until this fall. (credit: NOAA)

The first day of spring causes most people in North America to think longingly of warmer days ahead in the summer months. But at the southern edge of the world—specifically, the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station—a northern spring marks the last...

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