Several security experts claim that recent attacks on three U.S. defense contractors could yet again be tied to cyber attack campaigns from China, reportsZDNet Asia. Lockheed Martin, L-3 Communications, and Northrop Grumman were all compromised using data related to RSA’s SecurID two-factor authentication that were stolen during a breach at the U.S. encryption and network security company backin March, which appeared to originate in China. The attacks were conducted using a series of sophisticated attacks on a specific target, designed to steal credentials in order to get into the network to access critical data, known asAdvanced Persistent Threats, or APT....

It’s been a rough week for Facebook, just like the previous week, and the week before that. The revelations from leaked documents and Frances Haugen’s testimonies have plunged the company into a crisis — anda new nameisn’t gonna solve its problems. We dug out our crystal ball to predict what’s next for the social media giant. A regulatory backlash TheFacebook Filesheightened calls for lawmakers to regulate the company. Legal experts have proposed breaking up the business, implementing stricter privacy legislation, creating new federal agencies, and auditing the company’s algorithms....

Twitter finally gave in to calls to remove the famous floating#dickbar(Quickbar) this morning, issuing a number of fixes that for its iPhone application that firmly placed trending topics at the top of the window and addressed issues that users had reported. Shortly after the release hit the App Store and users started to update the official client, various bugs came to light that will almost certainly drive iPhone owners away from the Twitter application, if they weren’t already considering it....

Earlier this year, Xiaomishowed off a concept videofor charging a phone over the air in a room. Now, Motorola has also announced that exploring long-distance wireless charging solutions for its future generations of devices. The phone maker is partnering withGuRu wireless,a company that’s working on over-the-air charging solutions for multiple devices. The US-based firm claims to have a proprietary charging tech that uses millimeter-wave (mmWave) integrated circuits. Plus, its RF Lensing solutions can charge devices even at a 30 feet (9....

What are the only two certainties in life? Death and taxes. But despite the fact everyone dies, and everyone knows they’re going to die, people don’t ever want to plan for the occasion. Two women entering their second year at Harvard Business School, Jess Bloomgarden and Emma Taylor have decided to tackle Death 2.0 with their new companyAfterSteps,an online end-of-life planning platform. Complete with estate planning, financial planning, funeral planning and legacy planning, it’s a system that Forbes blogger Peter Cohancalls: “The Turbo Tax for death....