Fraud ring uses stolen data to scam unemployment insurance programs

Fraudsters are taking advantage of both data breaches and weaknesses in government online systems to commit scams on a large scale. KrebsOnSecurity has obtained a Secret Service memo revealing that a sophisticated Nigerian crime ring has been using a...

Google Gallery Go is a lightweight, offline Android photo manager

Google Photos is a great way to organize and store your photos, but it's a bit on the beefy side, taking up space and needing constant access to the cloud. So it's not ideal for people with mid-tier phones, or those who don't have a reliable data or...

Google’s next undersea internet cable will link Africa and Europe

Google has announced its third private undersea internet cable will run between Europe and Africa. One end will make landfall in Portgual. While you might expect the cable would connect to Morocco, it'll run all the way down the African coast to Sout...

Facebook will expand its political ad rules to Nigeria, Ukraine and EU

Facebook will be introducing some of its political advertising policies in additional regions in the coming months, Reuters reports. In Nigeria, where a presidential election is set to take place in February, Facebook will now require those purchasin...

US builds a $100 million African drone base to fight Boko Haram

The Department of Defense announced on Friday that it is investing $100 million in a drone base located in Agadez, in central Niger. The base will serve as a central surveillance hub in the fight against both Boko Haram and roaming militant groups li...

Obama looks to strengthen ties in G7 Summit


The G7 Summit in Kruen, Germany looked to mend fences between the United States and host country. Last year, a serious chasm opened up when Edward Snowden claimed Americans were spying on the Germans...

Garissa University Massacre: Local official’s son named as terrorist


The massacre at Garissa University College in Kenya involved the slaughter of nearly 150 people and invited questions of why the incident even occurred. And more importantly: were there warnings, and...

Nigeria announces cease-fire with Boko Haram


According to the New York Times, Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and the Nigerian government have reached a cease-fire and may mark the end of a five-year conflict. The newspaper notes that while...