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Your New iPhone's Defaults Put Your Privacy at Risk

If you care about your privacy at all, you might want to muzzle Siri. The groundbreaking voice-recognition personal assistant on the brand-new Apple iPhone 4S turns out to be quite the chatterbox when you least expect her to be, and doesn't go to sleep when the phone is locked.

WikiLeaks: Chinese Officials Were Behind Google Cyberattacks

Almost a year after Google's China servers got hacked, launching a standoff between Google and the Chinese government over censorship, a set of classified cables released by WikiLeaks confirms that the Chinese government was indeed involved in the cyberattacks.

Need a Taxi? Drivers Want To Expand Demand for Cabs

Taxis may soon become a growth industry in some U.S. cities -- where more transportation options are needed in outlying areas, and where the population is aging. But established cab companies may not be so happy to see the business expand, drivers in Denver have discovered.

Is Your Money Safe? Hacker Finds ATM Flaws

In a highly anticipated demonstration at the Black Hat computer-security conference in Las Vegas, IOActive director Barnaby Jack hacked into two ATMs using two different techniques. He's found a flaw in every ATM he's looked at, he told an applauding audience.

Hot Tweet: Apple App and iTunes Stores Hacked

A large number of Apple iTunes and App Store users are reporting their accounts have been hacked, purchasing Vietnamese-language books and driving the items to top ranking in their categories.