Experian hacked, loses 15m U.S. T-Mobile customer records, offerts 2 years of credit monitoring

The data included some personally identifiable information for approximately 15 million consumers in the US, including those who applied for T-Mobile USA postpaid services or device financing from September 1, 2013 through September 16, 2015, based on Experian’s investigation to date. This incident did not impact Experian’s consumer credit database Source: Experian Notifies Consumers In Read more about Experian hacked, loses 15m U.S. T-Mobile customer records, offerts 2 years of credit monitoring[…]

New tool could reduce smartphone battery drain by intelligently suppressing background activities

he first large-scale study of smartphones in everyday use by consumers has revealed that apps drain 28.9 percent of battery power while the screen is off. To address the problem, researchers have created a software tool that reduces the energy drain by about 16 percent. Researchers at Purdue University, Intel Corp. and startup company Mobile Read more about New tool could reduce smartphone battery drain by intelligently suppressing background activities[…]