President Obama

Kim Dotcom Demands Obama Appearance In NZ Court

Megaupload founder files for personal appearance by former President Obama in a New Zealand courtroom

7 years ago

FCC Chair To ‘Quickly Replace’ Obama Net Neutrality Rules

Two speed Internet? Head honcho of US comms watchdog wants to reserve net neutrality rules

8 years ago

US Expels Russian Diplomats For Cyber Attacks

35 Russian diplomats handed their marching orders by the United States in revenge for cyber attacks

8 years ago

White House Refuses To Support Draft Encryption Bill

Obama refuses to enter debate surrounding controversial draft bill, that will require tech firms to help crack encryption

9 years ago

Google Offers Internet Access For Cuba Amid Historic Obama Visit

Cubans to receive Google Internet access as frosty relationship between the two nations thaws

9 years ago

US Government, Spooks, Tech Giants Meet For ISIS Showdown

Silicon Valley meets US government and others to discuss ways to combat terrorist use of social media

9 years ago

Obama Asks For Tech Cooperation After Terrorist Attacks

Silicon Valley urged to help authorities tackle militant groups using social networks and tech tools

9 years ago

UK, US Wargame Tests Financial Response To Cyber Attack

War games. British and American tests the responses of their financial centres to a major cyber attack

9 years ago

Obama Orders Exascale Supercomputer Initiative

World's faster supercomputer. Obama orders creation of computer capable of 1,000 petaflops

9 years ago

US Tech Firms Warn Obama To Back Off Encryption

Open letter to President Obama highlights tech opposition to efforts to weaken encryption systems

9 years ago

White House Hires Ex-Facebook Director For Tech Modernisation

Former engineering boss at Facebook hired as the first ever director of IT at the White House

10 years ago

China Hits Back At Obama Over Software Backdoors

The war of words escalates between America and China over its demand for a backdoor in foreign software

10 years ago

White House Leaves FTC To Decide Net Neutrality Laws

The FTC will decide how the Internet is governed after the White House said it already had the required powers

10 years ago

Britain And USA To Stage Cyber War Games

“Shall we play a game?” The UK and US are to launch cyber attacks on the City of London and…

10 years ago

Obama To Propose NSA Stops Storing Phone Records

US President will make proposal to Congress following major public outcry at NSA mass surveillance

11 years ago

Angela Merkel Proposes Secure European Communications Network

Pan-European network would help improve data security following recent NSA snooping allegations

11 years ago

Chancellor Merkel Warns UK And US On Surveillance

Merkel says snooping “sows distrust” amongst allies in address to German parliament

11 years ago

Verizon’s Transparency Report Shows Another Rise In US Data Requests

Verizon reveals the masses of data requests it receives from the US government and law enforcement

11 years ago

Obama’s Spy Reforms Will Hit Political Quicksand

President Obama's phone surveillance reforms make little difference, and face political deadlock, says Wayne Rash

11 years ago

Obama Is Not Curbing NSA’s Data Centre Activity

President Obama can't halt the NSA's data collection, even if he wanted to, says Peter Judge

11 years ago

Obama: NSA Phone Surveillance Will Be Controlled… Some Day

President Obama defended the creation of a phone call database but promised access to it will be controlled

11 years ago

NSA ‘Can Hack Disconnected PCs’

NSA installs radio bugs in PCs, reports say

11 years ago

Tech Titans Meet Obama To Urge NSA Surveillance Reform

Obama faces the dream team of Marissa Mayer, Sheryl Sandberg, Eric Schmidt and Tim Cook

11 years ago

US-China Cyber Espionage Discussions Fail To Deliver

Discussions between President Obama and President Xi Jinping bring nothing concrete

11 years ago

Fury Over NSA Interception Of Verizon Customer Communications

US spy agency, the NSA, is conducting mass surveillance of American citizens' telephone communications thanks to a secret court order

11 years ago

US House Passes Controversial CISPA Bill

Bill passes but faces tough road ahead, with White Office threatening a veto

12 years ago