PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Internal Revenue Service says the personal data of as many as 100,000 taxpayers may have been compromised.
They say hackers posed as students using an online “data retrieval tool” to apply for financial aid.
The tool is used by families to import tax information on applications.
The IRS shut down the retrieval tool last month, they say it will be secure and operational by this fall.
Announced back in February, YouTube has announced the availability of its new service called YouTube TV.
It features access to ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CW, Disney, ESPN, FX, USA, and dozens of other major cable channels, alongside standard YouTube video content. Premium channels like Showtime are available for an additional fee.
Unlike other TV services such as DirecTV Now, it is launching in a limited number of cities such as:
With more cities scheduled to come online later this year.
Early Wednesday, Amazon.com and the National Football League has announced that the online retailer will be able to stream 1o Thursday Night Football games as part of Amazon's ever growing list of video offerings.
Amazon paid around $50 million for the rights - which were previously held by Twitter.com.
Streaming is scheduled to start during the regular 2017 football season this Fall.
Apple is sending notices to its users of iOS 10.3 that they need to check their iCloud services in Settings > iCloud because the update accidentally re-enables some features that a user may have initially disabled.
The notice reads in part:
We discovered a bug in the recent iOS 10.3 software update that impacted a small number of iCloud users. This may have inadvertently reenabled some iCloud services that you had previously disabled on your device.
We suggest you go to iCloud settings on your iOS device to make sure that only the services you'd like to use are enabled.
Learn more about how to manage your iCloud settings or contact AppleCare with any questions.The iCloud team
