Summary Of Recent Tech News

British and U.S. intelligence services have hacked into smartphone encryption software, but meanwhile the U.S. State Department can’t seem to get rid of a security flaw in its non-classified email system, according to a tech news summary compiled by IDG news service. Also news on the cybersecurity front: Lenovo has been selling computers with pre-installed adware that was discovered to come with a security flaw. The company says it’s releasing a clean-up tool.