Congestion from the Internet of Things keeps CIOs up at night

Survey finds seven in 10 IT leaders worry about the performance of their systems and networks under IoT pressure

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Cisco zero-day exploited in the wild to crash and reload devices

No patch available,yet. Vulnerability affects devices running ASA 9.4+ and FTD 6.0+ software.

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Google won't let you sign in if you disabled JavaScript in your browser

Google announces for new security features to protect Google accounts.

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US-CERT issues guide on how to properly dispose of your electronic devices

It's simple: back up, delete, overwrite, and optionally destroy.

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Fitbit turns operating profit in Q3, sees smartwatch, healthcare traction

Fitbit's smartwatch play is helping it pivot to be more of a healthcare platform. Garmin, which is much larger than Fitbit, also reported earnings.

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Microsoft's latest Windows 10 19H1 test build adds updated sign-in options for Hello, more

Microsoft is continuing to roll out more fixes and incremental features to its spring 2019 Windows 10 feature update, 19H1.

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It's time for Microsoft to bring Windows 10 Mobile back from the dead

Recent antitrust developments in the EU could present an opportunity for a third mobile platform that never really had a chance to mature and develop an ecosystem when it first released.

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Why the influencer marketing bubble will burst soon

If your brand is sceptical about using influencers for your campaigns then you need to read this new study before you spend your cash.

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Can a robot learn a language the way a child does?

MIT researchers have devised a way to train semantic parsers by mimicking the way a child learns language.

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Apple inflation: iPhone, iPad, and Mac prices all surge amid new launches

Apple has pricing power and appears to be using it as prices go higher with every product launch in 2018. Will tech buyers push back?

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These transformer robots are autonomous

Scientists have developed robots that can change their shape on-demand to accomplish different tasks. In other words, they created autonomous transformers.

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Microsoft provides a new way for business users to test Windows 10 Enterprise features

Microsoft's 'Olympia Corp.' lab for Windows Insider Enterprise testers is getting a V2 refresh.

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Zuckerberg disses Apple, misses

In his company's analyst call, Facebook's CEO implicitly criticizes Cupertino. He's on shaky ground.

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Meet iBubble, the world's first intelligent, autonomous, wireless underwater drone

French start-up Notilo Plus claims it has launched the world's first intelligent, autonomous, wireless (not tethered) underwater drone. It can follow and film one or more divers, but it could also be used to inspect hulls or underwater infrastructure, or monitor wildlife.

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Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade

Microsoft's much-hyped free upgrade offer for Windows 10 ended in 2016, right? Not exactly. The GWX tool may be gone, but all the other upgrade tools still work. The end result is an apparently valid digital license, and there's no evidence that the free upgrades will end any time soon.

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GandCrab ransomware crew loses $1Mil after Bitdefender releases free decrypter

Bitdefender says over 1,700 victims successfully decrypted GandCrab-locked files within hours of the tool's release.

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Inside the mind of a sextortion scam artist

Do they really have access to your browsing habits and data?

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What comes after Windows 10 19H1? Vanadium

Microsoft is shifting its Windows 10 codename scheme, yet again, starting with the feature update which is slated to follow '19H1,' sources say.

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Humans vs. Robots, which species is winning?

Make no mistake, the robots are keeping score. Here's the latest tally in the robots v. humans matchup.

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Starship robots take over package delivery on UK streets

You can expect to see the robots on the street delivering packages from today.

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​Why IBM bought Red Hat: It's all open source cloud, all the time

By buying Red Hat, IBM doubles-down on both the cloud and the open-source software, which powers it.

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Society's Facebook dilemma: Desperately seeking Zuckerberg as savior

PBS Frontline presents an in-depth investigation into Facebook and criticizes founder Mark Zuckerberg for a serious lack of foresight.

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Scary smart tech: 9 real times AI has given us the creeps

When machines become intelligent, weird things start to happen. Here are a few spin-chilling stories from the first wave of Artificial Intelligence.

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Oracle's next chapter: The Autonomous Database and the DBA

The autonomous database was the central theme of this year's Oracle OpenWorld event that wrapped up last week. With the product now generally available, Oracle showcased several production Autonomous Data Warehouse references. The next steps are showing real business impacts and educating customers on why DBAs remain relevant.

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Kraken Cryptor ransomware merges with Fallout exploit kit, fees slashed to gain followers

The ransomware-as-a-service is attempting to drum up more business in the Internet's underbelly.

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Google, YouTube, Samsung are world's top brands, but how do they do in Middle East?

Although tech brands dominate everywhere, in the Middle East there are some key differences from the global picture.

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Wearable news: Garmin brings Spotify to the Forerunner 645 Music and Polar releases two new GPS sports watches

Garmin continues to roll out Spotify support to its watches with music capability. Polar's recently announced watches are now available to purchase and train with.

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Cloud hosting is the secure solution you've been seeking

Would you rather host your data on an inflexible, costly and potentially unstable in-house resource, or would you rather work with a trusted external partner who is an expert in secure hosting?

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Space robot to test deep audio analytics on upcoming mission

What if you could diagnose what's wrong with your car or appliances just by holding up a mic? That's the promise of Bosch's experimental, AI-driven audio analytics.

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Nigerian airline Arik Air may have leaked customer data

It was a month before the data, contained in a leaky Amazon S3 bucket, was secured.

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Here's eBay's 5-point plan to boost growth, improve customer experience

eBay allayed a bevy of fears in the third quarter, but it remains to be seen how its plan to bring in new users while keeping its core customers happy plays out.

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Does the new iPad Pro signal the end for the Lightning port on the iPhone?

The new iPad Pro drops the Lightning port in favor of the USB-C port. Does that mean the Lightning port is now on borrowed time?

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Think the iPhone is expensive? The iPad Pro has it beat

Apple's new iPad Pro redefines what expensive means for an iOS device, and paves the way for an even more expensive iPhone.

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Emotet malware gang is mass-harvesting millions of emails in mysterious campaign

New Emotet module deployed within the last 24 hours has experts worried that Emotet gang is preparing a more dangerous attack.

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Baidu, Ford to kickstart autonomous vehicle trials

Two-year initiative is expected to kick off by year-end with autonomous vehicles rolling on Chinese roads, following efforts by Ford engineers to equip the vehicles with Baidu's Apollo Virtual Driver System.

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AustCyber to figure out what 'cyber skills' actually are

Australia is ahead of the global average figure for cyber gender diversity, but when it comes to filling the cyber skills gap we don't even know what we need.

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What are consumers willing to pay for 5G?

As mobile carriers race to roll out 5G services, a PwC survey of internet users finds that most aren't willing to pay more for 5G internet.

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Apple's storage pricing oddities

Apple's margins are the envy of the PC industry. One of the key contributors to those margins is the cost of additional flash storage, which can only be added at purchase. What does Apple's pricing on the new iPads and MacBook Air tell us?

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US charges two Chinese intelligence officers 'and their team of hackers'

Department of Justice charges ten Chinese nationals for hacks on US and French aviation companies

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Facebook beats Q3 earnings expectations but user growth remains tepid

Daily active users and monthly active users in Facebook's most valuable markets remained effectively flat quarter-over-quarter.

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T-Mobile tops Q3 targets with 1.6 million net customer additions

T-Mobile's postpaid churn also came in at 1.02 percent, a record third-quarter low for the company.

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The new iPad Pro has a surprise new feature

Sometimes wishes do indeed become true.

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Apple's T2 security chip disconnects a MacBook's microphone when users close the lid

Feature only available for MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models released in 2018.

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Your old $99 Apple Pencil is now junk

If you're already an iPad Pro user that relies on the Apple Pencil and are planning on upgrading to a new iPad Pro, then Apple has a nasty surprise in store for you.

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Apple Pencil (2nd-generation)

First look at Apple's new second-generation Apple Pencil.

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US Energy Dept. announces new Nvidia-powered supercomputer

The Perlmutter will more than triple the computational power currently available at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center.

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The new MacBook Air brings moderate performance and Retina to a beloved device

Better screen, more RAM, and a faster (but not fastest) processor at an accessible price. What's not to like?

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Many CMS plugins are disabling TLS certificate validation... and that's very bad

Hundreds of thousands of CMS plugins and PHP libraries are disabling cURL certificate validation and putting millions of users at risk.

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New 2018 Mac mini: Pro machine in a tiny, upgradeable package

The new Mac mini is a powerhouse little machine, complete with Pro features and the ability to add a 10GB Ethernet port and 64GB RAM. And -- check this -- RAM is upgradeable after purchase.

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Apple finally, finally comes up for Air

To those for whom the MacBook Air is indispensable, Apple's event offered enormous relief.

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Apple intros new Mac mini with up to 64GB memory

This is the first refresh for the pint-sized desktop in four years.

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Red Hat ​Business as usual: Fedora 29 released

IBM may be buying Red Hat, but Fedora, its community Linux distribution, has been released on schedule.

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Apple debuts upgraded MacBook Air with Retina Display

The starting price is $1,199 with preorders starting today.

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Dremio 3.0 adds catalog, containers, enterprise features

The analytics-oriented data virtualization platform based on Apache Arrow hits the magical v3 milestone. Data catalog, prioritized workload management, Kubernetes support and numerous security fetaures round out the new features list.

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Conversational experiences: Building relationships one conversation at a time

Mitch Lieberman, thought leader for CRM and conversations over the years, graces us with a discussion as to why conversational systems are incredibly beneficial to building both business relationships and customer engagement.

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How to watch Apple's October 30 iPad Pro and MacBook event

Didn't get an invite to Apple's October 30 iPad Pro and MacBook event in Brooklyn, New York? Don't worry, because here's how you can get a front-row seat to the event

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GPlayed Trojan's baby brother is after your bank account

GPlayed has been making the rounds this month and now researchers have uncovered a new member of the family.

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Under Armour's connected fitness unit consistently turns quiet operating profit

The company has been more focused on its core business, inventory and direct-to-consumer apparel sales, but its digital efforts are also paying off.

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Open Source and Craft Brewing

There's a common thread to IBM's and Microsoft pending respective acquisitions of Red Hat and GitHub: both are pillars of the open source world, and neither wants to destroy their open source credibility. There's a good precedent for where IBM and Microsoft might take their cues: the craft brewing world, where the big guys don't want to destroy the identities of the independent brands they've bought.

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This is how hackers can take down our critical energy systems through the Internet

Human Interface Systems lacking any kind of security have the potential to cause serious damage to critical services worldwide.

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This is how hackers can wipe your memory and steal your thoughts

It might seem like science fiction, but security woes in brain chips could make such attacks reality sooner than we think.

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With AI and VR, Breeders' Cup brings tech to horse race fandom

The thoroughbred horse racing event will broadcast live in VR this weekend with a new AI-powered horse detection feature.

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Watch a sci fi short film co-written by AI

The dialog for the artificial intelligence character in this short film was written by AI. Meta much?

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Like their global counterparts, Indian youths fall prey to Snapchat dysmorphia

The need to look like our selfies has led to a huge spike in plastic surgery, but contrary to what you may think, it has less to do with our vanity and more to do with mental health.

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Google launches reCAPTCHA v3 that detects bad traffic without user interaction

reCAPTCHA v3 assigns incoming site visitors a risk score and lets webmasters takes custom actions based on this score.

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​Red Hat: An independent barony in the kingdom of IBM

Red Hat and IBM explain how Red Hat, its people and open-source technology, will work as part of IBM. Red Hat employees, up-stream developers, and customers have nothing to worry about.

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Brazilian government reiterates e-voting security

The electronic system has been in place for over two decades "without a single proven fraud occurrence," said minister.

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Google's "AI for Social Good" can help nonprofits, as well as Google's image

Amid concern about the way Google and other tech giants are applying AI, Google is launching a new initiative to steer its resources to positive missions.

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Akamai Q3 tops estimates

Akamai said revenue in its cloud security business increased 37 percent.

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US bans exports to Chinese DRAM maker citing national security risk

US official fears supply chain attack on US military systems.

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Red Hat acquisition gives IBM a much-needed booster shot of open source and cloud DNA

With its acquisition of Red Hat for $34 billion, IBM will be gaining a stronghold in the cloud development platform market.

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Microsoft is readying 'Maquette' a mixed-reality prototyping tool

Microsoft is beta testing a mixed-reality prototyping tool that works with Windows Mixed Reality, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets.

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Pakistani bank denies losing $6 million in country's 'biggest cyber attack'

Anonymous source says the attack consisted of a flood of suspicious PoS transactions made at Target stores in Brazil and US.

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Armed with Red Hat, IBM launches a cloud war against Amazon, Microsoft and Google

Make no mistake: What Big Blue wants to do is make its cloud more relevant.

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Atlassian sells videoconferencing platform Jitsi to 8x8

​Atlassian is shedding another business unit as part of its exit from the real-time communications game.

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OnePlus 6T announced with in-screen fingerprint scanner, dual rear cameras, and no headphone jack

Rumors revealed all the details of the new OnePlus phone and today the OnePlus 6T was officially announced in NYC. The OnePlus 6T includes some new technology for the company while also doing away with something OnePlus fans have been enjoying until now.

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DHS: Election officials inundated, confused by free cyber-security offerings

Official would have liked free offerings to have been coordinated through DHS.

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Vodaphone exec talks 5G, autonomous vehicles, virtual surgery, security and more

A top executive at Vodafone shares the future of telecom and explains how innovative enterprises are building new applications to use the high bandwidth and low latency of 5G networks that will be available soon.

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Nvidia researchers make it easier to train robots to pick up stuff

With a unique combination of synthetic images, the researchers found a way to more easily and more effectively train a computer vision algorithm for robots.

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Bitstamp acquired by Belgian investment firm NXMG

Bitstamp's CEO says it is business as usual at the office despite the purchase.

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Startup aims to turn enterprise data into information

Turning data into information has become the central problem of computing. Enterprises have so many disparate and incompatible databases, it becomes hard to know what data is available and what it means. Promethium means to solve that problem.

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IoT: Solving the problem of connectivity on the move

Twilio's 2018 Signal event had a lot to offer the IoT world, with two new additions to its Programmable Wireless family.

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Waiting on that new Mac: Four scenarios for my next Apple computer

For nearly a year, David Gewirtz has whined about needing a new computer. Tomorrow, he (and all other Mac users) will know their options. These are the four possible scenarios for what hardware he could wind up buying or building.

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Raspberry Pi: Hands-on with Kali, openSUSE, Fedora and Ubuntu MATE Linux

There has been considerable progress made since the last time I tried a variety of Linux distributions other than Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi, so I've given four of them another try.

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Apple owes $7 billion in royalty payments, Qualcomm claims

The patent spat between the tech giants has reached new heights.

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The police are now using artificial intelligence to spot fake robbery claims

The AI can expose the truth of a fake claim filed for insurance purposes without wasting police time.

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Kit Check CEO Kevin MacDonald on AI, opioid diversion, and leveraging data

Kit Check is using AI and machine learning to prevent the theft of opioids in hospital pharmacies. Here's how one product line and the data collected from it led to a new application.

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Office envy: 56 percent of companies around the globe now embrace remote work

New report puts data behind the growing trend toward remote work around the world.

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Google rolls out Firebase product updates geared towards enterprises

The latest updates are designed to help developers use Firebase with their existing infrastructure and processes.

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How the cloud wars forced IBM to buy Red Hat for $34 billion

IBM's purchase of Red Hat is a big bet on the hybrid and private cloud and the ability of Big Blue to manage multiple public cloud providers. Here are a few dynamics to ponder.

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​Red Hat leaders praise IBM acquisition, but employees are worried

Linux, open-source, and cloud power Red Hat's executives love the IBM deal, but the company's workers are nervious.

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Freshworks aims to court SMBs, scale and deliver consultant free SaaS

The software as a service game has become complicated to the point where systems integrators and consultants remain gainfully employed. Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham hopes to change that.

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LG V40, iPhone XR, Pixel 3, new iPad coming (MobileTechRoundup show #449)

Kevin and I both picked up the Apple iPhone XR so shared some initial thoughts while I also have been testing out the LG V40, Pixel 3, and Pixel 3 XL.

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IBM acquires Red Hat

This deal is the biggest Linux and open-source acquisition ever.

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Microsoft removes fake Bing ad that looked like a Chrome download site

After user reports, Microsoft has pulled a fake Bing ad that was serving up deceptive content to those seeking to download Google Chrome.

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Satori botnet author in jail again after breaking pretrial release conditions

Still unclear what Nexus Zeta has done, but he's now incarcerated in the SeaTac detention center.

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PureGear cases for Apple iPhone XR: Clear cases show off the bright colors, protect the iPhone

Apple offers six colors of iPhone XR so if you choose one of the bright colored ones then you likely want to show off that color. PureGear clear case options give you a better grip on your phone while letting you show off its great looks.

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A Verizon salesman gave me a brilliant reason to buy Google's Pixel 3

Is it the camera? Is it security? No, it's something much more fundamental than that.

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Costco kicks off Black Friday ad leaks season with $250 iPad, pair of $200 laptops

Specials on Apple's tablet, the Dell Inspiron 11 2-in-1, and 14-inch HP Chromebook are only available online on Thanksgiving, but the warehouse chain will also have several other laptop and desktop PCs on sale as well.

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Enterprise automation starts in IT departments, but gradually pays off elsewhere

A survey of 705 executives released by Capgemini, finds enterprise-class automation is still a rarity, but taking root within IT functions.

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Twelve malicious Python libraries found and removed from PyPI

One package contained a clipboard hijacker that replaced victims' Bitcoin addresses in an attempt to hijack funds from users.

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Microsoft launched Azure 10 years ago and lots (but not everything) has changed

Microsoft launched Azure in October 2008. In the ensuing decade, Microsoft's cloud platform has come a long way from its 'Red Dog' beginnings.

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AT&T hits new 5G milestone with standards-based mobile device

AT&T completed the world's first mmWave mobile 5G browsing session with a standards-based commercial device

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Windows Defender becomes first antivirus to run inside a sandbox

Windows Defender with sandbox support rolled out to Windows insiders, but some Windows 10 users can enable it right now.

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Report: Samsung, Google collaborating on version of Android for foldable phone

Samsung is debating between two final prototypes for a foldable-screen device, according to a Bloomberg report.

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Berlin protests halt Google plans: Will recruitment suffer?

Opinion: Google's tax policies and its lax ethics will become a wider problem -- take a look at Yahoo's demise after it's role as a police informant.

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Facebook removes more Iran-linked accounts, this time targeting the US & UK

Facebook said it detected this second Iran-linked campaign a week ago.

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How Microsoft is moving LinkedIn's 14,000 employees from Google services to Office 365

Microsoft has been taking a slow and steady approach to integrating its 2016 LinkedIn acquisition, down to the software and services they 14,000 LinkedIn employees are using.

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Majority of county election websites in 20 key swing states use non-.gov domains

Many county election websites also found to be lacking HTTPS support.

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Microsoft finalizes its $7.5 billion GitHub acquisition

Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub has passed regulatory approval and is now official.

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Worst Windows 10 version ever? Microsoft's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad October

Microsoft released the Windows 10 October 2018 Update on October 2, then pulled it days later. Now, with November fast approaching, the update has still not been re-released. Where's the problem? And will it happen again?

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China has been 'hijacking the vital internet backbone of western countries'

Chinese government turned to local ISP for intelligence gathering after it signed the Obama-Xi cyber pact in late 2015, researchers say.

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MIT reveals who self-driving cars should kill: The cat, the elderly, or the baby?

The results of the poll are in.

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​Apple's new iPad Pro aims to keep enterprise momentum

Apple's iPad Pro refresh will feature new specifications and design, but the real purpose is to keep the company's massive enterprise flywheel going.

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Flying "tug" drones anchor to objects to pull 40 times their weight

Inspired by wasps, tug drones are all about doing real work in the sky.

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Using the cloud as a platform for digital transformation

By embracing the cloud, your business can modernise its IT infrastructure and start to think about how it might serve customers digitally in new and potentially innovative ways.

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Tether sets fire to 500 million USDT cryptocurrency coins

The move has reduced the amount of Tether coins now in circulation.

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Reliance is betting that it, and not Walmart, will be Amazon's arch-rival in India

If Reliance manages to execute its triple play of content, carriage, and commerce, it could become a retail juggernaut that even a seasoned global giant like Amazon will find difficult to compete with.

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Comroads launches first community for sharing dash cam footage

Victims of accidents can now prove traffic cases by providing access to dash cam recordings of fellow drivers around them.

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New security flaw impacts most Linux and BSD distros

Issue is only a privilege escalation flaw but it impacts a large number of systems.

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Most consumers have cyber security concerns, but a fraction take action

As once-trusted names like Facebook have breaches, consumers are failing to ensure information stored and shared online is more secure, according to a new report.

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Generation Why Wait: Millennials spend more to wait less

Millennials are the most willing generation to throw the budget out the window for a faster customer experience.

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China tells Trump to switch to Huawei after NYT iPhone tapping report

Chinese government denies NYT report that it's spying on President Trump's mobile calls.

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​Western Digital: Flash price declines hamper strong Q1

Western Digital will cut flash capacity to better align with market demand and falling prices.

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Alphabet misses Q3 revenue targets

Google revenues, which include the company's enterprise cloud, software, and data management products, attributed most of Q3 sales with $33.59 billion in revenue.

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Intel rides data center demand to strong Q3

Intel's data center group delivered strong growth as cloud providers load up on gear to scale.

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Amazon beats Q3 earnings estimates, misses on revenue

Amazon shares dropped in after-hours trading; meanwhile, Amazon Web Services' run rate is now pushing $27 billion.

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Manyverse and Scuttlebutt: A human-centric technology stack for social applications

Are you aware the web is dying in the stranglehold of big tech, from which you'd like to move away, but feel you don't have an alternative? If you are ready for a completely different paradigm, Manyverse and Scuttlebutt may be your thing.

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Visa announces first fintech investment in Brazil

The financial services giant is backing payments processing firm Conductor as part of its strategy for the Latin America and Caribbean region.

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Best Apple iPad Pro alternatives you can buy right now

The iPad Pro comes in two sizes and is probably one of the best computer-like tablets on the market. But it's also ridiculously expensive and runs iOS. If you want something different, check out these slates.

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Driverless? The uncertain future of the American trucker

A new study claims autonomous trucks could eliminate as many as 294,000 driving positions over the next 25 years.

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British Airways: Cyberattack, data theft bigger than we first thought

185,000 customers in addition to original estimates may have had their data, including credit card information, exposed.

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Dear Samsung endorsers, please stop using iPhones

As Samsung reportedly sues a Russian TV personality for her alleged subterfuge, it's worth asking whether the Korean manufacturer is a little too desperate for fame.

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New DDoS botnet goes after Hadoop enterprise servers

Hacker group targets misconfigured Hadoop YARN components to plant DemonBot DDoS malware on resource-rich servers.

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Microsoft is positioning Always-Connected PCs as the future of business devices

Microsoft is stepping up its campaign to get more Windows 10 PCs with built-in LTE connectivity into the hands of business users.

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A brief history of Apple iPad models 2010-2018 (Gallery)

Apple's iPad exploded into the consumer tech market in April of 2010, months ahead of the first Android-powered tablet, and since then the company has sold some 400 million units. Let's take a look at where this device started, and how it has changed and evolved over the years.

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Apple's new iPad Pro: Features and specs we're expecting

Apple's third-generation iPad Pro is likely to have important but incremental improvements over its predecessor and include technologies introduced in the iPhone X.

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North Korea blamed for two cryptocurrency scams, five trading platform hacks

Two new reports support FireEye's characterization that North Korea is "the most destructive cyber threat right now."

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Twitter's advertising, data revenue climbs in Q3

With its stock price soaring Thursday morning, Twitter has finally shifted investor focus away from user numbers and on to platform monetization.

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Microsoft: More than half of Windows devices in the enterprise are now on Windows 10

Microsoft says it has hit a new milestone with Windows 10. But is being on half of all Windows devices in the enterprise worrisome or a positive, at this point?

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​Comcast's Q3 highlights how to navigate customer shifts, end of the cable

Comcast is navigating changing customer dynamics about as well as any enterprise. The company's high-speed broadband business is benefiting from the digital transformation efforts.

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Bad Blood, book review: The rise and fall of Theranos

Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou tells the astounding story of the Silicon Valley startup that dazzled investors, but whose technology simply didn't work.

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Cisco releases fix for privilege escalation bug in Webex Meetings app

No, there are no workarounds -- patch now.

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Apple blocks GrayKey police tech in iOS update

Reports suggest the data-slurping tool has been rendered useless -- but no-one knows how.

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Facebook must pay UK's ICO £500,000 over Cambridge Analytica scandal

The fine has now been imposed and is final, but it could have been far worse.

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Free decryption tool released for multiple GandCrab ransomware versions

New decryption tool can recover files locked by GandCrab versions 1, 4, and 5.

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Infrastructure needs to be ready for cloud to take off in APAC

Markets such as Indonesia still are grappling to roll out fibre connectivity to all users, without which cloud adoption will be premature, while some large businesses also have to ensure it makes economic sense to do so.

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Data leak at consulting firm handling fundraisers for the Democratic party

Exposed data includes information on thousands of fundraisers and even credentials for databases of voter records.

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Alexa for Business now works with third-party devices

Device makers building with the Alexa Voice Service have an opportunity to reach new enterprise customers.

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Hacker Guccifer, who exposed Clinton private email server, ready for US prison sentence

Hacker was released on parole from Romanian prison this week and is now eligible for a second US extradition to serve 52 months in a US prison on a 2016 sentence.

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New Windows 10 19H1 test build expands search to all folders and drives

​With test build 18267 of Windows 10 19H1, users can now search all their folders and drives, rather than a subset

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AMD's Q3 sales, Q4 outlook disappoint

The company missed third quarter revenue targets and issued lower-than-expected fourth quarter guidance.

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Citrix, ServiceNow beat Q3 expectations

Meanwhile, PTC and F5 Networks posted solid fourth quarter financial results.

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Check Point buys security startup Dome9

Check Point CEO Gil Shwed said the company plans to use the acquisition to bolster its Infinity cloud protection architecture.

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HPE CEO Neri says company will bet on edge computing, its own transformation

HPE has simplified its plans with an aim of profiting from edge computing. Here's a look at the plan.

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Microsoft sees 25 percent rise in US law enforcement requests

Law enforcement requests numbers stayed the same at the global level, but saw a spike in the US.

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From rovers to snake bots, see how Pittsburgh does robotics

We toured several robotics labs in Pittsburgh to get a look at the city's world-famous robotics industry.

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NetApp makes its cloud, 'data authority' pivot

NetApp outlined a series of products and an architecture designed to manage data as much as store it. NetApp's ace: Integration partnerships with the three big cloud providers.

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Google makes it easier clear your recent Search activity

Over the next year, Google will add direct access to privacy controls from other products including Maps.

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Meet the malware which turns your smartphone into a mobile proxy

The proxies can be used to circumvent internal network security controls.

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​What's the deal with Microsoft's open-source friendly patents?

In the aftermath of Microsoft joining the Open Invention Network Linux-friendly patent consortium, many questions remained, and at Open Source Summit Europe, some of them were answered.

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On the dangers of DNA data: Genealogy tests, Elizabeth Warren, and the end of privacy

Many of us simply want to know more about our family heritage. Yet, genomics and big data may be making it possible to weaponize DNA. Is this another nail in the coffin of personal privacy?

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Most enterprise vulnerabilities remain unpatched a month after discovery

More bugs are being squashed by the enterprise, but the time it takes to do so leaves organizations at risk.

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AT&T reports mixed Q3 results as pay TV business declines

AT&T lost a net 346,000 pay TV subscribers as viewers continue to choose streaming video services like Netflix and Hulu over cumbersome cable packages.

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Mozilla will match all donations to the Tor Project

Mozilla gives back to the Tor Project after it embedded multiple Tor Browser features into Firefox.

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It's time for Microsoft to bring Windows 10 Mobile back from the dead

Recent antitrust developments in the EU could present an opportunity for a third mobile platform that never really had a chance to mature and develop an ecosystem when it first released.

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This botnet snares your smart devices to perform DDoS attacks with a little help from Mirai

Chalubo is a new botnet which is being used in attacks against servers and IoT devices.

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Pocket iNet ISP exposed 73GB of data including secret keys, plain text passwords

The Washington-based ISP's bucket exposed everything from passwords to internal corporate data.

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Finally, an unpowered device that can make you a better runner

Researchers just passed an elusive benchmark: Making a wearable device that reduces metabolic rate while running.

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Oracle needs multi-cloud strategy, wider datacentre footprint in APAC

Software vendor currently lacks a clear multi-cloud strategy in Asia-Pacific, where more enterprises are expected to deploy across different cloud environments, and needs to expand its regions to better compete against the likes of AWS.

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Yahoo agrees to pay $50 million to settle data breach lawsuit

The company will also provide free credit monitoring services to roughly 200 million people impacted by the cyberattacks.

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Braidio announces WorkStreams platform to optimise enterprise productivity

Platforms today need to thread all necessary information, knowledge, and business tools into a single point of productivity.

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Culture the missing link for cybersecurity's weakest link

Whether people are your weakest link and falling for phishing attacks, or your strongest link and looking out for anything suspicious, is down to your organisation's culture.

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Microsoft Windows zero-day disclosed on Twitter, again

Zero-day impacts Windows 10, Server 2016, and Server 2019 only.

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure introduces AMD EPYC powered instances

Oracle says it's the largest public cloud provider to have bare metal instances on AMD EPYC processors.

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Dyson to build electric vehicle plant in Singapore

Slated to complete in 2020, the two-storey manufacturing facility is part of the UK company's £2.5 billion (US$3,25 billion) global investment in new technology and plans to launch electric vehicles.

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HP unveils $84M Singapore lab focused on digital manufacturing technologies

Launched together with Nanyang Technological University, where it is located, the HP-NTU Corporate Innovation Lab will focus on 3D printing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cybersecurity.

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Magecart group leverages zero-days in 20 Magento extensions

Security researcher asks for help in identifying all vulnerable Magento extensions. Only two of 20 currently identified.

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Juniper beats Q3 earnings expectations in spite of slow cloud deployments

The company has lowered its Q4 revenue expectations but still saw shares up in after-hours trading.

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HP launches EliteBook x360 1040 G5, takes aim at Lenovo's ThinkPad Carbon X1

HP wants to win over commercial customers and is making a bet that its next-gen EliteBook x360 can win over users.

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Amazon adds new Business Prime benefits, including a credit card

The new American Express card could help Amazon reach more SMBs via its B2B platform.

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The market changes as Sony's mirrorless cameras are threatened by new models from Nikon and Canon

Expect a significant change in the camera landscape as new full-frame mirrorless cameras from Nikon, Canon and -- next year -- Panasonic threaten the Sony Alphas that have dominated the market for the past five years.

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FireEye links Russian research lab to Triton ICS malware attacks

FireEye: Clues link Russia's Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics research lab to Triton-related activity.

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Does Google's great new ad have a secret message for China?

It's communicating a simple message about Google's new phone. Or is it?

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This is how government spyware StrongPity uses security researchers' work against them

While researchers are looking forward, hackers are going back to their roots to create new attacks from the ashes of old ones.

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​Linus Torvalds talks about coming back to work on Linux

While in Edinburgh, I caught up with Linus Torvalds. He confided his thoughts about returning to Linux, the Code of Conduct, and some software, BPF, which is fundamentally changing how the Linux kernel and user space work together.

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Oracle launches Blockchain Applications Cloud

The initial applications, built with Oracle's Blockchain Cloud Service, are tailored for supply chain use cases.

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​IBM open-sources Mac sysadmin software

IBM, yes IBM, has been giving its workers the choice of moving to Macs and they've been moving to them quickly. This, in turn, has led IBM to create, and now open source, a Mac system administration program: Mac@IBM code.

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Oracle introduces new enterprise digital assistant

Going beyond typical chatbots built for a single purpose, the Oracle Digital Assistant can be trained to support domain skills from multiple applications.

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Tableau commits $100 million toward using data, analytics to solve global issues

Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky said the aim is to "support innovative data projects that will make a meaningful difference in the world."

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Meet the new Microsoft Phone, powered by Android (No Windows required)

Over the past few years, Microsoft has embraced the Android operating system with surprising enthusiasm. With a large collection of apps for business available in the Google Play Store, you now have everything you need to turn an Android device into a Microsoft phone.

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Advertisers can track users across the Internet via TLS Session Resumption

German researchers find that only seven of 45 browsers block TLS Session Resumption tracking.

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Microsoft's former Windows Chief Terry Myerson joins two investment firms

The former head of Microsoft's Windows unit has resurfaced after leaving the company earlier this summer and will be involved with two different investment firms.

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How to speed up Google Chrome and make the browser use less RAM

Here are a handful of tricks to help you speed up your browser and make it use up fewer precious system resources. (Updated October 2018)

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Tableau launches Ask Data natural language processing system

By leveraging natural language processing and algorithms Tableau is hoping to deliver analytics by gauging a user's intent without knowing data dimensions, measures and structure.

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Mapbox mashes up with Tableau, other BI platforms

Mapbox is announcing its new Geospatial Analytics Extension for Tableau today. This follows last week's announced revamp of Mapbox's custom visual for Microsoft's Power BI and its new, tighter integration with Uber's data visualization library, deck.gl.

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Startup boasts unhackable email protection for the rest of us

Life was simpler when it was just criminals ripping off your data. But today it is the state-sponsored hackers that pose the biggest threat to data security. Secure Channels Inc. is a startup addressing the whole data security lifecycle, including email.

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Verizon Q3 solid as 5G ramps, but Oath is becoming a drag

Verizon's wireless business reported solid results, but Oath -- an effort to diversify the company's revenue base -- is going to fall short of 2020 targets.

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Raspberry Pi: Hands-on with the updated Raspbian Linux

I have installed the new Raspbian 2018-10-09 release from scratch on some systems, and upgraded existing installations on others. Here are my experiences, observations and comments.

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Autonomous vehicles: Expect up to 50 driverless buses on Oslo streets by 2021

Norway's capital is starting a pilot project for real-life testing of a fleet of autonomous buses.

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Nvidia, Scripps Research partner to advance AI for disease prediction

The partners aim to develop AI and deep learning best practices, tools and infrastructure to accelerate AI applications using genomic and digital health sensor data.

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Super Micro trashes Bloomberg chip hack story in recent customer letter

Server vendor calls Bloomberg report a "technical implausibility" and "wrong."

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Google News app bug burns through gigabytes of user mobile data

Users are reporting sharp spikes in data usage via the app, sometimes leading to hundreds of dollars in mobile data fees.

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Oracle acquires DataFox, brings AI-based company data management to cloud apps

DataFox uses artificial intelligence to help clients gain an up-to-date view of customer accounts and organizations.

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There's 'bigger fish to fry' than anti-encryption laws: Telstra security chief

What cyber crimefighters really need are better global collaboration and faster access to IP address data, not the content of encrypted data communications, according to Jacqueline McNamara.

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While India's IT managers get the axe, old world coders get a lifeline

In the topsy-turvy world of technology, those with a command of seemingly forgotten languages like Cobol or Fortran are experiencing gainful employment while managerial fat cats who were sitting pretty not so long ago have been unceremoniously ejected.

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Securities market participants face greatest financial cyber threat: BAE Systems

Criminals can create fake trading orders more easily when they're communicated in unstructured faxes or emails, and when critical data in stored in spreadsheets.

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Samsung, Qualcomm partner in 5G small cell, networking push

The companies say the joint effort will boost future massive 5G networks.

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Brazilian authorities admit fake news struggle

"Whoever has the solution to fight disinformation, please show it to us", says Supreme Electoral Court minister.

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Larry Ellison pitches Oracle's Gen 2 Cloud as purpose-built for enterprise

At Oracle OpenWorld, the CTO appealed to customers with significant database workloads -- and those looking for an AWS alternative.

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Mozilla announces ProtonVPN partnership in attempt to diversify revenue stream

Selected Firefox users will be able to purchase a ProtonVPN version for $10/month. Some of the money will support Mozilla and Firefox.

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Google Home Hub alternatives you can buy right now

Google added a screen to its latest Home device, making it a so-called "smart display." But it is not the only device of its kind. There are actually a few smart display options to choose from, some of which even come with Google Assistant. Here is a look at what's available to buy right now.

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What Microsoft's executive compensation metrics say about its priorities

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earned nearly $26 million in overall compensation this past year. Here's how Microsoft calculates his and other top executives' pay.

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Apple reveals what the R stands for in iPhone XR

An illuminating interview with Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing shows how deeply the company thinks about its product names.

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WordPress team working on "wiping older versions from existence on the internet"

DerbyCon presentation gives deep insight into the WordPress team's efforts to improve the security of nearly a third of all Internet sites.

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The case for business model innovation: A sports story

Once again, sports strategist Stephen Bourke makes the case for business model innovation in sports -- that applies to everyone and everything.

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Oracle adds intelligent features across cloud applications

In addition to updating ERP, HCM, CX and Data Cloud applications, Oracle is introducing subscription management

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​San Jose Sharks: Fan experience, community, and technology (but don't call it digital transformation)

Go behind the scenes with the president of an NHL hockey to learn about customer experience and why building community is crucial. He also explains what's wrong with the term "digital transformation" and how to create genuine fan relationships. Watch the video and listen to the podcast!

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The 10 best smartphones of 2018

We have now seen the announcement of just about every major smartphone for 2018 with the OnePlus 6T being revealed in the next couple of weeks. It is extremely difficult to arrange the top five as the quality of smartphones today is fantastic.

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NCR buys JetPay for $184 million as upstarts threaten point-of-sale business

With Stripe and PayPal starting to move upstream, NCR buys JetPay.

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How can serverless computing be cost-justified?

How the new paradigm makes business sense

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This simple extension lets you see AWS region carbon footprints

The Cloud Sustainability Console tell you which AWS cloud service regions are sustainable.

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SAP, San Francisco 49ers launch stadium operations platform in U.S.

The San Francisco 49ers have deployed SAP to absorb streaming data and improve the stadium experience in real-time via a platform called Executive Huddle.

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Brazil IT infrastructure sales bounce back

Market for servers, storage and networking grew 41 percent in Q2 2018, says IDC

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New iMac: Fantasy features list

David Gewirtz says he's long overdue upgrading his iMac, but he's been waiting for new Macs from Apple. With a big announcement coming up, he shares with us his dream iMac features.

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How Amazon and Microsoft will oust Google to become our next Android overlords

Google's Play Store hegemony for Android apps is no longer guaranteed, thanks to a recent antitrust judgment (and a $5B fine) from the European Union.

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Is Teradata's march to cloud and commodity its destiny?

Last week's annual Teradata Universe annual conference was light on product announcements, and heavy on getting the message through on its rebranding. Beneath the surface, there are important moves toward cloud and commodity infrastructure that could redefine the Teradata platform down the road.

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Project Lakhta: Russian national charged with US election meddling

The Russian citizen allegedly played a key role in the spread of fake news and trolling across social media networks.

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Facebook approaches major cybersecurity firms, acquisition goals in mind

The firm is reportedly aiming to patch up its tattered reputation with the purchase of external expertise.

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​Linus Torvalds is back in charge of Linux

After a few weeks off to reconsider his role in the Linux community, Linus Torvalds is back in the saddle.

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Trade.io loses $7.5Mil worth of cryptocurrency in mysterious cold wallet hack

Hackers stole over 50 million TIO tokens. Have already withdrawn 1.3 million tokens.

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How Sittercity sped up its babysitter screening process with Google's AutoML

By automating its process of screening babysitter photos, Sittercity has been able to cut back on man-hours and reduce a revenue-draining delay in the sitter approval process.

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This is what AI looks like (as sketched by AI)

The self-portrait raises questions about the nature of creativity and human expression.

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Security: After Estonia's ID-card train wreck this identity app is taking Baltics by storm

Putting 2017's ID-card security crisis behind it, Estonia has come up with Smart-ID.

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The most interesting Internet-connected vehicle hacks on record

As researchers turn their attention to vehicles, we've seen everything from sending drivers into a ditch to brakes which suddenly won't work.

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AI delivering returns for enterprise early adopters, but not industries created equal

Deloitte's annual AI survey reveals a bit of realism, cybersecurity worries and a 17 percent median return on investment.

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Hackers steal data of 75,000 users after Healthcare.gov FFE breach

CMS officials says open enrollment period won't be negatively impacted by recent breach.

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Telcos flailing against tide to turn into dumb pipes

Streaming, 5G, and thoughts and prayers are being deployed by telcos to be anything other than bit handlers.

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Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, Xperia XZ3, Huawei Mate 20, and more (MobileTechRoundup show #448)

After returning from my 25th US Coast Guard Academy reunion trip to the northeast, there was plenty for Kevin and I to discuss on MobileTechRoundup show #448. Some new phones are in hand and Kevin attended the Google launch event in NYC.

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I thought Comcast had improved, then I called customer service

The company formerly known as the world in the America still isn't easy on customers.

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Vendors confirm products affected by libssh bug as PoC code pops up on GitHub

Red Hat and F5 Networks acknowledge that some products are vulnerable to the libssh authentication bug.

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Machine learning now the top skill sought by developers

SlashData's latest survey of 20,000 developers identifies machine learning and data science are the skills to know for 2019.

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Best gifts: Coolest keyboards to give or receive

If you're serious about typing, there's nothing that beats the speed, precision, and sheer joy that comes from using a high quality physical keyboard.

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Best gifts: Top tech to make your home office smarter in the new year

From smart hubs to smart coffee machines, these gifts will boost the tech IQ of any home office by making technology work for you.

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Audio recording is now disabled by default in OpenBSD

OpenBSD 6.4 also ships with Meltdown, Spectre v2, SpectreRSB, L1FT, and Lazy FPU mitigations.

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Tim Cook calls for Bloomberg to retract controversial chip story

Apple's chief executive is hoping Bloomberg will "do the right thing" and formally retract its Chinese spy chip story.

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Asus NovaGo ARM-powered Windows 10 laptop finally goes on sale in the UK

An innovative Windows laptop first announced in December 2017 is now, at long last, available to British buyers. But will the NovaGo's 22-hour battery life and always-on LTE connection be enough to open many wallets?

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eBay might need PayPal more than it thought

A new study commissioned by PayPal suggests a lopsided level of dependence between the two companies.

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Robotic indoor farms can grow food anywhere, anytime

Farmers are working with robots, data analysts, and IT professionals to create a "Plantopia" for growing fresh food. A new indoor vertical farm in Cincinnati is a prototype designed to prove that fully-automated indoor farming is not only safer, but also profitable.

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Facebook leads app install market share, but Google is rising fast

Mobile app marketers spend their budgets across a limited range of platforms -- with Facebook grabbing the lion's share or marketing dollars.

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Microsoft rolls out Spend, an expense tracker for iOS

Microsoft is testing a preview of a new expense-tracking application for iOS devices. It's called Spend and was developed by the folks who created the MileIQ mileage tracker.

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Microsoft's Windows Server 2019 never actually RTM'd: Here's why

For the first time in Windows Server history, Microsoft went straight from testing to general availability without RTMing its Windows Server 2019 release.

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AWS creates official customer support account on Reddit

The subreddit will focus on helping customers with account and billing questions.

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Kaspersky says it detected infections with DarkPulsar, alleged NSA malware

Victims located in Russia, Iran, and Egypt; related to nuclear energy, telecommunications, IT, aerospace, and R&D.

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AI tech uncovers social media footprint red flags to enable smarter hires

How can we do a better job of uncovering potential risks and red flags on caregivers who will watch their loved ones. AI technology aims to help.

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New iPad Pro: Fantasy features list

I've not owned an iPad in years, but if Apple updated the iPad Pro and added the following features, I'd be the first in line to buy a new one.

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Best gifts: Top iPhone XS or XS Max accessories

Here are the very best accessories to help you get the most from your new iPhone.

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Two weeks with the Sony Xperia XZ3: Gorgeous design with a misplaced fingerprint scanner

Sony seems to have nearly reached perfection with the Xperia XZ3 design, except for the placement of the rear fingerprint scanner. The device is gorgeous and works well, but the price is also a bit high when compared to other flagships.

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Presidential race in Brazil marred by WhatsApp scandal

Frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro is involved in accusations over illegal campaigning tactics using the messaging service.

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This is how researchers can now track 3D printed guns, weapons

Hardware fingerprints could be a way to stem the flow of uncontrolled, dangerous 3D printing.

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"I'm sorry Dave": 9 real times AI has given us the creeps

When machines become intelligent, weird things start to happen. Here are a few spin-chilling stories from the first wave of Artificial Intelligence.

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What Overstock.com learns about its customers from decades of data

At nearly 20 years old, Overstock.com has been able to parse through mountains of data to get a 10,000-foot view of customers, as well as a granular understanding of shopping habits.

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3D printed mini-brains grown in test tubes used to study degenerative disease

The brains have been grown from stem cells to mimic the progression of disease including Alzheimer's.

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DJI website's 'Get the app on Google Play' directs users elsewhere

Opinion: At best it's an oversight, at worst it's placing user security and privacy at serious risk.

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Chinese city to launch artificial moon in hopes of replacing street lights

Chengdu Aerospace Science is planning to launch its illumination satellite in 2020, which it says will be be eight times brighter than the moon and bright enough to replace street lights.

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Zero-day in popular jQuery plugin actively exploited for at least three years

A fix is out but the plugin is used in hundreds, if not thousands, of projects. Patching will take ages!

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Canberra competence shines in day of PM domain lapses and tortured analogies

If you can't set up a process to renew a domain, can you be trusted to run an economy?

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Flaws in telepresence robots allow hackers access to pictures, video feeds

Vendor has patched two of five reported bugs. Three patches are in the works.

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Atlassian beats Q1 estimates as it deepens focus on IT teams

Still, the collaboration and productivity software firm saw its shares fall in after-hours trading.

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PayPal beats Q3 earnings targets

PayPal ended the quarter 254 million active accounts, up from 218 million the year prior.

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Consumer's dilemma: iPhone XS or iPhone XR?

Those wanting to upgrade their iPhones currently have an interesting quandary. And Apple store employees are very aware of it.

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Deal alert: Best Buy slashes $125 off its portable Google Assistant alarm clock

Want Google Assistant to wake you up for work? Then grab this $25 Insignia alarm clock from Best Buy.

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Square launches Terminal, a replacement for keypad credit card machines

The wireless device is said to have all-day battery life, can process payments over Wi-Fi or Ethernet internet connections and is also able to print receipts.

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Here's the next iPad Pro Apple should build: Specs and speculation

Apple's third-generation iPad Pro is likely to have important but incremental improvements over its predecessor and include technologies introduced in the iPhone X.

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Google adds Compose integrations to trigger actions within Gmail

At launch, Compose actions integrate with Dropbox, Atlassian, Box and Egnyte.

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Twilio intros Super SIM, Narrowband connectivity services for IoT developers

Super SIM is a mashup of Twilio's mobile core infrastructure, OTA platform, and SIM hardware and software.

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Must-have tools you need for repairing PCs, smartphones, tablets, and much more

If you're in the business of repairing PCs, smartphones, or tablets, then you need the tools to help you get the job done in a fast, efficient, and safe way. (Updated October 2018)

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How to test chargers and power banks to make sure they don't blow up your expensive smartphone

I test dozens of chargers and power banks every month, and you can be guaranteed that plugging my expensive iPhone or iPad into them isn't the first thing I do. (Updated: October 2018)

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Open source web hosting software compromised with DDoS malware

Some VestaCP servers were infected with a new malware strain named Linux/ChachaDDOS.

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Atlassian unveils completely rebuilt version of Jira

Atlassian has updated its signature product so it's more in alignment with modern software development practices.

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​Ubuntu Linux 18.10 arrives

Like living dangerously? Keep running Windows? Like to take a little risk? Give the new version of Ubuntu Linux 18.10 a try.

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Samsung unveils Always Connected Galaxy Book2 PC

The new Windows-based mobile laptop offers Gigabit LTE connectivity to business users.

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Anker's Nebula Capsule smart projector is $85 off with this promo code

It comes with a built-in battery and speaker and can be easily transported between work and home.

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EBay takes Amazon to court over alleged trader poaching

The lawsuit alleges that Amazon has been abusing eBay systems to steal high-value sellers for years.

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If there's a second Apple event this fall, it's looking like it'll be later than it's been in a decade

Tim Cook will be giving an ethics speech in Europe right around the time we thought there would be a new product event. So what's really going to happen? We have no idea, but we can guess real good.

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GitHub security alerts now support Java and .NET projects

GitHub also launches Token Scanning tool and new Security Advisory API.

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Flir's Firefly camera uses Intel Movidius chips for on-camera inference

Flir Systems, a sensor company that primarily makes thermal imaging products, used Intel's $79 Movidius Neural Compute Stick for prototyping before building the camera with Movidius VPUs.

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Illegal file-sharing: You can't get away with blaming a family member, says top court

Shifting the blame onto a family member for illegal file-sharing on your internet connection is not good enough without specifics, says EU's top court.

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Want a robot vacuum for your workspace? Neato's Botvac D5 is $80 off

Can you even call your workspace a "smart office" if it doesn't have a robot vacuum?

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Facial recognition tech to verify age for alcohol sales in UK supermarkets: report

The technology is touted as a means to cut down staff intervention at self-checkouts.

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Why AI, machine learning is driving data lakes to data hubs

Data lakes were built for big data and batch processing, but AI and machine learning models need more flow and third party connections. Enter the data hub concept that'll likely pick up steam.

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Raspbian Linux distribution updated, but with one unexpected omission

New distribution images for the Raspberry Pi operating system are available, including bug fixes, security updates and new features, and one notable disappearance.

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Microsoft's latest Windows 10 19H1 test build enables removal of more preinstalled apps

Microsoft is adding the ability to remove even more of its 'inbox' apps from Windows 10 in its latest test build of the 19H1 feature update.

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JD.com expands logistics services to include parcel delivery

Chinese e-commerce giant taps its existing network to introduce parcel delivery service across China, enabling consumers to send packages using its mobile app.

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UOB opens Singapore lab to improve digital banking experience

Singapore bank launches Engagement Lab to identify ways to personalise the way it serves customers, tapping artificial intelligence and behavioural insights, and plans to open similar labs across Asean.

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Oceansalt cyberattack wave linked to defunct Chinese APT Comment Crew

The source code of malware from the ancient Chinese military-affiliated group appears to have changed hands.

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MIT invention builds memory walls to protect against Meltdown, Spectre attacks

The new system could potentially prevent similar memory-based attacks from risking our PCs and global services.

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Intel to break up manfucturing group

Amid struggles to deliver its 10nm technology, the technology and manufacturing group will be split into three parts.

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Equifax engineer who designed breach portal gets 8 months of house arrest for insider trading

SEC said engineer figured out on its own that the website he was building was for his own company's security breach.

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Tumblr discloses vulnerability but says 'no evidence that this bug was abused'

Bug hunter finds security flaw in Tumblr's "Recommended Blogs" widget.

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Wednesday ads drive higher in-store traffic, study shows

We are more likely to visit stores if we hear radio ads on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, according to a new study.

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Which electronics brands are best for social influence?

Despite huge budgets and exposure, the brands we expect to top the charts right now - do not - according to a new social ranking

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Stephen Curry brilliantly shows what the new Palm phone is for

It's easy to be skeptical about Palm's tiny little thing. The Golden State Warriors star, however, proves it has its place.

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AMD-powered Cray to speed up Formula One racing

The Haas F1 team is leveraging a Cray CS500 cluster supercomputer powered by AMD EPYC 7000 processors to carry out computational fluid dynamics simulations.

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Twilio unveils new platforms AutoPilot, Pay, makes Flex generally available

AutoPilot is a conversational AI platform while Pay is a programmable payment system that lets developers integrate payments into phone services.

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Brazil attempts last minute solutions to control fake news spreading

Local electoral court plays catch up in tackling the issue and seeks answers from tech giants - 11 days before citizens head to the polls.

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How easy is serverless computing to use?

Here we look at serverless usability - for both developers and admins

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Researcher finds simple way of backdooring Windows PCs and nobody notices for ten months

"RID Hijacking" technique lets hackers assign admin rights to guest and other low-level accounts.

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Oracle buys goBalto to expand Health Sciences business

goBalto makes cloud software that aims to accelerate clinical drug trials.

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Twitter publishes information ops data from Russia, Iran for research

The datasets are bulky, but may give researchers some insight to how these information ops work on Twitter.

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Cloud, enterprise software to drive 2019 IT spending, says Gartner

Software as a service will boost 2019 enterprise software spending 8.3 percent. Overall, IT spending will grow 3.2 percent in 2019.

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US judge approves settlement over Elon Musk taking Tesla private tweets

Shares in Tesla rose sharply on the news, despite the fact that the company must also pay a fine due to the executive's transgression.

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Robot will ring NYSE closing bell

After the demise of Rethink Robotics, market leader Universal Robots reassures investors that the robot revolution is alive and well.

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Rapid7 acquires web app security developer tCell

The deal is designed to boost Rapid7's Insight platform.

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Creator of remote access tool LuminosityLink sent behind bars

The RAT software was a popular choice for cyberattackers.

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Security flaw in libssh leaves thousands of servers at risk of hijacking

Vulnerability not as bad as it gets, as most servers use the openssh library to support server-side SSH logins.

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Oracle patches 301 vulnerabilities, including 46 with a 9.8+ severity rating

This wasn't Oracle's biggest patch ever. That title goes to the July 2018 CPU.

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Chrome 70 released with revamped Google account login system

Chrome 70 also comes with support for the final version of the TLS 1.3 standard and the AV1 video format.

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Facebook backtracks, says data from Portal devices may inform ad targeting

Facebook previously said it wouldn't use Portal data directly for ad targeting.

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Violin Storage to acquire X-IO storage

High performance flash pioneer Violin Systems has agreed to buy X-IO's ISE division. What does that mean for customers shopping for high performance storage?

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IBM sees cognitive solutions, tech services and cloud platform revenue declines

IBM's short streak of revenue growth ended as third quarter revenue fell short of expectations.

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23 reasons to upgrade your tech: Making the case for spending approval

Read on. This is going to help you gain spending approval at all levels.

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Palo Alto Networks names Google's Amit Singh as new president

Singh most recently served as VP of business and operations in emerging computing platforms for Google.

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Google to charge phone vendors for its Android apps in Europe

If device makers want to ship Android phones with Google apps --and especially the Play Store app-- in Europe, they'll now have to pay a licensing fee.

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Palm: Drop your 'phone companion' price before Amazon squashes you like the insect you are

$350 for a carrier-locked device is too much money for a smartwatch that, well, isn't one and has very little unique value proposition.

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Pretty low level, pretty big deal: Apache Kafka and Confluent Open Source go mainstream

Apache Kafka is great and all, but it's an early adopter thing, goes the conventional wisdom. Jay Kreps, Kafka co-creator and Confluent CEO, digresses. Mainstream adoption is happening, and it's happening now, he says, while also commenting on latest industry trends.

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Collective Bias launches technology for selecting better influencers

How do companies select the top-performing influencers for their influencer program?

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Arm unveils Neoverse, new brand for evolving internet infrastructure

The Neoverse brand, including Arm's new product roadmap, are designed to support the new era of ubiquitous connectivity.

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Top open source projects 2018: Vscode, React-native, Tensorflow

Github ranked its top open source projects as well as fast growing developer languages.

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Huawei announces Watch GT and Band 3 Pro: Made for urban explorers as companions to the Mate 20 series

Samsung, Huawei, and Apple are the top three smartphone makers and to continue the trend of these companies having smartphone companions, Huawei announced a new smartwatch and fitness band to meet the needs of active users.

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Huawei Mate 20 and 20 Pro unveiled: More AI, better cameras, wireless charging

Based on the dual-NPU Kirin 980 chipset, the Mate 20 series looks set to consolidate Huawei's strengths in on-device AI, photography and battery life.

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Amazon's all-new, waterproof Kindle Paperwhite

Thinner, lighter, twice the storage, and now it's even waterproof.

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C3 forges HPE partnership, launches AI appliance

The appliance, dubbed the C3 AI Appliance, bundles C3 Platform's platform-as-a-service with HPE's integrated systems running on Intel Xeon chips.

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Zero-days, fileless attacks are now the most dangerous threats to the enterprise

These attacks cost the average organization millions and SMBs are the worst affected.

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AI Edge X: The first 4G Industrial Gateway for AI on the Edge

Bridging the gap between the edge and the cloud in order to bring accelerated vision features and AI performance to the edge of the Internet of Things.

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It's MongoDB's turn to change its open source license

MongoDB is transitioning to a new Server-Side Public License (SSPL) that seeks to plug the gaps with cloud-based services. Why did MongoDB need the new license, and will it avoid the uproar that occurred when Redis Labs went to the Commons Clause?

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Epson reported to Texas AG for bricking third-party ink cartridges

EFF argues Epson's practice is making users avoid installing firmware updates, leaving millions of printers and companies vulnerable to cyber attacks.

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Lyft launches $299 a month subscription plan, transportation as a service arrives

Lyft is about to change the economics involved with transportation, generate recurring revenue and give us one fine experiment to watch.

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GPU-Z now warns users if they have purchased fake Nvidia graphics cards

As the demand for high-power graphics cards continues to surge, some sellers are seeking to cash in on Nvidia's name.

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Walmart sees e-commerce growth of about 35 percent for fiscal 2020

The retailer's annual analyst powwow will have a heavy dose of technology plans and e-commerce growth projections.

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Impressions on SAP CX Live, SAP during a walk on Calle de Vendedor

SAP CX Live 2018 in Barcelona showed me that SAP was still committed to its customer-facing corporate pivot and willing to go to the wall for it. But is it enough? Here are my first impressions.

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Anthem agrees to pay $16 million in data breach privacy settlement

The insurer will shell out to settle a privacy violations case issued by the US government.

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Temasek snaps up Sygnia, founded by Israel's NSA, in $250m deal

The cybersecurity consulting firm was created by former members of Israel's 8200 unit.

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Hackers tamper with exploit chain to drop Agent Tesla, circumvent antivirus solutions

A new campaign is spreading information-stealing malware including Agent Tesla and Loki.

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Line lists cryptocurrency on Bitbox exchange

Japanese tech vendor puts its digital token Link on its recently launched exchange Bitbox, making it available for trade with three cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether.

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Czech intelligence service shuts down Hezbollah hacking operation

Hezbollah agents used Facebook profiles for attractive women to trick targets into installing spyware-infected apps.

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer at 65

Allen died on Monday from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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Adobe sees 20 percent ahead for fiscal 2019

Adobe said its addressable market is swelling and it is working to connect its clouds into an enterprisewide experience, document and media juggernaut.

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US voter details from 19 states sold on hacking forum

Seller is asking $42,200 for all 19 US state voter databases.

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IBM brings artificial intelligence to the heart of cybersecurity strategies

IBM hopes to bring AI, data, and cybersecurity vendors together to tackle ongoing and new threats through the launch of a new open platform.

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IBM launches IBM AI OpenScale to combat AI sprawl as part of broad open strategy

IBM AI OpenScale, Multi-cloud Manager and IBM Security Connect equate to a strategic push by Big Blue to be the agnostic integrator and platform provider for key enterprise technologies.

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iPhone XS Max cost too much? Great smartphones in every price range

It's a great time to buy a smartphone, no matter what your budget. You can find functional and reliable handsets from about $197 to over $1,000.

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A weekend with the Pixel 3 XL: The camera proved its worth

A Google Pixel 3 XL arrived the day before a vacation and it turns out the camera is as good as every Pixel 2 owner said.

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Microsoft to disable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 support in Edge and Internet Explorer

TLS 1.0 and 1.1 deprecation in Edge and IE scheduled for the first half of 2020.

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Google, grow up: Drop the Apple-like arrogance or Chrome OS will fail

Unless Google can rally the developer troops to clean out their crufty code from the Play Store and wholesale adopt Material Design, it will fail with making Pixel Slate and Chromebook a real tablet and desktop application platform.

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Octopus Trojan exploits Telegram ban fears to snag diplomatic targets across Asia

A fresh attack wave is launching Octopus at diplomatic organizations across the region.

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Sony working on a fix for bug that's crashing PlayStation 4 consoles

Bug crashes and freezes PlayStation 4 consoles. The only way to recover is by performing a factory reset for the entire console.

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iPhone XR: Here's nine things you need to know about Apple's 'affordable' iPhone

Apple is getting ready to open up pre-orders for its new "affordable" iPhone. Here's what you need to know.

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Apple VoiceOver iOS vulnerability permits hacker access to user photos

The bug can be exploited to gain access to photos stored on a user's device.

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Arm brings Intel, Arduino, myDevices into the Pelion IoT platform ecosystem

By expanding the partner ecosystem for its IoT platform, Arm aims to solve the customer challenges of heterogeneity and fragmentation in the IoT marketplace.

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Rolls-Royce partners with Intel to bring autonomy to ships

The new Intelligent Awareness System will serve as the "eyes and ears" of shipping vessels, Rolls-Royce says.

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​Adobe's Creative Cloud overhaul infuses AI, multiple screens and sets stage for augmented, virtual reality

Adobe Max 2018 will highlight how Adobe is aiming to integrate its clouds in a way that appeals to creative pros and the enterprises that use their designs and projects.

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Stephen Hawking's biggest fear: The rich

In a new book, the famed physicist worries about the rise of "superhumans" who use genetic engineering to advance themselves. At the expense of others.

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Facebook appoints new LatAm head

Former agency head at the social networking company takes the helm.

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Thalmic Labs shutters sales of Myo gesture control armband

The armband had incredible potential in the field of prosthetics.

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Serverless computing data management nuances & niggles

Not every instance of every cloud for every app for every workflow for every collection of data types is equal.

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Sony explores the blockchain for DRM, intellectual property protection tech

Distributed ledger technologies could one day be used to protect content including VR content, films, and books.

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Kali Linux for Vagrant: Hands-on

The developers at Kali Linux have released a Vagrant distribution of their latest version. Here is a look at that release - and at the Vagrant tool itself

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I went to buy an iPhone XS and the Apple store employee said don't do it

Those wanting to upgrade their iPhones currently have an interesting dilemma. And Apple store employees are very aware of it.

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Around 62% of all Internet sites will run an unsupported PHP version in 10 weeks

The highly popular PHP 5.x branch will stop receiving security updates at the end of the year.

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McKinsey: time to rethink Agile in complex digital environments

Agile development often runs aground in large-scale software environments. With digital and automation, every software environment is growing in scale.

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Pentagon discloses card breach

Around 30,000 DOD civilian and military personnel are believed to be affected.

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Gear4 iPhone XS and XS Max case roundup: Protected by D3O with good looks and functionality

Most every iPhone owner I know has a case on their device. With the expensive iPhone XS Max and X devices, spending a few bucks on a protective case that looks good is money well spent.

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Microsoft JET vulnerability still open to attacks, despite recent patch

Microsoft's patch for a JET database engine zero-day deemed incomplete.

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Why Google needs to put Chrome OS in developer hands

Google wants to disrupt with its stateless, cloud-focused desktop operating system. But it needs to become much more viral with exploitative apps if it expects it to succeed beyond just being a niche platform for education and light computing tasks.

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Stop wasting energy and use it to grow your business with this free ebook

If it seems like the more you do, the less you achieve, then read this free ebook.

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Google Fuchsia: Here's what the NSA knows about it

Fuchsia is Google's mystery operating system. At the recent Linux Security Summit, the NSA revealed what they've found out about it to date.

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Facebook downgrades breach count from 50 million to 30 million users

Company said 29 million of the 30 million also had personal data scraped by the attackers.

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Climate change is transforming business

To win in the age of the customer, firms must assess and act on risks and opportunities that will arise as a result of climate change.

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Best Raspberry Pi accessories

There's not much you can't do with a Raspberry Pi board and a bit of coding. But with a few extra accessories, the sky truly is the limit! (Updated October 2018)

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Top 12 Raspberry Pi alternatives (October 2018 edition)

Here is a selection of single board computers for homebrew projects and automation, with prices starting at only $5 to several hundred dollars, and ranging in application from small hobby applications to industrial use.

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Apache Spark sets out to standardize distributed machine learning training, execution, and deployment

Matei Zaharia, Apache Spark co-creator and Databricks CTO, talks about adoption patterns, data engineering and data science, using and extending standards, and the next wave of innovation in machine learning: Distribution.

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Speck Presidio case roundup for Apple iPhone XS Max/XS/X: Two-layer drop protection in compelling styles

Most iPhones find their way into cases and if you are going to wrap up your expensive iPhone, then do it with some style and protection. Speck offers some compelling Presidio case solutions to consider.

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A mysterious grey-hat is patching people's outdated MikroTik routers

Internet vigilante claims he patched over 100,000 MikroTik routers already.

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Cool tool: Live Home 3D can bring your workspace and personal spaces to life

Floor planning software is a unique product category. If you need it, you really, really need it. In this review, we look at a 3D floor planning project and show how it can help save time, reduce physical pain, and even save money on billable contractor hours.

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Yale smart lock, alarm app debacle causes chaos across UK homes

Customers have reported that app failures left them powerless to disable or enable alarms.

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Banco do Brasil launches financial transactions via WhatsApp

The phased implementation sees the automation of 11 services through the messaging platform.

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GandCrab ransomware operators team up with crypter service

The hacking agreement could result in the ransomware strain becoming more difficult to spot and analyze in the future.

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What did you spend on cheese this year? Shoppers get to see their own buying data

Finnish retailer S-Group opens up its data analytics so customers can see what they spend by product type.

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Intuit rolls out new QuickBooks product for mid-market customers

The new QuickBooks Online Advanced expands the market for the QuickBooks brand, taking on competing products like Microsoft Dynamics and Sage Intacct.

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This Trojan masquerades as Google Play to hide on your phone in plain sight

GPlayed is a new Trojan which attacks Android devices while acting as a legitimate Google service.

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Psychophysics & the bizarre science behind robots that know what we want

Researchers are teaching robots to read the subtle nonverbal clues that betray our intentions.

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IETF approves new internet standards to secure authentication tokens

New IETF standards aim to protect authentication tokens against replay attacks.

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Proof-of-concept code published for Microsoft Edge remote code execution bug

The PoC can be hosted on any website and requires that users press the Enter key just once.

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Facebook removes 800 accounts and pages for political spam, disinformation

Social network cracks down on spammers using political topics to drive traffic towards ad farms.

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Microsoft moves key technologies, including Cortana, from research to product groups

Microsoft is continuing along its path of repositioning Cortana by moving its digital assistant out of its AI + Research unit and into its Experience & Devices product team.

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Could this be Microsoft's next HoloLens headset?

A new NASA video shows a device that could potentially be an early version of the next version of Microsoft's HoloLens augmented-reality headset.

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Survey: Migration to the cloud brings unplanned costs and headaches for many

The promise of cloud IT is not as easy to capture as the planning might promise -- higher costs and a lack of skilled IT workers are a big problem.

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Senators demand Google hand over internal memo urging Google+ cover-up

Republican senators start inquiry in Google's handling of Google+ security breach.

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Apple fails to make list of America's most admired employers

As Amazon, Google, Microsoft and even the US Postal Service appear in the top 15, Cupertino isn't there. College graduates do, however, want to work at Apple.

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New Relic acquires CoScale to expand Kubernetes support

CoScale is a Belgian company with experience in monitoring container and microservices environments, in particular Kubernetes.

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Microsoft's patent move: Giant leap forward or business as usual?

Some see this as a giant leap forward for Microsoft and open source. A few, however, see Microsoft's open-source patent move as just more of the same old, same old.

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What is serverless computing and why should you care?

Here's why this next wave of cloud computing can help cut costs

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Zoom intros Zoom Voice, partners with Dropbox and Atlassian

The cloud video conferencing company announced a bevy of new products and features at its Zoomtopia event on Thursday.

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​What does Microsoft joining the Open Invention Network mean for you?

The move opens up Microsoft's 60,000 patents to Open Invention Network members who are using them in the Linux system. What does that mean, specifically? Read on.

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FitMetrix user data exposed via passwordless ElasticSearch server cluster

Exact number of affected users is unknown but the server cluster is now secure.

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PayPal partners with Walmart to offer in-store balance withdraws, deposits

PayPal chief executive Dan Schulman noted that this the first time the two companies are working together in this capacity.

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Hackers breach web hosting provider for the second time in the past year

Company hacked again despite claiming to have boosted security measures and undergone a security audit.

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Wicked Audio Arq hands-on: Fully wireless earbuds for half the cost of Apple AirPods

The headphone jack is gone from most phones while our smartwatches also have the ability to play music via Bluetooth so having a wireless headset is becoming a necessity. Wicked Audio released an affordable product that doesn't compromise much.

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Snowflake raises $450 million in another VC round, valued at $3.5 billion

The data warehouse-as-a-service provider has been on a tear raising capital and going multi-cloud.

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World's smallest automated e-commerce facility goes online

How can you make one-hour grocery delivery profitable? This company believes in thinking small.

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Teraki wins backing from Infineon for its automotive AI technology

Self-driving cars need to process a lot of data in real-time and that's a potential safety issue because of latency problems with wireless networks

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Digital transformation in 2019: Lessons learned the hard way

Many organizations have embarked on the journey of digital transformation over the past several years to sustainably reinvent themselves. The first lessons learned have been challenging to isolate and capture -- until recently. Here's what we know so far.

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Security researchers find solid evidence linking Industroyer to NotPetya

A web of code reuse and shared infrastructure links together a slew of famous cyber-attacks.

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Microsoft Surface Pro 6 alternatives you can buy right now

Microsoft updated its Surface Pro line with the new Surface Pro 6. But it's not the only Windows 10 2-in-1 available on the market. Here are some really compelling alternatives to consider.

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Google Cloud adds dual region support for storage aimed at analytic workloads

Twitter is moving a Hadoop cluster to Google Cloud Platform and used a new dual regional setup to lower costs and latency.

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CenturyLink opens Singapore SOC with behavioural analytics capabilities

New security operations centre (SOC) is one of eight facilities worldwide and the first to showcase user and entity behavioural analytics to identify insider threats.

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Arrest of top Chinese intelligence officer sparks fears of new Chinese hacking efforts

Suspect is a top official in one of China's intelligence agencies, accused of controlling China's state hacking operations.

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Square CFO Sarah Friar steps down

Friar is stepping down from the mobile payments company to take the CEO position at neighborhood social platform Nextdoor.

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ServiceNow acquires FriendlyData for natural language interfaces

ServiceNow plans to embed FriendlyData's natural language query technology into the interfaces of the Now platform

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Google's Pixel 3 is the first Android device to ship with new CFI kernel protections

Google adds Control Flow Integrity protection to the Android kernel.

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Tencent joins forces with Brazilian fintech Nubank

The largest fintech outside Asia gets more firepower to develop its local footprint.

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Microsoft needs to refocus on Windows 10 fundamentals, not just new features

Opinion: Microsoft needs to step off the new feature train, at least temporarily, and get Windows 10's reliability and fundamentals back on track.

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Amazon Web Services, C3 expand go-to-market pact

The companies are building on their existing partnership with a wide-ranging go-to-market strategy focused on AI adoption.

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Five years later, Italian police identify hacker behind 2013 NASA hacks

Hacker pleaded guilty to breaching and defacing sites belonging to NASA, Italian police, Italian government, and an Italian TV station.

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A deep dive into the forces driving Russian and Chinese hacker forums

Profit, hacktivism, and politics are only some of the differences between Russia and China's hacking communities.

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Pixel Slate: Do Google's specs, prices, or platform threaten the iPad and Surface?

Google's Pixel Slate is the latest entry into a tablet market already dominated by the likes of the iPad and the Surface. Does the Pixel Slate have what it takes to stand its ground?

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​Cloud Foundry embraces Kubernetes

Kubernetes mastery of cloud container management takes another step forward.

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AT&T GigaPower: The fastest broadband internet money can buy

Fiber to the Home (FTTH) is being rolled out in limited markets. But if you have access to it, you need to consider it above other home and small business broadband options.

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Opinion: Two Windows 10 feature updates a year is too many

The idea of delivering two full Windows 10 upgrades every year sounds great on paper. In practice, the Windows 10 upgrade cycle has been unnecessarily disruptive, especially to home users who don't have the technical skills to deal with those updates.

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Google's Pixel Slate problem: The Android apps are awful

The new Chrome OS-based tablet convertible seems like a good buy at $600. But the lack of good apps makes it a problematic purchase.

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​Microsoft open-sources its entire patent portfolio

Microsoft has joined the Open Invention Network, an open-source patent consortium. By so doing, it is offering its entire patent portfolio -- royalty free -- to all other Open Invention Network members.

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Xerox rolls out more ConnectKey apps to make your printer more useful

The apps, which directly connect data from paper documents to digital platforms like Salesforce and Quickbooks, are part of Xerox's initiative to transform its printers into "workplace assistants"

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10 reasons the Galaxy Note 9 is better than the Google Pixel 3 XL for business

Google revealed the Pixel 3 XL yesterday and while it is the best from Google, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 offers more for the enterprise.

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Google opens up G Suite security threat alert service to businesses

The alert center's security notification system has been opened up days after Google revealed a service-ending Google+ data leak.

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Tesla settles dispute in Nevada over $655,000 unemployment tax bill

The automaker allegedly left a $655,000 tax bill unpaid in the state.

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Google Pixel bets on software, localisation to entice APAC consumers

Available from November 1 in five Asian markets, including Singapore and Taiwan, the latest smartphone release features tighter integration with the vendor's AI-powered apps such as Google Lens Assistant.

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Nvidia RAPIDS accelerates analytics and machine learning

New open source libraries from Nvidia provide GPU acceleration of data analytics an machine learning. Company claims 50x speed-ups over CPU-only implementations.

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Adobe security update fixes a handful of critical bugs, ignores Flash Player

The light set of updates does not contain a single security patch for Flash, an unusual event for the company.

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Hello World, book review: Algorithms, and how to live with them

Human and machine working together can do better than either on their own, says mathematics lecturer Hannah Fry.

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Google takes BigQuery to new geographies, brings geospatial capabilities into beta

Google's cloud data warehouse service to be deployed across the globe; its GIS features reach the beta milestone.

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WhatsApp fixes bug that let hackers take over app when answering a video call

Bug only affects WhatsApp for Android and iOS, but the issue has been fixed this week.

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Pentagon's new next-gen weapons systems are laughably easy to hack

Bad passwords, non-encrypted communications, and a lot of unpatched bugs.

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AWS advances Alexa for Business with a new room booking feature

The feature, Amazon says, addresses the common challenge of walking from room to room to find an open space.

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Windows 10 October 2018 Update: Microsoft releases fix for data deletion bug

Microsoft announced that it has identified the underlying cause of the bug that deleted data for some customers who were among the first to install the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809). The fix is rolling out to members of the Windows Insider Program first.

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Google files appeal of $5 billion EU fine

Earlier this year, the European Commission fined Google for its restrictions on Android device makers and network operators.

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Facebook brings Safety Check to Workplace

The tool is designed to help companies on Workplace monitor the safety of employees during emergency situations.

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MarkLogic rolls out Data Hub Service to solve data lake challenges

The Data Hub Service is a fully-automated cloud service for integrating data from different silos

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Will Alexa get you to roll out the welcome mat for Facebook Portal?

Facebook's Portal devices highlight the fact that they are built with Alexa, but will that be enough reason for folks to welcome them into their homes?

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Microsoft October 2018 Patch Tuesday fixes zero-day exploited by FruityArmor APT

Microsoft also fixes 48 other security bugs, 18 of which are rated "Critical."

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Dropbox intros AutoOCR to bolster smart search capabilities

AutoOCR is an automatic image text recognition capability that performs optical character detection on photos of documents, including receipts and field reports.

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Microsoft's Common Data Model: What users (not just Dynamics 365 ones) need to know

Microsoft's CDM is the linchpin for the recently announced Open Data Initiative and likely even more Microsoft products in the future.

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Why it's hard to believe anything Google says

The reluctant admission of a privacy breach revealed that Google's "trust us" philosophy was as believable as "do no evil."

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Singapore touts open platforms in smart nation drive, acknowledges need to do better in security

New pilots including a drowning detection system are in the works, as the government continues to push its smart nation goal alongside an open, API-driven framework. But it stresses the importance of security in rolling out new services and acknowledges the country needs to do better, particularly, following the SingHealth data breach.

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IoT savvy is already translating into market success

Employing the Internet of Things in combination with data analytics and new thinking is winning the day.

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Panda Banker Trojan becomes part of Emotet threat distribution platform

The Zeus variant is now actively targeting organizations in the US, Canada, and Japan.

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Over nine million cameras and DVRs open to APTs, botnet herders, and voyeurs

Re-branded IP cameras and DVRs sold by over 100 companies can be easily hacked, researchers say.

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Google launches Pixel Slate, a Chromebook that looks like a Microsoft Surface knock-off

The Pixel Slate landed as expected. It's a Chromebook that could be mistaken for a Microsoft Surface.

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Symantec rolls out new cloud security services

The company said the latest update is focused on securing business applications in the cloud and protecting the cloud infrastructure they rely on.

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Microsoft touts its coming top-secret cloud certification ahead of $10 billion JEDI contract deadline

Microsoft is stepping up its government cloud campaigning just ahead of the closing of the bids for the Pentagon's $10 billion, winner-take-all JEDI cloud contract.

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Nonplussed: Why I'll miss Google+, the best of all social networks

Really, Google? I know not many of us used your Google+ social network, but those of us who did use it really, really liked it.

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IBM reiterates commitment to Brazil despite uncertainty

Latin America head says the firm has gone through worse moments in the country - but calls for an overhaul in public innovation policies.

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Puppet rolls out new tools to measure, accelerate devOps

The IT automation company is introducing a metrics tool that should enable IT leaders to make a quantifiable business case for scaling devOps.

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New Magecart hack detected at Shopper Approved

Malicious code removed after two days. Impact is smaller compared to previous incidents at Ticketmaster, Feedify, or British Airways.

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Garmin's Navionics exposed data belonging to thousands of customers

An unsecured MongoDB server containing 19GB in customer and product data was exposed online.

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Pure Storage, Veritas partner on holistic data management

The partnership will enable organizations to bring together workloads from different sources to get the most value out of that consolidated data.

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Google restricts which Android apps can request Call Log and SMS permissions

Only apps selected as the device's default app for making calls or sending text messages will be able to access call logs and SMS data from now on.

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Security researcher source in Supermicro chip hack report casts doubt on story

The explosive report "doesn't make sense," according to the expert which described hardware implant uses in theoretical attacks.

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Together, Adobe and Magento go after SMBs and enterprise

With Adobe's acquisition of Magento complete, the companies roll out a new, key integration and products that bring commerce capabilities to companies of all sizes.

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Facebook Portal alternatives you can buy right now

Dislike Facebook? You can still get in on the smart display craze with one of these Portal alternatives.

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Heathrow Airport fined £120,000 over USB data breach debacle

In a prime example of data protection failure, a USB containing sensitive information ended up in the hands of the public.

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Firefox will be able to show notifications inside the Windows 10 Action Center

New Windows 10-friendly notification system to arrive in December, with Firefox 64.

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Microsoft is hiring former Qualcomm engineers to work on its quantum computing team

Microsoft has been staffing up its quantum computing project with a number of former Qualcomm engineers and managers.

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Google sets new rules for third-party apps to access Gmail data

All Gmail third-party apps with full access to Gmail user data will need to re-submit for a review by February 15, 2018, or be removed.

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Microsoft is beefing up its Azure bandwidth, video encoding for Project xCloud game streaming

Microsoft's 'Project xCloud' game streaming service won't be available to external testers until 2019. But the company is already running the service on Azure internally.

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At last! A Facebook device in my kitchen (and bedroom)

As Facebook releases its first smart speakers, there's one issue that Facebook will find hardest to overcome. And it's not the privacy thing.

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Google shuts down Google+ after API bug exposed details for over 500,000 users

Search giant says it found no evidence that any user data was misused.

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Apple releases iOS 12.0.1 with iPhone XS charging fix

Get your iPhones and iPads ready for the first iOS 12 update.

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It's 2018, and network middleware still can't handle TLS without breaking encryption

Appliance vendors fail to respond to bug reports. Some devices got worse after disclosure.

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​Redis Labs and Common Clause attacked where it hurts: With open-source code

Redis put some of the program's code under the anti-open-source Common Clause license. Now, developers are counterattacking by forking the code.

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Cool tool: Hands-on with the Bosch GLM 50, an app-enabled laser measuring tool

We look at how you can use a Bluetooth-enabled, laser-measuring device to help create a map or floorplan of your home or office space.

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Opinionated openness: Facebook AI research strategy, ecosystem, and target audience for Deep Learning, and the nuances of using PyTorch

Soumith Chintala from Facebook AI Research, PyTorch project lead, talks about the thinking behind its creation, and the design and usability choices made. Facebook is now unifying machine learning frameworks for research and production in PyTorch, and Chintala explains how and why.

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Google brings real-time closed captioning to Slides

The feature will make presentations more accessible to audiences that are deaf or hard of hearing.

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LinkedIn buys Glint to expand suite of HR services

Glint's platform aims to help executives obtain an internal view of employee engagement and skills.

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Intel Core X-Series processor specs

Processors ranging from 8 to 18 cores, and prices from $589 to $1,979.

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Intel 9600K, 9700K, and 9900K CPU specs

Here are the tech specs for Intel's newest 9600K, 9700K, and 9900K soldered silicon.

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Intel unveils 28-core Xeon W-3175X extreme workstation processor

This chip is squarely aimed at high-end Xeon workstations tackling heavy-duty multithreaded applications.

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​Facebook launches Portal, Portal+ video calling devices: Should you buy?

Facebook has the right pricing and strategy for its Portal and Portal+ video calling devices, but your individual return on investment will go well beyond the usual tech economics.

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The Chromebook x360 has up to 14 hours of battery life

HP's new Chromebook x360 14 is the company's Chromebook convertible device to date.

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Porto Seguro shuts down Brazil's first MVNO

The insurance giant no longer considers connectivity provision as a business priority.

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RHA enters the fully wireless headset market with the TrueConnect earbuds

RHA is well known for high quality, well-constructed audio products with its signature three-year warranty. It is now entering the completely wireless earbud market with the TrueConnect earbuds.

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Microsoft-Adobe's amazing partnership: Creating a new category?

Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, is a great believer in the potential of the Adobe/Microsoft partnership. So am I. But can it create a new category and market around digital engagement and customer experience management?

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Alcatel 3T 8 launches as T-Mobile's first 600MHz tablet on 12 October for just $150

Alcatel's new Android tablet is focused on serving as a family-friendly tablet with a compelling price. It launches with the latest version of Android and a whole lot more.

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SAP's road to cloud-native data platforms in a hybrid world

While SAP's data portfolio has been available in the cloud for some time, it is now making serious moves to make SAP HANA, data integration, and analytic platforms cloud native. The question is how SAP will harmonize the experiences of on premise and cloud for a customer base that will keep their feet planted in both worlds.

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US government rolls out 2-step verification for .gov domain owners

DotGov program rolls out support for Google Authenticator app for the management of .gov domains.

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Two weeks, too big: Goodbye Apple iPhone XS Max

The Apple iPhone XS Max has been out for a couple of weeks and, as expected, it is the best iPhone ever. However, although it may have the best of Apple inside, that doesn't mean it is the best for everyone.

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Google Pixel Slate: What to expect for this Chrome OS tablet

Forget the Pixelbook successor, we may see four variations of a Chrome OS tablet for the first time from Google.

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