U.S. And Britain Ramping Up Joint Cyber Defense Efforts
The U.S. and Britain are increasing their collaboration to thwart digital threats. They are planning to launch more attacks against each other to test their defenses and scare away possible enemies....
View ArticleTechnology Has Had Negative Impact On Privacy, Survey Reveals
Internet users in the U.S., France Germany and other nations are increasingly concerned about the impact technology has on privacy, and feel legal protections are insufficient. In 11 of the 12...
View ArticlePrivacy Groups Seek Greater Oversight Of Big Data Companies
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should probe into the growing consolidation of big data analytics firms and digital marketing companies, a coalition of four privacy groups have said. A recent spate...
View ArticleHitachi To Boost IoT Business With Pentaho Acquisition
Hitachi Data Systems is acquiring business intelligence software maker Pentaho to incorporate analysis into Internet of Things systems it will develop for the healthcare, public safety and other...
View ArticleMicrosoft Says It Will Adopt International Standard For Cloud Privacy
Microsoft has adopted a new standard for cloud privacy that commits the technology giant to protect the privacy of customers’ data, not to use it for advertisement purposes, and to inform the customer...
View ArticleApple Watch To Replace Car Keys, Says Cook
Apple Watch will take the place of car keys and its battery will last the whole day, so says Apple Inc’s Chief Executive Tim Cook in an interview with the Telegraph. The watch is designed to replace...
View ArticleFuel Cells Could Offer Hope For Smartphone Batteries
While processors, memory and other components have advanced in leaps and bounds, progress in smartphone battery technology has been much slower over the last couple of decades. All those people you see...
View ArticleThe CIA To Go All In On Cyber Espionage
"Digital technology holds great promise for mission excellence, while posing serious threats to the security of our operations and information, as well as to US interests more broadly," said Brennan.
View ArticleNew Malware Focusing On Energy Companies
A new malware program is being used to do research for targeted attacks against businesses in the energy sector. The program, dubbed Trojan.Laziok by researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec, was...
View ArticleInstagram Helps Out Apple Watch App Developers
With the Apple Watch slated for release on April 24, third-party application developers are rushing to write extensions that can run on the device. Now Instagram is sharing some code it wrote for its...
View ArticleHuawei Unveils P8 And P8 Max Smartphones
China’s Huawei unveiled its flagship P8 and P8 Max mobile phones, devices that stack up against the latest models from Samsung and Apple in technical specifications if not marketing budget. The P8,...
View ArticleCan Intel Turn Your Modem Into A Server?
If Intel installs x86 cores into PUMA kit and Lantiq gear and tarts it up with a bit of visualization the home router becomes a server and the ISP can push services directly into the home. Firewalls...
View ArticleDid Linux Malware Slip By Security Analyst?
But what is worrying is that Mumblehard operators have been active for many years without disruption.
View ArticleAirline Explore Using Drones For Aircraft Inspections
Drones don’t typically mix with airlines, but European budget airline EasyJet is exploring the possibility of using them to speed up aircraft inspections. The company wants to use preprogrammed drones...
View ArticleApple Pay To Launch In The UK In July
Apple Pay will debut in the U.K. in July, where it will initially work at 250,000 retail locations and the London transit system — with credit card support from eight major banks, according to an Apple...
View ArticleThe Linux Foundation Donates To Open Source Security
The funding is one of many initiatives launched by the Linux Foundation designed to stop future Heartbleed-level flaws. The Linux Foundation announced an open audit of openSSL's security in March.
View ArticleIs Mastercard Going With Selfies?
"From the beginning of 2016 any new payment terminal that gets deployed must accept contactless, and every single terminal must accept it by 2020," he said.
View ArticleEU Hits Qualcomm With Double Anti-trust Investigations
Qualcomm is being probed by the European Union’s antitrust authority, which suspects the company of abusing its dominant position in the market for 3G and 4G chipsets used in smartphones and tablets....
View ArticleYahoo Unveils Livetext Mobile Messaging App
Yahoo unveiled a mobile messaging app that combines texting with live one-on-one video. The app, named Livetext, is video calling with a twist: there’s no audio. To communicate, users type texts and...
View ArticleReady For Mind Controlled Movies?
Watching a movie, until now, has largely been a passive experience. But what if the person watching could influence what happens on-screen via their brainwaves? An experimental short-film called...
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