Arrest of Facebook exec, now freed, stirs debate in Brazil
The arrest of Diego Dzodan, the vice president of Facebook for Latin America, by Brazilian federal police on Tuesday morning in Sao Paulo has stirred up controversy in the country.
View ArticleLatest attack against TLS shows the pitfalls of intentionally weakening...
For the third time in under a year, security researchers have found a method to attack encrypted Web communications, a direct result of weaknesses that were mandated two decades ago by the U.S....
View ArticleTwitter rolls out Moments in Australia
Australians are the first in the Asia-Pacific region to experience Moments, Twitter’s new feature that collects trending Tweets specific to the categories of news, sports, entertainment and fun.
View ArticleSlack lets coworkers start ringing one another
Slack began rolling out a new voice calling feature to Slack teams that let people talk to each other one-on-one, or create conference calls for chat channels.
View ArticleIBM sues Groupon for infringing its patents, including from Prodigy online...
IBM has sued online deals marketplace Groupon for infringing four of its patents, including two that emerged from Prodigy, the online service launched by IBM and partners ahead of the World Wide Web.
View ArticleUber, Ola compete to take users on motorcycle rides in India
In a bid to expand the market they address in India, Uber and arch Indian rival Ola have launched on the same day pilots of a service for booking motorcycle rides.
View ArticleEnterprise IoT: A cost-cutter today, a money-maker tomorrow
2016 will be a big year for transitions from the first use of IoT, for internal operations, to the second type that enriches the business as a whole, according to research company Gartner.
View ArticleCisco makes a rare hardware play with Leaba Semiconductor acquisition
Cisco Systems is buying in some chip expertise that could help it in the datacenter.
View ArticleThis Russian all-in-one desktop is just quirky enough to be interesting
Russia isn't known as the PC capital of the world, but this MIPS-based desktop is quirky enough to be worth a look.
View ArticleCisco issues critical patch for Nexus switches to remove hardcoded credentials
Cisco Systems has released software updates for its Nexus 3000 and 3500 switches in order to remove a default administrative account with static credentials that could allow remote attackers to...
View ArticleBillboards can track your location, and privacy advocates don't like it
A geolocation-tracking feature on billboards owned by Clear Channel Outdoor gives the company new ways to target advertising and measure its effectiveness, but is also raising privacy concerns.
View ArticleHP wearable effort turns serious as new Titan smartwatches go on sale
Is the wearables market just a hobby for HP, as the company claims? As new smartwatches -- like Titan's Juxt -- keep rolling out, that doesn't seem to be the case.
View ArticleFive things you need to know about AI: Cognitive and neural and deep, oh my!
There's never any shortage of buzzwords in the IT world, but when it comes to AI, they can be hard to tell apart.
View ArticleCarter says cyber battle against ISIS will 'black these guys out'
The U.S. is aggressively targeting ISIS in cyberspace, attempting to halt the group's ability to communicate electronically, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Thursday.
View ArticleThis new wireless tech lets monkeys control a wheelchair using just their...
New wireless technology makes it possible for monkeys to control a robotic wheelchair using just their thoughts without the need to be hooked up via EEG electrodes on the scalp to a connected computer.
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