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Apple Offers Apology, Replacement Deal for Tired iPhone Batteries
Apple iPhone, iPad and MacBook users now have a more complete picture of what happens to the batteries in their devices as they age,...
Predictions 2018: Internet of Things Will Expand as Threat Vector
We’ve published a list of “prediction” articles here in eWEEK during the last few weeks as 2018 bears down upon us. We’ve touched on...
Microsoft Adopts Kubernetes to Scale Machine Learning Cloud Workloads
Add Kubernetes to the growing list of technologies that Microsoft is using to push the boundaries of cloud-based artificial intelligence.Kubernetes, the popular open-source container...
IBM Making Progress in Quantum Computing With Q Systems
A lot has been written about IBM’s efforts in such emerging technologies as artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics, blockchain and the cloud, much of...
Microsoft Campaign to Make Passwords Obsolete Starts at Headquarters
Microsoft wants to make passwords a thing of the past and it's a mission that begins at headquarters.The majority of the company's workforce has...
2017 Year in Review: Kubernetes Enables a Multi-Cloud World
In 2017, there was one area of the cloud landscape that received more attention than nearly all others—Kubernetes. Kubernetes' roots go back to 2014, when...
Digmine Malware Uses End-User Systems to Mine Cryptocurrency
Today’s topics include Trend Micro's warning to Facebook Messenger users about a cryptocurrency mining campaign; Whitehouse.gov's switch from the Drupal to WordPress website content...
Recognizing the Most Common DDoS Attack Vectors in an IT System
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks aren’t anything new; they’ve been around for decades. The public at large, however, has only become aware of them since...
Security Flaws Found in Sonos Internet Connected Speakers
Time and again over the course of 2017, security researchers have looked for and found security flaws in internet of things connected devices. The...
Digmine Malware Steals Your Computer Power to Mine Crypto-Currency
When new crypto-currency mining malware was discovered this week, the first reaction by many security managers was probably one of confusion. While most people...