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Today’s topics include Google clarifying app developer access to Gmail content, and Microsoft adding Visio support to its Teams app. The Wall Street Journal last week published a lengthy report on the practice by Google and some other email providers of allowing third-party software developers to access the contents of email messages.  On July 3, […]

Today’s topics include Google cutting off a cloud platform customer without warning, and Dell going public after five years as a private company.  On July 2, Google engineering support regional lead Brian Bender apologized for suspending services on a large customer account and outlined several measures Google plans on taking to ensure the same thing […]

Today’s topics include the EU Parliament voting against adopting a strong copyright law, and HPE releasing the SimpliVity 2600 hyperconverged system. The European Parliament voted on July 5 against a proposal from the European Commission to adopt a strong copyright law that would have required websites and other internet services accessible to EU residents to […]

Hey there, here are your top news stories from eWEEK. Today’s topics include California passing a new data privacy law, and MongoDB launching new features for its NoSQL platform. California passed a new data privacy law on June 28 in an attempt to rectify the excesses revealed by Cambridge Analytica and other organizations lately in […]

Today’s topics include the federal government beginning work on the proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger, and Gentoo Linux reporting a GitHub hack. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has named David Lawrence, a former Justice Department antitrust lawyer, to head the task force that will coordinate the agency’s review of T-Mobile’s and Sprint’s plans to merge. The […]

Today’s topics include Microsoft introducing Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, and the U.S. taking the fastest supercomputer title with IBM’s Summit. On June 27, Microsoft unveiled new cloud capabilities that further lower the barriers to big data analytics. One new service is Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, which, according to Tad Brockway, general manager of […]

Ever since Apple refused demands by the FBI to unlock an iPhone used by a murderous terrorist in December 2015, there’s been a struggle between Apple pledging to protect the privacy information of its customers and law enforcement wanting access to information on suspects’ phones. Part of Apple’s effort is to make encryption of the […]

Today’s topics include Mozilla improving web browser security with the latest Firefox update, and Ping Identity acquiring Elastic Beam for AI-powered API security. Mozilla announced the release of Firefox 61 on June 26, providing users with new features and patches for 18 security vulnerabilities. Included in the update are improved performance capabilities that build on […]

Today’s topics include the launch of the WPA3 WiFi security standard, and Microsoft updating its Quantum Development Kit with improved debugging. The Wi-Fi Alliance on June 25 announced the launch of the WiFi Certified WPA3 wireless security technology, providing wireless users with enhanced personal and enterprise security capabilities. WPA3 is the successor to the widely […]

Today’s topics include Red Hat Process Automation 7 going cloud-native, and Samsung unveiling an 8TB small form factor solid-state drive for data centers. Red Hat on June 19 released its Red Hat Process Automation Manager 7 update, which extends the business process management platform to Red Hat’s OpenShift Kubernetes container platform. According to Meg Foley, […]