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Both AT&T and Verizon announced May 17 that they will sell the Hydrogen One smartphone starting later in 2018. Unique to the Hydrogen One, which is manufactured by Red, is its 5.7-inch 4-View holographic display, which will allow users to view images and capture video in what appears as 3D without having to use 3D […]

Today’s topics include Arista introducing new switches to support campus network initiatives, and Microsoft announcing the sleeker Surface Hub 2 digital whiteboard. As Arista Networks focuses on expanding its network portfolio from the data center out to the campus, officials unveiled at their analyst meeting this month their first products aimed at campus networks. These […]

Today’s topics include a Chili’s restaurant data breach exposing customer payment card information, and Google ensuring full compliance with the EU’s new GDPR rules. Brinker International, which operates over 1,600 Chili’s restaurants globally, announced a global point of sale data breach on May 12, after becoming aware of the security incident the day before. The […]

Today’s topics include misunderstood Intel documentation leading to a multivendor vulnerability, and Google’s Duplex voice response system sounding more authentic due to improved AI. Major operating system vendors including Microsoft and Apple, as well as Linux distributions, misinterpreted Intel documentation about a hardware debugging feature and ended up exposing users to risk because they enabled […]

Today’s topics include Microsoft revamping its Sets feature in the Windows 10 Redstone 5 update, and Nutanix adding SDN features to its cloud software stack. Microsoft’s next major Windows 10 feature update, code-named Redstone 5, was released May 9 to members of the Windows Insider early-access program and features a revamped version of Sets, which […]

Today’s topics include Walmart outbidding Amazon to acquire India’s Flipkart for $16 billion, and Senate Democrats introducing a resolution to reverse the FCC net neutrality vote. After competing against Amazon for years in e-commerce, Walmart revealed on May 9 that it outbid the tech giant for Flipkart and will pay $16 billion to buy a […]

Today’s topics include Cavium introducing its ThunderX2 Arm server chip for data centers, and Red Hat advancing OpenShift with IBM and Microsoft integrations. Chip maker Cavium announced this week that the latest generation of its Arm-based system-on-a-chip, the ThunderX2, is now generally available and aimed at one- and two-socket systems for enterprise data centers, cloud […]

Today’s topics include Oracle making Platinum level service the standard for Autonomous Database, and Microsoft positioning Azure’s cloud as the “world’s computer.” Kicking off its third Media Day of the year on May 7, Oracle announced that it is extending the capabilities of its enterprise Autonomous Database in the cloud with the addition of autonomous […]

Today’s topics include drone makers working with the FAA to enable long-distance drone travel, and Stripe launching a new security app for fraud teams. Until now, companies normally couldn’t get permission to operate commercial drones beyond a mile, or what the Federal Aviation Administration calls line of sight. However, progress is being made to extend […]

Today’s topics include Twitter advising users to reset their passwords after a bug discovery, and Microsoft releasing a preview of the next major Windows 10 update. Twitter announced on May 3 that it discovered an issue in its system that exposed user passwords to potential risk but added that it is not aware of anyone […]