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Cambridge Analytica Blames Bankruptcy on ‘Unfounded Accusations’

Today’s topics include Cambridge Analytica declaring bankruptcy after the Facebook scandal, and Google launching its Stackdriver Kubernetes Cluster Monitoring tool. Cambridge Analytica, the infamous British company that recently allegedly exploited Facebook data, announced on May 2 that it and its parent company SCL Elections are filing for bankruptcy. In the announcement, the company stated, “Over […]

Facebook CSO Details Efforts to Protect Users From Abuse and Attack

Today’s topics include Facebook’s chief security officer detailing user security efforts at the F8 conference, and Dell EMC unveiling servers with AI and NVMe support. At this year’s Facebook F8 event on May 1, Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos delivered a keynote address explaining how Facebook secures itself and its users, and provided some insights […]

Facebook Execs Talk Security, Show Off New Apps at F8

Today’s topics include Facebook announcing new initiatives at its F8 conference, and Samsung adding more storage capacity to its Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones. On May 1 Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos delivered the keynote address at the company’s annual F8 conference in San Jose, Calif. Stamos explained […]

Amazon Web Services Cloud Business Showing No Signs of Slowing Down

Today’s topics include Amazon Web Services’ cloud business continuing to grow, and Google rolling out a Kubernetes cloud service catalog and cloud service broker. Amazon Web Services on April 26 reported first-quarter 2018 revenue of $5.4 billion, an impressive 49 percent year-over-year revenue growth in the public cloud. For comparison, when Amazon began to break […]

5G Fuels Latest T-Mobile, Sprint Merger Proposal

Today’s topics include T-Mobile and Sprint merging to create the second largest U.S. carrier, and Microsoft releasing the Windows 10 Spring 2018 Creators Update. Mobile carriers T-Mobile and Sprint announced on April 29 their plans to merge in a $26 billion all-stock deal that would create the second largest U.S. wireless carrier. The combined company […]

ZTE Hoping to Convince U.S. Commerce Department to Reverse Sanctions

On April 16, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that Chinese technology company ZTE can no longer buy U.S. products including electronic components and software to build its smartphone and networking products. The ban was imposed because ZTE violated a consent agreement by selling prohibited items to Iran and North Korea.  ZTE strongly objected to […]

Checkmarx Finds Flaw That Enables Hackers to Record Amazon Alexa Users

Today’s topics include researchers finding that Amazon Alexa can be hacked to record users and Google has redesigned Gmail with new security and productivity features. On April 25, security firm Checkmarx publicly disclosed that it has found that a malicious developer can trick Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant technology to record everything a user says. It’s […]

Microsoft Builds Financial Technology Cloud Partnership With Saxo Bank

Today’s topics include Saxo Bank moving its entire fintech stack to Microsoft’s cloud, and Google discontinuing its Allo chat app to focus on RCS messaging.  Microsoft and Saxo Bank, a Denmark-based bank and financial technology services provider, announced a strategic partnership on April 24 where Saxo Bank will move its entire technology stack to Microsoft’s […]

Dell Builds Latest Business PCs to Handle Modern Workloads

Today’s topics include Dell prioritizing AI and security in its latest mobile and desktop PCs, and Microsoft expanding its industrial IoT cloud portfolio. Dell is building out its portfolio of mobile and desktop commercial PCs to streamline complex modern workloads like artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual and augmented reality, and analytics, and is also expanding […]

Cisco Merges Spark, WebEx Collaboration Apps to Streamline Meetings

Today’s topics include Cisco merging Spark into WebEx for streamlined collaboration, and Cloud Foundry stepping up as a de facto standard for cloud-native development. Cisco Systems announced last week that it is merging its Spark and WebEx collaboration services to create a single offering. The merging of the two platforms means that users will have […]