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Today’s topics include Apple bouncing back with a solid third quarter; Google tracking ransomware payments with machine learning; Google releasing an API for offline peer-to-peer Android communications; and Microsoft making PowerPoint pop with smart timelines and 3D object support. Apple turned in a third-quarter 2017 earnings report Aug. 1 that was a bounce-back from the […]

Today’s topics include Microsoft courting Hollywood with secure media cloud services; lessons the IT industry can learn from Facebook’s artificial intelligence shut down; a privacy rights group that wants the FTC to probe Google’s tracking algorithm; and Microsoft’s new keyboard that scans fingerprints for secure logins. Retailers, banks and health care organizations aren’t the only […]

Today’s topics include a demonstration by hackers at DefCon on voting machine vulnerabilities; new U.S. cyber-security legislation that could help reassert Fourth Amendment rights; Microsoft previewing phone-friendly features in the Windows 10 Creators update; and Aqua Security revealing developer security risks with Docker containers. Last week’s DefCon 25 hacking conference in Las Vegas showcased a […]

Today’s topics include researchers revealing BIOS firmware implementation flaws at the Black Hat security conference; a report on how antivirus software’s use of the cloud is exposing customers to data exfiltration; Amazon’s second-quarter earnings falling far short of projections; and Cray and Seagate partnering to develop ClusterStor for HPC. At the Black Hat USA security […]

Today’s topics include Adobe phasing out Flash Player by 2020; Harvard researchers finding the Prezi app to be more effective than PowerPoint; Qualcomm fighting back against Apple, Intel and the CCIA; and Microsoft’s plans to outfit the HoloLens augmented reality headset with an artificial intelligence chip. Adobe announced July 25 that it will end support […]

Today’s topics include a new report claiming a global cloud shutdown could result in $53 billion in losses; a lackluster second quarter for Google parent Alphabet due to a recent EU fine; Windows 10 making business gains; and IBM X-Force Red launching IoT and connected car security services. As cyber-threats continue to grow, so too […]

Today’s topics include Lenovo looking beyond PCs into the artificial intelligence market; Google Glass Enterprise entering the manufacturing and health care fields; the decline of exploit kit attacks as cloud and mobile security challenges grow; and Intel Atom Clover Trail PCs reaching the end of the line with future Windows 10 updates. The same week […]

Today’s topics include a new report exposing security risks for Segway hoverboard riders; Microsoft launching a program to shore up electric power grid security; a recent survey that finds companies are failing to promptly cut ex-employee data access; and Oracle expanding its Cloud for Customers with PaaS and SaaS services. Riding a hoverboard requires a […]

Today’s topics include a new report finding global growth for smartphone sales declining; overall revenues diminishing for IBM; word that Fujitsu and Huawei are joining the artificial intelligence chip space; and Microsoft enabling nested virtualization on select Azure virtual machines. Some 70 percent of the world’s population will be connected by mobile devices by 2022, […]

Today’s topics include IBM announcing that its Z mainframe will run universal encryption in the background; Samsung ratcheting up production of high-end DRAM; Microsoft releasing its new LinkedIn app for Windows 10 PCs; and luxury smartphone maker Vertu shutting its doors after 19 years. IBM announced July 17 that its new IBM Z mainframe will […]