eWEEK Staff

Today’s topics include Microsoft acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion, and Apple upgrading iOS and introducing macOS Mojave. Microsoft is acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion in Microsoft stock, the companies announced Monday. GitHub’s popular code repository service is home to many open source projects and is popular with developer teams. The transaction, which is expected to […]

Today’s topics include IDC reporting surging revenue growth for server makers as well as predicting a drop in global smartphone shipments in 2018 but a rise again in 2019. The global server market is continuing to expand due in part to demand from large cloud service providers and the rise of modern workloads such as […]

Today’s topics include rumors of Google’s Pixel 3 smartphones, and Microsoft releasing performance-enhanced .NET Core 2.1. The next generation of Google Pixel smartphones, likely to be called the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, are rumored to be coming this October, according to Bloomberg. The larger Pixel 3 XL could include an almost edge-to-edge screen […]

Today’s topics include a U.S. government report warning about a lack of security tool use, and Google claiming its Pixel 2 encryption prevents even privileged attacks. In a 51-page report to the president publicly released May 30, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Department of Homeland Security detailed the status of botnet threats and […]

Today’s topics include two Canadian banks reporting customer data breaches, and Google and AT&T offering a combined connectivity option for cloud customers. Two Canadian banks reported on May 28 that they are investigating alleged data breaches that could impact up to 90,000 customers. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s Simplii Financial division reported that approximately […]

As the tech world adjusts to the General Data Protection Regulation passed by the European Union that went into effect May 25, several services are now threatened, including the public blockchain that tracks crypto-currency transactions and the internet’s “WHOIS” domain name identification function. Using blockchain, which is basically a digital ledger, to store personal information […]

Today’s topics include the FBI recommending router reboots to limit the VPNFilter malware risk, and Microsoft investing in deep learning to improve image search results. The FBI on May 25 advised organizations and individuals to reboot their devices as a way to defend against the recently disclosed VPNFilter malware that has infected over 500,000 devices […]

Today’s topics include Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon taking preorders for the LG G7 ThinQ handset, and IBM leading a “Call for Code” initiative for natural disaster relief. LG’s latest flagship smartphone, the G7 ThinQ, has hit the preorder stage, with Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile all taking preorders now. The devices will be available from all […]

Today’s topics include Google adding a programmatic budget notification feature to cloud billing, and Polycom launching cloud services for enterprises and service providers. Google has added a new programmatic budget notification feature to its cloud billing service that notifies app administrators and business line managers when particular cloud service costs are approaching budget limits. The […]

Today’s topics include Google showcasing enterprise-friendly features in Android P, and Microsoft introducing SharePoint Spaces featuring mixed reality. Android P, the next version of Google’s mobile operating system announced in March and currently in beta, will have several features for bolstering its usability in enterprise environments. The goal is to give mobile device administrators more […]

Today’s topics include Intel patching two new Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, and Google announcing general availability of Kubernetes Engine 1.10. Two new variants of the Spectre and Meltdown side-channel vulnerabilities were publicly disclosed on May 21, impacting CPUs from multiple vendors including Intel and ARM. The two vulnerabilities, identified as Rogue System Register Read and […]

Today’s topics include a new WordPress update helping websites prepare for GDPR, and VMware announcing Integrated OpenStack 5 to accelerate carrier clouds. The open-source WordPress content management system project announced its 4.9.6 update on May 17, providing users with privacy enhancements designed to help sites become compliant with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, […]