Why Would You Ever Trust Amazon's Alexa After This?
Researchers examined the realities of using Alexa's tens of thousands of so-called Skills. Only a fraction even have a p... Read more
Brazil Approves 5G Auction Notice
The initial cost to telcos is estimated at US$ 6.2 billion Read more
Eyestrain? Blame The Time Spent On Your Smartphone
COVID-19 has radically shifted the way time is spent online as we connect with friends and family. But spending all this... Read more
Nations Vs Digital Giants: The Battle Over News Access And Who Gets Paid
From China to the EU and now Australia, Canada, and the US, states want to take back the power they ceded to digital gia... Read more
Chrome Will Soon Try HTTPS First When You Type An Incomplete URL
If users type an URL and they forget to add the HTTP or HTTPS prefix, Chrome will soon use HTTPS by default. Read more
DevOps Adoption Almost Doubles In Five Years, Covid Crisis Accelerated Adoption
Survey shows DevOps on the rise, and may have helped boost IT productivity during the great corporate dispersal Read more
Berlin Resident Jailed For Threatening To Bomb NHS Hospital Unless Bitcoin Ransom Was Paid
The bomb threats escalated over the course of six weeks to include Black Lives Matter protests and threats on UK politic... Read more
Qubit Breakthrough Is A Big Step Towards Networked Quantum Computers Say Researchers
A research team used a cable to entangle qubits located in different quantum nodes. This could go a long way in creating... Read more
Apple Vs. Samsung: Who Makes The Better Phone?
It's clear who's selling the most phones, but who's making the best phones? From performance and design to ecosystem and... Read more
Atlassian Acquires Chartio, Plans To Add Data Visualization To Jira
For Chartio customers, the company has said it is going away March 1, 2022. Read more
Red Hat Introduces Free RHEL For Open-source, Non-profit Organizations
Some CentOS users still aren't happy, but Red Hat is keeping its promise to open-source organizations that they'll have ... Read more
New Zealand Is Kicking Social Media Where It Hurts (and It's Not Alone)
You might think New Zealand and Bottega Veneta have little in common. Yet both are showing a fascinating, possibly brill... Read more
Go Malware Is Now Common, Having Been Adopted By Both APTs And E-crime Groups
There's been a 2,000% increase of new malware written in Go over the past few years. Read more
Fastest VPN In 2021
We don't just test VPN provider performance in this in-depth analysis. We go out onto the internet, gather performance d... Read more
Oxford University Lab With COVID-19 Research Links Targeted By Hackers
Compromised machines included those used in sample analysis. Read more