FinTech

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