Fujitsu develops rapid identification technology through the combination of facial and palm recognition
Fujitsu has developed a new payment method that works not only without a card, but also without touching it. The non-contact technology can identify a person by means of the palm of the hand and facial recognition. According to the Japanese company, this will accelerate the development of a moneyles... Read more
Cloudera and Hortonworks go together in a $5.2 billion deal
Cloudera and Hortonworks, two leading Hadoop providers, will merge. The deal is worth $5.2 billion and should help companies offer a new generation of data platform across multiple clouds, on-premises and Edge computing. The two companies already have the same approach and customers.
Under the terms... Read more
British government: Russian secret service distributed ransomware
The British National Cyber Security Centre reports after investigation that the Russian military secret service - the GROe - is behind a series of cyber attacks. According to the British Government, this is an attempt by the Russian Government to undermine the democratic process of Western countries... Read more
Microsoft releases the Windows 10 October 2018 Update: these are the best new features
Microsoft also announced yesterday at its Surface event that the Windows 10 October 2018 release will be available. It is equipped with a lot of different new functions, which the company explains extensively in a blog about it.
However, we will list the best new features. It's quite a few, so we'll... Read more
Microsoft presents significantly improved Surface Studio 2
Microsoft also announced Surface Studio 2 during its A moment of your time event in New York City. This device is also mainly equipped with an internal update; in terms of design, Surface Studio 2 still looks a lot like its predecessor.
The first Surface Studio was announced just under two years ago... Read more
Groupon must pay IBM compensation of 57 million U.S. dollars for patent infringement
Groupon must pay IBM a total of 57 million dollars to resolve the patent dispute. Originally, IBM wanted compensation of $167 million, but now the two tech giants have solved the problems between themselves. All patent cases are stopped and the companies start working together.
As part of the collab... Read more
Google Project Zero: slow patches Linux are dangerous for users
The developers of Ubuntu and Debian receive a warning from Googles Project Zero. Project Zero researcher Jann Horn, who found the Meltdown and Spectre bugs, calls on them to update their Linux distros more quickly. Otherwise, users will be exposed to threats for an unnecessarily long time.
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Airports and airlines want to apply biometric technology as soon as possible.
According to new research, airports are eager to introduce biometric technology. For example, some biometric technology should be used to identify passengers at self-service kiosks. Another technique being looked at is the application of artificial intelligence for business analysis.
That's what IT ... Read more
Microsoft releases both business and consumer versions of Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Pro 6
When Microsoft presented the new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop last year, the devices came standard with one Windows version. The Pro came with Windows 10 Pro and the Surface Laptop initially with Windows 10 S. But when Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 go on sale later this month, consumers will ... Read more
Hackers focus again on developers of Google Chrome extensions
Developers of extensions for Google Chrome are the newest target of hackers. It seems that hackers are trying to get developers to surf to a phishing site, where they can then steal their login details.
The ZDNet site reports this today on the basis of its own research. The hackers want the login c... Read more