American import duties on Chinese products hit tech companies
The United States is stepping up its trade war with China. President Donald Trump has announced a further $200 billion in additional taxes on Chinese products. This will have a major impact on network players such as Cisco, Juniper and HPE, because their products will be affected by this. Network eq... Read more
Linux gets a code of conduct for the first time
After Linus Torvalds decided to take a temporary step back, Linux decided to introduce a code of conduct for its programmers. In doing so, the company is taking steps to prevent discussions from getting out of hand or getting too hot. However, there are also critics who disagree with this decision.
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This year, Amazon will introduce eight new Alexa devices, including a subwoofer and a microwave oven.
Amazon's got a taste for it. It seems that the web giant is coming this autumn with no less than eight new Alexa devices. Whereas the virtual assistant has until now been limited to use as a refined speaker, there will now be a microwave oven, subwoofer and autogadget.
That's CNBC today, saying ther... Read more
Facebook takes extra measures to prevent manipulation of elections
After the experiences of the previous American Presidential elections, in which fake news was disseminated on social media and attempts were made to hack into the accounts of political candidates and campaign employees, Facebook is now taking additional measures.
Facebook will come up with a pilot i... Read more
Twitter re-introduces full chronological timeline
As Twitter adds more and more things to the timeline, it gets complaints that people sometimes feel they are missing something. This is despite the fact that these are tweets that people may have missed, or that have been licked by people who follow them. Despite good intentions, Twitterers felt the... Read more
Self-propelled cars will also have to take a driving test later on.
If self-propelled cars are allowed on the road, they will have to obtain a driving licence just like everyone else. That autonomous vehicle will then receive the Software driving licence, abbreviated as driving licence S. For owners of autonomous vehicles there may also be a separate and additional ... Read more
Microsoft patcht vulnerability that cripples Windows servers
Microsoft released a patch for FragmentSmack. The attack drives the CPU consumption of a Windows system up to 100 percent, so that it no longer responds. The vulnerability is ideal for DDoS attacks on Windows servers.
FragmentSmack (CVE-2018-5391) has been known in the Linux community for a long tim... Read more
Few companies meet the requirements of GDPR
New research shows that very few companies meet the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Since EU rules came into force three months ago, not all businesses have yet complied with the legislation.
The survey was conducted by data company Talend SA, which states that 98 per... Read more
“Machines will take over half of all workload by 2025.
According to new research by the World Economic Forum (WEF), machines and automated software will take over half of all tasks on the shop floor within 7 years. According to the group, however, technologies such as artificial intelligence and robots create more jobs than they make disappear.
The rese... Read more
BlackBerry and Check Point Software start collaboration for cybersecurity
BlackBerry Limited and Check Point Software Technologies have started a global partnership. By doing so, the companies want to reduce cybersecurity risks for their customers.
The two companies will sell Check Point's mobile security solution SandBlast Mobile together with the BlackBerry UEM and Bla... Read more