Huawei refreshes Matebook X Pro for the 2022 market
The MateBook X Pro, Huawei's flagship laptop, has been updated for 2022. Huawei modified the display, added a new touchpad, enlarged the battery pack, altered the metal chassis coating and installed 12th-gen Intel CPUs.
The Intel P-series of 12th-gen CPUs is geared towards thin and light busines... Read more
Micron announces $15 billion memory chip plant in Idaho
Micron Technology revealed plans to build a new $15 billion memory chip plant in Idaho.
Idaho-based Micron is a leading DRAM and flash memory chips manufacturer. The company's products can be found in anything from data center servers to cell phones. Micron earned $27.7 billion in sales in its f... Read more
Microsoft stops basic authentication in Exchange Online as of October 1
Microsoft will discontinue basic authentication functionality for Exchange Online as of October 1, 2022. Users must switch to Modern Authentication by then in order to retain all Exchange Online functionality.
Microsoft stated that shutting down basic authentication functionality as of October 1... Read more
USB-C gets upgrade to 80 Gbps data rates
The USB Promoter Group, the standardization organization for USB, released the first details of USB4 version 2.0. The specification upgrades USB-C and allows data rates of up to 80 Gbps.
The initial specifications are a significant upgrade from the current standard. USB4 version 2.0 allows up to... Read more
EU says telcos must prove that streaming sites should pay for traffic
The bloc is investigating whether content providers like Netflix and YouTube need to pay additional costs for internet access.
The European Commission wants telecom companies to provide evidence that streaming sites such as Netflix and YouTube should pay for the additional traffic sent over thei... Read more
Montenegro hit by ‘Cuba’ malware attack
The small Balkan country is reaching out to its NATO partners for help.
Montenegro is getting support from US and other allies in fending off cyberattacks against its information systems and electronic services, according to a report in Bloomberg News. The attack comes at a time of political tur... Read more
Nutanix exceeds financial expectations, share price jumps
Nutanix exceeded expectations in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year. The stock price jumped 20 percent in after-hours trading. The company forecasted promising results for the first quarter of the coming fiscal year.
Nutanix seems to be doing better than most. Various tech companies posted di... Read more
Slack expands Workflow Builder with if-then statements
Slack announced a series of Workflow Builder updates. The introduction of 'if-then' statements opens up a world of possibilities.
Slack is one of the world's most popular business tools. Last year, the organization announced a drastic change. Slack wants to be an automation platform. Workflow B... Read more
REvil claims ransomware attack on appliance giant Midea
Ransomware group REvil claims responsibility for an attack on Midea, one of the world's largest appliance manufacturers.
The ransomware group claims to have stolen terabytes of data. Midea has not confirmed the attack at this time. Website IT Pro requested a comment, but initially received no r... Read more
Source code of nearly 2,000 apps gives access to private AWS environments
Researchers at Symantec warn of hard-coded credentials in mobile apps. The security company discovered access tokens for AWS environments in nearly 2,000 apps for iOS and Android.
Hard-coded credentials are referenced in the source code of software. The credentials typically allow an applicatio... Read more