Thales and Gemalto get permission to acquire in the US
Thales and Gemalto have obtained approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to acquire Gemalto. The acquisition involves an amount of 4.8 billion euros. The two market leaders in security hardware will become one company after the acquisition.
Previously, the comp...
Very popular macOS app turned out to contain spyware
A number of apps have been found in the MacOS App Store that are used to spy on consumers and steal their data. The apps have been removed by Apple, but would have been very popular.
Security firm Malwarebytes reported this yesterday. Security researcher Patrick Wardle also wrote an extensive blog a...
Apple builds website where governments can request consumer data
Apple is working on a site that can handle the many data requests it receives from governments around the world. That would make it easier for both Apple and the applicant governments to process the requests.
That's what the MacRumors site reports today. Currently, such data requests take place via ...
Little efficient use developers cost billions
Stripe, which has a payment platform, researched the role of software developers in the broader economy. According to Stripe, the inefficient use of developers will cost British entrepreneurs nearly $100 billion over the next decade. The crux of the problem is not so much with the developers themsel...
Microsoft unveils new hardware on October 2
On the 2nd of October Microsoft will present new hardware. The company has sent an invitation to the press and asks for a moment of your time. The event takes place at 20:00 hrs Dutch time and is organized in New York City.
Although it is not entirely clear what will be presented, it is almost certa...
Artificial intelligence can develop prejudices
Based on thousands of simulations, MIT researchers argue that artificial intelligence is not free of prejudice. Not only can they learn from people, but robots can also teach themselves prejudices, as it were.
The researchers report this to the TechCrunch site. The MIT researchers set up a simulati...
Co-founder ethereum: Days of explosive growth are over.
The crypto-currency market will no longer experience strong growth. That's what the co-founder of ethereum thinks. Vitalik Buterin tells us that the time of explosive growth is most likely over and that investors should rather assume that the blockchain market is stabilising.
Buterin told the press ...
Mobile market continues to shrink in second quarter of 2018
The Dutch mobile market contracted significantly last quarter. In the second quarter of 2018, the market generated a turnover of 938 million euro, 8.2 percent less than in the same period a year earlier. This is comparable to the first quarter on an annual basis.
Telecompaper reports this in its qua...
Zyxel announces new outdoor access point WAC6552D-S
Zyxel will let Techzine know about the WAC6552D-S. It's a weatherproof access point for wifi at busy outdoor locations. Among other things, the device complies with the IP67 standard, which means that WAC6552D-S is fully protected against dust and heavy rain.
The access point is equipped with a MIMO...
Ericsson makes first 5G call to a smartphone
Ericsson has announced that it has carried out the first 5G call to a mobile device the size of a smartphone in its laboratory in Stockholm. The network supplier previously worked together with chip manufacturer Qualcomm.
According to Ericsson, it would be the first 3GPP compatible 5G New Radio (5G ...
Kaspersky comes up with cloud service Security Cloud
Kaspersky Lab announces the Kaspersky Security Cloud, a service for consumers that allows them to scale up security at any time. The Security as a Service solution is not linked to the equipment, but to the owner via an account on the My Kaspersky portal. The Security Cloud assumes that each user is...
Logi Analytics now also offers predictive analyses
Logi Analytics, a company that sells tools for developers, will expand its possibilities in the coming period. Currently, with the products of Logi Analytics, developers can expand the possibilities for data analysis with predictive analysis.
The company offers a developer platform that allows appli...