Despite an estimated quarter of European employees falling victim to scams and phishing, 32 percent resort to using the same password for multiple systems. A new research report from Iron Mountain clarifies that awareness of security risks does not necessarily equate to risk reduction. Even a vi... Read more
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Linus Torvalds releases the first release candidate (rc1) of the 5.16 Linux kernel. Among other things, the release introduces the Memory Folios functionality, which improves kernel and Postgres workload performance. The update was developed relatively quickly. Linux godfather Torvalds notes tha... Read more
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IBM and Amazon’s Amazon Web Services announced a partnership on Monday that will see them work together to extend the use of the tools used by oil companies to manage disparate data types. Amazon in 2018 partnered with Royal Dutch Shell to develop a technology that turns data from more than 10... Read more
2 years ago
A new form of malware has emerged that exploits dozens of flaws, targeting and attacking millions of routers and ‘Internet of Things’ devices. First detailed by AT&T Alien Labs researchers, the ‘BotenaGo' malware is written in the open-source programming language Golang and deployed with ... Read more
2 years ago
ThoughtSpot introduces the Data Workspace, a series of introductions for technically proficient data professionals. ThoughtSpot develops a search and AI engine to make the data in data warehouses insightful and approachable for users with or without a technical background. The way there, setting... Read more
2 years ago
The arrival of version 6.0 should make programming language F# more attractive to more developers. Greater adoption is the goal, says lead developer Don Syme at the virtual .NET Conf event. As it stands, F# is a language deemed difficult to understand by many developers. At the same time, lead-d... Read more
2 years ago
Microsoft is launching a new mini-PC in the United States: the ECS LIVA Mini Box QC710. This mini-pc is intended for developers and equipped with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c System on a Chip (SoC). The ECS LIVA Mini Box QC710 was announced in the US Microsoft Store. The model is of interest t... Read more
2 years ago
IBM took the next step in its quantum computing roadmap with the introduction of the Eagle quantum computing processor. The processor can generate up to 127 qubits. Big Blue also presented the second version of its quantum computing design, IBM Quantum System Two. The Eagle is the successor to l... Read more
2 years ago
According to Bloomberg, Huawei plans to produce and sell its smartphone designs in the United States under the banner of partners. This would allow the smartphone giant -- which was banned from doing business with U.S. companies in 2019 -- to resume activity in the region. The plan is twofold. F... Read more
2 years ago
The latest Apple news is a tricky affair involving security lapses with profound implications. In a write-up by Vice and a post from Google’s Threat Analysis Group, we know there's a privilege escalation bug in macOS Catalina used by a well-funded, likely state-backed hacker group to target visit... Read more
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