IBM received most new patents in 2018
2018 was the year of IBM when it comes to patents. However, the total number of patents granted over the year has decreased slightly compared to other years. The vast majority of patent applications came from the United States (46 percent), followed by Asia (31 percent).
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DXC Technology buys Luxoft for 2 billion dollars
DXC Technology is going to take over software company Luxoft for about 2 billion dollars, reports ZDNet. The acquisition should accelerate DXC's digital growth and scaling strategy and broaden access to digital talent. Luxoft now has almost 13,000 employees.
According to the deal, $59 is paid for e... Read more
Microsoft cooperates with Kroger on cash-less shops
Microsoft and Kroger are working together to compete with Amazon's cash-less stores. The two companies are going to launch a shop automation platform on the market, which will be built on Microsoft Azure. Kroger has already started testing parts of the platform in a handful of stores, reports Silico... Read more
IBM’s Weather Channel sued for misuse of location data
The city of Los Angeles is suing IBM's Weather Channel branch. The city believes that the company has misled consumers about how it uses information about their location. The company would not resell the data, but would use it in other ways than by informing consumers.
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German MPs demand reorganization IT service after hack on politicians
Riot among members of the German Bundestag. A number of them want the federal IT security office, the BSI, to be reorganised as soon as possible. That is what the Members of Parliament want because, at the end of December, the private data of hundreds of German politicians were placed online.
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Fortinet, Accenture and Sberbank Co-founders Centre for Cyber Security
Fortinet informs Techzine that, together with Accenture and Sberbank, it is one of the first three co-founders of the Centre for Cyber Security of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The global network of companies, government agencies, universities and civil society organisations is engaged in the figh... Read more
“Microsoft wants to give Internet users control over data with Project Bali.
Microsoft would be working on a project designed to give users control over the data collected about them. The project is codenamed 'Bali', writes ZDNet. Project Bali comes from Microsoft Research and seems to be in private testing at the moment.
The existence of Bali was discovered by a tweet from... Read more
Rejected Google’s facial recognition lawsuit
A lawsuit brought against Google by users who found that the company was invading their privacy by using facial recognition technology was dismissed by an American court. Judge Edmond E. Chang found that there was no concrete damage to the plaintiffs.
That's what press agency Bloomberg writes in a m... Read more
These are 5 tech trends that we are going to see more of this year
2019 has only just begun, it is high time to take stock. Technical development is very fast and everything around us is getting smarter and smarter. But what technological developments are really relevant this year? We've set up a top five.
Trend 1: the arrival of 5G
4G needs to be replaced and its ... Read more
Several popular apps share detailed information with Facebook.
Various apps, including TripAdvisor and MyFitnessPal, share information with Facebook without the user's explicit consent. In some cases, the apps share data with the social network as soon as they open. Among the submitted data there is also a unique identifier with which Facebook knows exactly whi... Read more