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Following WikiLeaks' publication earlier this week of classified documents stolen from the CIA, major technology companies, including Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Cisco, have been scrambling to assess the risks posed to their customers by the revelations The so-called "Vault 7" leak includes information about methods and tools the CIA crafted to h...

Already under the microscope for claims of sexual harassment and questionable labor practices, Uber this week said it would ban the use of a controversial technology to block regulatory authorities from monitoring its operations. The company's "greyballing" technology is designed to hide the standard city app view in specific cases -- for example,...

The first reviews of the newly released Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti came out on Thursday, and by all accounts this card has performed beyond expectations. Nvidia's new GPU can perform 35 percent faster than its GTX 1080, the company has claimed....

As the tug of war between humans and machines escalates, we've become witnesses on nearly a daily basis to events that suggest there won't be an ultimate winner or loser in this existential battle for survival and supremacy Just take two little human mistakes that recently received worldwide attention because of the power of today's technology to m...

The latest release of Black Lab Linux, an Ubuntu 16.04-based distribution, adds a Unity desktop option. You will not find Unity offered by any other major -- or nearly any minor -- Linux distributor outside of Ubuntu.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff invited a select group of press, analysts and customers to a fiscal year kickoff presentation overlooking San Francisco and environs. It was held on the 23rd floor of one building that the company monopolizes, just across Mission Street from another that it is building and the bay beyond. It's a nice view Salesforce star...

Qualcomm on Wednesday announced a collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate next-generation cloud services on the 10nm Qualcomm Centriq 2400 ARM-based platform The collaboration will span multiple future generations of hardware, software and systems....

Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Tuesday announced a deal to acquire flash storage firm Nimble Storage, once viewed as a darling of Wall Street, for US$12.50 a share in cash, or $1 billion. HPE also agreed to assume or pay out Nimble Storage's unvested equity awards, which are valued at $200 million.

Once you have a sense of the vast potential of Linux, you may be eager to experience it for yourself. Considering the complexity of modern operating systems, though, it can be hard to know where to start As with many things, computers can be better understood through a breakdown of their evolution and operation. The terminal is not only where compu...

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty on Monday announced a global strategic partnership to deliver joint solutions leveraging artificial intelligence Einstein, the AI that powers Salesforce applications, will be connected seamlessly with IBM's Watson AI platform....

The Online Trust Alliance on Tuesday released a report calling for businesses, consumers and government to share responsibility for ensuring that Internet of Things devices are not weaponized. Issued in recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, the report outlines actions that businesses, consumers and government can take to ensure the sec...

WikiLeaks on Tuesday dumped thousands of classified documents onto the Internet, exposing hacking programs used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency The torrent of data is just the first in a series of dumps WikLeaks is calling "Vault 7." This first installment includes 8,761 documents and files stolen from an isolated high-security network with...

No, I'm not talking about that Quantum Leap. IBM just made a really interesting announcement in that it is enhancing its online quantum computer systems with a new API and improving its simulator so it can handle 20 qubits. While listening to the prebriefing was a bit like pretending I was Penny trying to understand Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang T...

Google last week released its E2EMail encryption code to open source as a way of pushing development of the technology "Google has been criticized over the amount of time and seeming lack of progress it has made in E2EMail encryption, so open sourcing the code could help the project proceed more quickly," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pun...

CallidusCloud on Thursday launched ServiceMotivate, a call center sales performance management, or SPM, solution ServiceMotivate is tightly integrated with Salesforce to track and reward call center agents based on key performance indicators of their service center, such as quick issue resolution and case closure rates, data quality improvements an...

Shares of Snapchat owner Snap Inc. soared higher on Friday, following Thursday's successful initial public offering Oh $SNAP pic.twitter.com/z9JhUGwLLU...

Adriana Gascoigne is the founder and CEO of Girls in Tech, a global nonprofit organization whose mission is to "engage, educate, and empower girls who are passionate about technology." Founded in 2007, Girls in Tech claims 60 chapters with upwards of 50,000 members worldwide....

The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a joint statement following the FCC's temporary stay of data security regulations. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and FTC Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen issued the statement to address the FCC's decision, in essence, to overturn rules designed to bolster broadban...

Both companies and individuals will have incredible opportunities ahead with the Internet of Things. IoT is starting to combine with artificial intelligence, cloud-based services, and many other new segments, creating a very fertile growing field. However, it also poses a growing threat for security. We need a secure IoT framework -- something tha...

Twitter on Wednesday announced that over the next few months it will roll out changes designed to increase the safety of users: Its algorithms will help identify accounts as they engage in abusive behavior, so the burden no longer will be on victims to report it;...