2019-06-24 12:10
EE fined £100,000 for unlawful texts
The mobile network sent 2.5 million messages to customers about its app and handset upgrades.
2019-06-24 12:00
The best programming language to learn
Everyone is learning to write software these days. That means every school, MOOC, and training site needs to embrace a first language for the young Padawans. Some places, like fusty Harvard, still cling to the 70’s era C, but many schools
2019-06-22 03:10
X-Prize winner: Children are not a product
The winner of Elon Musk's global learning award warns that children's data should be protected.
2019-06-21 23:33
Slack: Why is this loss-making tech firm worth $20bn?
The messaging app has investors piling in on hopes it can replace email for workplace communication.
2019-06-21 20:47
OpenSSH to protect keys in memory against side-channel attacks
The OpenSSH project has received a patch that prevents private keys from being stolen through hardware vulnerabilities that allow hackers to access restricted memory regions from unprivileged processes. The same approach could be used by ot
2019-06-21 20:12
Microsoft cranks up Windows 10 1803-to-1903 forcible upgrades
Microsoft this week quietly alerted customers running last year's Windows 10 version 1803 that it would soon start a forced upgrade to the latest feature refresh.
2019-06-21 12:27
Florida town pays $600,000 virus ransom
Computers for Riviera Beach have been locked up for more than three weeks following the attack.
2019-06-21 12:11
Walmart uses AI cameras to spot thieves
The supermarket uses image recognition tech at checkouts to detect when items have not been scanned.
2019-06-21 12:00
After IPO launch, Slack looks for even faster enterprise growth
Slack’s public listing on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday marks the latest chapter in the company’s remarkable rise since its launch five years ago.
2019-06-21 06:00
Carrier services help expand healthcare, with 5G in the offing
There are connectivity options aplenty for most types of IoT deployment, but the idea of simply handing the networking part of the equation off to a national licensed wireless carrier could be the best one for certain kinds of deployments i