The U.S. National Security Agency will no longer sift through emails, texts and other internet communications that mention targets of surveillance. The change, which the NSA announced on Friday, stops a controversial tactic that critics said violated U.S. citizens’ privacy rights. The practice involved flagging communications where a foreign surveillance target was mentioned, even if…
A new malware program that targets macOS users is capable of spying on encrypted browser traffic to steal sensitive information. The new program, dubbed OSX/Dok by researchers from Check Point Software Technologies, was distributed via email phishing campaigns to users in Europe. One of the rogue emails was crafted to look as if it was…
Microsoft’s feature for connecting you to close friends, known as My People, may have been cut from the Creators Update, but it has resurfaced as part of the latest Windows Insider build (16184) for Windows 10 PCs. With the Creators Update finished, Microsoft is now working on the next major update of Windows 10, known as…
A Google effort to push websites to implement encryption is expanding. Starting in October, the company will roll out new warnings to flag HTTP connections as insecure in its Chrome browser. For users, it means Chrome will display the words “not secure” in the browser’s address bar whenever they type any data into web pages that…
Unibet parent company Kindred Group is turning to machine learning to recognise patterns of problem gambling across its suite of betting and casino websites. Kindred Futures is the group’s innovation wing, tasked with bringing in entrepreneurs and experts on how to “co-create the future of gambling,” according to the organisation’s website. It recently held a…
The legal fight between Apple and Qualcomm on licensing modem technology is turning uglier every day. Apple has filed lawsuits against Qualcomm in countries like the U.S., U.K., China and Japan, accusing the chipmaker of using its dominant market position to overcharge licensing fees. The iPhone maker itself doesn’t pay licensing fees directly to Qualcomm.…
As self-driving cars become more advanced with a greater number of onboard computers, sensors, cameras and WiFi, the amount of data is expected to balloon, providing automakers, insurers and others with rich information to harvest. A single autonomous car could generate as much as 100GB of data every second, said Barclays analyst Brian Johnson, in…
VF, parent of The North Face, Timberland, Wrangler and other clothing and footwear brands, is promoting Sandra Harris to CIO effective January 1, 2018. Harris, who currently manages workforce productivity solutions as vice president of global business technology, will succeed Martin Schneider, who is retiring at year’s end after 11 years as the retailer’s CIO.…
Qualtrics has gone from the Silicon Slopes of Utah, building software for university researchers, to a platform of tools used by the world’s biggest brands to survey their customers and employees. As the story goes, Qualtrics started from the Smith family basement in Provo, Utah. Ryan Smith, cofounder and current CEO, started building research software…
Much of the talk at NetSuite’s annual conference SuiteWorld has been of new parent company Oracle’s plans for the firm’s global expansion, but the world’s largest cloud ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) vendor also unveiled a host of new products and features. Flames were thrown from vertical torches to herald the key launches of a human…