U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr (pictured, right) today announced the release of a new cryptocurrency framework designed to police the industry at a time that alleged illegal actions are in the news with the prosecution of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX. “Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework” was created by the Attorney General’s Cyber-Digital Task Force to provide a comprehensive overview ...

Waymo LLC, the self-driving car division of Alphabet Inc. said today it’s opening its driverless ride-hailing service to the public in Phoenix, Arizona. The testing phase of the program in Phoenix started in 2017, followed by an expanded group of test users in 2018. Fast-forward nearly two years and Waymo now believes that the technology ...

In a clear dig at rival Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. today published a series of principles for its Windows 10 store that includes fair pricing and not restricting developers on in-app purchases. The “10 principles for the Microsoft Store on Windows” builds on ideas and the work of the Coalition for App Fairness, a group that ...

Salesforce Inc. and Okta Inc. today announced a new partnership to help businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership calls for a new integration between the Okta Identity Cloud and Salesforce Work.com that’s intended to help organizations and communities to build trust with both employees and customers. Designed to help businesses and organizations around the world reopen safely, ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency today issued a warning that state and local governments need to fortify their systems against Emotet malware attacks. Emotet, which was first identified in 2014 and was originally a banking Trojan virus that primarily spread through malicious emails, has since evolved into a form ...

Venture capital funding in the U.S. surged to its second-highest quarter on record in the third quarter, driven once again by megarounds. The data released today comes from PwC/CB Insights’ “headline report” of key findings ahead of its full quarterly MoneyTree venture capital report due to be released later this month. For the third quarter, venture capital ...

Asian food delivery service Chowbus, owned by Fantuan Group Inc., has suffered a data breach with hundreds of thousands of customer records stolen. Exactly how the data breach took place is not known. The stolen data included customer names, email addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. Credit card data was not accessed. Although the company has ...

The U.K. is set to ban the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives and exchange-traded notes to retail users starting in January. The decision today from the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority came following an investigation into cryptocurrencies that was announced in March 2018. The report, published in July 2018 and then later updated that October, first proposed a possible ban after further ...

Security vulnerabilities discovered in a smart internet-connected chastity device could allow hackers to lock users into the device. Discovered and publicized today by security researchers at Pen Test PartnersLLP, the vulnerabilities were found in the Cellmate Chastity Cage, a device manufactured by FoShan QIUI Technology Development Co. Ltd. The device connects to a smartphone app via Bluetooth, ...

Apple Inc. today announced a new product launch event set for Oct. 13, and it’s expected to launch the iPhone 12. Apple gave few clues in the invite for the event, to be streamed online exclusively this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, other than two words — “Hi, Speed” — and a fancy logo ...