Google LLC today released Android 11, the latest release of its operating system, roughly on time despite earlier delays in its beta releases because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 11th incarnation of the Android operating system delivers a variety of new features, with a focus on making usability easier more than on new features. Pitched ...

A new report from network security company Untangle Inc. finds that small to medium-sized businesses face unique security challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting boom in remote working. The third annual SMB IT Security report, released today, polled more than 500 information technology professionals at SMBs and found that a growing number are doing more with ...

A trove of data relating to 186,000 customers of an Australian state government agency has been stolen in an attack that targeted employee email accounts. The attack, reported today, involved Service NSW, an arm of the New South Wales government that providers one-stop access to government services. The theft of data took place in April and ...

Raids on dark web and piracy site operators are a dime a dozen and very few make a huge difference in the overall crime picture. But now, it appears at least one operation has made a temporary difference. A joint global law enforcement operation targeting members of the Sparks group in late August has caused a ...

Epic Games Ltd. dropped the latest filing in its battle against Apple Inc. late Friday night as the games maker once again requested an injunction to have Fortnite restored to the iPhone maker’s App Store. The dispute between the two companies began Epic filed a lawsuit against Apple Aug. 13 alleging that the App Store is an ...

Personal details relating to more than 38 million U.S. citizens compiled by an online marketing company have been found exposed online in the latest case of misconfigured cloud storage. The data, uncovered by researchers at Cybernews, was linked to a company called View Media that has worked on digital marketing campaigns in the past, including ...

Digital experience development company Episerver Inc. today said it has acquired product development lifecycle startup Optimizely Inc. Although the price of the deal was not officially disclosed, Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with the deal, pegged the figure at less than $600 million, the valuation of Optimizely as of its last venture capital round in June 2019. Founded ...

The U.S. Department of Justice could file an antitrust lawsuit against Google LLC as soon as later this month, according to a report from The New York Times. Various reports have emerged over the last 12 months that both the Justice Department and state attorneys general have an ongoing investigation into the search giants practices. ...

Assist Wireless LLC, a U.S. mobile virtual network operator that provides phone services to the underprivileged with government support, has suffered a data breach with customer records found exposed online. The exposed customer data was discovered by security researcher John Wethington and first reported today by TechCrunch. Remarkably the data itself was found through a simple ...

Free stock-trading app maker Robinhood Market Inc. is reportedly being investigated over alleged nondisclosure as the company heads toward an initial public offering in the coming months. The Wall Street Journal reported today that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating allegations that Robinhood previously failed to disclose its practice of selling clients’ orders to high-speed trading ...