Apple Inc. today released the latest version of its mobile operating system and although some are describing iOS 12 as just an incremental improvement, it includes a range of upgrades and new features that will likely keep fans happy. Leading the pack is improved performance management that provides a snappier experience, directly addressing the revelation last ...

Flight information screens were taken offline for two days at the Bristol Airport in the U.K. after the network powering the screens were hijacked by ransomware. The attack started Friday morning, taking out the entire network, although it’s not clear from reports how the ransomware got into the system and whether it affected other networked computers at ...

Linux creator Linus Torvalds is taking time out from his role in leading the iconic open-source software to obtain assistance “on how to understand people’s emotions and respond appropriately.” Torvalds (pictured), despite his undoubted genius, has often been a controversial figure because of the way he treats other people in the community. The complaints about his ...

Following in the footsteps of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos’ acquisition of The Washington Post in 2013, Salesforce.com Inc. co-founder Marc Benioff along with his wife Lynne today said they’ve acquired Time Magazine from Meredith Corp. for $190 million. According to Adweek, the acquisition is a personal one and is unrelated to the position Benioff (pictured) holds ...

Fresh from a crash following news that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has abandoned plans to establish a bitcoin desk, a swing back to positive crypto news resumed Thursday with a report claiming that Morgan Stanley is planning to offer bitcoin derivatives. Bloomberg, quoting a person familiar with the matter, claimed that the merchant bank is planning ...

Add-ons for open-source media player Kodi have been found bundled with cryptomining malware that targets Windows and Linux users, according to details of a soon-to-be-published report. ZDNet, referencing a report from security firm ESET spol s r.o.,  said analysts have found at least three popular repositories of Kodi add-ons spreading a malware strain that secretly mined cryptocurrency on users’ computers. Kodi, ...

Ant Financial Services Group, the financial technology arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., today strongly denied a report published by The Wall Street Journal that it was involved in the theft of intellectual property and trade secrets from credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. The Journal report, quoting people familiar with the matter, ...

Homero Joshua (Josh) Garza, the chief executive officer of fraudulent bitcoin mining operation GAW Miners that made headlines in 2015, today was been jailed for 21 months over his role in the scam. Garza was accused of perpetrating fraud through GAW Miners and ZenMiner by offering shares in an alleged digital bitcoin mining operation while never having ...

Cryptocurrency and digital asset exchange Seed CX Ltd. Wednesday said it has raised $15 million in new funding to expand its physical trading infrastructure, broaden its network of institutional trading groups and hire more people. The Series B round was led by Bain Capital Ventures and OKCoin and included previous investors. Founded in 2015, Chicago-based Seed ...

Google LLC Wednesday announced that it’s discontinuing its Inbox email client as of March next year, some four years after it was launched. At launch the initially invite-only app was pitched as the “future of email.” It introduced unique features such as “Bundles” that took all similar messages, grouped them together and then automatically highlighted important ...