A study released this week by researchers at Virginia Tech has found that not only do Android apps leak data but they also mine smartphone users’ data by secretly colluding with each other. The study, described as the “first ever large-scale and systematic study of exactly how the trusty apps on Android phones are able to talk to ...

Facebook Inc. is upping its efforts to challenge Slack Technologies Inc. in team collaboration by launching a new free version of its Workplace service. Workplace originally launched in October, offering an intra-office communication platform that mixes some of Facebook’s most popular social features with tools designed specifically for the workplace. But it was strictly a paid offering that ...

IBM Corp. has upped the ante for its cloud hosting services, announcing that it is the first major cloud provider to make Nvidia Corp.’s Tesla P100 graphics processing unit available globally. The rollout of the Tesla P100 GPUs brings Nvidia’s acceleration technology together with IBM’s cloud platform to allow businesses to more quickly and efficiently ...

VMware is exiting the hybrid cloud hosting business as the company sells its long-struggling vCloud Air division to French hosting company OVH for an undisclosed price. Introduced at the VMworld conference in Las Vegas in 2008 with the hybrid service following in 2013, vCloud Air was pitched as an Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud hosting offering that aimed ...

Exscudo, a new company that’s aiming to build a bridge between traditional financial systems and cryptocurrency markets, is set to launch an initial crowdfunding offer. Founded in 2016, Exscudo is attempting to build a single gateway to the cryptocurrency market by offering a range of services currently provided by different providers in the one location. Those ...

A newly discovered remote-access tool that targets users of a Korean language word processor uses legitimate sites to target victims. Dubbed ROKRAT by Cisco System Inc.’s Talos security arm, the RAT uses a phishing campaign to target users of the Korean language Microsoft Word alternative Hangul Word Processor. The attack vector is fairly typical for a phishing ...

When some people think of smart glasses, they might think of video blogger Robert Scoble wearing Google Glass in the shower. But a new set of augmented reality glasses from Osterhout Design Group Inc. is designed to be used in more hazardous locations than Scoble’s bathroom. Called the R-7HL (“Hazardous Location”), the new pair of smart glasses are ...

Performance support software platform startup Whatfix today said it has raised $3.5 million round of funding. The Series A round was led by Stellaris Venture Partners and included existing investors Helion Venture Partners, Powerhouse Ventures and Marquee Angels. As part of the deal, Stellaris’ Alok Goyal will join the Whatfix board. Founded in 2014 and with offices in Bengaluru, India and ...

Google Inc. wants peace in our time when it comes to Android-related patents, introducing a new program called PAX that seeks to reduce patent litigation. The program allows Android device makers to share royalty-free licenses to any Android-related patents held by other members of the group. PAX, which comes from the Latin word for peace but ...

In the age that has brought us the term the “Internet of Things,” just about anything and everything can be connected to the Internet, from light bulbs and thermostats to washing machines and fridges — and more. The We-Vibe, a vibrator that allows a partner to control the device over an Internet connection, made headlines in March ...