With the Presidential election only one day away, the threat of a future cyberwar between Russia and the United States is looking more likely, at least according to a report claiming that U.S. military hackers have penetrated Russian systems and will launch an attack if they believe that Russia is trying to interfere in the ...

Cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. has launched a range of new cloud security services that aim to improve on the company’s enterprise threat detection tools. The new Cloud MVX and MVX Smart Grid deliver the most intelligent threat detection available via public, hybrid or public cloud, the company claims. Both Multi-Vector Virtual Execution engines are aimed at ...

Oracle Corp.’s acquisition is of NetSuite Inc. will proceed after the company announced Saturday that more than half of eligible NetSuite shareholders had backed the $9.3 billion deal. The magic number for the deal was 50 percent approval. Some 21.8 million unaffiliated shares, or 53.2 percent of the total unaffiliated shares, approved the deal. Oracle ...

Any question that the smartphone wars are over has been put to rest again with a new report showing that nearly nine out of 10 phones shipped in the last quarter were running Google’s Android operating system. The report from Strategy Analytics Inc. detailed global smartphone shipments increasing 6 percent in the third quarter from ...

Intel Corp. has acquired live sports virtual reality firm Voke for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2004, Voke specializes in providing technology that allows media companies to build live and on-demand virtual reality experiences across multiple mediums, including on their own channels and via branded apps. According to Recode, Voke’s technology is able to capture live ...

Seattle-based search startup Atlas Informatics Inc. has raised $20.7 million in a round whose investors include Microsoft Corp., former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold and Aspect Ventures. Founded in 2015, the company currently offers Atlas Recall, a “search engine for your digital life” that documents everything a user has seen across all of his ...

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. reported a better-than-expected rise in revenue for the fourth quarter ending Sept. 30 assisted by strong demand from China. The semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company reported revenue of $6.2 billion for the quarter on net income of $1.6 billion, or $1.07 per share, up 13.3 percent from $5.5 billion in revenue on ...

Researchers at security firm Cylance Inc. have discovered a new malvertising campaign that targets Apple Inc.’s macOS users through fake software downloads. Disturbingly being offered on Google’s Adwords advertising network, the malvertising offers a copy of Google’s own Chrome web browser. If that’s not bad enough, those behind the scam acquired the top ranking position ...

IBM Corp. has acquired Watson-based cognitive shopping assistant Expert Personal Shopper from digital commerce firm Fluid Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Built using machine learning and artificial intelligence to deliver expert advice that sounds like it’s coming from an actual human, XPS is aimed at assisting customers in their research before making a purchase. “Understanding ...

Uber Technologies Inc. and General Motors Co. have signed a new deal that will see the automotive giant rent cars to Uber drivers through its Maven rental service. The deal, announced Tuesday, will initially begin as a 90-day trial in Uber’s hometown of San Francisco and allows drivers to rent GM vehicles for $179 a ...