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Security firm Veracode Inc. has released its annual State of Software Security Report with a number of concerning findings in regards to the poor state of enterprise security. The report, based based on 300,000 assessments run on enterprise applications over 18 months, …
Private cloud provider ZeroStack adds utility billing, container support
Private cloud provider ZeroStack Inc. has announced that it has added utility billing and container support to its software as a solution managed Private Cloud Platform. The container support involves fully managed deployment of containers and their orchestration, storage, and networking infrastructure, …
Report: Amazon looking to provide Internet service in Europe
Amazon.com Inc.’s latest potential venture has come straight out of left field with a report Tuesday claiming the company is looking to become an Internet service provider. According to The Information, the e-commerce and infrastructure giant is planning on becoming an ISP …
The Shadow Brokers is now crowdfunding release of NSA hacking tools
Hacking group The Shadow Brokers has abandoned its efforts to auction off the hacking tools it stole from National Security Agency linked the Equation Group and is now running a crowdfunding campaign instead to raise the 10,000 bitcoin ($6.38 million) it is …
Netflix shares surge after higher-than-expected Q3 new subscriber growth
Shares in Netflix Inc. surged Monday after the streaming media company reported higher-than-expected new subscriber numbers in the third quarter. International subscribers led Netflix’s growth, with the company adding 3.2 million subscribers outside the United States in the quarter, well ahead of …
Report: Apple Car is dead in the water as company cuts hundreds of jobs
Apple Inc. has cut hundreds of positions in its car project and is now only pursuing self-driving technology that can be applied to other cars, according to a new report Monday. Bloomberg quotes sources as saying that hundreds of members of the car …
New Acecard trojan malware asks victims to pose for selfies with their ID cards
A new variant of the Acecard trojan malware for Android has been discovered that asks gullible Android users to pose for selfies with their ID cards. The trojan itself was first discovered in February and asked answers that can be used to …
World’s first commercial drone service delivers blood to remote hospitals in Rwanda
The world’s first commercial drone delivery service has begun, but it’s probably the last place you’d think it would be: the landlocked African country of Rwanda. In a partnership between San Francisco-based drone startup Zipline Inc. and the Government of Rwanda, with …
Palantir: Suit claiming discrimination against Asians based on faulty data
Big Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. has responded to allegations that it discriminates against Asians in its hiring process by claiming the methodology used by the U.S. Department of Labor is incorrect, among other things. The company was accused in September …
Twitter signs up to stream Melbourne Cup, Presidential election night coverage
Twitter Inc. is expanding its every growing stable of live, primarily sports coverage with two new initiatives, its first foray outside of the United States and a livestream of the forthcoming U.S. Presidential election-night coverage. On the sports side, Twitter has signed …