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FAA proposes that pilots of drones over half a pound need to be registered to fly them
A United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) task force has delivered a report (pdf) on drone licensing with a surprising conclusion: instead of registering unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as it currently does with planes, it has recommended that pilots be registered instead. Under the proposed rules any person who wishes to fly a drone that ...
Malware porn apps on the rise as security firm Zscaler discovers two new ones
Malware. Porn. Apps. Seems like a match made in heaven and that’s exactly what security-as-a-service firm Zscaler, Inc. has found with two new apps currently doing the rounds on independent Android app sites. The worst offender of the two discovered masquerades as a porn video player that is said to scare the user with a ...
Automattic builds on PHP to create a RESTful, open source backend WordPress interface
Automattic, Inc., the company behind the ever-popular WordPress content management system, have announced a major refresh of its hosted blogging platform WordPress.com along with a number of extras that are sure to please bloggers and developers alike. Top of the list is what the company is calling Calypso, a major overhaul of the WordPress back ...
The Pepsi phone is now on sale in China for those who don’t like Coca-Cola
Soft drink maker PepsiCo has officially entered the mobile phone marketplace with its first phone going on sale in China. The Pepsi P1s is manufactured by Shenzhen Scooby Communication Equipment Co. and is aiming squarely at the middle of the market with a phone that sports some decent specs even if it’s not going to ...
Apple’s “quality control” fails again as reports emerge that the iPad Pro is seriously faulty
Apple, Inc. has long been famed for its quality control, so much so that the company has always demanded a premium price for its products, but that claim to fame is being called into question yet again with news that their new, top of the line iPad Pro has a serious problem. According to various ...
Amazon Black Friday 2015 list includes some great bargains on tech and electronics
Black Friday is now one week away and the celebration of wild discounts wouldn’t be complete without an offering from the king of all online retailers: Amazon.com, Inc. This year Amazon has no intention of disappointing its millions of customers and has delivered a strong list of heavily discounted electronic and tech gadgets for those ...
Terrorists win: European Union to crack down on Bitcoin post Paris terrorist attacks
The European Union is set to let the terrorists win and strike a blow against freedom by cracking down on Bitcoin. In a meeting set to be held Friday, European Union interior and justice ministers will gather for a crisis meeting following the Islamic terrorist attacks on Paris last week where they will urge the ...
Fintech Bitcoin payroll startup Bitwage raises $750k seed round
Fintech Bitcoin payroll startup Bitwage Ltd. has raised $750,000 in a seed round that included Orange Silicon Valley, Draper Associates, Cloud Money Ventures, Bitcoin Capital, Saeed Amidi and BnkToTheFuture. Founded in 2013, Bitwage aims to make international payroll transfers better by reducing payroll costs and increasing transfer speeds while at the same stage increasing the ...
Bitcoin exchange operator pleads not guilty to running an unlicensed exchange, money laundering
Bitcoin exchange Coin.mx operator Anthony Murgio has pleaded not guilty at his first appearance in court following his arrest on multiple charges back in July. Murgio appeared before the Federal court in Manhattan on charges that he committed wire fraud and money laundering and operated an unlicensed money transmitting business, Reuters reported. The main charge ...
First look: Big Data security firm DataVisor predicts top 5 online fraud targets for 2016
With the end of the year approaching it’s not just holiday season it’s also predictions for the year ahead time and chief in those predictions will be what cybersecurity firms have to say for the enterprise security space for the year ahead. Big Data security analytics startup DataVisor, Inc. is set to release a full ...









