Raising questions about the security of a popular method of distributing applications, a researcher from Aqua Security has published documentation of a potential attack approach that allows a hacker to plant malware via Docker Inc. “container” software and activate code on targeted systems. The research, presented at the Black Hat USA 2017 cybersecurity conference in ...

It used to be that when security researchers found a software bug, they would bring it to a company’s attention and hope for a small sum of money in return. Some firms paid out and many did not. But in the last several years, companies large and small have created formal bug bounty programs as ...

Machine learning has led to breakthroughs such as speech recognition and smart digital assistants such as Alexa. Then there’s the downside. Scammers are now using machine learning tools to mine social media data and target the executive organization chart with fraudulent emails that look and sound like they came from someone inside the company. And ...

Who says vending machines don’t offer enough choice? Chowbotics Inc. has built a robot that offers salads in 1,000 different varieties around-the-clock. The Silicon Valley-based startup is hoping that the salad-making machine will ignite interest in the field of food service robotics and revolutionize consumer eating habits. “There are lots of surveys which show that Millennials ...

Investors enjoy having plenty of options, and the food tech landscape certainly offers choices at the moment with approximately 3,000 companies vying for funding and customers, according to two prominent food tech investors. The explosion of new companies is fueling innovation in the field, but there are growing pains as well. “The ecosystem has changed so ...

While Silicon Valley may be the center of much of the world’s technology today, universities around the country still play a vital role in facilitating innovative research and nurturing future companies. This is especially true when it comes to agriculture, a field in which business schools and food science departments are incubating the next generation ...

The same technology dynamics that drive other industries are impacting how we grow, distribute and consume food as well. That was one of the key messages to emerge from this year’s FOOD IT: From Fork to Farm event in Mountain View, California. “It’s really fun to see the consistent themes that we see over and over – ...

The Campbell Soup Co., one of the longest-operating food brands in the U.S., maintains data on every load of tomatoes that comes into its processing plants, and has been collecting this information over the past five years. But the application of data science to farming and produce processing is fairly new, and Campbell is working ...

After decades of promises of autonomous machines, robotics is finally poised to transform life and business as we know it, from manufacturing to elder care. That’s the consensus of scientific researchers, entrepreneurs and corporate executives who gathered this week at the TechCrunch Robotics conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. If there was an overriding message from the ...

When the first Internet-connected refrigerator was introduced, it cost $20,000 and consumers greeted the new product more as an oddity than a practical device for the home. But now that price points have come down and home technologies are becoming standard, consumers are warming up quickly to what the digitized kitchen can provide. “Our research ...