Mike Wheatley
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3 Internet of Things trends to watch for in 2014
Next year will see demonstrable evidence of the Internet of Things (IoT), which is set to become far more tangible in 2014. While most of us have moved beyond speculating about the value of an Internet-connected fridge, we’re yet to see the truly disruptive impact that IoT technologies will have on the enterprise, but that’s ...
RATs in your Apple Mac can help people spy on you with iSight
If you happen to own an older Apple Mac, you’d best cover up that webcam of yours if you don’t want to get creeped out by this latest story. That’s because, a hacker could possibly be watching you right now, spying on you through your MacBook’s webcam. And now, we’re not just being super paranoid ...
Facebook’s about to unleash extremely annoying auto-play video ads
You may have noticed some changes to Facebook’s mobile app in the last few days, with video auto-play now enabled by default, allowing friend’s videos to begin playing on their own as you come across them. Pretty cool right? It’s almost as if your News Feed springs to life all by itself, a pleasant distraction ...
Rumors of China’s crackdown on Bitcoin gather momentum
Rumors of China’s impending crackdown on Bitcoin continue to hog the headlines, with a number of media outlets reporting that Chinese regulators would no longer allow payment processors to serve bitcoin exchanges. News of the ban first surfaced on Monday night, when Coindesk reported that People’s Bank of China officials told third-party payment processors that ...
Rumor: China really hates Bitcoin
The rollercoaster ride that is the Bitcoin market took a deep dive yesterday following yet another bombshell out of China – this time round, the People’s Bank of China has been rumored to consider banned third-party payment companies from doing business with Bitcoin exchanges. Bitcoin prices fell by around 30% on hearing the news, which ...
No more metadata for you: US judge orders NSA to stop spying on people’s calls
In what looks to be a major setback for the NSA’s mass surveillance of telephone metadata, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon has ordered the spy agency to stop collecting U.S. citizen’s mobile phone records, and to destroy the files it already holds. Judge Leon’s ruling comes in the wake of a case brought against the ...
The NSA goes on the attack with 60 Minutes’ propaganda show
Two of the NSA’s leading officials made an appearance on the 60 Minutes show last night, but what promised to be an eye-opening ‘behind the scenes’ look at the nation’s spy HQ turned out to be a huge disappointment, serving up spoonfuls of agency propaganda with no dissenting voices. In an effort to try and ...
Watch what you typ… Facebook keeps track of everything you DON’T say
Pretty much every Facebook user has begun typing a status update or response to a post at some point, only to delete it before they click on “post”. Usually we do this because half way through typing, we realize that whatever we’re saying is a stupid thing to say, or that it could be offensive, ...
Bullish on Bitcoin: theCUBE discusses Bitcoin’s prospects for the future
Taking a break from all the chaotic goings-on at HP Discover in Barcelona this week, theCUBE hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante of Wikibon sat down with SiliconANGLE’s founding editor Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins yesterday to discuss one of the most disruptive trends in tech – Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that’s threatening to take the world of ...
Google ‘might’ ditch Intel & build its own ARM-based chips (one day)
As the world’s biggest internet company, Google has designed and built its own custom-made servers for several years now, but that hardware is still made using components from other companies. However, that could be set to change one day, as a speculative report from Bloomberg reveals that the web giant is now looking at building ...