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Apps

ToTok messaging app claimed to be an Emirati surveillance tool

By Duncan Riley Dec 22, 2019

ToTok, a popular Middle Eastern messaging app launched earlier this year, is actually a mass-surveillance tool, according to a report today from the New York Times. Pitched as a secure alternative to services such as WhatsApp…

Cloud

To take on Amazon, Walmart looks to ‘supercenters,’ edge computing and 5G

By Mike Wheatley Dec 22, 2019

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is looking to leverage its existing chain of “supercenters” to gain an edge over its longtime rival Amazon.com Inc. Rather than trying to take on its main rival in…

Cloud

Get ready for cultural upheaval: Businesses learn that becoming digital means transforming in more ways than one

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Dec 22, 2019

The problems in traditional workplace culture aren’t new. Today’s compartmentalized workplace has its roots in the mechanization and standardization of the industrial revolution, when workers were regarded very differently than they are today. But the…

Big Data

Mapping data provider Here sells 30% stake to NTT and Mitsubishi

By Maria Deutscher Dec 20, 2019

Here Global N.V., a major provider of mapping data for industries such as the auto sector, today said that it has sold a 30% equity stake to Japan’s NTT Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. …

Security

Solid revenue and profit growth sends BlackBerry’s shares soaring 11%

By Maria Deutscher Dec 20, 2019

Despite some weakness in its “internet of things” business, BlackBerry Ltd. managed to beat both revenue and profit expectations with its third-quarter earnings report this morning, sending shares up more than 11%. Waterloo, Canada-based BlackBerry…

Emerging Tech

Apple reportedly developing satellite technology in hush-hush internal project

By Maria Deutscher Dec 20, 2019

Apple Inc. has quietly joined the ranks of the Silicon Valley firms working on their own satellite technology, Bloomberg reported today. The insiders who spoke to the outlet on condition of anonymity said the project…

AI

Data meets dyslexia, and a neurological story unfolds

By Kristen Nicole Dec 20, 2019

Reading is one of the most compelling ways to experience a story. But the actual act of reading can tell a tale all its own — a neurological story about the reader’s brain. One…

Policy

Facebook will ban any misleading posts and ads about 2020 US census

By James Farrell Dec 19, 2019

Facebook Inc. announced Thursday that it will implement a “census interference policy” to ensure misleading information about the 2020 U.S. census isn’t shared on the platform. In a post, the company said it will…

Security

MyKings cryptomining botnet hides code in Taylor Swift photo

By Duncan Riley Dec 19, 2019

A cryptomining botnet operator is using an image of Taylor Swift to infect computers, embedding the malicious code in the image itself. The botnet, primarily known as MyKings although also known by some security…

Security

267M Facebook account details in unsecured database shared on hacking forum

By Duncan Riley Dec 19, 2019

An unsecured database with account details relating to 267 million Facebook Inc. users has been found online and has already been shared on a hacking forum. Discovered and publicized today by security researcher Bob Diachenko,…

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ToTok messaging app claimed to be an Emirati surveillance tool

To take on Amazon, Walmart looks to ‘supercenters,’ edge computing and 5G

Mapping data provider Here sells 30% stake to NTT and Mitsubishi

Solid revenue and profit growth sends BlackBerry’s shares soaring 11%

Apple reportedly developing satellite technology in hush-hush internal project

Facebook will ban any misleading posts and ads about 2020 US census

MyKings cryptomining botnet hides code in Taylor Swift photo

267M Facebook account details in unsecured database shared on hacking forum

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