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Blockchain

PayPal leaves Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency association

By Duncan Riley Oct 6, 2019

PayPal Holdings Inc. has become the first company to withdraw from Facebook Inc.’s Libra Association, the body set up to oversee the proposed cryptocurrency. Reports that major companies backing Libra were about to walk away…

Cloud

Not just a barking dog: Open-source developers grow to embrace software as a service

By Mark Albertson Oct 6, 2019

The open-source movement has a history that captures both its community spirit and renegade impact. Sometimes, that history even involves a yapping animal. In Linux, the “biff” command notifies users when mail arrives and…

AI

Alteryx snaps up MIT-born machine learning startup Feature Labs

By Maria Deutscher Oct 4, 2019

Analytics provider Alteryx Inc. today announced that it has acquired Feature Labs Inc., a startup using techniques developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to simplify artificial intelligence development. The terms of the deal…

Security

Google reveals hackers are using a new flaw to attack Android devices

By Maria Deutscher Oct 4, 2019

A month after revealing a set of previously unknown “zero-day” vulnerabilities in iOS, Google LLC has exposed a zero-day flaw affecting its own Android operating system. The search giant published a technical description of the…

Emerging Tech

Apple acquires iKinema, a motion capture startup with aerospace roots

By Maria Deutscher Oct 4, 2019

Apple Inc. has quietly absorbed iKinema Ltd., a developer of motion capture software whose products are used in the production of films, virtual reality content and video games. The iPhone maker confirmed the deal…

Blockchain

Walmart puts shrimp exports from India on the blockchain for food safety

By Kyt Dotson Oct 4, 2019

End-to-end traceability is coming to seafood exports from India with help from a distributed ledger blockchain project announced today by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The project is intended to bring transparency and efficiency to shrimp shipments from…

Policy

US, UK and Australia want Facebook to build a back door into messaging apps

By James Farrell Oct 3, 2019

The governments of the U.S., the U.K. and Australia want Facebook Inc. to allow a back door into the company’s messaging apps citing safety concerns, it was revealed Thursday. In an open letter, U.K. home…

Security

FBI issues public service announcement warning about ransomware attacks

By Duncan Riley Oct 3, 2019

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has published a public service announcement warning that high-impact ransomware attacks are threatening U.S. businesses and organizations. The PSA, published Wednesday, runs through what ransomware is and how it…

Security

Update now: WhatsApp bug allows malicious GIF to steal user data

By Duncan Riley Oct 3, 2019

A newly discovered vulnerability in popular Facebook Inc.-owned messaging service WhatsApp allows an attacker to obtain access and steal data by doing nothing more than sending a malicious GIF to a user. The vulnerability…

Policy

HP announces massive layoffs and a new printing business plan

By Mike Wheatley Oct 3, 2019

Struggling computer and printer maker HP Inc. is planning to cut between 7,000 and 9,000 jobs over the next three years as part of a major new restructuring of its business. Enrique Lores, who…

the latest

PayPal leaves Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency association

Not just a barking dog: Open-source developers grow to embrace software as a service

Alteryx snaps up MIT-born machine learning startup Feature Labs

Google reveals hackers are using a new flaw to attack Android devices

Apple acquires iKinema, a motion capture startup with aerospace roots

Walmart puts shrimp exports from India on the blockchain for food safety

US, UK and Australia want Facebook to build a back door into messaging apps

FBI issues public service announcement warning about ransomware attacks

Update now: WhatsApp bug allows malicious GIF to steal user data

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