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Photos from gay dating app Jack’d exposed via misconfigured AWS instance

By Duncan Riley Feb 7, 2019

In yet another case of cloud storage misconfiguration, private pictures shared by users of gay dating app Jack’d have been found exposed to all and sundry on an Amazon Web Services Inc. instance. Jack’d is…

Apps

Twitter shares drop 10% on lower user numbers and higher expenses

By Duncan Riley Feb 7, 2019

Shares in Twitter dropped by nearly 10 percent in trading today as the company revealed another drop in user numbers and said it expects expenses to rise. The data came from Twitter’s fourth-quarter financial results,…

Security

Google announces Adiantum, a new standard for encrypting low-end devices

By Mike Wheatley Feb 7, 2019

Google LLC today announced a new data encryption standard for low-powered devices such as entry-level Android smartphones and “internet of things” gadgets. The new standard, called Adiantum, is designed to encrypt data on devices…

Cloud

Microsoft adds new data management and analytics services to Azure

By Mike Wheatley Feb 7, 2019

Microsoft Corp. is adding to the data management capabilities of its Azure cloud with the launch today of two new services into general availability. Company officials said in a series of blog posts that…

Security

Elevate Security ups the game for employee security awareness

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Feb 7, 2019

It’s been five years since the IBM “Cyber Security Intelligence Index” report found that “over 95 percent of all incidents investigated recognize ‘human error’ as a contributing factor.” Yet, despite millions of dollars spent on…

Big Data

The data bottleneck is between your ears, says Alation

By R. Danes Feb 7, 2019

Data cataloging increasingly looks like a good means to turn the losing big-data game in enterprises’ favor. That’s because it’s not inadequate compute power or big-data frameworks holding them back. It might actually be human cognition…

Apps

Fresh off a funding round, food delivery startup Postmates files for IPO

By Maria Deutscher Feb 7, 2019

Postmates Inc., one of the major players in the multibillion-dollar food delivery segment, is going public. The company today disclosed that it has filed for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and…

Cloud

PS Lifestyle turns to the cloud for modernizing its hair salon business

By Mark Albertson Feb 7, 2019

Many industries have been transformed by a shift to the cloud, and the hair-styling profession is no exception. PS Lifestyle, whose business transformed hair salons in assisted senior-living facilities into professional centers and spas,…

Cloud

Q&A: The stakes of cybersecurity in a connected digital landscape

By Kylie Anderson Feb 7, 2019

The proliferation of endpoints and a fluid network enabled by cloud computing have expanded both the entry points and payoff for hackers prying at business data in the modern market. But while companies have…

Emerging Tech

Amazon backs mammoth $530M round for autonomous driving startup Aurora

By Maria Deutscher Feb 7, 2019

Aurora Innovation Inc., an autonomous driving startup that exited stealth just over a year ago, today revealed that it has secured a mammoth $530 million funding round from a who’s who of technology investors.…

all stories

Photos from gay dating app Jack’d exposed via misconfigured AWS instance

Twitter shares drop 10% on lower user numbers and higher expenses

The data bottleneck is between your ears, says Alation

Fresh off a funding round, food delivery startup Postmates files for IPO

Amazon backs mammoth $530M round for autonomous driving startup Aurora

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