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Researchers find security vulnerabilities in modems used by luxury cars

By Duncan Riley Aug 2, 2017

Researchers at security firm McAfee LLC have discovered two serious vulnerabilities in the telematics control unit used in a range of luxury cars that could potentially allow hackers to gain control of vehicles. A TCU is…

Emerging Tech

Bitcoin Cash surges as bitcoin holders threaten to sue exchange holdout

By Duncan Riley Aug 2, 2017

Updated: The viability of Bitcoin Cash, a spinoff from bitcoin that launched Tuesday, appears to be cemented, as the price surged Wednesday to make it the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Despite an initial…

Apps

Samsung maintains smartphone lead as Chinese upstarts snap at Apple’s heels

By Duncan Riley Aug 2, 2017

Chinese smartphone makers have continued their climb toward traditional market leaders Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. with three separate reports showing that the gap between the top five phone makers continues to…

Apps

Twitter uses Node.js to slim down and speed up its mobile web app

By Mark Albertson Aug 2, 2017

Many years ago, a beverage company advertised its latest low-calorie product by proclaiming that “it tastes great and is less filling.” Now Twitter has borrowed a page from that script with the release of…

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HBO hack may be worse than first thought, including internal correspondence

By Duncan Riley Aug 2, 2017

A hack of Home Box Office Inc. first reported earlier this week is now believed to be significantly larger than first thought and could include potentially damaging internal company correspondence, according to reports published…

Emerging Tech

Google and MIT develop AI that improves pictures before you even take them

By Eric David Aug 2, 2017

Most camera apps touch up photos after you take them, but Google Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new machine learning algorithm that makes your pictures better before you even take them.…

Apps

WWPass announces free password manager to make logins more secure

By Kyt Dotson Aug 2, 2017

Cybersecurity and identity management company WWPass Corp., developer of authentication technology dubbed PassKey, today announced the release of a password manager for those people who haven’t yet been able to ditch passwords entirely. The…

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ServiceNow Inspire: Evolving the 99% according to what works for the 1%

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Aug 2, 2017

ServiceNow Inc.’s definition of success isn’t revenue and market capital; instead success is measured on customer satisfaction and the value they get from the ServiceNow platform, according to Michael Hubbard (pictured), global vice president of Inspire at ServiceNow.…

Apps

Mozilla pilots three new Firefox tools, including an encrypted file-sharing service

By Maria Deutscher Aug 2, 2017

Earlier this year, the Mozilla Foundation shut down its connected devices group as part of a move to shift resources from building commercial products to research and development. The latest fruits of the initiative…

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IBM and Sony squeeze 330 terabytes onto a tiny tape cartridge

By Eric David Aug 2, 2017

One day we may finally reach the limit of how much data we can fit on a physical storage device, but IBM Corp. and Sony Corp. have teamed up to prove that we have not…

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Researchers find security vulnerabilities in modems used by luxury cars

Bitcoin Cash surges as bitcoin holders threaten to sue exchange holdout

Samsung maintains smartphone lead as Chinese upstarts snap at Apple’s heels

Twitter uses Node.js to slim down and speed up its mobile web app

HBO hack may be worse than first thought, including internal correspondence

Google and MIT develop AI that improves pictures before you even take them

WWPass announces free password manager to make logins more secure

ServiceNow Inspire: Evolving the 99% according to what works for the 1%

Mozilla pilots three new Firefox tools, including an encrypted file-sharing service

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