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Infra

Government-grade spyware used to target supporters of Mexico’s soda tax

By Duncan Riley Feb 12, 2017

Hacking tools believed to have originated from government-focused Israeli spyware company NSO Group have been used to target health activists who support a soda tax in Mexico, according to a report published Friday. The…

Apps

Additional security comes to WhatsApp: How to enable two-step verification

By Collen Kriel Feb 12, 2017

Facebook Inc.-owned messaging service WhatsApp is providing the ability to enable additional security for your account. Last April, WhatsApp rolled out end-to-end encryption for all its users by default. The feature ensures all messages,…

Emerging Tech

Meet the creator of Trump and Dump, a bot that shorts Trump’s corporate targets

By John Furrier Feb 10, 2017

Companies are often losing millions or billions of dollars in market value when President Trump slams them in a tweet. Now, one company has found a way to make a profit on Trump-related stock…

Emerging Tech

Ford boosts self-driving car initiative with $1B investment in Argo AI

By Eric David Feb 10, 2017

Ford Motor Co. showed just how serious it is about the future of self-driving cars today, announcing plans to invest $1 billion over the next five years in the secretive artificial intelligence startup Argo AI.…

Infra

Docker debuts new security mechanism for application containers

By Maria Deutscher Feb 10, 2017

One of the reasons behind the rapid adoption of containers is that the applications running inside them can be easily moved across different types of infrastructure, which simplifies a lot of administrative tasks. But…

Apps

Facebook submits to ad audit to prove its metrics can be trusted

By Eric David Feb 10, 2017

Advertising is the lifeblood of Facebook Inc., bringing in billions of dollars in revenue each year, but after a series of metrics mishaps, the social network is trying to earn back advertisers’ trust. In…

Infra

Intel’s new top-end processor packs 24 cores and a hefty price tag

By Maria Deutscher Feb 10, 2017

Moore’s Law may be becoming harder for the semiconductor industry to follow, but Intel Corp. keeps finding ways of increasing its chips’ computational power. The hardware giant maker on Thursday unveiled a new addition…

Cloud

Securing and governing data in the wide world of cloud | #SparkSummit

By Bev Bellile Feb 10, 2017

As the cloud matures, there are many organizations working to make it a more secure and well-governed technology. An active player in these efforts is Hortonworks Inc., known primarily for its development and support of…

Big Data

Will rise of ‘continuous’ data apps give the database game to NoSQL, NewSQL? | #SparkSummit

By R. Danes Feb 10, 2017

In the beginning there was batch computing. Then came interactive. Now we are entering the era of the streaming application. The technologies are still nascent, but the work to perfect them is underway. How…

Infra

Report: Worldwide IT spending to rise 3.5% in 2017, to $2.4 trillion

By Mike Wheatley Feb 10, 2017

The world will shell out $2.4 trillion on technology in 2017, an increase of 3.5 percent from the year before, according to information technology analyst firm International Data Corp.’s updated Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide:…

explore news

Government-grade spyware used to target supporters of Mexico’s soda tax

Additional security comes to WhatsApp: How to enable two-step verification

Meet the creator of Trump and Dump, a bot that shorts Trump’s corporate targets

Ford boosts self-driving car initiative with $1B investment in Argo AI

Docker debuts new security mechanism for application containers

Intel’s new top-end processor packs 24 cores and a hefty price tag

Securing and governing data in the wide world of cloud | #SparkSummit

Will rise of ‘continuous’ data apps give the database game to NoSQL, NewSQL? | #SparkSummit

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