Intercepted IoT: The unsecure sex toy that snitches on its users
The security of a sex toy is very serious business. This is the conviction of a New Zealand hacker that goes by the name of Follower. The hacker, speaking at a talk named Breaking…
Court rules Twitter and ISIS are not friends with benefits
By Duncan Riley
A court in California has found that Twitter and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are not friends with benefits, after dismissing a lawsuit that claimed that the struggling microblogging come messaging…
CIA-funded Palantir acquires Dutch data visualization startup Silk
Highly secretive data firm Palantir Technologies Inc., which was co-founded by Peter Thiel and part-financed by the CIA, has said it’s to acquire a Dutch data visualization and publishing startup called Silk, whose technology…
How to use Facebook’s new publisher tools & audience demographics for video
By Collen Kriel
Since the launch of 360 videos, more than 250,000 videos have been uploaded to Facebook. To assist publishers in increasing audience engagement with their videos, Facebook has now launched two new publisher tools for…
Mirantis expands OpenStack offerings with SUSE alliance
OpenStack distributor Mirantis Inc. has forged a new alliance with SUSE as it bids to become the “one-stop-shop” for all enterprise Linux users of the open-source cloud computing platform. The partnership means Mirantis gets…
Google now offers self-destructing VMs at just $0.01 per hour
Google has gone and cut its cloud prices again, reducing the cost of virtual machines (VMs) to as little as $0.01 an hour. However, that price only applies to what Google calls “Preemptible VMs”,…
Analysts discuss another ‘step up’ for the pace of innovation | #OpenStackSV
The pace of innovation is accelerating. And while most tech businesses understand this, seeing it in motion is another thing entirely. The OpenStack Days: Silicon Valley 2016 conference in Mountain View, California, served as…
How Rackspace uses OpenStack to stimulate innovation | #OpenStackSV
Although OpenStack can help enterprises in a multitude of ways, there are some companies who are still wary of the migration. Is it functional? What sort of cloud do we use? These are the…
Google Chrome continues the slow death of Flash in favor of HTML5
By Eric David
It is no secret that Google Chrome, and really the entire web browser industry, has had it out for Adobe Flash for some time now, and this week Google revealed its plans to finally…
Microsoft: Saving lives through Hybrid Cloud | #OpenStackSV
Microsoft is using its technology to make big impacts on industries like healthcare, where it recently helped contribute to a post-patient care solution, called ImagineCare. At the same time, the company is also working with a customer-centric…