Researchers say EternalBlue, the NSA exploit used in WannaCry, was used in an earlier and possibly larger-scale hack, to install Adylkuzz cryptocurrency miner
Campaign that flew under the radar used hacked computers to mine Monero currency. — On Friday, ransomware called WannaCry …
Apple has begun initial production of a small number of iPhone SE handsets in Bangalore, and will begin shipping it to Indian customers this month
An Apple manufacturer has completed a trial run of the first-ever iPhones assembled in India, in an important step in the U.S. tech giant's push into the fast-growing South Asian market.
Qualcomm sues iPhone manufacturers Compal, Foxconn, Pegatron, and Wistron for failing to pay royalties, broadening its legal battle with Apple
Qualcomm sued the companies that make iPhones for Apple for failing to pay royalties on the chip maker's technology, broadening its legal battle with the world's most valuable company.
Sources: Apple will update its laptop lineup at WWDC, planning MacBook Pro with Kaby Lake and faster chips for MacBook and MacBook Air
Refreshed MacBooks could win back disappointed loyalists — Announcement expected at developers conference in June — Apple Inc. plans to announce …
Wikileaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning is released from Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas, having served 7 years of a 35-year sentence
US soldier Chelsea Manning has been released from prison after serving seven years for leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and military files to Wikileaks.
New Ukrainian sanctions target Russian social-media sites, including VKontakte, the nation's most popular social network
MOSCOW — Ukraine on Tuesday put in place new sanctions seeking to block Russian media and online networks from operating in the country, including VKontakte, the nation's most popular social network.
Apple launches Today at Apple website as it expands its in-store course line-up with classes in art, design, music, photography, more
Last month, Apple announced its plans to offer an expanded set of educational sessions at its stores, which will now feature more in-depth training …
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike raises $100M round led by existing investor Accel, at a pre-money valuation close to $1B, bringing total raised to $256M
SAN FRANCISCO — Cybersecurity has been in the news seemingly nonstop, including the hacking of the Democratic National Committee …
Facebook fined €150K by French watchdog for failing to protect user data from advertisers as part of wider European probe but wasn't ordered to change practices
Facebook suffered a setback on Tuesday over how it uses the reams of information it collects about users worldwide …
AMD unveils Threadripper, a 16-core, 32-thread CPU for desktops, coming summer 2017
It's called Threadripper, and it will be the first consumer-focused chip with 16 cores and 32 threads of computing power. Yes, you read that right: 16 cores and 32 threads of computing power …
Bragi announces two new earbuds, the $329 Dash Pro, and a custom-fit version for $499, updates its OS to include real-time language translation
While also adding real-time language translation and a professional custom fit option — Bragi has announced a new version of the Dash …
Facebook admits another ad measurement mistake, its tenth since September of 2016, refunds advertisers, saying the error affected just 0.04% of impressions
The mistake — mischarged clicks on video carousel ads by smartphone web users — is the first that directly affected advertisers' wallets.
DJI launches smart TV app with aerial content and 4k video for Samsung's Tizen TVs and Apple TV
Just a few months after GoPro threatens to close its entertainment doors, DJI is ready to step in. The drone-cum-camera company has just announced that it's launching a Smart TV app that'll stream pl...
Third-party apps providing mail, contacts, and calendar services will need app-specific passwords for iCloud access beginning June 15
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Verizon cancels its LG Watch Sport variant, which had just launched in February
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Google brings Assistant compatibility to General Electric smart appliances
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Senators and their staffers given the approval to use encrypted messaging app Signal by the Senate Sergeant at Arms
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Review shows Facebook's anti-fake news initiatives as ineffective, with many articles disputed by fact-checkers being labeled “disputed” too late or not at all
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Samsung says it has sold 5M Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus devices since April 21
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Pinterest will use image recognition to target ads, including in Lens results, limited for now to a Related Pins gallery that's displayed after tapping on a pin
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Partnership on AI adds Intel, Salesforce, SAP, others as it formalizes Grand Challenges, which provide incentives to tackle big issues with social ramifications
so @hrw is now one of 22 new Partners in AI. http://www.partnershiponai.org/ ... Eric Horvitz / @erichorvitz : 22 organizations join and first set of initiatives are announced @PartnershipAI http://ww...
Slack adds screen sharing to its Mac and Windows apps two years after acquiring Screenhero
for those times when you need to show rather than tell. #changelog http://slackhq.com/... http://twitter.com/...
Instagram is testing location-based stories that bring together publicly available posts from the area
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Google launches Google Cloud IoT core, a managed service for IoT device deployments
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Tile raises $25M Series B led by Bessemer and crosses 10M Bluetooth trackers sold
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Amazon announces that Alexa skills will soon be able to push notifications to Alexa enabled devices for users who have opted in
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BMW, Intel, and Mobileye bring auto parts supplier Delphi into their self-driving car initiative
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Microsoft commits $5M to United Nations in a new technology partnership to “better predict, analyze and respond to critical human rights situations”
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Google makes its globally distributed relational database, Cloud Spanner, generally available
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