GitHub hit with the largest ever DDoS attack of 1.35Tbps on Feb. 28; attacker abused publicly accessible memcached instances, taking the site down for 6+ mins
ON WEDNESDAY, AT about 12:15pm ET, 1.35 terabits per second of traffic hit the developer platform GitHub all at once.
Sources: 2nd generation Snap Spectacles to ship in Q3 with improved performance; 3rd gen planned for 2019 with two cameras for 3D-like depth effects in videos
Snap Inc. plans to launch a second version of its Spectacles glasses this year followed by a more ambitious third version equipped …
Former recruiter sues Google, says YouTube set minority hiring quotas, stopped hiring white and Asian males last year for tech jobs, fired him for complaining
A former employee alleges tech firm set quotas for hiring minorities — YouTube last year stopped hiring white and Asian males …
Germany says hackers infiltrated government computers; sources point to Russian group APT28, say malware could have been in the system for up to a year
German security services have admitted they uncovered a cyberattack on the government in December. Sources say the malware had been planted …
Instagram may be preparing to launch audio and video calling within its direct messaging system according to files and icons buried in its APK
Instagram wants to be your phone, not just your camera. And it wants to be better at it than Snapchat. Files buried in Instagram …
Equifax expects $200M in 2018 loses from the data breach, says 2.4M additional customers were affected by 2017 cyber attack
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Equifax Inc (EFX.N) said on Friday it expects $275 million in costs in 2018 related to the credit reporting company's massive data breach last year …
Garrett Camp proposes Eco, a cryptocurrency that would run on verified nodes at universities and research institutes and have collective mining incentives
In November, Garrett Camp had just returned from his first trip to Africa—an “eye-opening” experience, he said …
Microsoft launches Soundscape as a free iPhone app in US and UK that uses 3D audio to help the visually impaired locate points of interest
In recent years, Microsoft has worked on a number of projects to assist people with visual impairments. Those have taken the form of everything …
Toyota is teaming up with two other Japanese companies to form a $2.8B Tokyo-based company to develop software for self-driving cars
New company's goal is software of high enough quality to be used in passenger cars — TOKYO— Toyota Motor Corp. TM -.94% said it would spend nearly $3 billion …
Rovio misses on Q4 revenue of €73.9M vs €77.33M estimated and announces closure of a year-old London office, departure of head of games unit; stock down 9%+
Gaming and entertainment company Rovio continues to have a very hard time of it as it faces the music on the waning popularity …
Facebook says it's ending test in six countries that moved Pages' posts from News Feed to secondary Explore Feed, is also ending Explore Feed bookmark globally
some work out well and we launch them, others don't and we drop them. Today we're dropping one that didn't work: the Explore Feed test: http://newsroom.fb.com/... Josh Constine / @joshconstine : “Face...
VMware reports mixed results with Q4 revenue of $2.31B, up 14% YoY, loss of $440M, a $970M tax-law charge, and record full-year revenue of $7.92B, up 12% YoY
VMware continues to deliver strong growth as it is a go-to vendor in hybrid cloud deployments. — Hybrid cloud and virtualization …
Microchip Technology to acquire Microsemi, the largest US commercial supplier of military and aerospace semiconductor equipment, for ~$8.35B
Microchip to pay $68.78 a share for Microsemi, or $8.3 billion — Microchip Technology Inc. MCHP .10% agreed to buy Microsemi Corp. MSCC -.92% …
Amid reports that the SEC is expanding its crackdown on ICOs, Overstock says its tZero token sale is being probed, causing its shares to fall as much as 10%
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Uber debuts Uber Health, a ride-hailing platform for healthcare that allows hospitals and clinics to assign rides for patients from a centralized dashboard
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White House says President Trump will meet with executives from the video game industry next week to talk about gun violence
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Verizon pays $614M FCC fine after closing its $3.1B acquisition of Straight Path; Straight Path's deal with FCC last year included remitting 20% of proceeds
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :
Dropbox says it is partnering with Google to bring G Suite integration to Dropbox by the end of the year
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
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