Gallup poll: 58% of Americans see AI, robotics, and automation as bigger threats to jobs than immigration and offshoring over the next ten years
More than half of Americans (58%) believe that artificial intelligence poses a greater threat to U.S. jobs over the next 10 years than immigration …
Kaspersky Lab details sophisticated Slingshot malware likely used for spying on targeted individuals and organizations, which remained hidden for six years
Nation-sponsored Slingshot is one of the most advanced attack platforms ever. — Researchers have discovered malware so stealthy …
A look at the Mid-Columbia Basin, WA, where 15-30% of all bitcoins may be mined in 2018 due cheap power there, as utilities deal with a crazy power demand spike
Eastern Washington had cheap power and tons of space. Then the suitcases of cash started arriving.
Investigations reveal discussion groups, online communities, and user-made games on Steam that glorify school shooters and mass shootings
As the country continues to debate gun violence in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, we've seen some of the usual misdirected discussion of whether video games bear some responsibility.
Twitter has suspended several accounts, some with millions of followers, that allegedly engaged in tweet stealing and “tweetdecking”, mass-retweeting each other
Continuing their battle against the “tweetdeckers,” Twitter suspended on Friday several popular accounts known …
Source: Motorola Mobility laying off 190 from its Chicago team; Motorola says less than half of Chicago workforce impacted and denies Moto Z cancellation rumors
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FBI arrests CEO of Phantom Secure, which customized BlackBerrys for criminals by removing mic and camera, routing encrypted messages via overseas servers, more
Phantom Secure is one of the most infamous companies in the secure phone industry. Sources and court documents detail …
Study: mainstream news outlets that embedded IRA tweets were generally using the tweets to reflect provocative, partisan public opinion on social issues
Image by Greyweed via Flickr. — The New York Times's Bari Weiss was in the news again yesterday, this time for citing a hoax Twitter account …
Report: China is altering its critical vulnerability disclosure database, backdating disclosure times of vulnerabilities that government hackers may want to use
Chinese intelligence agencies are doctoring the Chinese National Vulnerabilities Database (CNNVD) to hide security flaws …
A behind-the-scenes look at the development of Amazon's Echo Spot, which uses a custom octagonal display and was designed to live on a desk or a bedside table
Of all the devices Amazon announced last fall, the one that got the most attention was the Echo Spot.
Musical.ly blocks some search terms related to self-harm and eating disorders after criticism; tags still appear on users' posts
The homepage on the app Musical.ly. — Musical.ly — Musical.ly, the lip-synching app that is wildly popular with younger users, is struggling to catch …
Toronto-based financial services firm Purpose Financial to acquire Montreal-based online lender Thinking Capital; sources say price was $200M+
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Tencent leads $461.6M Series B in Chinese livestreaming platform Huya, owned by social network YY, and invests $630M in Chinese game streaming platform Douyu
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A deep dive into Facebook's big bet on expertise in AR; CTO Mike Schroepfer says the company needs it to remain relevant in 10 or 20 years
Mark Zuckerberg got his first taste of the Oculus Rift, the pioneering virtual reality headset, in January 2014. Standing in one of the few Facebook … Tweets: @kchaykowski . Thanks: @alexkummert Twee...
Snapchat and Instagram have temporarily removed their integrations with Giphy after users saw a racist GIF as an option to add to images
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Inside Operation Bayonet, the Dutch police sting and takeover of Hansa, once the largest dark web market in Europe, that netted data on ~420K users
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UK-based Netsparker, a developer of web application security scanning software used by customers including Microsoft, Samsung, and NASA, raises $40M Series A
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Researchers show how computer vision systems are susceptible to attacks by making subtle changes to images that trick them into seeing things that aren't there
TECH COMPANIES ARE rushing to infuse everything with artificial intelligence, driven by big leaps in the power of machine learning software. Tweets: @nxthompson Tweets: Nicholas Thompson / @nxthompson...
Bose shows off glasses with audio-based AR tech and sets up a $50M fund to back a new audio AR platform for wearables
David Carnoy / CNET :
Behind The Great Slate, a Twitter-driven fundraising campaign by Bay Area tech workers for progressive Congressional candidates in poorer, rural districts
and it's working (via @sarahjeong) http://www.theverge.com/... http://twitter.com/... David Simon / @aodespair : Proud to be part of this campaign to bring viable progressive Democratic choices to Con...
Santa Monica-based Bird, Travis VanderZanden's controversial electric scooter rental startup, raises $100M Series B at $300M valuation; Bird raised $15M in Feb.
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch :
Facebook is testing Facebook Camera AR experiences via tracking markers on posters of two films, will add tracker-based AR capabilities to AR Studio in April
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Facebook's Onavo has removed Bolt App Lock from Google Play after criticism of app's data collection practices, says it was “a small, brief test”
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Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.