Collaborate Disseminate
Reader wiredmikey writes: Swedish military computers were hacked and used in an attack targeting major U.S. banks in 2013, the armed forces said on Monday. The attack knocked out the web sites of as many as 20 major U.S. banks and financial institution… Continue reading Hacked Swedish Military Servers Used In Attacks On US Banks
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft has declared its support for the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The proposed legislation to govern data transmission between the EU and U.S. has been the subject of much debate. While acknowledging that more work will nee… Continue reading Microsoft Declares Wholehearted Support For Privacy Shield
An anonymous reader shares a report on The Guardian: Top tech companies are talking to grassroots organisations across the globe to organise a fightback on their platforms against online abuse, hate speech, misogyny and stalking. Facebook, Twitter and … Continue reading Top Tech Firms Urged To Step Up Online Abuse Fightback
Saritha Rai, reporting for Bloomberg: India is trying to yank its cash-based economy into the 21st century. But how do you get 1.2 billion people, many of whom have never seen a bank or opened an account, to send digital payments to each other? The gov… Continue reading India’s Audacious Plan to Bring Digital Banking to 1.2 Billion People
The advent of online music streaming service has made it easier for millions of people worldwide to listen to all of their favorite songs, and convinced plenty to pay for music. But with the space of music streaming service getting increasingly crowded… Continue reading Music Streaming Service Exclusives Make Pirating Tempting Again
Brian Clark Howard, writing for National Geographic: At last — some good news for tigers. Driven largely by conservation successes in India, Russia, and Nepal, the global population of tigers in the wild has shown a significant increase in the past fe… Continue reading Tiger Numbers Rise For First Time In a Century
In an op-ed, Quartz’s Mike Murphy writes that Apple Watch, the Cupertino-based company’s first wearable device, hasn’t been the success the company was hoping it to be. Apple unveiled the Apple Watch alongside the iPhone 6 at a media conference in Sept… Continue reading Slashdot Asks: It’s Been a Year Since Apple Watch Release, What’s Your Thought On It?
An anonymous reader cites an article on The Guardian: Tinder isn’t as private as many of its users think, and a new website which aims to exploit that is causing concern among users of the dating app Swipebuster promises to let Tinder users find out wh… Continue reading New Website Lets Anyone Spy on Tinder Users
An anonymous reader cites a report on VentureBeat: NVIDIA chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang announced that the company has created a new chip, the Tesla P100, with 15 billion transistors, 16GB high-bandwidth memory for deep-learning computing. It’s the bi… Continue reading NVIDIA Creates a 15B-Transistor Chip With 16GB Bandwidth Memory For Deep Learning
An anonymous reader links to a report on Washington Examiner: It simply would not be possible to shut down areas of the Internet that terrorists use to conduct malicious activity, the head of U.S. Cyber Command told a Senate panel on Tuesday. “In a ver… Continue reading Cyber Commander Says It’s ‘Not Realistic’ To Shut Down Internet