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Security reporter Graham Cluley writes:Online backup company Carbonite is the latest firm to have issued a warning that hackers are attempting to break into its users accounts, and are prompting all users to change their passwords as a result. An email… Continue reading Online Backup Firm Carbonite Tells Users To Change Their Passwords Now
Chloe Melas, reporting for CNN: Taylor Swift, U2, Kings of Leon and Paul McCartney are some of the 180 recording artists and labels petitioning Congress to reform the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (D.M.C.A.) In an open letter to Congress, they write… Continue reading 180 Artists, Labels Including Taylor Swift Take On YouTube, Join Copyright Plea
German Dropbox rival Seafile claims PayPal dropped it as a customer after it refused to comply with the payment services company’s demand to spy on its users’ data. In a blog post, the company informed its customers that they can no longer pay for the … Continue reading PayPal Dumped Cloud Company After It Refused To Monitor Customers’ Files
Mary Jo Foley, reporting for ZDNet: Microsoft’s self-professed Linux love is helping the company in the cloud. During his keynote at DockerCon 2016 in Seattle today, Azure Chief Technology Officer Mark Russinovich showed off some of the new and upcomin… Continue reading Microsoft: Nearly One In Three Azure Virtual Machines Now Are Running Linux
The next iPhone isn’t going to look much different from the last year’s iPhone 6s, or 2014’s iPhone 6. According to a WSJ report (paywalled; alternate source), Apple will release two new iPhone models with screen sizes 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch, and both t… Continue reading Apple Unlikely to Make Big Changes for Next iPhone
After several delays, the Fedora Project on Tuesday released Fedora 24 (download link), the latest version of its Linux-based operating system. Fedora 24 brings with it a number of interesting features and changes, including the GNOME 3.20 desktop envi… Continue reading Fedora 24 Featuring GNOME 3.20, Tons Of Improvements Released
On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced new rules for commercial drones. It states that drone pilots can now fly without waiting to get permission from the government. Previously, commercial operators were required to apply for a waiver from the… Continue reading New FAA Rules Allow US Companies To Fly Drones Without a Pilot’s License
Instagram announced on Tuesday that it has reached 500 million monthly users. The Facebook-owned photo sharing service also said that 300 million users check the service everyday. To recall, Instagram had hit 400M users about nine months ago. From a Ti… Continue reading Instagram Hits 500 Million Users
Google, which first introduced two-factor authentication about five years ago, is now making it a little easier to utilize this security measure. Instead of users having to manually enter a code that they received in a text message, they will now see a… Continue reading Google Is Finally Making Two-Step Verification Less Annoying
An anonymous reader writes: At the International Supercomputing Conference 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany, Fujitsu revealed its Post-K machine will run on ARMv8 architecture. The Post-K machine is supposed to have 100 times more application performance tha… Continue reading Fujitsu Picks 64-Bit ARM For Post-K Supercomputer