VPN for dummies: what it is and why you SHOULD care
VPN for dummies: We’ve all heard the term ‘VPN’ being thrashed about in the tech world, but what exactly is it, and what do those letters stand for? VPN popularity…
Foxconn and Nvidia team up to build ‘AI factories’
By Sarah Wu and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, will build a new kind of data centre using Nvidia chips and software…
Why Infrastructure as Code (IaC) can improve app security
IaC: Infrastructure is one of the fundamental principles of a software development process: it is directly responsible for the stable operation of an application. This infrastructure can range from servers, load-balancing…
Global smartphone market slumps to lowest Q3 level in decade
By Akash Sriram, Juby Babu and Aditya Soni (Reuters) – The global smartphone market contracted by 8% to its lowest third-quarter level in a decade on subdued demand for major…
Ransomware’s infiltration of cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies: Cyber attacks, once mere theoretical possibilities, have now become a grave threat to modern society. While ransomware attacks have become commonplace, some recent high-profile incidents have thrust them into…
Infonet Solutions and HPE Aruba interviews
Infonet Solutions and HPE Aruba interviews: Over the past few days, I have been in Padua, a quiet town of over 230,000 inhabitants in the northeast of Italy, to attend…
NASA launches spacecraft to explore metal-rich asteroid Psyche
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – NASA on Friday launched a spacecraft from Florida on its way to Psyche, the largest of the several metal-rich asteroids known in our solar system…
UK watchdog fines Equifax $13.4 million for role in cyber breach
By Huw JonesEditing LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s financial watchdog said on Friday it had fined consumer credit rater Equifax Ltd 11 million pounds ($13.4 million) for its role in “one…
Celebrity hacks: 6 celebrities that have been a victim of cyberattack
Celebrity hacks: Celebrities are frequent targets of cyberattacks. Attacks on the accounts of celebrities are particularly lucrative for hackers. They gain access to personal data, which they later sell for significant money.…
OpenAI plans major updates to lure developers with lower costs
By Krystal Hu and Anna Tong (Reuters) – OpenAI plans to introduce major updates for developers next month to make it cheaper and faster to build software applications based on…