Young bright minds can now hone their skills on cyber security guided by peers who are at the forefront of this industry. Bletchley Park is set to once again serve as a cryptographic centre for the UK: the country has schemed up a plan to create a “National College of Cyber Security” in a building…
And you thought you can’t lay a price on the cost of security. When the U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Zumwalt, its brand new $4.4 billion destroyer little did it think that an engineering problem could put the country’s most technology advanced naval vessel out of action. Although the Navy’s engineers have cleverly concealed its…
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. believes that higher oil prices would be a boon for the global economy in complete contrast to the stagflation of the 1970s. The bank’s analysts Jeff Currie and Mikhail Sprogis wrote in a Nov. 22 research note said that asset values and consumer confidence would be boosted as financial markets…
It would be smart to snag it on a deal on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. While for many clicking pictures is just a hobby, for a few, it is more than just that: it is a way of life. Twenty years back, in the days of the dinosaurs, by just placing a faster film…
With the aim to expand in China’s home rental sharing market, Airbnb Inc. is in talks to acquire China’s Xiaozhu.com, reported the media quoting people familiar with the matter. The source, who was not named in the media reports as the talks are private, reportedly informed that the companies have held multiple meetings and the…
Oppo and Vivo has outrank everyone after elbowing Apple aside, thanks to people like Cheng Xiaoning now even while just two years ago, these companies couldn’t crack the top five in China’s smartphone market. Tapping into her WeChat social media account to promote the brands that pay the biggest commission, Cheng runs a thriving electronics…
If IoT device manufactures adhere to the best practices recommended by BITAG it could help mitigate DDoS attacks from script kiddies. In 2010, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, Comcast, Google, Microsoft and Intel along with a handful of other tech companies had collaborated forces with former FCC’s Chief Technologist, Dale Hatfield to form the Broadband Internet Technical…
However, law enforcement agencies can track potential threats by making a formal request. If there were any lingering doubts as to Twitter’s intentions of keeping spies and the police at a distance from its platform, it has cleared them up now: through its blog it has issued a warning to developers that it will not…
In a demonstration of its technological capabilities, Tesla has showcased solar as a viable option. We need not always depend on fossil fuel. Not one to waste time, having completed the acquisition of SolarCity, Tesla has jumped onto the bandwagon to display the merits of the merger. It has now revealed that the entire island of…
Very different views of the impact their proposed $48 billion combination will have on health-insurance markets were presented by Anthem Inc., Cigna Corp. and the U.S. government to a federal judge. Since the deal will increase the companies’ dominance and cut consumer choice, the biggest merger in the history of the American health-insurance industry should…
