Apple offers up to $1 million for remote access exploit for iPhones and cloud-based backups

Apple launched the challenge at the annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. In order to remove exploitable vulnerabilities from its mobile operating system, Apple Inc has announced a bounty of up to $1 million to cyber security researchers who detect flaws in iPhones. This is the largest ever reward Apple has offered to…

Luxembourg Privacy Watchdog Focuses On Amazon’s Alexa Over Privacy Issues

Information about Amazon’s voice activated virtual assistant Alexa has been sought from the company by the privacy regulators of Luxembourg which clearly indicates there are increasing concerns among the regulators about how the company makes us eof personal data of users – especially voice data. Politicians and privacy enforcers are now getting incerasingly concerned about…

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Salesforce acquires Israeli software developer ClickSoftware for $1.35 billion

Salesforce sees synergy in the deal as it would help it accelerate the growth of its Service Cloud platform. On Thursday, U.S. cloud-based service provider Salesforce stated, it has signed an agreement to acquire ClickSoftware, an Israeli software developer, for $1.35 billion in cash and shares. The acquisition of ClickSoftware, which makes cloud-based field service…

Russian antitrust authorities investigating Apple Inc over abusing its market dominance

The development revolves around a highly invasive technology called Mobile Device Management. On Thursday, antitrust authorities in Russia disclosed, they have begun investigating Apple Inc following a complaint from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab that Cupertino may be abusing its dominant market position. Russia’s FAS stated it was investigating why a new version of Kaspersky Lab’s…

AMD’s expands marketshare with its latest second generation EPYC server chip

Although Intel’s server chips will be launched next year, industry experts opine that machine learning features along with better memory management techniques could provide Intel the edge. Having said that, competition in the server chip space is always good since it lowers cost and improves efficiency. On Thursday, Advanced Micro Devices Inc stated, following the…

Brazilian used car portal receives $16.6 million in latest funding round

Brazil’s second-hand car market is booming and Volanty’s latest funding is proof of that. On Thursday, Volanty, a digital used car portal in Brazil stated, it has received a funding of $17.6 million (70 million reais) from a consortium of venture capital funds led by Japan’s SoftBank and Kaszek of Argentina. The development comes in…

Human Assistive Robot Project Of Toyota To Partner With AI Startup Preferred Networks

The plans of Japanese auto manufacturer of developing a range of useful service robots that can assist people in everyday life will get help from a firm specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) Preferred Networks, a Japanese company founded in 2014, is being roped in by the auto maker to help it in areas such as…

Investments By SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 Could Begin In Months, Says Son

The technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp reported a leap in profits at its first $100 billion fund and said that its second Vision Fund might begin investing in various businesses as soon as next month. This announcement was made by the founder and Chief Executive Masayoshi Son. Funding round participants including Microsoft Corp and Apple…