As cyber criminals seek to maximize profits from large numbers of victims willing to pay up, according to cyber security firm Symantec Corp, hackers are demanding increasingly hefty ransoms to free computers paralyzed with viruses. According to Symantec, the pricing has continued to rise in 2017 and last year the average demand embedded in such malicious software,…
Boeing is worried that the success of A321 is eating into its market share and weakening the demand for its 737-8. As per airlines industry sources, in the face of strong sales from its rival, Airbus’ A321neo, Boeing is closing in on its decision to launch a larger version of its workhorse, the 737 jet…
Traditional venture capital firms typically take 6 to 12 months to provide funding. The co-founder of blockchain startup Gnosis, Martin Koppelmann has disclosed that the company has decided to leave most of its remaining currency untouched for a year in the wake of its initial digital currency sale that raised $12.5 million in just 12…
Nadella’s vision is to tightly knit Microsoft’s apps such that they can mine data from a common dataset. By integrating LinkedIn data with its sales software, Dynamics 365, Nadella is hoping that the tight integration could benefit from inputs coming from Artificial Intelligence to push sales deals. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, has disclosed that Microsoft…
While carmakers and startups are racing to produce tomorrow’s smart car, it would appear that Apple is aiming at building a self-driving platform that manufacturers can license to integrate into their electric cars. As per information inferred from documents submitted to California’s regulators earlier this month, Apple is planning to train operators for its self-driving…
On the way to surpassing Ford Motor Co’s market value, many risks with the technology in his company’s cars was taken by Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk. Now in the factory that makes them, Musk is pushing boundaries. Once they deliver doors that fit, body panels with the right shape and dashboards that don’t…
Elements attributed to Russia are trying to weaponise information through a campaign of disinformation and misinformation while trying to influence national policies through the globe. As per the results of a study conducted by researchers from Oxford University, French voters are increasingly being flooded with false stories on social media ahead of the country’s presidential…
Drivers will need a flying license to operate the vehicle in flight mode. Customers can expect deliveries starting from 2020. In what could be a significant breakthrough, a Slovakia-based company has unveiled a commercial design for a flying car with a price tag of more than $1 million, saying it was ready for pre-orders with…
A day when people can control almost any piece of software with their voice is what Amazon.com Inc’s chief technology officer is working toward. CTO Werner Vogels said in an interview that to enable developers so they can build chat features into their own apps, the company on Wednesday rolled out the technology powering Alexa,…
There are allegations that Bose Corp violates the privacy rights pf the listeners and user by selling the information without permission, a lawsuit charged and the company spies on its wireless headphone customers by using an app that tracks the music, podcasts and other audio they listen to. An injunction to stop Bose’s “wholesale disregard”…
