According to a report from 9to5 Google, the Mountain View company has officially canceled I/O, it’s annual developer’s conference amid concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) global outbreak. The event was scheduled to take place on May 12-14, but has apparently been canceled with no immediate plans to reschedule. Per 9to5 Google‘s report, Google has…
Two Chinese nationals have been charged by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) and sanctioned by the US Treasury for allegedly laundering $100 million worth of virtual currency using prepaid Apple iTunes gift cards. According to a newly unsealed court document, the illicit funds originated from a $250 million haul stolen from two different unnamed…
They captured an instant in time, but the moment was blurry. That may sound like the lyrics to a sweet but ultimately nihilistic song from the grunge era, but in fact it appears to be one possible take away from an exotic new quantum physics experiment. The team set out to discover if the “ideal…
Qihoo 360, one of the most prominent cybersecurity firms, today published a new report accusing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to be behind an 11-year-long hacking campaign against several Chinese industries and government agencies. The targeted industry sectors include aviation organizations, scientific research institutions, petroleum, and Internet companies—which, if true, gives the CIA the…
Connectivity has been the main blocker for industrial IoT, and not the fragmented hardware and software markets. So says Federated Wireless, one of the companies pioneering usage of private LTE and 5G in the CBRS band in the US. The firm has announced “one-click” CBRS-as-a-service availability via AWS and Microsoft Azure, and trumpeted its “overnight”…
After months of internet shutdown, starting January, Kashmir authorities started allowing people living in the region access to 2G internet. However, this access was limited to certain sites, — 165, 301, and 1,485 in subsequent orders — but social media sites were still banned. Last month, the police from the region filed a case against…
At a certain point, almost every organization reaches the conclusion that there is a need to move past just the standard AV and firewall stack in order to soundly protect their environment. The common practice in recent years is to gain extra protection through implementing either EDREPP solutions (represented by vendors like Crowdstrike and Carbon…
Many AI initiatives are loosely defined, lack proper technology and data infrastructure, and are often failing to meet expectations, according to a new report from Plutoshift on implementation of AI by manufacturing companies. A supplier of an AI solution for performance monitoring, Plutoshift surveyed 250 manufacturing professionals with visibility into their company’s AI programs. Overall,…
Deutsche Telekom has installed a dual-slice private LTE ‘campus network’, hived off its public LTE network, at a BMW plant in Leipzig. Ericsson has supplied the networking gear for the project. The German operator said the deployment marks its fourth such campus installation. It has deals as well with German lighting company OSRAM, German car…
The Pentagon unveiled that last year it received more vulnerability disclosure reports from ethical hackers than ever. The Defense Department’s Cyber Crime Center (DC3) released numbers from its Vulnerability Disclosure Program, showing the agency processed 4,013 vulnerability reports, 2,836 of which led to mitigation activities. According to a statement, 8% of all submissions were labelled…
