2017-04-04 21:43
Coal plummets to 1978 levels as renewables climb
A dramatic, double-digit decrease in coal production led to an overall 4% drop in U.S. primary energy creation in 2016, according to a new report.
2017-04-04 21:41
It's not the end of SPARC chips yet
Fujitsu is helping to keep SPARC from extinction as it continues to design and develop the architecture. The company has introduced two Unix servers -- the M12-2S and the M12-2 -- using SPARC chips based on a new CPU architecture.
2017-04-04 20:56
Apple fixes wireless-based remote code execution flaw in iOS
Apple released an iOS update Monday to fix a serious vulnerability that could allow attackers to remotely execute malicious code on the Broadcom Wi-Fi chips used in iPhones, iPads, and iPods.
2017-04-04 19:17
Politicians' web browsing history targeted after privacy vote
Two GoFundMe campaigns have raised more than US$290,000 in an effort to buy the web browsing histories of U.S. politicians after Congress voted to allow broadband providers to sell customers' personal information without their permission.
2017-04-04 19:00
Google's Espresso networking tech takes SD-WAN to internet scale
Google is working to accelerate the performance of its applications over the internet by building out a software-defined network at broad scale. On Tuesday, the company announced Espresso, a system that provides increased network performance to users o
2017-04-04 18:36
A free decryption tool is now available for all Bart ransomware versions
Users who have had their files encrypted by any version of the Bart ransomware program are in luck: Antivirus vendor Bitdefender has just released a free decryption tool.
2017-04-04 18:34
DisplayMate confirms what we already knew: The Galaxy S8 has an awesome display
The Galaxy S8 and S8+ might have the coolest displays we’ve ever seen, but that doesn’t mean a whole lot if they don’t perform as well as they look. Thankfully, DisplayMate got to run them through their usual paces and spoiler alert, they’re fa
2017-04-04 17:00
DigitalOcean adds free monitoring to its cloud virtual machines
DigitalOcean’s cloud platform became more useful to developers running production applications on Tuesday with the addition of monitoring capabilities for its virtual machines.
2017-04-04 17:00
This rugged AR eyewear is similar to Google Glass but won't break
While some people considered Google Glass eyewear simply cool or nosy, the devices were a gold mine of innovation for Pete Jameson.
2017-04-04 12:00
Old attack code is new weapon for Russian hackers
Attackers prefer to reuse code and tools for as long as they keep working. In that tradition, researchers have found evidence suggesting a cyberespionage group is still successfully using tools and infrastructure that was first deployed in attacks 20 y