2017-03-20 20:08
Pwn2Own hacking contest ends with two virtual machine escapes
Two teams of researchers managed to win the biggest bounties at this year's Pwn2Own hacking contest by escaping from the VMware Workstation virtual machine and executing code on the host operating system.
2017-03-20 19:50
Google finally lets you save your parking spot in latest Maps beta
Google Maps is finally starting to understand the headache that is parking. Earlier this year it added a parking availability feature that let you know how hard it would be to find a spot at your destination, but the latest addition to the Maps beta is
2017-03-20 19:32
Apple's Swift cracks RedMonk's top 15 in record time
Swift, Apple's successor language to Objective-C, has made great strides in the latest biannual RedMonk Programming Language Rankings, moving up to a tie for 11th spot, after having been slotted in 17th place in the mid-year 2016 rankings.
2017-03-20 17:06
Bonjour Bixby: Samsung unveils its own AI aide to debut on the Galaxy S8
There’s a new virtual assistant on the block. Ahead of next week’s announcement of the Galaxy S8, Samsung has introduced the world to Bixby, its own entry into the increasingly crowded AI landscape.
2017-03-20 16:36
FBI looks into Russian hack of US election, possible Trump involvement
The FBI is actively investigating Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election and possible cooperation from President Donald Trump's campaign, agency director James Comey confirmed.
2017-03-20 16:24
Single-owner vintage Apple-1 for sale
A German auction house that hopes to rap the gavel on an antique Apple-1 personal computer in May has pegged its likely sales price at between $190,000 and $320,000.
2017-03-20 15:34
Guess goes all in on Android Wear 2.0 as it reboots its smartwatch strategy
While we haven’t seen too much in the way of must-have Android Wear 2.0 wearables from traditional tech companies like LG or Google, fashion watch makers are fully embracing Google’s new mobile OS. In the past week, Tag Heuer and Montblanc have bot
2017-03-20 11:31
How much is a bug worth?
1Password recently raised its top bug bounty reward from $25,000 to $100,000. They increased the amount to further incentivize researchers, according to its blog. Separately Google paid out $3 million last year for its vulnerability reward program.
2017-03-20 11:04
Coders and librarians team up to save scientific data
On a windy, snowy night in Dover, N.H., about 15 people gathered in an old converted mill, staring at computer screens and furiously tapping at their keyboards.
2017-03-20 09:53
Bdrive secures files in the cloud with fingerprints and fragmentation
Maximum privacy seems to be the goal for the new enterprise authentication and cloud storage services Bundesdruckerei is showing at Cebit this week.