What’s new Adobe Flash Player just got patched for 36 security issues Adobe has released an update for Flash that addresses 36 CVE-listed vulnerabilities. One of these was for a critical zero-day vulnerability, which allowed hackers to crash a victim’s computer or take full control of it. The update also includes a fix for the…
What’s new Samsung will acquire cloud-computing firm Joyent In a statement, the Korean tech giant said that the transaction will allow it to grow its cloud-based services for its smartphones and Internet-connected devices. This is the third U.S. tech company that Samsung has bought in the last couple of years. The other two are smart…
What’s new Bendable phones will finally come to market in the next year The latest news is from Samsung. At a recent conference, Gregory Lee, the president and CEO of Samsung in North America, said that bendable smartphone screens are “relatively right around the corner.” This comes after a tech demo they held in San…
What’s new Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference 2016 Apple recently concluded the annual WWDC developer conference in San Francisco, announcing a lot of new software improvements across all device platforms – Mac, iPhone, Apple Watch and even Apple TV. Also, the company unveiled improvements to maps, messaging and its Siri voice assistant. You can read all…
What’s new Macro Malware make a comeback thanks to a bad UI decision from Microsoft A large number of malware variants that use macro scripts embedded in Office documents are reported to infect users. Although macros are not malicious by nature, macro malware, as this threat is sometimes called, relies on macro scripts attached to…
Important announcements There will be a new development platform based on Apache Spark, by IBM IBM calls it Data Science Experience and it is a new development environment in the cloud for real-time, high-performance analytics. Data Science Experience is designed to speed and simplify the process of embedding data and machine learning into cloud applications.…
What’s new Modular phones are here Lenovo and Motorola have announced MotoMods, the future-proof, snap-on extensions that can greatly expand what the Moto Z family is capable of. Unlike the LG G5, which uses LG’s not-hot-swappable line of modules, MotoMods are magnetized and don’t actually alter the build of the Moto Z itself. They activate…
What’s new 32m Twitter passwords may have been hacked and put up for sale A Russian hacker, who goes by the name Tessa88, claimed to have a massive cache of millions of Twitter account logins for sale, for 10 bitcoins or about $5,807. The site explained that the passwords were stored as plain text and…
What’s new The iPhone case that allows you to run Android Developer Nick Leep spent some 45 hours building a case that got around some of the technical limitations of the iPhone that prevented developers from running third-party code. Specifically, the language in the developer guidelines that rejects snippets forcing apps to install or launch…
What’s new A new development platform based on Apache Spark, by IBM IBM calls it Data Science Experience and it is a new development environment in the cloud for real-time, high-performance analytics. Data Science Experience is designed to speed and simplify the process of embedding data and machine learning into cloud applications. Included in the…
