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Police can unlock latest iPhones with a cracking device called GrayKey
A new report reveals that law enforcement agencies throughout the United States now have a system that can unlock the latest iPhone models, as well as older devices running the two most recent releases of Apple Inc.’s iOS software. The information came to light through a Motherboard investigation published Thursday. The cracking system in question, ...
Spotify buys music licensing startup Loudr in first acquisition since IPO
In its first acquisition since going public, Spotify Technology SA today announced that it has bought re:discover Inc., a music licensing startup that does business under the name Loudr. The price tag was presumably fairly modest given that Loudr had raised just $600,000 from investors prior to joining Spotify. But despite the likely small size of the ...
Cloudflare moves beyond web services with new Spectrum security service
Cloudflare Inc. is expanding its effort to secure the internet beyond websites and cloud applications. The provider, which helps companies block malicious traffic and make their online content load faster, today unveiled a new service for protecting the internet-connected infrastructure running in the background of the publicly facing web. This includes most everything from internal corporate email servers ...
Demandbase rolls out new analytics tool to boost business-to-business marketing
Marketing personnel at companies that sell to fellow businesses require visibility into how effectively they engage target audiences just as much as their consumer-focused peers. But their work requires much more granularity, often down to individual decision makers within an organization, so that can be difficult to achieve. At its annual customer event today, marketing automation ...
Google set to roll out a major redesign of Gmail in coming weeks
Gmail is soon set to receive its first major new look in several years. In a memo to G Suite administrators that leaked today, Google LLC revealed plans to release a brand-new interface for the web version of its ubiquitous email service. The update is set to begin rolling out in the coming weeks. Although it has ...
Qualcomm debuts new AI-optimized chips for connected devices
Qualcomm Inc. is stepping up its effort to target connected devices today with the introduction of a new chip series specifically built for the “internet of things.” The Vision Intelligence Platform lineup, as it’s called, is geared toward systems that require the ability to process visual information. This includes internet-connected cameras, the emerging category of devices known ...
HPE picks up cloud consultancy RedPixie to boost its hybrid cloud strategy
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today announced its latest acquisition, a U.K.-based consulting firm called RedPixie Ltd. that helps enterprises migrate their operations to the public cloud. The deal will bolster HPE’s Pointnext professional services business. The company previously expanded the division in September by acquiring another cloud consultancy, Massachusetts-based Cloud Technology Partners Inc., for an undisclosed sum. ...
WebAuthn password-free login standard starts rolling out to major browsers
Two of the key bodies overseeing the Internet’s evolution today reached a major milestone in their effort to provide an alternative to password-based security. The FIDO Alliance and W3C, the main group developing technical standards for the web, this morning announced that a piece of technology called WebAuthn has achieved the Candidate Recommendation stage. This ...
IBM debuts miniaturized mainframes for the modern cloud data center
IBM Corp. is looking to make mainframes a better fit for the modern data center — literally. The company late Monday unveiled two miniaturized mainframe models it said are easier to deploy in a public or private cloud facility than their more traditional, much bulkier predecessors. The first new system is set to hit the market under ...
Splunk targets real-time data from connected devices with latest product
Following a strong fourth quarter that saw it beat both revenue and profit estimates, Splunk Inc. today unveiled a new product aimed at opening up a potentially valuable source of growth: connected devices. Called Industrial Asset Intelligence, the offering is designed to help companies in sectors such as manufacturing analyze the data generated by their ...
