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As the price of enterprise-grade storage continues to plummet and what’s available continues to improve as Moore’s law arguably continues apace, what lies ahead in 2016 in the enterprise storage market? SanDisk Corp.’s Senior Director of Marketing and Strategy, Data Center Solutions, …
Australian equity crowdfunding platform VentureCrowd raises $1.45M to fund growth
Australian equity crowdfunding platform VentureCrowd Pty., Ltd. has raised AU$2 million (US$1.45 million) through a combination of 30 wholesale investors and through its own crowdfunding service. The money was raised on a pre-money valuation of AU$10 million (US$7.26 million). Along with the …
The Grinch that stole Christmas: FAA imposes drone pilot registrations from December 21
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally ruled on drone registration, and for hundreds of thousands of new drone owners this Christmas, the news isn’t good: Pilots will need to be registered. Under the new rules announced Monday and to …
Upcoming Samsung Galaxy S7 said to include pressure-sensitive display, high-speed charging
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is likely only a few months away from launching its latest flagship Galaxy S7 phone, and with the proximity to its release, a new range of feature rumors have started doing the rounds. According to the proverbial “people …
10Fold shares its list of the top 7 data breaches of 2015
Unless you’ve been sleeping in a cave, you’d know by now that 2015 was a huge year for data breaches, with many high-profile targets succumbing to bad actors. But what were the biggest breaches of the year? B2B technology public relations agency …
Alleged Satoshi Nakamoto attempted to buy $60M in gold using Bitcoin
Craig Wright, the man suspected to be Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto, is in the news again after it was revealed he attempted to sell a large amount of the cyptocurrency for gold. According to court documents obtained by The Australian newspaper, Wright …
Elon Musk and others spend $1B on establishing not-for-profit artificial intelligence firm OpenAI
A number of high-profile tech entrepreneurs have established OpenAI, Inc. a new not-for-profit company that aims to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) that doesn’t morph into killer robots. The company launched Friday with $1 billion in donations from tech giants Elon Musk, Sam …
Taylor Swift’s The 1989 World Tour Live to stream exclusively on Apple Music
Apple, Inc.’s ongoing relationship with singer Taylor Swift has ratcheted up a notch with news over the weekend that the tech giant has gained exclusive rights to the stars’ new video. The 1989 World Tour Live video was filmed in front of 76,000 …
Insurance company to offer ‘troll insurance’ against cyberbullying
Are attacks by trolls so out of control that potential future victims of cyberbullying need insurance? Either the justified or irrational fear that the answer to that question is yes has driven multinational insurance firm Chubb Corp. to offer troll insurance in …
RSA’s Amit Yoran predicts increased levels of data manipulation, ASP and hacktivist attacks in 2016
2015 was a year of record data breaches, driving home the risks faced by both enterprise and Government as bad actors continue to up the security risk ante. That said the year past was marked by a strategic shift from a maniacal …