Today’s Tech Sightings: ‘Invisible’ Memory-based Malware Is Infiltrating Organizations Worldwide Kaspersky Lab’s cybersecurity researchers have discovered that hackers are using legitimate software and tools to hide malware in the memory of targeted computers to infiltrate organizations. The attacks are thought to have targeted 140 organizations, including banks, telecommunications companies and government organizations as criminals search for […]
Tech Giants Look to DNA for Data Storage; Zuckerberg’s Webcam Tape
Posted June 22nd, 2016 at 11:59 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: The Future of Storage May Be in DNA It used to be a big deal to have a hard drive with 20 or 40 megabytes of storage space. Now they can fit terabytes of data. But the sheer volume of space needed now and in the future to store all of humanities’ […]
Microsoft’s Mobile Dreams Unravel; Foxconn Robots Replace Humans
Posted May 25th, 2016 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Microsoft Retreats in Smartphone Battle, 1,850 Jobs Could Go Microsoft’s foray into the mobile smartphone market appears to be at an end. The tech giant’s smartphone business has been in its death throes in recent months. And now, Microsoft just announced it will cut about 1,850 jobs, mostly in Finland, and write […]
Zuckerberg Defends Internet Project; 2016 Cybersecurity Threats
Posted October 28th, 2015 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Facebook CEO Defends Effort to Expand Internet Access During his second visit to India, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg said his company’s effort to bring free Internet access to the developing world could help alleviate poverty in India. Zuckerberg’s program to provide basic Internet access on Android devices is now available in 24 […]
Internet Connectivity; Galaxy Flaw; Apple; a Zuckerberg Snapshot
Posted June 17th, 2015 at 3:31 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Airbus, OneWeb to Compete With Internet.org in Worldwide Internet Race The race to connect the world to the Internet is heating up with another company getting into the fray. OneWeb has a plan to bring satellite connectivity to billions of people around the globe in partnership with Airbus, which will build more […]