Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results to make pics harder to steal Google is making a change to image search today that sounds small but will have a big impact: it’s removing the “view image” button that appeared when you clicked on a picture, which allowed you to […]
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Hackers stole $6 million in attack on SWIFT system, Russian central bank says Unknown hackers stole 339.5 million rubles ($6 million) in an attack on the SWIFT international payments messaging system in Russia last year, the Russian central bank said on Friday. The disclosure, buried at the bottom of a […]
Why Google’s Ad-Blocking in Chrome Might Prove Awkward For the Company Google, frustrated with “annoying” advertisements involving techniques such as pop-ups and loudly auto-playing videos, is from Thursday using its Chrome browser to strike back. Users of the browser—that is to say, well over half the people who surf the […]
UK blames Russia for cyber attack, says won’t tolerate disruption Britain blamed Russia on Thursday for a cyber-attack last year, publicly pointing the finger at Moscow for spreading a virus which disrupted companies across Europe including UK-based Reckitt Benckiser. The so-called NotPetya attack in June started in Ukraine where it […]
Google is good at building phones but terrible at selling them After shipping just 3.9 million units in 2017, Google has a lot of retail work to do. With the recent acquisition of one of HTC’s smartphone teams, Google appears more committed than ever to being a smartphone hardware maker. […]
NY top court says ‘private’ Facebook photos can be disclosed New York state’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that Facebook users may be required to turn over photos and other information that are relevant to litigation, even if they are shielded by “privacy” settings. By a 7-0 vote, the Court […]
France’s Thales sees more cybersecurity sales after strong 2017 French defense electronics group Thales (TCFP.PA) enjoyed a jump in sales at its cybersecurity business in 2017 and expects further strong growth in the coming years, said executive Laurent Maury. Maury said the business generated about 900 million euros ($1.10 billion) […]
Cryptocurrency traders to launch lawsuit against Coincheck on Thursday – lawyer A group of cryptocurrency traders will file a lawsuit against Coincheck Inc on Thursday over last month’s theft of $530 million (£382 million) in digital money from the Tokyo-based exchange, a lawyer representing the claimants said. The ten traders […]
Nvidia says it is working hard to increase GPU supply, remains focused on gamers The graphics card shortage caused by demand from cryptominers is showing no signs of abating, but Nvidia says it is doing “everything we can” to increase supply. CEO Jensen Huang reiterated that it is retailers who […]
Microsoft Wants To Put An End To Passwords Once And For All Microsoft plans to make passwords obsolete starting off with the Windows 10 S, the next beta release version of which will not require the aging security tool anymore. When the Windows 10 S becomes official, there will be […]
