Google Home and Assistant one year later: What now? – CNET
Does the search giant have enough firepower to overtake Amazon? We’ll find out this week at Google I/O. Source: CNet
Read MoreDoes the search giant have enough firepower to overtake Amazon? We’ll find out this week at Google I/O. Source: CNet
Read MoreAnd judging from the show’s premise, it could be the space adventure comedy looking to lighten up a voyage through the cosmos. Source: CNet
Read MoreOne of the largest cyberattacks ever is currently eating the web, hitting PCs in countries and businesses around the world. Source: CNet
Read MoreWannaCry is the largest cyber-extortion scheme ever, and is a signal that the danger is far from over. Source: CNet
Read MoreAn email screenshot allegedly shows that the creators of the worldwide ransomware attack may give up on Taiwan because they “overestimated” incomes there. Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter all, the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe worm called WannaCrypt (aka WannaCry, WannaCrypt0r, WanaCry, and WCry) dominated tech headlines through the weekend. According to Europol, quoted in the New York Times, WannaCrypt infected 200,000 computers in more than 150 countries, tied the UK health service in knots, knocked out the Spanish phone company, troubled train travelers in Germany, and took big
Read MoreThe home-rental service wants to give you suggestions that actually fit the place you’re traveling to. Source: CNet
Read MoreThis fab phablet includes a fingerprint reader and expansion slot. And you can get a decent service plan for as little as $30 per month. Plus: Two bonus deals not to be missed! Source: CNet
Read MoreThe “S” could stand for Student. Or Special. Or Stupid. David Gewirtz suggests Secure, Safe and Sandboxed. Source: DIY IT
Read MoreMicrosoft on Sunday said a software vulnerability stolen from the U.S. National Security Agency has affected customers around the world, and described the spread of the WannaCrypt ransomware on Friday in many countries as yet another example of the problems caused by the stockpiling of vulnerabilities by governments. Referring to the attack as a “wake-up
Read MoreAs Woody Leonhard explained last week, HP laptops have come with a little added extra ever since Christmas 2015: a keylogger. HP has confirmed to me that the report from Thorsten Schroeder of ModZero is correct and the company has been urgently working on fixes. The keylogger is built into a device driver supplied to
Read MoreThe plain truth about security updates is that enterprises will always have a lag time between when patches are released and when they’re deployed. Even so, too many organizations are taking too long to test and schedule, and they’re paying the price. As reported earlier, a new ransomware attack called Wanna Decryptor (WannaCry) struck tens
Read MoreThe company has been testing how much Australians “value” its streaming service, upping prices when they want to binge the most. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: A photo of a man and a shark goes viral. Speculation begins as to who the man is. Suspicion falls on a famous name. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: Claiming that its mattresses are full of tech, Mattress Firm hired Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to launch its new idea at a company meeting. Source: CNet
Read MoreTech giant’s chief counsel calls this weekend’s WannaCry attack a ‘wake-up call’ for greater communication on vulnerabilities. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: Figures show that the name Kylo enjoyed the largest increase of all boy names in the US. Are these people thinking straight? Source: CNet
Read MoreData intelligence company uses machine learning to transform unstructured data into more usable information. Source: CNet
Read MoreTurns out all that drinking and drugging Rick’s done over the years has a positive side when battling space monsters. Source: CNet
Read MoreYo-ho, yo-ho, it’s a pirate’s life for the former Beatle, who tweeted out a poster of himself in full costume. Source: CNet
Read MoreAnimated doodle takes us through various stages of motherhood, from pregnancy through to proud mama of grown cacti. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: Melissa McCarthy’s Sean Spicer returns to “Saturday Night Live” with angst, anger and a touch of homo-eroticism. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: “Saturday Night Live” re-creates Trump’s NBC interview and assails his firing of FBI Director James Comey. But it doesn’t stop there. Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you can’t remember the name Alexa and really want to know how Satchel Paige is doing, this might be the device for you. Source: CNet
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