Facebook's monster quarter is legit (The 3:59, Ep. 173) – CNET
We talk about Facebook’s strong financials. Also: Alexa’s future capabilities, and how activists are helping people with disabilities protest. Source: CNet
Read MoreWe talk about Facebook’s strong financials. Also: Alexa’s future capabilities, and how activists are helping people with disabilities protest. Source: CNet
Read MoreSales likely would have been even higher if it weren’t for supply shortages. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe nonprofit is cutting about 50 people after struggling to extend the influence of its Firefox web browser for PCs. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe search giant hopes to bring the best features from the mobile payments test to even more people and stores in the future. Source: CNet
Read MoreHere’s a behind-the-scenes look at the ways a satellite imaging company gives us a new perspective on the planet and makes the internet better. Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft is making more changes to its Most Valuable Professional influencer program. One result: No Global MVP Summit in calendar 2017. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreGoogle is looking to attract Microsoft enterprise customers with new beta versions of images for SQL Server Enterprise and Windows Server Core for Google Compute Engine. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreIt’s the latest vehicle to come from the automaker’s “Reborn” series of extensively restored classics. Source: CNet
Read MoreAt an event celebrating Facebook’s 13th birthday, Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg talk about the world’s tensions, Facebook Groups and, um, littering. Source: CNet
Read MoreBoasting impressive performance stats, this 603-horsepower station wagon is no ordinary family hauler. Source: CNet
Read MoreSony. Anthem. The Office of Personnel Management. Target. Yahoo. The past two years have seen one mega-breach after another—and 2017 promises to be the most catastrophic year yet. Security experts have long warned that most organizations don’t even know they’ve been breached. Attackers rely on stealth to learn about the network, find valuable information and
Read MoreHewlett Packard Enterprise has acquired Niara, a startup that uses machine learning and big data analytics on enterprise packet streams and log streams to detect and protect customers from advanced cyberattacks that have penetrated perimeter defenses. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. [ Download the InfoWorld quick guide: Learn to crunch big
Read MoreIf you’re the CEO of a company, here’s another threat you need to worry about: hackers trying to recruit your employees for insider-related crimes. Researchers at security firms RedOwl and IntSights have noticed growing activity from online black market dealers trying to recruit company employees for insider trading and cashing out stolen credit card numbers.
Read MoreI think we can all agree that Yahoo has really had an off decade (or so). Most recently, reports revealed that, basically, Yahoo’s security mechanism was at best an honor system and at worst a giant fraud. This is only the latest major uh-oh in a string of them. The crazy thing is that most
Read MoreDavid Murphy serves as the practice manager for MongoDB at Percona, a provider of enterprise-class MySQL and MongoDB solutions and services. MongoDB security is in the news again. A recent spate of stories reveals how hackers have been seizing MongoDB databases and ransoming the data for bitcoins. Tens of thousands of MongoDB installations have been
Read MoreThe singer-songwriter announced her pregnancy with twins on the photo-sharing platform. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe casing on the tablet’s power adapter is faulty, posing an electrical shock risk. Source: CNet
Read MoreA non-invasive brain-computer interface has allowed a number of locked-in people to communicate with the outside world. They say they’re happy. Source: CNet
Read MoreKick off your prep for Sunday’s Super Bowl with a look at what NFL players were saying — or singing — on the gridiron this season. Source: CNet
Read MoreNintendo’s Famicom Disk System was released in 1986 in Japan and hasn’t had anything developed for it in over 20 years. Until now. Source: CNet
Read MoreDick Costolo says he’s sorry for not doing enough to curb social network’s bullying and trolling. Source: CNet
Read MoreYet another space rock is set to give Earth a close shave. We ask a professional sky watcher if we should be freaking out just yet. Source: CNet
Read MoreA amusing photo of the “Game of Thrones” and “Aquaman” star inspires a Khal Drogo-sized meme. Source: CNet
Read MoreStar Milla Jovovich and writer/director Paul WS Anderson reveal the secrets to turning a video game monster mashup into a billion dollar franchise. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe government doesn’t just want to avoid an errant drone falling on the crowd at the football championship. It’s grounding the aircraft for miles around. Source: CNet
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