The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) only learned in August that hackers had last year breached the regulator’s database of corporate announcements, according to prepared congressional testimony seen by Reuters on Monday. The SEC’s enforcement staff and inspector general’s office have launched internal investigations into the breach and whether hackers illegally […]
Read moreMove over David Bowie. The brothers who brought the world Eminem are trying to cash in by selling up to $50 million shares in a startup that makes money off the hip-hop artist’s music collection, including “Lose Yourself” and “The Real Slim Shady.” The startup, Royalty Flow, filed an offering at the Securities and Exchange […]
Read moreGoogle — not Microsoft’s Bing — will now be the default for web searches on Siri, iOS, and Macs’ “Spotlight” function, Apple said on Monday. Search engines such as Google and Bing are monetized through advertisements — which means that the number of eyeballs that view the results is very important. With nearly 15 percent […]
Read moreEarlier this month CIA Director Mike Pompeo suggested “the North Koreans have a long history of being proliferators and sharing their knowledge, their technology, their capacities around the world.” My research has shown that North Korea is more than willing to breach sanctions to earn cash. Over the years North Korea has earned millions of […]
Read moreShares of Apple dipped on Monday and flirted with correction territory following a report that the company had told suppliers to scale back shipments of parts for its upcoming iPhone X. Digitimes, citing unnamed sources, reported that Apple suppliers were shipping just 40 percent of the components originally ordered for the premium phone, which goes […]
Read moreShares of Netflix dropped more than 4 percent in midday trading Monday after Recode reported 21st Century Fox is adding more inventory to its FX+ streaming service. The move spooked investors because it marks another step in big studios reclaiming their old shows from streaming competitors, pushing Netflix stock toward its worst day since November. […]
Read moreBill Gates may be the brain behind Microsoft, but even he doesn’t quite understand one technology the company’s betting on: quantum computing. “I know a lot of physics and a lot of math. But the one place where they put up slides and it is hieroglyphics, it’s quantum,” Gates told the Wall Street Journal in […]
Read moreAndy Signore never set out to turn his eye for finding glaring flaws in movies and TV shows into a business. But his show “Honest Trailers” has turned into one of the most popular online series. Now Hollywood and brands are clamoring to be a part of it. Screen Junkies’ “Honest Trailers” is an Emmy-nominated […]
Read moreApple rolled out its latest operating system for Macs on Monday, which the company sais will improve video streaming qualityand improve stability. Apple’s macOS High Sierra will also make it faster to find your files and emails, help you automatically organize and edit your photos, and mute autoplay videos on Apple’s Safari browser among other […]
Read moreIntel shareholders’ lackluster year compared to its chip peers may be turning around with the launch of its new gaming-focused processors. The chip maker unveiled its latest Core desktop processors on Monday, proclaiming up to 25 percent frame-rate improvements for PC gaming versus the previous models. “Our 8th Gen Intel Core desktop processors deliver tremendous […]
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