7 years ago043French researchers said on Friday they had found a last-chance way for technicians to save Windows files encrypted by WannaCry, racing against a deadline as the ransomware threatens to start locking up victims' computers first infected a week ago.
WannaCry, which started to sweep round the globe last Friday and has infected more than...
7 years ago041A former software engineer for IBM in China pleaded guilty on Friday to stealing proprietary source code from the company, federal prosecutors announced on Friday.
Jiaqiang Xu, 31, pleaded guilty to economic espionage and theft of a trade secret before U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains, New York, prosecutors said. He...
7 years ago041After turning in another stellar quarter, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on the highlights – in his own words.
While Salesforce was hosting the London leg of its World Tour series yesterday – lots of content to come from that over the coming days – CEO Marc Benioff was back at base to announce the firm’s Q1 18 numbers with...
7 years ago035Twitter's new privacy policy suggests ambitions of becoming more like Facebook - more tracking of users and more targeting of ads to rake in more money.
Twitter recently reported its first quarterly revenue decline since going public. That should give you some clues about the reasons behind the policy changes, which take effect June...
7 years ago055What goes into a blog post? Helpful, industry-specific content that: 1) gives readers a useful takeaway, and 2) shows you're an industry expert.
Use your company's blog posts to opine on current industry topics, humanize your company, and show how your products and services can help people.
7 years ago046International Game Technology (IGT) has appointed a new Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Organisation & Transformation.
Mario Di Loreto will oversee HR leadership and strategy as IGT looks to attract, develop and retain the best industry talent.
Di Loreto has prior multi-national strategic HR and operational...
8 years ago036CIO Curt Kwak Discusses Biggest Challenges for Year Ahead
Because cyber threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, bolstering employee and customer awareness and training about ransomware, phishing and other cyber risks must be a top priority in 2017, says Curt Kwak, CIO of Proliance Surgeons, which operates more than 100 care...
8 years ago035Developers can use Project Wycheproof to test cryptographic algorithms against a library of known attacks to uncover potential weaknesses
Working with cryptographic libraries is hard, and a single implementation mistake can result in serious security problems. To help developers check their code for implementation errors and find...
8 years ago045The Trump rally. The energy recovery. The resurgence of Wall Street. Think those are the year’s big financial stories?
They’re interesting, sure. But something much bigger is going on at one company most Americans have never heard of.
Shares of Nvidia (NVDA), the nation’s 314th biggest public company—and rising fast—have...
8 years ago047As a private company Airbnb isn’t required to publicly disclose much when it comes to its finances. What is clear from analysing the accounts of Airbnb Payments UK Ltd., however, is just how much money is swilling about the company.
— Patrick Whyte
Like so many of the other fast-growing tech businesses, Airbnb does its best to...
8 years ago045United States government agencies will continue to invest hefty sums in cloud computing technology over the next five years. After that period, spending on cloud is likely to moderate, but the amount of investing will remain at impressive levels.
Cloud computing is far from mature within the federal government, but it has reached a...
8 years ago044IBM Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty said she plans to hire about 25,000 people in the U.S. and invest US$1 billion over the next four years, laying out her vision for filling technology jobs in America on the eve of a meeting of industry leaders with President-elect Donald Trump.
Rometty, who is on Trump’s advisory panel of...