Day: July 26, 2018

Slack is teaming up with Hipchat — only to kill it off – CNET

Hope you like Slack! Hipchat and Stride users are about to be migrated over. …read more Source:: CNet


Audi is opening up E-Tron SUV reservations in September – Roadshow

Customers can get in line the same day the car debuts if they plunk down a $1,000 refundable deposit. …read more Source:: CNet


New York Threatens To Kick Charter Out of State After Broadband Failures

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Charter Communications could lose its authorization to operate in New York State because of its failure to meet merger-related broadband deployment commitments, a key government official said. NY Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman John Rhodes said that “a suite of enforcement actions against [Charter] Spectrum are…


Highly Sophisticated Parasite RAT Emerges on the Dark Web

This brand-new RAT represents the latest escalation in an ongoing malware arms race that extends even to commodity malware. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Politicians fume after Amazon’s face-recog AI fingers dozens of them as suspected crooks

Everyone jokes congressfolk are crims but… sheesh, take it easy, Rekognition Amazon’s online facial recognition system incorrectly matched pictures of US Congress members to mugshots of suspected criminals in a study by the American Civil Liberties Union.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Police Are Seeking More Digital Evidence From Tech Companies

U.S. law enforcement agencies are increasingly asking technology companies for access to digital evidence on mobile phones and apps, with about 80 percent of the requests granted, a new study found. From a report: The report released Wednesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies found local, state and federal law enforcement made more…


Amazon’s profit jumps higher thanks to strength of AWS – CNET

But revenue missed the mark. …read more Source:: CNet


Facebook’s bad year just got worse – CNET

Users have gotten a wake up call, and it isn’t pretty. …read more Source:: CNet


Move over Marvel, these are the next comic book movies – CNET

Deadly Class, Rogue Trooper and other lesser-known comics are leaping from page to screen. Here’s everything you need to know. …read more Source:: CNet


Slack is Buying HipChat and Stride From Atlassian

Atlassian is selling its corporate chat software to rival Slack Technologies and taking a small stake in the startup, as they face greater competition from Microsoft. From a report: Slack will pay an undisclosed amount over the next three years to acquire Atlassian’s HipChat and Stride products, chief executives from both companies said. Slack CEO…