Day: September 11, 2018

FCC says it needs more time to review Sprint, T-Mobile merger

The federal agency told the mobile carriers that it’s hitting pause on the “shot clock” so it can review newly-submitted materials from the two carriers. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Verizon launching 5G in October

Verizon is launching its 5G home broadband services in Sacramento, Los Angeles, Houston, and Indianapolis at the beginning of October. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Microsoft Patches Three Actively Exploited Bugs as Part of Patch Tuesday

Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday release tackles three vulnerabilities actively being exploited in the wild. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Plex plucks cloud service, sends users scurrying to exit

Syncing company dumps storage plans, infuriates customers Streaming provider Plex has dumped its cloud storage offering, prompting users to dump its subscriber service.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Facebook’s ‘Rosetta’ System Helps the Company Understand Text Within Image, Which is Crucial In Handling Memes, Flagging Abusing Content

Facebook announced on Tuesday a new AI system, codenamed “Rosetta,” which helps teams at the company as well as those at Instagram identify text within images to better understand what their subject is and more easily classify them for search or to flag abusive content. From a report: It’s not all memes; the tool scans…


Verizon opens four 5G Labs, makes 5G call

Verizon will be opening 5G labs in Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Washington DC, and Waltham in addition to its New York City lab, with the carrier also announcing a successful 5G call with Ericsson and Qualcomm. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Qualcomm’s newest chips promise Google smartwatch battery boosts – CNET

Fossil, Louis Vuitton and Montblanc are the first partners, with 30-day standard watch mode and GPS sports watches in 2019. …read more Source:: CNet


Four-Day Working Week For All is a Realistic Goal This Century, UK Trade Unions Say

Advances in technology mean that a four-day week working week is a realistic goal for most people by the end of this century, the leader of the UK’s trade union movement has said. From a report: Frances O’Grady, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), used her speech to the organisation’s 150th annual…


Bad Actors Sizing Up Systems Via Lightweight Recon Malware

These stealthy downloaders initially infect systems and then only install additional malware on systems of interest. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Millions of Records Exposed in Veeam Misconfigured Server

Exposed data included names, emails addresses and IP addresses. …read more Source:: Threatpost