Threatpost editors break down the top headlines from the week ended Jan. 18. …read more Source:: Threatpost

The car sharing will require a number of owners to get on board with the idea. …read more Source:: CNet

Verizon customers will be able to sign on starting in March. …read more Source:: CNet

Digital license plates are now allowed in Michigan thanks to a new state law. It will join California and Arizona as one of the few states in the US that allow digital license plates, allowing drivers to register their cars electronically and eschew old-school metal plates. From a report: To be clear, digital license plates…

Frank J. Vella, Informaton Builders’ heretofore COO, has been named the company’s CEO. Gerald Cohen, who founded the company in 1975 and has been CEO throughout its history, will remain Board chairman and senior advisor. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Home automation isn’t all that new. It is just more evolved. Many years ago, a TV product appeared called the Clapper. If you haven’t heard of it, it was basically a sound-operated AC switch. You plug, say, a lamp into the device and the clapper into the wall and you can then turn the lamp…

Foxconn alone has shed 50,000 contact workers earlier than expected as iPhone sales slump. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The US courts’ investigation into criminal matters stemming from the VW Group’s emissions cheating scandal has expanded dramatically. …read more Source:: CNet

The PCI Software Security Framework will eventually replace PCI DA-DSS when it expires in 2022. …read more Source:: DarkReading

This is the first executive order from Colorado’s new governor. …read more Source:: CNet