Day: January 30, 2019

Americans were slammed with more than 26 billion robocalls last year – CNET

A new report from Hiya shows robocalls were on the rise in 2018. …read more Source:: CNet


How big is the UK space industry? It hauled in £14.8bn for 2016/2017 – report

40% of exports to France won’t be a problem, right? With a mere 58 days remaining until Brexit, the UK government has published a cheerful insight into the “size and health” of Blighty’s space industry.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Man gets 5 years in prison for ‘global cell phone fraud scheme’ – CNET

He and his partners stole access to thousands of phone accounts and used their information to make international calls, the Justice Department said. …read more Source:: CNet


UAE Used Cyber Super-Weapon To Spy on iPhones of Foes

Reuters reports: A team of former U.S. government intelligence operatives working for the United Arab Emirates hacked into the iPhones of activists, diplomats and rival foreign leaders with the help of a sophisticated spying tool called Karma, in a campaign that shows how potent cyber-weapons are proliferating beyond the world’s superpowers and into the hands…


Apple Says It’s Banning Facebook’s Research App That Collects Users’ Personal Information

Facebook is at the center of another privacy scandal — and this time it hasn’t just angered users. It has also angered Apple. From a report: The short version: Apple says Facebook broke an agreement it made with Apple by publishing a “research” app for iPhone users that allowed the social giant to collect all…


Stop, collaborate and listen: Microsoft Teams gets Atlassian glisten

Forget Skype for Business, we have Jira and Confluence integration Microsoft has given its collaborative platform, Teams, some Atlassian affection this week while dropping another subtle hint to Skype for Business users that it is time to stop putting off that migration.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Listen to your Spotify playlists offline for $69 – CNET

The Mighty Vibe looks like an iPod Shuffle but works with Spotify. This code saves you 20 percent. Plus: a PlayStation game bundle for as little as $1 and the Google Home Mini for $29! …read more Source:: CNet


SimpliSafe is running a Super Bowl ad for its DIY home security kit – CNET

This Sunday, the Boston-based startup will air the first Super Bowl ad for a home security company, ever. …read more Source:: CNet


Intel bidding 6 billion bucks for networking firm Mellanox – reports

Ethernet and InfiniBand kit would be tempting for Chipzilla Intel has offered up to $6bn to buy Israeli InfiniBand and Ethernet networking manufacturer Mellanox, according to local reports.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Meet IBM’s bleeding edge of quantum computing – CNET

With the Q System One, the tech titan’s grand promise of super-powerful computing takes a big step forward. …read more Source:: CNet