Both FireFox and Chrome have received updates to better guard users against privacy and security threats, such as tracking by Facebook. …read more Source:: Threatpost

This week’s TechRepublic and ZDNet news stories include highlights from WWDC, a warning to employers regarding employee security, and what you need to know about prescriptive analytics. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Get ready to join the bureau’s X-Files division. …read more Source:: CNet

Amazon’s drone ambitions took another step forward on Wednesday as the tech giant revealed its latest delivery drone design. From a report: At Amazon’s re:MARS Conference, Amazon executive Jeff Wilke showed off a fully-electric drone that can fly up to 15 miles and deliver packages under five pounds in less than 30 minutes. The new…

WTO appoints three-bod panel to rule if levies break its rules The World Trade Organization has appointed the three-person team whose job it will be to determine if the tariffs levied by the US’s Trump administration on Chinese goods are flouting its rules.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

When debugging ordinary low-voltage circuitry, you’re pretty safe: unless you have some really power-hungry devices that need a ton of current, there aren’t that many truly bad things that can happen, so you can take a lot of liberties with electrical-safety rules. With mains-powered devices, you don’t have this luxury, and a lack of knowledge,…

Providing an easy-to-use, uniform authentication experience without passwords is simpler than you may think. …read more Source:: DarkReading

That includes videos that deny events like the Holocaust or Sandy Hook shooting. …read more Source:: CNet

Microsoft’s Azure brought in to plug gaps in Big Red’s product Microsoft got together with Oracle today to fling interoperability at users of Azure and the latter’s less-loved Cloud.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Side impacts are among the most dangerous types of crashes, because there’s no room for crumple zones. ZF thinks it has the solution. …read more Source:: CNet