You’re not too late to scoop up these few last discounts. …read more Source:: CNet

Spend a day in the summer heat to level up. …read more Source:: CNet

By taking strings from an online gaming program and appending them to malicious files, researchers were able to trick Cylance’s AI-based antivirus engine into thinking programs like WannaCry and other malware are benign. From a report: AI has been touted by some in the security community as the silver bullet in malware detection. Its proponents…

Appeal from competitor who fought Apple application fails to stop project Recently established data centre developer Echelon has received permission to build a massive bit barn campus in County Wicklow, Ireland.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Tencent and Alibaba are among the firms that assist authorities in hunting down criminal suspects, silencing dissent and creating surveillance cities. From a report: Alibaba Group’s sprawling campus has collegial workspaces, laid-back coffee bars and, on the landscaped grounds, a police outpost. Employees use the office to report suspected crimes to the police, according to…

Chevrolet’s new C8 Vette takes life-easing tech popularized by Ferrari and Lamborghini and makes it worlds better with a few lines of code. …read more Source:: CNet

The base Stingray hasn’t even been out for a day, but already people are looking forward. …read more Source:: CNet

Fined £80,000 under Data Protection Act – could have been a lot more under new EU rules A London estate agent has been fined £80,000 for losing thousands of clients’ personal data when it was handed over to a third party.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Why apples-to-apples performance tests are the only way to accurately gauge the impact of network security products and solutions. …read more Source:: DarkReading

The Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp has told buyers its technology can surreptitiously scrape all of an individual’s data from the servers of Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, Financial Times reported on Friday. [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source] From the report: NSO Group’s flagship smartphone malware, nicknamed Pegasus, has…