It’s a tantalizing prospect for traders whose success often hinges on microseconds: a desktop PC algorithm that crunches market data faster than today’s most advanced supercomputers. Japan’s Toshiba says it has the technology to make such rapid-fire calculations a reality — not quite quantum computing, but perhaps the next best thing. From a report: The…

The Democratic presidential candidate didn’t hold back his thoughts in an interview with The New York Times when asked about the social media giant. …read more Source:: CNet

A new report from Check Point recaps the cybercrime trends, statistics, and vulnerabilities that defined the security landscape in 2019. …read more Source:: DarkReading

The agency changed its policy to provide more timely and actionable information to state and local election officials in the case of a cybersecurity breach to election infrastructure. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Nation-state hackers breached the networks of two US municipalities last year, the FBI said in a security alert sent to private industry partners last week. An anonymous reader writes: The hacks took place after attackers used the CVE-2019-0604 vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint servers to breach the two municipalities’ networks. The FBI says that once attackers…

Finally, it appears the Z has a solid future inside Nissan. …read more Source:: CNet

Pine64’s open source PinePhone runs Linux and is designed for developers and early-adopters. …read more Source:: ZDNet

I missed my Self Assessment filing deadline because…. a rundown of the worst excuses Brits’ favourite government department, Her Majesty’s Revenues & Customs, has released a listicle of the most bizarre excuses people have given for missing the Self Assessment tax returns deadline, along with the weirdest biz expense claims… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Bloc to make not-quite-universal connector universal within its bounds The EU plans to force manufacturers to use a common connector – the happily symmetrical USB-C – for all mobes, fondleslabs, e-readers and similar electronic tat.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

You’ll get the best results when you’re clear on what you want to accomplish from a pen test. …read more Source:: DarkReading