Researchers find 12 Android applications disguised as official COVID-19 contact tracing apps installing malware onto devices. …read more Source:: DarkReading

The storm went on a historic journey to the Great Lakes. …read more Source:: CNet

Once you get the May 2020 Windows 10 update, you also get this new pack, which Microsoft officials oddly won’t discuss. …read more Source:: ZDNet

With 2.5 billion users worldwide, Google has a responsibility to make its Android operating system as secure as possible. But the company has at times struggled to adequately vet apps in the Google Play Store, allowing malicious programs through that thousands or millions of users go on to download. With Google’s release of the Android…

Tells us more so we can better understand the problems you face Reader survey Everyone says that data is the lifeblood of the organization, yet very few actually take that idea to its logical conclusion, namely that storage is at the heart of the enterprise.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Researchers around the world are developing more than 135 vaccines against the coronavirus. Vaccines typically require years of research and testing before reaching the clinic, but scientists are racing to produce a safe and effective vaccine by next year. The New York Times: Work began in January with the deciphering of the SARS-CoV-2 genome. The…

Chocolate Factory surpasses OnePlus sales for first time, thanks to Pixel 3a 2019 was a good year for Google’s mobile hardware division, according to figures from analyst house IDC, which reports record Pixel sales of 7.2 million units – up 52 per cent on the previous year.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Sony’s highly rated WF-1000XM3 noise-canceling earbuds are $52 off, and the recently released WF-SP800N and WF-XB700 Extra Bass are also being discounted. …read more Source:: CNet

SoftBank Group’s Arm and its Chinese venture clashed publicly over whether the venture’s CEO had been fired, a dispute that threatens to disrupt a Western company central to the global semiconductor industry. From a report: The conflict erupted after the British firm told Bloomberg News the board of Arm China — jointly owned by Arm…

Despite everything going on in the world, you can rely on hyped tech stock to be a bit bonkers Cloud data warehouse specialist Snowflake looks set to file for an IPO valuing the company at $20bn – more than 13 times its valuation of $1.5bn back in January 2018.… …read more Source:: TheRegister