Computerworld
- Cisco announces plan to exit Russia and BelarusAfter first suspending operations in March 2022, the networking company has formally announced it will be quitting Russia.
- The surveillance-as-a-service industry needs to be brought to heelHere we go again: another example of government surveillance involving smartphones from Apple and Google has emerged, and it shows how sophisticated government-backed attacks can become and why there's justification for keeping mobile platforms utterly locked down.What has happened? I don’t intend to focus too much on the news, but in brief it is as […]
- Italian spyware firm is hacking into iOS and Android devices, Google saysGoogle's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has identified Italian vendor RCS Lab as a spyware offender, developing tools that are being used to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities to effect attacks on iOS and Android mobile users in Italy and Kazakhstan.According to a Google blog post on Thursday, RCS Lab uses a combination of tactics, including atypical drive-by downloads, as initial […]
- Noteworthy tech acquisitions 2022Amid the on-going coronavirus pandemic, 2021 followed in the footsteps of its predecessor, continuing to be an unpredictable, and at times incredibly difficult, year. But one thing that stayed constant was the steady flow of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) across the tech sector.According to research by Global Data, global tech M&A deals had already neared […]
- Human digital twins and evolution: The real Westworld?Last week, I wrote about a new company — Merlynn — that’s selling a rudimentary human digital twin tool. I’ve been thinking about digital twins ever since — and about how a tool like this could become the next killer productivity application.When tools that enhance an experience are initially created, they tend to emulate what came before. […]