Category: Technology

Dive Brief: Slack said an outside threat actor stole a limited number of employee tokens and used them to gain access to the company’s externally hosted GitHub repository, in a blog post released Saturday.  The company said it was notified of suspicious activity last week, and the investigation found the threat actor had also downloaded […]

Cybercrime is a global problem that continues to plague businesses, individuals, and governments. Despite the increasing awareness of the importance of cybersecurity, criminals still remain active and highly successful in their attacks. So why can’t we seem to win the war against cybercrime? Top 5 Hurdles to Stopping Cybercrime There are several reasons why cybercrime […]

The company says it started putting the capability for proxies to be used in WhatsApp in the final few months of 2022 and is launching it now as most people are using a version of its app that can support proxies. In its blog post, the company says internet disruptions, like Iran’s, “deny people’s human […]

Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The global cybersecurity workforce grew to encompass 4.7 million people, reaching its highest-ever levels, according to (ISC)2 2022 workforce study. That’s the encouraging news.  However, the same study found that there is still a need for more […]

The doors to the main CES 2023 expo halls open to the general public today. The throngs of show attendees will descend on the Las Vegas Convention Center to touch, photograph, experience, and gawk at the consumer tech industry’s various attempts to bring the future into the present. We in the technology press have spent […]

“Our aim for Project Leonardo is that it enables many more players to enjoy the remarkable games that PlayStation Studios and our development community are creating for PS5,” Ryan says. “Millions of gamers play games to escape into a fun experience, build new friendships, or hang out together. The opportunity to make gaming accessible to […]

BMW thinks there is “huge potential” for such screen projection technology, far beyond the compact head-up displays drivers have become used to over the past two decades. It would be easy to assume stage five of the Dee system is intended for a fully autonomous vehicle, where passengers can switch off from the outside world […]

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Salesforce plans to lay off 10% of its workforce as challenges in the operating environment press the software maker to scale down, the company said in an SEC filing Wednesday. The layoffs will impact around […]

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Colgate-Palmolive promoted David Foster to CIO after serving as VP of global application development, according to a company LinkedIn post Tuesday. Foster will lead the company’s global IT team and digital transformation efforts, according to […]

The Most Innovative Countries in the World 2022 Since 2000, global investment in research and development (R&D) has tripled to $2.4 trillion. R&D spend is also casting a wider global net. In 1960, the U.S. made up nearly 70% of global R&D spending, and by 2020 this had fallen to 30%. From job creation and […]