Data is now essentially the lifeblood of today’s modern industries. Not only does it provide insights for effective decision-making but it can also be used to predict and influence consumer and user behavior. Companies like Amazon and Netflix, for instance, use big data and analytics to better understand their customers in order to create products …
Google is shutting down Google+ the consumer version of Google+ in ten months. Google+ is better suited as an enterprise product where co-workers can engage in internal discussions on a secure corporate social network. A security bug allowed third-party developers to access Google+ user profile data since 2015 until Google discovered and patched it in …
Apple and DHS (Department of Homeland Security) have denied the Bloomberg report of China chip hacking the security of servers. Here is the DHS statement: The Department of Homeland Security is aware of the media reports of a technology supply chain compromise. Like our partners in the UK, the National Cyber Security Centre, at this …
Between blockchain technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and plenty of other buzz-worthy topics in the tech world over this past year, there’s another giant topic that must not be forgotten: privacy. Of course, privacy concerns were on everyone’s minds after the well-known
Incapsula is a cloud-based application delivery service that enables online businesses of all sizes to enjoy enterprise-grade website security, performance and availability. Incapsula includes a best-of-breed web application firewall, comprehensive DDoS protection, a global content delivery network, and an application level load balancer, which are available as standalone services or as an integrated solution. Incapsula …
IoT Chain is developing blockchain to secure the internet of things against bots. It will also be more energy efficient and provides lower costs. IoT (Internet of Things) is the network that enables interconnection between all ordinary physical objects which can be located independently. IoT has three key features: 1. the equalization of ordinary objects, …
Myntum is a new blockchain company that has goal of securing your digital assets. Nextbigfuture interviewed two Myntum co-founders at the Crypto Invest Summit in Los Angeles. Myntum was conceived after the Napa fires, when people had to restore their lives after losing everything in the fires. If people scan their crucial legal and financial …
Twitter advises all Twitter users to change their password. Twitter exposed all user passwords via a bug that stored passwords in plain text — without protecting them with any sort of encryption technology that would mask a Twitter user’s true password. A letter to all Twitter users posted by Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal Twitter advises: …
IBM’s mission is to help their clients change the way the world works. There’s no better example of that than IBM Research’s annual “5 in 5” technology predictions. Each year, they showcase some of the biggest breakthroughs coming out of IBM Research’s global labs – five technologies that they believe will fundamentally reshape business and …
IBM’s mission is to help their clients change the way the world works. There’s no better example of that than IBM Research’s annual “5 in 5” technology predictions. Each year, they showcase some of the biggest breakthroughs coming out of IBM Research’s global labs – five technologies that they believe will fundamentally reshape business and …
Cryptocurrencies are mainly traded on Coinbase. Coinbase only allows trading on about four cryptocurrencies. Trading on the thousands of other cryptocurrencies is often on less secure exchanges. Getting a hardware wallet like Ledger Nano S (about $110) is needed to securely trade on these other exchanges. The alternative cryptocurrencies that make the leap to the …