The April 2018 Windows 10 update arrives on Monday including some interesting new time, focus, and voice features. The next Windows 10 update is set to arrive on Monday, April 30. Most Windows updates are pretty boring affairs, consisting mainly of security and reliability tweaks, but next week Windows 10 users will get some interesting [...]
The distributed ledger technology, better known as blockchain, has the potential to eliminate huge amounts of record-keeping, save money and disrupt IT in ways not seen since the internet arrived. Blockchain is poised to change IT in much the same way open-source software did a quarter of a century ago. And in the [...]
Sites will have to pay an ad coalition to evade an ad blocking restriction by the world's most popular browser. Google has announced that it will start blocking ads in its Chrome browser on Feb. 15. Websites that want to avoid the Chrome ad blocking hammer can either shed several broad categories of [...]
SSL is the backbone of our secure Internet and it protects your sensitive information as it travels across the world's computer networks. SSL is essential for protecting your website, even if it doesn't handle sensitive information like credit cards. It provides privacy, critical security and data integrity for both your websites and your users' [...]
What is a VPN? A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, is a service that allows you to connect to the internet via a server run by a VPN provider. All data traveling between your computer, phone or tablet, and this “VPN server” is securely encrypted. As a result of this setup, VPNs:Provide privacy by hiding your internet activity [...]
The details have yet to be confirmed, but transactions in Forever 21 stores between March and October this year are thought to have been accessed. American fashion retailer Forever 21 is this week dealing with the potential fallout of a major credit card breach at its retail stores. In a press release, Forever 21 [...]
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal agencies to stop using software made by Kaspersky Lab over concerns about the company's ties to Russian intelligence, DHS announced Wednesday. "The Department is concerned about the ties between certain Kaspersky officials and Russian intelligence and other government agencies, and requirements under Russian law that [...]
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming. It’s a wide-ranging law that requires both heightened protection for personal data and thorough notification to any European Union (EU) data subject whose personal data is breached. This applies to living individuals on EU soil, both citizens and noncitizens alike. A surprising number [...]
Chrome has been the world's most popular browser for more than a year now, convincing first individuals and then enterprises that it was the best replacement for Microsoft's once-leading Internet Explorer. But Google's browser has not been without its critics. Among the sticking points has been Chrome's automatic updating mechanism, which some decried for force-feeding [...]
Synopsis: A simple but malicious subtitle file can be used to gain control of your PC, TV or smartphone. Check Point researchers have spotted vulnerabilities in VLC, Kodi, Stremio, and Popcorn Time in the way these media players handle subtitle files. As of now, fixes have been released for the media players. According to a [...]
