Halt WhatsApp data transfers, German privacy watchdog tells Facebook
Facebook must stop collecting information about WhatsApp users in Germany, a local privacy watchdog has ordered. Last month, Facebook began…
IDG Contributor Network: Would you like fries with your training manual? Inkling's aim to reinvent content validated
Inkling was founded seven or so years ago with the aim of disrupting the printed textbook market. They were all…
Alleged YouTube music ripper sued by industry for copyright infringement
Stream-ripping, or the conversion of streamed content into downloadable files, has become a major problem for the recorded music industry,…
IBM promises a one-stop analytics shop with AI-powered big data platform
Big data is in many ways still a wild frontier, requiring wily smarts and road-tested persistence on the part of…
Your users have porous passwords? Blame yourself, IT.
Maybe IT needs to tone down its security awareness efforts. New research by psychologists into password strength delivered the non-intuitive…
GE, Bosch and open source could bring more IoT tools
Partnerships that could shape the internet of things for years are being forged just as enterprises fit IoT into their…
Why people are drilling into their iPhone 7s
This should probably go without saying, but by no means should you drill a headphone jack into your iPhone 7.…
Yahoo's claim of 'state-sponsored' hackers meets with skepticism
Yahoo has blamed its massive data breach on a “state-sponsored actor.” But the company isn’t saying why it arrived at…
'And why do they call it dialing, anyway?'
This IT pilot fish working at a U.S. government research facility is also responsible for the phone system. “I got…
Tech jobs that will get you the biggest raise next year
The biggest raises in 2017 will go to data scientists, who can expect a 6.4% boost in pay next year.…