Google to ban Adobe Flash-based display ads, go 100% HTML5
Google’s massive AdWords network will no longer accept new display ads made in Adobe Flash as of June 30, the…
New Bill Introduced in U.S. Congress to Block State-Level Efforts to Weaken Smartphone Encryption
A new bill introduced in U.S. Congress today by representatives Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Blake Farenthold (R-TX) would attempt to…
Poseidon hacker group behind long-running extortion scheme
Kaspersky Lab has linked a single group to a long-known campaign of cyberattacks that appears to be aimed at extorting…
IDG Contributor Network: Probing into your systems with /proc
/proc It’s not just a file system full of odd looking files that only the kernel understands. Instead, it’s really…
Leaked images show Samsung is bringing divisive Marshmallow changes to Note 5
Samsung isn’t known for consistency, but at least when it comes to the Marshmallow update for its high-end line, the…
U.S. regulator: A Google computer could qualify as car driver
The U.S. federal transport safety regulator is coming around to the view that rules could be updated so that computers…
Is Docker ditching Ubuntu Linux? Confusion reigns
Docker has long relied on Ubuntu Linux as the default host environment for Docker apps, but recent comments from the…
Google will stop accepting new Flash ads on June 30
Google has just hammered another nail in the coffin for Flash, Adobe Systems’ multimedia software widely criticized for its frequent…
Identity thieves obtain 100,000 electronic filing PINs from IRS system
The Internal Revenue Service was the target of an attack that used stolen Social Security numbers and other taxpayer data…
Microsoft delivers Office 2016 to subscribers on the slow train
Microsoft yesterday issued Office 2016 to Office 365 commercial subscribers who had adopted the slower release cadence, which the company…