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US prosecutors have charged six former and current Fitbit employees for knowingly possessing trade secrets stolen from Jawbone, Reuters reports[1].
The six individuals all worked for the now-defunct Jawbone sometime between May 2011 and...
Read more: Fitbit employees charged with possessing stolen Jawbone trade secrets
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(Image: Tapplock) For the second time this week, smart lock maker Tapplock is under fire over its security.
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Security researcher Vangelis Stykas[1] found anyone can obtain sensitive information to locate and openRead more: Another flaw hits Tapplock smart locks, thanks to leaky server
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Windows 10 upgrade: Survey finds half of users experience problems
"Facts are stubborn things," John Adams once famously observed.
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More than two centuries later, those words still ring true, especially with this troubling caveat behind them:Read more: Is speedy rollout of Windows 10 version 1803 causing quality problems?
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News briefs for June 15, 2018.
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Purism detailed some of its future plans for PureOS in a blog post[1] this morning. The team is looking into Librem 5 specific-image builds, and besides the- Written by: J D
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Read more: Windows 10: How Microsoft used AI to speed up its April 2018 Update roll out
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Google updated its Ad Settings page with new controls that allow users to see how it targets them with ads -- and to turn off adverts from some companies.
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The revamped Ad Settings page[1]Read more: Google's new ad settings will let you switch off adverts that know too much
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The cloud was supposed to kill open source. Instead, savvy cloud operators appear to be using open source as an on-ramp to proprietary services, giving them reason to increase investments in complementary open source projects. Google...
Read more: Database shift: Start with open source but finish with AWS
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The PC market in Brazil continues to grow as a result of price reduction strategies adopted by manufacturers and retailers to respond to a sales slowdown last year, according to recent research.
Companies have been adjusting prices...