Microsoft turns to holographic solutions for cloud storage
When people think of holograms, they may think of the small insignia on credit cards that appear to move as you rotate the card. Or they may think of recent...
Lab develops long range fever detector
A federal research facility in Crane, Indiana, has developed a temperature scanning sensor system and software to help contain the coronavirus. The U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center's "sensor agnostic thermal...
Amazon launches Luna cloud-based video game service
Amazon on Thursday unveiled its Luna streaming video game service, challenging Microsoft and Google in the fast-growing segment. Gamers in the US were invited to request early access to Luna,...
New Feren OS Does Plasma Better
Feren OS now is built around Ubuntu Linux 18.04 and the KDE Plasma desktop instead of Linux Mint. The Cinnamon desktop version could retire later this year. Ubuntu's parent company Canonical last spring...
Ubuntu Unity Distro: An Unofficial Desktop Revival
Perhaps one of the most missed Linux desktop environments is Ubuntu Unity Desktop, developed by Ubuntu's parent company, Canonical. It was either loved or hated by users otherwise endeared to the...
Flipkart Wholesale enters 12 new cities ahead of festive season
When Linux was born on Aug. 25, 1991, it was little more than a hobby for then 21-year old Linus Torvalds. Today the Linux community is estimated to be more...
Feds Seek Restraining Orders in Robocall Cases
The United States Department of Justice on Tuesday filed complaints in two landmark cases calling for temporary restraining orders against five companies and three individuals alleged to have carried hundreds...
Extortion Artists Prey on AdSense Users
A new extortion scheme targets users of Google's AdSense program. The scam threatens to flood a website with bogus traffic until Google suspends the site's AdSense account, unless the owner...
Report: E-Commerce Account Takeovers, Shipping Fraud on the Rise
E-commerce account takeovers increased 347 percent and shipping fraud jumped 391 percent from 2018 to 2019, a fraud and identity solutions company reported Tuesday. Fraudsters are gaining access to accounts...
Digital Fraud Flourishing During Pandemic: Report
If you conducted e-commerce transactions since the pandemic struck, you have probably been the target, or even a victim, of online fraud. Fraud prevention solutions firm Sift yesterday released a report focusing...
