A new hack that targeted FriendFinder Networks may have compromised more than 412 million user accounts. FriendFinder Networks is the parent company of websites like Cams.com, AdultFriendFinder, Stripshow, iCams.com, and Penthouse. Security experts say that members of these websites have been advised to change their passwords to prevent further exploits.
The Russian hackers, who were allegedly behind the Democratic email leaks, are now targeting some United States political think tanks and several non-government organizations (NGOs). Tech and security analysts claim that these hackers are also planning to attack the British government to influence the possible Brexit vote of the Parliament.
Volkswagen has faced a massive fallout following the discovery of a software installed on some of its diesel cars which can cheat emission test results. Recently, the German auto manufacturer said that Audi cars which have automatic transmissions are also rigged with technologies that can distort emission test results.
The United States election has had a tremendous effect not only on the stock market but also on the price of cryptocurrency bitcoin. The election of Republican Donald Trump to the White House triggered a significant surge in the value of bitcoin to reach a record high of $738.
eBay, one of the main names in e-commerce sites, has launched a new site named eBay Collective that caters specifically to furniture and its complementary products for homes.
China has warned that if US President-elect Donald J. Trump chooses to wage a trade war against the country, it would respond by cutting iPhone sales and replace Boeing orders with Airbus.
Once it became clear that Donald J. Trump would win the presidential election, some people started to question the role that the social media platform played. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the issue by defending his company in an official statement posted on his personal Facebook wall.
Amazon Web Services, or simply AWS, helped pioneer the cloud back in 2006. AWS is now an $11.5B business, making up 67 percent of Amazon's operating revenue last quarter. This success can be accredited to their approach of doing product development work "backward."
Google is taking a proactive approach to protect the integrity of Google Play Store by tracking down and managing fraudulent and spamming applications. The company would do so by using new tools which are designed to find apps that attempt to falsely boost their visibility in search results.
