Inventor of World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee developing decentralized internet
MANILA, Philippines - Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web, has a new ambitious project in development – a decentralized internet. The open source project called...
View ArticleGoogle teams with Ubisoft to test video game streaming
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Google on Monday, October 1, announced it will test a video game streaming platform with the release of Assassin's Creed Odyssey by Ubisoft this week.Google is collaborating with...
View ArticleFacebook may get $1.63 billion fine in EU due to recent hack
MANILA, Philippines – The European Union may slap Facebook with an up to $1.63 billion fine following the social media company's disclosure that some 50 million users were affected by a hack, the Wall...
View Article50M Facebook users hacked? ‘Tip of the iceberg’ – expert
MANILA, Philippines – It is likely that there may be more affected in the Facebook hack than current estimates provided by the company, according to Beau Woods, a cybersecurity fellow from the American...
View ArticleMicrosoft's Windows 10 October 2018 update is out now
MANILA, Philippines – Microsoft both announced and released on Tuesday, October 2 (October 3, Manila time) the October 2018 update for Windows 10. To update your PC, you can simply check for new...
View ArticleAlleged stolen Facebook accounts selling for $3 to $12 – report
MANILA, Philippines – Facebook accounts, allegedly the ones stolen from the massive September 2018 Facebook hack, have started to appear on the dark web, an online black market for illicit goods,...
View ArticleHackers did not use stolen data to access other apps – Facebook
MANILA, Philippines – Facebook said on Tuesday, October 2, it did not find any evidence that stolen tokens from last week’s data breach were used to access connected third-party applications."We have...
View ArticleInstagram was temporarily down in some parts of the world
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Instagram on Wednesday, October 3, suffered from downtime on both its app and web version.Those who attempted to use the app were not able to see their profiles...
View ArticleElite North Korean hacker group tied to bank attacks
WASHINGTON, USA – An elite group of North Korean hackers has been identified as the source of a wave of cyberattacks on global banks that has netted "hundreds of millions" of dollars, security...
View ArticleUK accuses Russian spies of global cyber attacks campaign
LONDON, United Kingdom – British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Thursday, October 4, accused Russian military intelligence of conducting a campaign of "indiscriminate and reckless" online attacks...
View ArticleWhat we know: Facebook's September 2018 security breach
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – The security breach revealed on September 28 by Facebook affected tens of millions of accounts at the social network, which boasts more than 2.2 billion monthly users.On Wednesday,...
View ArticleIrish data authority probes Facebook over breach of 50M accounts
DUBLIN, Ireland – Ireland's data protection authority launched an investigation into Facebook Wednesday, bringing stringent new European privacy laws to bear on the tech titan after a security breach...
View ArticleBlizzard Entertainment president Mike Morhaime steps down
MANILA, Philippines – Blizzard Entertainment President and co-founder Mike Morhaime announced on Wednesday, October 3 (October 4, Manila time) he was stepping down and moving into a strategic advisory...
View ArticleNintendo to make new version of Switch console for 2019 – report
MANILA, Philippines – Nintendo is said to be making a new version of its popular Switch console for a 2019 release, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, October 4. The new hardware is reportedly...
View ArticleMega Man to be adapted into live-action Hollywood film
MANILA, Philippines – Hot on the heels of its release of Mega Man 11, game company Capcom said the blue bomber was scheduled to be adapted into a live-action Hollywood film.In a statement, Capcom said...
View ArticleCanada says it was targeted by Russian cyber attacks
OTTAWA, Canada – Canada said Thursday, October 4, it too was targeted by Russian cyber attacks, citing breaches at its center for ethics in sports and at the Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency,...
View ArticleSamsung Electronics flags record Q3 operating profit
SEOUL, South Korea – Samsung Electronics flagged Friday a third-quarter operating profit of 17.5 trillion won ($15.4 billion), a record for any-three month period, led by solid demand for its memory...
View ArticleTesla's Musk mocks US agency just days after settling with it
NEW YORK, USA – Less than a week after settling fraud charges with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday derided the agency on Twitter."Just want to...
View ArticleFrance says Russian global hacking claims 'worrying'
PARIS, FRANCE – France expressed solidarity with other Western powers Thursday night after they accused Russia of orchestrating a string of global cyber-attacks, denouncing them as "serious and...
View ArticlePH to deport Chinese, Korean nationals in bitcoin scam
MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration will deport a Korean and a Chinese national suspected of undertaking a bitcoin scam in the country.The Manila Bulletin said 48-year-old Korean Go...
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