by ray | Jul 4, 2022 | Tech News, Security
Zoom has agreed to pay $85 million to settle claims that it lied about offering end-to-end encryption and gave user data to Facebook and Google without the consent of users. The settlement between Zoom and the filers of a class-action lawsuit also covers security...
by ray | Jul 4, 2022 | Microsoft, Android, Apple, Google, Tech News
Microsoft Corp. is betting hybrid work will provide an opening to make its Windows operating system more widespread, launching a new service aimed at getting users of Apple Inc. and Android products to use the software. Unlike the traditional Windows...
by ray | Jul 4, 2022 | Security, Tech News
NortonLifeLock Inc. is set to buy Avast Plc in a deal valued at as much as $8.6 billion, giving the U.S. cybersecurity company access to one of the biggest customer bases in the industry. Avast stockholders will receive cash and shares that value the deal at $8.1...
by ray | Jun 23, 2022 | Tech News
Last December Red Hat announced that it would cease work on CentOS Linux, switch its focus to CentOS Stream, and sunset CentOS 8 in December 2021 instead of 2029. It was a change that shook the Linux community. CentOS is hugely popular: exact figures are...
by ray | Jun 23, 2022 | Amazon, General News, Tech News
In 2004, Jeff Bezos and his technical adviser Colin Bryar drove together to the city of Tacoma, an hour south of Seattle in Washington State. At that time Amazon was a multi-billion dollar company. However they were headed to Amazon’s customer services centre...
by ray | Jan 24, 2022 | Tech News, Android
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court ruled for Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG 0.22% Google in a multibillion-dollar battle with Oracle Corp. ORCL 0.24% over elements of Google’s Android smartphone-operating system, a decision...