Verizon Business and Amazon Web Services said they will start delivering private mobile edge computing to enterprises in the US via integration with Verizon’s private 5G network and AWS Outposts. The two partners will start providing private edge computing platforms to be used in factories, warehouses, school campuses, as well ...
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Gaming mods, cheat engines are spreading Trojan malware and planting backdoors
Gaming mods and cheat engines are being weaponized to target gamers in new malware campaigns. On Wednesday, researchers from Cisco Talos said the gaming tools are being used to deploy a cryptor — code designed to prevent reverse-engineering or analysis — for a variety of malware strains, the majority of ...
Read More »LG is shutting down its smartphone business worldwide
LG said on Monday it will close its loss-making mobile phone business worldwide as the once pioneer brand looks to focus its resources in “growth areas” such as electric vehicle components, connected devices, smart homes, robotics, AI and B2B solutions, and platforms and services. The South Korean firm said in ...
Read More »Holler raises $36M to power ‘conversational media’ in your favorite apps – TechCrunch
Holler, described by founder and CEO Travis Montaque as “a conversational media company,” just announced that it’s raised $36 million in Series B funding. You may not know what conversational media is, but there’s a decent chance you’ve used Holler’s technology. For example, if you’ve added a sticker or a ...
Read More »Indian social commerce Meesho valued at $2.1 billion in new $300 million fundraise – TechCrunch
Meesho said on Monday it has raised $300 million in a new financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 as the Indian social commerce startup works to become the “single ecosystem that will enable all small businesses to succeed online.” The new round — a Series E — gives ...
Read More »NBN hunting for long-term solution to lightning frying FttC equipment
Image: Przemyslaw Koch, Getty Images/iStockphoto The company responsible for the National Broadband Network told Senate Estimates on Friday it was looking for a permanent solution to lightning strikes taking out fibre to the curb (FttC) equipment. “Over the last few months, through some significant storm events, we saw higher-than-expected fault ...
Read More »Google: North Korean hackers are targeting researchers through fake offensive security firm
A North Korean hacking group known to have targeted security researchers in the past has now upped its game through the creation of a fake offensive security firm. The threat actors, believed to be state-sponsored and backed by North Korea’s ruling party, were first documented by Google’s Threat Analysis Group ...
Read More »Apple expands Apple Arcade with classic App Store games – TechCrunch
Apple has announced an expansion for its subscription gaming service Apple Arcade. In addition to exclusive game releases, the company is adding two new categories — Timeless Classics and App Store Greats. In the “App Store Greats” category, you can find some well-known iPhone games that have been released over ...
Read More »Apple expands Apple Arcade with classic App Store games – TechCrunch
Apple has announced an expansion for its subscription gaming service Apple Arcade. In addition to exclusive game releases, the company is adding two new categories — Timeless Classics and App Store Greats. In the “App Store Greats” category, you can find some well-known iPhone games that have been released over ...
Read More »NBN Fixed Wireless Plus busy hour uploads barely over 4Mbps and ACCC is okay with that
This is fine? Image: ACCC The first edition of the Measuring Broadband Australia report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to incorporate fixed wireless upload speeds was released on Monday, and the results were not good. In its headline figure, the report said fixed-wireless NBN users only received ...
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