Newscan: I gave a bounty hunter $300, then he located our phone

Today, the mere threat of a breach can crush your business. The Twitter whistleblower saga shows that, after years of indifference, customers are sensitive to even rumors of data leaks. A few years ago, PR teams could paper over a small breach, and customers would accept it. A decade ago, massive data breaches made headlines, but customers […]

The UK’s Communications Workers Union (CWU) has upped the ante in its pay dispute with BT management. In previous summer strike action over what CWU saw as an inadequate flat-rate pay deal of £1,500 (US$1695) – which, according to the union, was pretty much presented as a fait accompli to its BT frontline worker members back in April with […]

Communities looking to build smart infrastructure and find innovative solutions have a new resource they can turn to. Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Thursday the launch of its Smart City Competency, an initiative that “will deliver world-class AWS Partner recommendations to customers searching to build and deploy innovative smart city solutions,” according to a statement. It’s intended […]

Samsung Electronics America yesterday announced the market availability of the Galaxy XCover6 Pro smartphone and Galaxy Tab Active4 Pro tablet—two additions to the vendor’s rugged-device portfolio and the first device in each series to support 5G connectivity. Both of the new Galaxy devices are designed to work in difficult environments, as they are MIL-STD-810Hii compliant […]