Aug 10, 2016
At least 900-million Android smartphones could be at risk from four newly-uncovered vulnerabilities. In his presentation at Def Con 24 in Las Vegas, Check Point lead mobile security researcher Adam Donenfeld revealed four major vulnerabilities affecting Android...
Aug 8, 2016
IBM scientists have created randomly spiking neurons using phase-change materials to store and process data. This marks a significant step forward in the development of energy-efficient, ultra-dense integrated neuromorphic technologies for applications in cognitive...
Aug 5, 2016
Around the world, more than 2-billion people lack adequate access to essential medical products, often due to challenging terrain and gaps in infrastructure – and, because of this, about 2,9-million children under age five die every year. Meanwhile, up to 150...
Aug 4, 2016
One of the world’s largest Bitcoin exchanges, Hong Kong-based Bitfinex has been hacked, losing as many as 120 000 Bitcoin units with a value of about $65-million. The incident caused the Bitcoin digital currency to slump. On discovering the security breach,...
Aug 2, 2016
South African IT spending is forecast to total R272-billion in 2016, a 3,8% increase from 2015, according to Gartner. Software spending is on pace to exhibit its highest ever year-on-year growth in 2016, at 11,4%. “Last year we witnessed an 8% increase in...
Aug 1, 2016
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the remnants of a long-dead star. The rippling wisps of ionized gas in the picture, named DEM L316A, are located about 160 000 light-years away within one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors...
