Major ASP.NET hosting provider infected by ransomware
SmarterASP.NET, a company with more than 440,000 customers, said it’s been hit by ransomware over the weekend.
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Volta XL: A cable that can stop you destroying your precious MacBook
Do you worry that one day you’ll pull on your charging cable and drag your expensive laptop to the floor, causing hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars worth of damage? The Volta XL USB-C cable could be the cheap insurance you are looking for.
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Top Best Buy Black Friday 2019 deals
The best deals from Best Buy for Black Friday 2019.
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Apple releases iOS 13.2.2 to fix multitasking bug
If you’ve been experiencing more frequent apps closing in the background after updating to iOS 13.2, Apple just released a fix.
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Nvidia wins new AI inference benchmark for data center and edge SoC workloads
Nvidia also unveiled the latest member of its Jetson series, the Jetson Xavier NX.
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Shopify launches new email marketing tool for SMBs
The tool will let merchants create, run and track email marketing campaigns natively inside Shopify Marketing.
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Dell bets big on Ubuntu Linux laptops for developers
Dell has been offering Linux laptops for over a decade now, but never before have they offered so many high-end developer laptop models with 18 different configurations.
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A Verizon salesman told me the Google Pixel 4 is for angry people
Google’s new phone has an interesting market. At least according to a fascinating Verizon store specialist.
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Android bug lets hackers plant malware via NFC beaming
All Android 8 (Oreo) or later devices are impacted. Google released a patch last month, in October 2019.
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Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion
Going forward, Google said Fitbit will continue to remain platform-agnostic across both Android and iOS.
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The iPhone is changing portraiture, how do we feel about that?
With the help of my lovely friend Natalia, I did a photo shoot comparing Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro Max to a plain-old digital camera. The iPhone 11 is an amazing achievement, and also full of fakery. Some people may love the result, some people may not.
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Sony Xperia 5, hands on: A compact, wide-screen flagship-class handset
Like its larger Xperia 1 stablemate, the 6.1-inch Xperia 5 has a 21:9 OLED screen. As well as being more affordable, the Xperia 5 is more usable for those who struggle with large-screen phones.
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Salesforce adds mortgage-focused features to Financial Services Cloud
The enhancements should make the mortgage application process easier for both lenders and borrowers, Salesforce says.
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Teradata’s journey into the cloud
With Teradata transforming Vantage into a cloud-native platform, it is setting the stage toward democratizing the platform through new pricing schemes taking full advantage of cloud elasticity. In so doing, Teradata is also hoping broaden its reach by targeting disaffected Hadoop users, but with a message that may be too distracting.
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Adobe left 7.5 million Creative Cloud user records exposed online
Exposed data primarily includes emails, but not passwords or financial information.
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Nasty PHP7 remote code execution bug exploited in the wild
New PHP7 bug CVE-2019-11043 can allow even non-technical attackers to take over servers.
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