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Blocking bots is an annoyingly important part of running a public-facing website. CrunchBase leverages Distil to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Sitting on an ocean of data will only help in the pursuit of an artificial intelligence messaging app.
In memoriam: We mourn the passing of Gene Amdahl, Ralph Ungermann and other industry influencers.
Sixty-two percent of small business owners in one country think Facebook is a total 'waste of time,' a survey finds.
Reviewing Google's Pixel C, a nearly perfect Android tablet hybrid.
The company had its ups and downs, like every year. Here's the rundown for 2015.
New San Francisco condo prices falling 5% in November = tech execs with less money to spend.
Cryptographic key reuse is rampart in European payment terminals, allowing attackers to compromise them en masse
As uptake of its new operating system slows, the company appears to be laying the groundwork for an aggressive effort to convince consumers to move on from Windows 7 and 8.1.
Google's Progressive Web Apps deliver an applike user experience, but on the browser
The next big mobile standard will have to serve IoT, smart cars and more
Windows 10, new devices and a new outlook on the market make for an exciting year
Wear your love for Slack collaboration tool on your chest and feet
Entire sectors are failing to keep up, says a major management consultant.
Or, how one backdoor was actually two
A recent study shows spending on desktop computers will top 2016 IT hardware investments. So where are all those deskbound devices going? And why?
A new Chrome browser extension deletes all your Facebook posts. Start the new year by saving yourself from yourself.
Optical network firm reveals it is profitable, includes Cisco among competitors
With a successful test of a DOCSIS 3.1 modem, Comcast is set to embark on its new plan to offer gigabit-speed internet service.
Programmer jobs will decline 8%, but software developer jobs will grow 17%
Looking for malicious modifications of product code
No unauthorized code has been found yet but the review continues
The controversial idea could make cell service faster in crowded areas
Notes from my tour of a data center
Microsoft is still pushing users to upgrade to Windows 10, this time through a pop-up window that offers two options: Upgrade or upgrade.
As experts predicted, the flawed code and exploits are already available
The browser makers are worried about research that shows SHA-1 is even weaker than previously believed
The Ray Ozzie-helmed firm will enhance Skype, without its founder in tow
Half of smartphone users have already used the IoT in their homes, while digital personal assistants like Apple's Siri are on the rise, Adobe said in a new report.
The administrative access issue affects fewer ScreenOS versions than previously believed
With IPv4 running out of space, and mobile/IoT devices on the rise, IPv6 is going to be more important than ever in the new year.
China's planned Social Credit System takes invasion of privacy to terrifying new levels.
IEEE-USA said government estimate is probably accurate
Holiday celebrations at work can lead to missing laptops and phones, email gaffes and security vulnerabilities.
The companies have agreed to end patent infringement disputes worldwide
Welcome to the era of serverless applications
The Apple CEO said that the company could not provide encrypted information
Who were the attackers and how did they get in?
Efforts afoot to reverse engineer the flaw and create commodity exploits
The Sanders campaign was suspended and forced to fire a staffer, but it is still blowing the whistle on security failures with the database.
Wearables are up almost 200% in Q3 2015. Are they the next big thing, or are the sales inflated by price slashing for the holiday shopping season?
The effort is 'late to the party,' one analyst says
International Association of Venue Managers' Wi-Fi Coalition grows its ranks
Thousands of websites will generate errors in browsers if their owners don't replace certificates in less than a month
Cloud consolidation continues
BlackBerry is still making a loss, but software sales are growing fast and even hardware is closer to breakeven
Smartphone users should have both privacy and security, Tim Cook says in interview
New report calls for a concerted effort from the government to develop a cohesive strategy to support the development and adoption of Internet of Things technologies.
