Syncron explains why blockchain could do everything from track E.coli to boost supply chains and customer loyalty.
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#Apple fixes KRACK attack in #iOS 11.1 update
The first major iOS 11 update is now available to download for iPhone and iPad.
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Tortuga Logic raises $2 million to build chip-level #security systems
Tortuga Logic has raised $2 million in seed funding from Eclipse Ventures to help in their effort to maintain chip-level system security. Based in Palo Alto, the company plans to use the cash to build products that will find “lurking vulnerabilities” on computer hardware. The founders, Dr. Jason Oberg, Dr. Jonathan Valamehr, Professor Ryan Kastner of UC San Diego, and Professor… Read More
Updated: The best Black Friday deals on #Apple iPads, MacBooks, #Mac desktops
Apple is providing store gift cards with purchases at full price, so here are other options is you are looking to score a tablet or computer for less than the regular price.
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Red Hat partners with AWS with OpenShift Container Platform 3.7
Red Hat wants to be your AWS hybrid cloud and container company as well your Linux provider.
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Estonia’s ID card crisis: How e-state’s poster child got into and out of trouble
Estonia is built on secure state e-systems, so the world was watching when it hit a huge ID-card problem.
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Lightform raises $5M to turn old projectors into augmented reality machines
In Blade Runner 2049, one of the more interesting stylistic choices was how the film imagined futuristic augmented reality. While the Microsofts and Googles of our real dystopian world are currently approaching AR tech with headsets and smart glasses, Blade Runner 2049 relied entirely on external projection. This vision of the future may still seem a tad concerning, but it’s good news… Read More
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Tech companies pushed for net neutrality. Now Al Franken wants to turn it on them
For years, tech companies have insisted that they’re different from everything else. Take Facebook, which has long claimed that it’s a tech platform, not a media entity. “Don’t be evil,” Google would say to its employees, as though it were setting itself apart from the world’s other massive corporations.
#Amazon Cyber Monday deals include $100 Acer Chromebook, $999 #Apple MacBook
The online giant is also featuring a significant MacBook Pro discount and Dell and Lenovo laptop specials as part of its Cyber Monday extravaganza..
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Researchers create a light-based key distribution system for quantum encryption
Researchers at Duke University, OSU and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have solved one of the biggest problems with new forms of quantum encryption: quantum key distribution. QKD is the process of distributing keys during a transmission and in a way that will tell both sides of the conversation that someone is eavesdropping. The new system, which uses lasers to transmit multiple bits at once,… Read More