by alex | Jan 5, 2017 | newsletter
The outgoing US President Obama has commenced the public aspects of retaliation for the alleged Russian hacking of (and interference with) the US presidential election by expelling 35 Russian diplomats from the country. What Happened? The US government under President...
by alex | Jan 5, 2017 | newsletter
News has surfaced of a patent that’s reported to have been filed by Amazon back in December 2014 for a flying warehouse, or airborne fulfilment centre (AFC), that can use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to deliver items to users. The patent has been recently...
by alex | Jan 5, 2017 | newsletter
A report by IDC has revealed that the fact that water damage is common and yet it is not covered by insurance policies is the reason why sales of water resistant mobile devices have increased so significantly in 2016. Water Damage = No Payout IDC’s European Quarterly...
by alex | Jan 5, 2017 | newsletter
The growing optimism for the future of the web-based crypto-currency ‘Bitcoin’ received another boost this week as the value of 1 Bitcoin jumped above $1,000 (£815) for the first time in three years. Performed Better Than Central-Bank-Issued Currencies. On Sunday, the...
by alex | Dec 23, 2016 | newsletter
With the massive amounts of household, leisure items and toys that have a ‘smart’ element to them, could any of the IoT presents that you receive or give this Christmas be taken over and used by hackers in 2017? A Big DDoS With IoT. Back in October this year, cyber...
by alex | Dec 23, 2016 | newsletter
As if the data breach of 500 million users’ accounts in 2014 wasn’t bad enough, Yahoo has just discovered that it was the subject of the biggest data breach in history when, back in 2013, more than one billion user accounts were compromised. What Happened?...