Month: May 2020

Breaking a SHA-1-generated SSH authentication key now costs roughly $50,000, putting high-profile remote servers at risk of attacks. OpenSSH, the most popular utility for connecting to and managing remote servers, has announced today plans to drop support for its SHA-1 authentication scheme. The OpenSSH team cited security concerns with the SHA-1 hashing algorithm, currently considered … Continue reading OpenSSH to deprecate SHA-1 logins due to security risk Continue Reading →

VMware handily topped earnings estimates for its first quarter. VMware delivered better-than-expected first quarter results as its subscription and software as a service revenue jumped 39% from a year ago. The company reported first quarter earnings of $386 million, or 92 cents a share, on revenue of $2.73 billion, up 12% from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings … Continue reading VMware delivers solid Q1 as subscription, SaaS revenue jumps Continue Reading →

GE started with lighting, but today it’s more of an “industry and debt” firm. General Electric has finally found a buyer for its lighting business and will be selling off its last consumer-facing business after more than 120 years of operation. Boston-based GE said today it would divest the lighting business to Savant Systems, a smart home … Continue reading GE switches off light bulb business after almost 130 years Continue Reading →

Facebook has been verifying the identities of Page managers for a while in its quest to stamp out misinformation, but now it’s shifting that attention to individual accounts. The social network will now verify the identities of people behind profiles that both have a “pattern of inauthentic behavior” and whose posts “rapidly go viral” in the US. This … Continue reading Facebook will verify identities for suspiciously popular accounts Continue Reading →

The updates were rolled back in April in light of COVID-19 Google announced on Thursday that it will bring its SameSite cookie update back starting July 14th, alongside the launch of Chrome 84. The update will roll out gradually to Chrome 80 and later versions. When Chrome 80 launched in February, Google started rolling out … Continue reading Google resumes Chrome’s more privacy-friendly SameSite cookie update Continue Reading →

Salesforce shares fell as much as 3% after the company reported fiscal first-quarter earnings on Thursday. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: 70 cents per share, adjusted Revenue: $4.87 billion   The company’s revenue grew 30% from the year-ago quarter, according to a statement. Analysts polled by Refinitiv had expected 69 cents in adjusted earnings per share on $4.85 … Continue reading Salesforce declines after light guidance Continue Reading →

OneWeb asks FCC for expanded license as it prepares to exit bankruptcy. SpaceX and OneWeb have asked for US permission to launch tens of thousands of additional satellites into low Earth orbit. SpaceX’s application to launch 30,000 satellites—in addition to the nearly 12,000 it already has permission for—is consistent with SpaceX’s previously announced plans for Starlink. OneWeb’s application to launch … Continue reading Bankrupt OneWeb seeks license for 48,000 satellites, even more than SpaceX Continue Reading →

We’ve officially reached pure silly season when it comes to internet regulations. For the past two years now, every so often, reports have come out that the White House was exploring issuing an executive order trying to attack Section 230 and punish companies for the administration’s belief in the myth that content moderation practices at large social media firms are “biased” … Continue reading The Two Things To Understand About Trump’s Executive Order On Social Media: (1) It’s A Distraction (2) It’s Legally Meaningless Continue Reading →