Users fume after My Cloud network breach locks them out of their data
Users of the Western Digital My Cloud service are fuming after a network breach has locked them out of their data for more than 24 hours and has put company-handled...
Failure to enforce faster broadband switching deadline could see £1.85bn loss
“Misplaced” concerns around switching broadband providers are costing 11 million UK customers £1.85bn a year in potential savings, according to research from comparison and switching service Uswitch. And with...
Lloyds and NatWest banks join Barclays in latest round of branch closures
About 80 UK bank branch closures have been announced in the past week, with Lloyds and NatWest banks joining Barclays in shuttering high street operations. All three banks cited...
Hackers exploit WordPress plugin flaw that gives full control of millions of sites
Getty Images Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in a widely used WordPress plugin that gives them the ability to take complete control of millions of sites, researchers said....
What is crowdsourcing? | Definition from TechTarget
What is crowdsourcing? Crowdsourcing is the practice of turning to a body of people to obtain needed knowledge, goods or services. The term crowdsourcing is a combination of crowds and...
These angry Dutch farmers really hate Microsoft
As soon as Lars Ruiter steps out of his car, he is confronted by a Microsoft security guard, who is already seething with anger. Ruiter, a local councillor, has parked...
Generative AI central to Accenture’s tech vision
The distance between digital and physical worlds will “collapse” over the next 10 years, with the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) accelerating change, according to Accenture’s latest report....
AI-generated video of Will Smith eating spaghetti astounds with terrible beauty
Enlarge / Stills from an AI-generated video of Will Smith eating spaghetti that has been heating up the Internet. Amid this past week's controversies in AI over regulation, fears of...
3CX knew its app was flagged as malicious, but took no action for 7 days
The support team for 3CX, the VoIP/PBX software provider with more than 600,000 customers and 12 million daily users, was aware its desktop app was being flagged as malware, but...
Trojanized Windows and Mac apps rain down on 3CX users in massive supply chain attack
Getty Images Hackers working on behalf of the North Korean government have pulled off a massive supply chain attack on Windows and macOS users of 3CX, a widely used voice...