Best DDoS protection of 2020
In October 2016 DNS provider Dyn was hit by a major DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack by an army of IoT devices which had been hacked specially for the...
Best WordPress themes for portfolios in 2020
Best WordPress themes for portfoliosThe days of printing your business portfolio and placing it in a cardboard folder are long since past.By placing your portfolio online you can advertise your...
Chinese-made drone app in Google Play spooks security researchers
Enlarge / A DJI Phantom 4 quadcopter drone. The Android version of DJI Go 4—an app that lets users control drones—has until recently been covertly collecting sensitive user data and...
HMRC’s plans to clampdown on loan-scheme promoters slammed by IT contractors
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is seeking feedback on a set of proposals designed to clamp down on the promoters of tax-avoidance schemes that have left tens of thousands of...
This Virgin broadband deal offers mega speeds, Amazon vouchers and major price drops
Normally Virgin is a provider that goes big on pricey bills, matching the likes of BT and Sky for most expensive broadband deals around. But right now Virgin is taking...
AT&T’s epic DirecTV losses mount as another 954,000 video customers flee
Enlarge / A DirecTV satellite dish seen outside a bar in Portland, Oregon, in October 2019.Getty Images | hapabapa AT&T lost nearly 1 million TV customers in Q2 2020, continuing...
How Schrems II will impact data sharing between the UK and the US
Transferring personal data internationally has become more difficult in recent days. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has invalidated the Privacy Shield, an EU adequacy decision that...
EE is offering one of the best broadband deals we’ve ever seen from the brand
Best known as the UK's leading mobile phone network, in recent years EE has been subtly slipping into the world of broadband deals too. While it is generally quite affordable,...
Covid-19 to prompt surge in public cloud spend on DaaS, says Gartner
The Covid-19-induced shift towards remote working looks set to ensure that the desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) portion of the public cloud market will enjoy a bumper year of growth in 2020, according...
Flipkart acquires Walmart India’s wholesale business
It's all happening in India's e-commerce market.With the emergence of JioMart, and the ever lurking presence of Amazon India, the third big player in the fray Flipkart had to do...