Revolut’s clumsy automated FinTech bank compliance results in frozen accounts and lack of customer serviceThe hand off of perceived account irregularities from Revolut’s AI driven compliance systems and algorithms to support and partners is when the painful account freeze ups appear to start, and customers are sufferingJanuary 16, 2019 by Oliver Marks in Finance
Microsoft promises $500m to fix Greater Seattle's housing affordability 'crisis'The $500 million commitment will be used for loans and grants to accelerate the construction of more affordable housing across the region.January 16, 2019 by Asha Barbaschow in Tech Industry
Telstra turns to SDN for speedy intra-Asia subsea cable switcherooAustralia telco claims its new rapid restoration service will reduce outages on subsea cables to under 30 minutes.January 16, 2019 by Chris Duckett in Networking
Bipartisan Bill introduced to ban sale of US tech to Huawei and ZTEUS lawmakers introduce bipartisan Bill that, if passed, would ban the export of US chips and other components to the two Chinese tech companies.January 16, 2019 by Campbell Kwan in Security
Amazon Web Services launches fully-managed AWS BackupThe new service offers centralised backup in the cloud and on-premises.January 16, 2019 by Asha Barbaschow in Cloud
MIT lets AI "synthesize" computer programs to aid data scientistsMIT researchers used Bayesian inference, a form of AI, to make computer programs write new programs designed especially for data analysis. The premise is to ease the burden for data scientists who aren't also AI experts themselves.January 16, 2019 by Tiernan Ray in AI & Robotics
WWF using blockchain to track environmental impact of productsThe QR code-based blockchain play is hoping to help businesses avoid illegal, environmentally-damaging, or unethical products.January 16, 2019 by Asha Barbaschow in Innovation
Google Chrome extension that steals card numbers still available on Web StoreFake "Flash Player" extension has been available since February 2018, was installed by roughly 400 users.January 16, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Security
Play VideoGoogle raises G Suite Basic, Business prices: Here's what it meansZDNet's Larry Dignan outlines G Suite's price increases, how it'll compare to Microsoft Office 365 and what it means for cloud and technology inflation.January 16, 2019 by Larry Dignan in Cloud
Google raises G Suite prices: Basic to $6 a month per user, business to $12 a monthThe G Suite price increases are the first in a decade. Google argues that the price increases reflect more value. G Suite Enterprise prices unchanged.January 16, 2019 by Larry Dignan in Cloud
Over 87GB of email addresses and passwords exposed in Collection 1 dumpAn 87GB dump of email addresses and passwords containing almost 773 million unique addresses and just under 22 million unique passwords has been found.January 16, 2019 by Asha Barbaschow in Security
Star Trek technology still influential after over 50 yearsThe 20th century Earthlings who first tuned into the "Star Trek" television series in 1966 would certainly be amazed at how much science fiction is now science fact.January 16, 2019 by Jason Perlow in Innovation
Save $166 on SanDisk's monster 400GB microSD cardWant more storage for your phone or Switch? Then jump on this sale now! There's no word on how long it'll last.January 16, 2019 by Elyse Betters Picaro in Mobility
Star Trek: The technology won, but Roddenberry's visionary society lostStar Trek: Discovery, which premieres in its second season this week, is a dark show for dark times, with flawed and imperfect characters. Just like Roddenberry himself.January 16, 2019 by Jason Perlow in Innovation
Nvidia Tesla T4 GPUs now available on Google Cloud in betaThe T4 can handle machine learning training and inference, and it's the first in Google's GPU portfolio with dedicated ray-tracing processors.January 16, 2019 by Stephanie Condon in Cloud
Hackers breach and steal data from South Korea's Defense MinistryGovernment says hackers breached 30 computers and stole data from 10.January 16, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Security
MongoDB "open-source" Server Side Public License rejectedRed Hat won't use MongoDB in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora thanks to MongoDB's new Server Side Public License.January 16, 2019 by Steven Vaughan-Nichols in Cloud
Infor lands $1.5 billion investment from Koch Equity as it preps for IPOInfor, which is known for its industry-specific software suites, says it took in over $3 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2018.January 16, 2019 by Natalie Gagliordi in Enterprise Software