Cyberattacks to watch for in 2019A new report examines eight key threat areas.February 4, 2019 by Bob Violino in Innovation
Firefox to block auto-playing audio starting March 2019Firefox 66 for desktop and mobile will block auto-playing sound, Mozilla announced today.February 4, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Open Source
The most important new cable iPhone owners can buy: Anker PowerLine II USB-C to LightningThe very first MFi-Certified by Apple USB-C to Lightning cable has been released. And you want to buy it immediately.February 4, 2019 by Jason Perlow in Mobility
Fitbit preparing Versa in new colors: ReportIt's possible the photos could be of the Versa 2, but I hope not.February 4, 2019 by Jason Cipriani in Hardware
HTC U12 Life, First Take: Solid mid-range features and smart industrial designThe affordable HTC U12 Life is fine as far as it goes, but there's nothing here to make it stand out from the crowd.February 4, 2019 by Sandra Vogel in Smartphones
Slack submits confidential registration to go publicSlack has officially begun the process to become a public company.February 4, 2019 by Natalie Gagliordi in Collaboration
Microsoft and TomTom are working on location-based apps in the cloudTomTom services will be used across Microsoft Azure, Bing Maps and CortanaFebruary 4, 2019 by Steve Ranger in Innovation
Play VideoPacemakers, defibrillators: Are medical IoT devices trustworthy?Do you know what's in your pacemaker's source code? Your defibrillator? Your insulin pump? No one does -- except its maker. And that's worrying.February 4, 2019 by ZDNet Editors in Security
Huddle House restaurant chain announces breach of POS systemHuddle House says POS vendor got hacked and hackers used a vendor tool to deploy malware on restaurants' POS systems.February 4, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Security
Nadella's first five years as Microsoft's CEO: Pragmatism is the watchwordMicrosoft named Satya Nadella CEO five years ago today. His tenure has been a pragmatic one, and will likely continue along the same path for the coming five years.February 4, 2019 by Mary Jo Foley in Cloud
Security researchers discover new Linux backdoor named SpeakUpSpeakUp backdoor trojan can run on six different Linux distributions, and even on macOS.February 4, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Security
Microsoft buys BrightBytes DataSense to bring more data analytics to schoolsMicrosoft is buying the BrightBytes DataSense data-integration platform in order to try to bring more data-analytics capabilities to schools and education solution providers.February 4, 2019 by Mary Jo Foley in Big Data
Play Video10 things to learn from Facebook's Q4Despite its "self-imposed" business challenges, Facebook continues to rake in major profits.February 4, 2019 by ZDNet Editors in Social Enterprise
Two hacker groups responsible for 60 percent of all publicly reported hacksThe two hacker groups suspected of stealing around $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency.February 4, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Security
Digital sign systems allowed hacker access through default passwordsUpdated: A swathe of severe vulnerabilities was found in Tightrope Media Systems’ digital signage system.February 4, 2019 by Charlie Osborne in Security
Play VideoThe evolution of home connectivityTonya Hall talks with Fahri Diner, co-founder and CEO of Plume, about how home connectivity has improved throughout the years and the benefits it brings.February 4, 2019 by Tonya Hall in Innovation
Brexit plans: Four in ten tech companies consider move abroadBrexit worries are leading companies in information and communications to consider shifting some of their operations, mostly to Europe.February 4, 2019 by Steve Ranger in Innovation
Windows 10: Now you can get 1990s Windows File Manager from Microsoft StoreMicrosoft publishes the Windows File Manager from the 1990s in its app store.February 4, 2019 by Liam Tung in Enterprise Software