Mark Gurman of Bloomberg is back with new Apple Inc. predictions, including a likely launch date for the new iPhone SE and what the Apple virtual reality headset won’t include. Gurman, who is rated at 87% accurate with his Apple predictions by Apple Track, today predicted that the iPhone SE 3 will be launched at ...

A chain of fertility clinics in northern Illinois has suffered a data breach following an unspecified cyberattack. The attack struck Fertility Centers of Illinois PLLCn with 79,943 current and former patients potentially having their personal information being stolen. Information accessed includes Social Security and passport numbers, payment card information, medical records, health insurance information, account numbers, ...

The U.S. International Trade Commission today ruled that Google LLC infringed on five audio technology patents held by Sonos Inc. and has banned Google from importing any products that violate those patents. Sonos filed a lawsuit against Google and a complaint with the ITC over alleged patent infringement in 2020. Sonos charged that features in ...

Cryptocurrency-based crime hit a new record high in 2021, nearly double the figure from the year before, but at a far slower rate than the growth of the overall market. That’s according to data from Chainalysis Inc., which notes that although the headline cryptocurrency crime figure may seem bad, it does not tell the whole story. ...

When many think of electric cars, the first company that might jump to mind is Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc.. But some 30 or so years ago, when people were asked about what’s the best maker of televisions and high-tech gear, many would have said Sony Corp. Now, the famous marketing line “It’s a Sony” might ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has threatened to take legal action against companies that have not patched the Apache Log4j security vulnerabilities, which first emerged on Dec. 13. The Log4j vulnerabilities, including subsequent others, allow hackers to access affected systems. The exploits were targeted by not only run-of-the-mill criminal hackers but also state-sponsored hacking groups as ...

Sega Europe Ltd. is the latest company to be found to be exposing data via a misconfigured Amazon Web Services Inc. S3 bucket. Detailed Dec. 30 by security researcher Aaron Phillips, the exposed bucket contained multiple sets of AWS keys which could have been used to access many of Sega Europe’s cloud services. MailChimp and Steam ...

Agricultural hardware maker John Deere today debuted a fully autonomous tractor at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show. The autonomous tractor combines the company’s 8R tractor with a TruSet-enabled chisel plow, GPS guidance system and new advanced technologies. Those technologies include six pairs of stereo cameras that enable 360-degree obstacle detection and distance calculation. Images captured ...

Microsoft Corp. and Qualcomm Technologies Inc. today announced a new partnership to accelerate the adoption of augmented reality in both the consumer and the enterprise sectors. Announced at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show, the partnership will see Qualcomm work with Microsoft across several initiatives to support the ecosystem. These initiatives include the development of custom AR ...

Updated: Nonfungible token marketplace OpenSea today said it has raised $300 million in new funding and, according to a separate report, it’s also in talks to acquire digital wallet provider Dharma Labs Inc. Paradigm and Coatue led the Series C round, according to the New York Times on a valuation of $13.3 billion. A previous ...