Apple Inc. has updated its Siri voice assistant to provide coronavirus advice to users including a test to see whether they have caught COVID-19. The virtual assistant now responds to questions such as “do I have coronavirus” with a series of questions to ascertain whether the Apple user has the virus or not. Questions include ...

The price of bitcoin bucked market trends and surged Thursday as investors flooded back into cryptocurrency markets. Recovering all of its losses in the last week, bitcoin surged to a high of $6,342.03 at 2 p.m. EDT before softening slightly to $6,197.58 at 10:30 p.m., up almost 16% over the last 24 hours. Bitcoin had ...

While news of hackers targeting hospitals with ransomware and others with COVID-19 phishing scams continues to make headlines, a new study has found that there is some honor among thieves in the darkest recesses of the internet. Alex Guirakhoo, strategy and research analyst at Digital Shadows Ltd. has published a report on the reaction of ...

Starsky Robotics Inc. is no more. The self-driving truck startup announced today that it’s closing down after failing to secure additional funding. Founded in 2015, Starsky Robotics had been developing driverless truck technology that involved a combination of self-driving technology and remote control, a different take than others in the market. In its short time, the ...

Shares in Uber Technologies Inc. surged 38% today after Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said the company has plenty of cash to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic and is looking at delivering medicine and other vital supplies. “We are very fortunate to have a strong cash position with about $10 billion of unrestricted cash as of ...

With hackers targeting hospitals and other medical service providers during the global coronavirus pandemic, the importance of cybersecurity has never been more critical. Cybersecurity firm Emsisoft has teamed with incident response company Coveware Inc. to offer free assistance to hospitals and other healthcare providers who are targeted with ransomware attacks. “Without a global pandemic, a ransomware attack ...

Major self-driving car companies have suspended their testing programs, citing coronavirus contagion fears. Alphabet Inc.-owned Waymo was the first company to suspend testing, also stopping its taxi service in Phoenix, Arizona, for vehicles that require a support driver. Notably, the company’s fully automated driverless taxi, delivery and trucking services are continuing operation, but Waymo suspended ...

NutriBullet LLC, the maker of a popular high-priced blender, have been targeted in a number of Magecart attacks, with customer data stolen at the point of sale. The attacks, attributed to MageCart Group 8, were discovered and publicized today by security researchers at RiskIQ Inc. The first attack, detected Feb. 20, involved the attackers placing skimmer code ...

Payments startup Square Inc. is set to provide banking services after getting conditional approval for a banking license by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Square was granted an “Industrial Loan Company” license, a form of de novo banking license that the FDIC provides to newly chartered banks that are bound by supervision standards. The bank, Square ...

A large amount of confidential data relating to two financial companies has been found exposed online in the latest case of a failure to secure a cloud-hosted database. The exposure was discovered by security researchers at vpnMentor and publicized Tuesday. It’s believed to be linked to MCA Wizard, an iOS and Android app developed by Advantage Capital ...