Month: April 2025
Advancement in endpoint detection and response products
Endpoint detection and responses play a vital role in detecting, protecting against, and responding to threats on enterprise devices. Despite advanced AI detection and telemetry analysis offered in today’s EDR solutions, modern infostealer malware is designed to evade even the most sophisticated defenses, using tactics like polymorphic malware, memory-only execution, and exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities
IBM acquires consultancy Hakkoda
In February, IBM acquired DataStax, a platform for building AI apps, and the outfit recently finalized its purchase of infrastructure and security automation firm HashiCorp. It’s a strategy that’s done well for IBM. In Q4 2024, the company, which makes the bulk of its AI income from consulting, recorded its biggest revenue jump in five
Apple to be granted access to its Privacy case in the UK
The iPhone maker has been battling demands from the UK’s Home Office to create a back door to its cloud systems that hold private user data.Apple said in February it could no longer offer Advanced Data Protection (ADP) its most sophisticated security system to customers in the UK after receiving the request.The Investigatory Powers Tribunal
The disruptive Web3 Gaming industry
Web3 gaming, with blockchain, NFTs and decentralized finance (DeFi) elements, is emerging as a game-changer offering a player-driven economy, asset ownership and enhanced in-game experiences that were previously unimaginable.The global gaming industry has always been a hotbed of innovation, consistently adapting and evolving to meet the demands of players. However, a new wave of disruption
Banning TikTok in US
TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, faced an April 5 deadline to sell its stake in the app or else be banned in the U.S. after Trump extended an earlier January deadline set by Congress last year.Trump announced on social media Friday afternoon that he was signing a second executive order to extend the deadline another
The debut in iOS 18.4 for Apple products
After a false alarm, Apple has followed through with releasing an AirPods Max firmware update that enables support for lossless audio and ultra low-latency audio on the over-ear headphones. These features are only available on the newer version of the AirPods Max with a USB-C port, with the older version of the headphones that still
PayPal Adds Solana and Chainlink
Both Solana and Chainlink play critical roles in the blockchain space. Solana supports fast, low-cost transactions and is widely used in decentralized finance (DeFi), gaming, and Web3 applications. Chainlink, on the other hand, is essential for enabling smart contracts to access real-world data through decentralized oracles. PayPal has expanded its cryptocurrency offerings in the US
Mircosoft AI agent to browse the web for you
Agentic AI is essentially a fancy way of describing an AI tool that can perform multi-step web-based tasks autonomously, or semi-autonomously, on your behalf.Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event was quite loaded, but the company reserved most of its attention for the Copilot AI stack. In Copilot’s case, the fancier one is Actions. So far, AI chatbots
Apple to expand its manufacturing in Brazil
Apple is planning to expand its manufacturing facility in Brazil in an attempt to avoid the newly imposed tariffs on China by the Trump Administration. Trump’s newly announced tariffs include 34% on Chinese imports and 26% on Indian, two crucial markets for Apple hardware. This means that Apple will be forced to pay higher taxes
The S&P 500 correction
A few months ago, the benchmark S&P 500 seemed unbreakable and was still hitting new all-time highs. But since peaking on Feb. 19, the index has pulled back, even briefly closing at more than 10% below its high mark, putting it firmly in correction territory. As the data shows, a correction does not mean a