IBM SECURITY RESEARCH has found that people are using the so-called dark net to launch cyber attacks, force ransomware demands on punters and make distributed denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

  Google says data has been wiped from discs at one of its data centres in Belgium – after the local power grid was struck by lightning four times. Continue reading here: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33989384

Barring cloudy skies, this week’s Perseid meteor shower may be a classic, excellent show. The shooting star spectacle peaks on the night of Wednesday into Thursday morning, with as many as 90 to 100 shooting stars an hour, according to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and the Royal Astronomical Society in the U.K. In the […]

  Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday his social networking company just finished building an unmanned aerial system that can “beam down Internet connectivity from the sky.” It’s called Aquila, and demonstrates not only solar-powered flight, but a new way to connect to the Internet. via Facebook Builds UAS That Beams Down Wi-Fi – AVweb flash […]

  The Windows 10 rollout has been relatively smooth, but there are plenty of users who never received the Get Windows 10 app and are still waiting in line for their turn to update. Unfortunately, scammers have seen how desperate Windows users are for the update, which is why it should come as no surprise […]