Walmart partners with Google on voice-activated shopping
The world’s largest retailer said Wednesday it’s working with Google to offer hundreds of thousands of items from laundry detergent […]
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Retailers’ web tracking can expose ‘real world identity’ of bitcoin users
Consumers who elect to pay for goods and services online using the cryptocurrency ‘bitcoin’ can have their identities exposed when […]
‘Smart’ and autonomous vehicle cyber guidance
On 6 August 2017, in advance of proposed legislation, the UK government published 8 ‘Key Principles’ regarding the cyber security […]
Encryption Technology Could Protect the Privacy of Your DNA
Your DNA is some of the most intimate information out there—encoded in it is information about your health, your personality, […]
Amazon may give developers your private Alexa transcripts
According to sources reported by The Information, Amazon is currently looking at opening up this private transcript data to its […]
Data can shape behavior and solve bad health habits
Data which can track our psychological behavior is “something very powerful” and could help tackle unhealthy habits, according to the […]
Preparing for the unmanned vehicle revolution
From Uber’s self-driving car project to Amazon’s budding drone delivery service, it’s impossible to ignore the impact these “vehicles” are […]
Preparing for the unmanned vehicle revolution
From Uber’s self-driving car project to Amazon’s budding drone delivery service, it’s impossible to ignore the impact these “vehicles” are […]
What does it mean to be differentially private?
Back in June 2016, Apple announced it will use differential privacy to protect individual privacy for certain data that it […]
When the cookie meets the blockchain
Cryptocurrencies are portrayed as a more anonymous and less traceable method of payment than credit cards. So if you shop […]
NIST Crafts Next-Generation Safeguards for Information Systems and the Internet of Things
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new draft revision of its widely used Special Publication (SP) […]
Rackspace rolls out managed data protection service
Rackspace is the latest firm to offer new cybersecurity tools ahead of the GDPR implementation. Source: Rackspace rolls out managed […]