Day: September 18, 2017

Signal’s Moxie Marlinspike calls out Pavel Durov’s “Trump logic”

On stage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017, Signal’s at times elusive privacy revolutionary Moxie Marlinspike spoke modestly about his how his secure text message app is taking over the world. Marlinspike directly addressed the controversy that Telegram Messenger founder Pavel Durov stirred up earlier this year […]

Slack valued at $5.1 billion after new funding led by SoftBank

(Reuters) – Software startup Slack Technologies Inc said it raised $250 million from SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) and other investors in its latest funding round, boosting the company’s valuation to $5.1 billion. The latest fund-raising, led by SoftBank through its giant Vision Fund and joined […]

Don’t Blame Pigs for Swine Flu—Species Hopping Is How Viruses Evolve

When new species evolve, where do their viruses come from? As little more than free-ranging bundles of genetic material, viruses desperately need to hijack their hosts’ cellular machinery and resources to replicate, over and over again. Without its host, a virus is nothing. Because of […]

U.S. Justice Department investigating Equifax execs who dumped shares before announcing breach

The U.S. Justice Department is said to be investigating the questionable sale of stock by Equifax executives in advance of the company’s public announcement of its massive data breach. The investigation is said to include U.S. prosecutors in Atlanta, the FBI and the Securities and […]

Corea del Nord, Seul: “E’ vicina alla fase finale”. Gli Usa schierano le portaerei

PECHINO – La fase finale è vicina. A dirlo è il ministero della difesa di Seul, che sostiene come la Corea del Nord sia arrivata quasi alla conclusione dello sviluppo di un missile balistico intercontinentale Icbm. Il parlamento della Corea del Sud ha … by Livio […]