Google shuts down massive Google Docs phishing scam

From CNET: Google shut down a massive phishing scam that targeted users of its Google Docs service. You know, basically everyone.

The sophisticated phishing scam spread across the web on Wednesday afternoon, tricking people into giving up access to their Google accounts. Some people, like Reddit...

Micron's SolidScale system pushes SSDs out to shared storage

From InfoWorld: SSDs operate the fastest when inside a computer. Micron's new SolidScale storage system uproots SSDs from servers and pushes them into discrete boxes while reducing latency.

SolidScale is a top-of-the-rack storage system that will house many SSDs. It will connect to servers, memory...

Apple's iPhone unit sales take a surprising fall

From CNET: Apple on Tuesday reported a slight drop in quarterly iPhone unit sales to 50.8 million units, from 51.2 million units a year earlier. Analysts, on average, had expected it to sell 52.2 million in the fiscal second quarter that ended April 1.

Even though Apple sold fewer iPhones, it made...

Facebook's text understanding AI is coming to a phone near you

From PC World: Developers have a new tool to help mobile apps understand text, thanks to a Facebook open source project update on Tuesday. The social networking company’s AI research group released a new version of FastText, a programming library that’s designed to make it easier for developers to...

Microsoft to cut update ties between Edge and Windows 10

From InfoWorld: Microsoft will sever the update ties between Windows 10 and its default browser, Edge, to give company developers a way to refresh the browser more often than twice a year, according to an online report.

"Users will finally be able to get updates to the Edge browser via the Windows...

IBM warns of malware it shipped on flash drives

From CNET: IBM is urging customers to destroy flash drives it shipped to storage system customers because they contain malware.

The company warned in an advisory Tuesday that an unspecified number of USB flash drives shipped with the initialization tool for Storwize systems contain malicious code...

Vulnerability hits Intel enterprise PCs going back 10 years

From InfoWorld: Intel is reporting a firmware vulnerability that could let attackers take over remote management functions on computers built over nearly the past decade.

The vulnerability, disclosed on Monday, affects features in Intel firmware that are designed for enterprise IT management....

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