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There have been efforts in Congress to approve what's called a "startup visa," which would be given to entrepreneurs who commit to certain levels of investment and job growth. But as with other immigration bills, it's gotten nowhere.

Rackspace, a company that was an early player in the cloud market, is being forced to evolve or continue to be left behind.

I binged watched Stranger Things on Netflix recently.

When I posted about watching the last episode on my social media accounts, quite a few people chimed in with some suggestions (thank you!), but the one that seemed the most peculiar -- because it’s not a fantasy show at all -- is called The Night Of. With lightning fast reflexes, I switched over the HBO Go app. My 200 meg connection barely noticed, even though I watched Stranger Things in 4K and the HBO Go was on my iPad Pro and streamed... Читать дальше...

Big data is best known for its volume, variety, and velocity -- collectively referred to as the "3 Vs" -- and all three of those traits make security an elusive goal. Targeting companies grappling with that challenge, the Cloud Security Alliance on Friday released a new report offering 100 best practices.

A Virginia couple has pled guilty to H-1B fraud charges in a scheme that made them millions, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.

In order to help webmasters better protect their websites and users, Mozilla has built an online scanner that can check if web servers have the best security settings in place.

Quantum computers of the future will be so powerful that many believe they will be used to crack the powerful encryption used today to defend government secrets and protect sensitive corporate data like bank transactions.

Back-to-school tech 2016

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This month, parents and students are making lists and racking their brains to make sure students go back to school with everything they need for a successful year. As we do every August, we’ve scoured the latest offerings from top tech companies to find a lineup suitable for the modern student. We’ve also kept in mind the constraints of a student budget. The most expensive item on this list is $140, and several of them cost $30 or less.

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A private equity firm has signed an agreement to buy major cloud player Rackspace for $4.3 billion.

The Backup Plus Ultra Slim Portable Drive is one of Seagate's thinnest and most eye-catching portable hard drives. Available in stunning gold and platinum colors- style meets storage- and easily slips into your backpack along with your other essentials. At 9.6mm thin, capacity is not sacrificed with 1TB and 2TB options-bring your most important files and head out the door. Back up and manage your favorite files from your computer, tablet and mobile devices using the Seagate Dashboard. Run a one-click... Читать дальше...

There are now 200 companies standing behind Privacy Shield, the framework agreement allowing businesses to process the personal information of European Union citizens on servers in the U.S.

The latest Fluent data suggests interest in the next iPhone 7 is muted in contrast to previous years, with only one in three existing users thinking its release is a big deal. All the same, Apple is attracting far more Android switchers than it is losing iPhone users.

Best Deals of the Week, August 22-26 - Deal Alert

Check out this roundup of the best deals on gadgets, gear and other cool stuff we have found this week, the week of August 15th. All items are highly rated, and dramatically discounted!

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Top 10 cities for tech workers

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A lot goes into finding a new job. You want to make sure the job is a good fit, you want a decent salary and you want to make sure you can afford to live in the city where you'll be working. CareerCast pulled salary data from 200 careers it tracked through its Jobs Rater report, broken out by metropolitan areas. Next, it measured the data against the cost of living in those cities using data from both PayScale and the Council for Community and Economic Research. Читать дальше...

The magic of retail these days is not that different from what it was 50 years ago. It always centers on knowing and understanding shoppers better than they know themselves. That means either positioning the higher-margin cereals at eye level or knowing what products will move best in different months. Amazon has been positively brilliant about this online, but we're now seeing proof that it can bring it in the physical world, too.

Dropbox is asking users who signed up before mid-2012 to change their passwords if they haven’t done so since then.

Four former Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) employees, all of them over 50 years of age, allege in a lawsuit that the firm pushed older workers out so it could increase the number of younger employees -- millennials in particular.

Big manufacturer moves its office personnel to a newly renovated space, complete with an open-office floor plan and too much white noise from the air-conditioning system, reports an IT pilot fish on the scene.

As autonomous driving technology allows vehicles to become more independent of their human drivers, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) will not be able to rely on today's distributed processors and smart sensors, according to a new report.

Jurors in a U.S. federal court have convicted a Russian hacker of stealing and selling more than two million credit card numbers.