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Earlier this week, we reported on news that the popular system maintenance app CCleaner had been infected by malware for nearly a month. We now know the attack was worse than initially thought. The CCleaner malware could be used to deliver a second-stage payload that would run on local systems …

Amazon’s Alexa assistant platform started as the basis for the Echo speaker several years ago. While the utility of such a device was questionable at first, Amazon has attracted scores of developers to the Alexa platform and built the assistant into multiple successful devices. Now, the company may be trying …

Apple’s new iOS 11 packs a variety of new capabilities and features under the hood. But it also changes certain functionality in a way that’s not necessarily user-friendly. Starting with iOS 11, disabling Bluetooth and Wi-Fi from the Control Center will not shut them off. The iOS Control Center is …

Update: Intel has reached out to ET with the following comment: “We’ll be shipping our first 10-nanometer products near the end of the year beginning with a lower volume SKU followed by a volume ramp in the first half of 2018.” Original Story Below: Intel has already delayed Cannon Lake …

Self-driving cars are a major market driver right now, with multiple companies jockeying for a leadership position. Tesla is now working with AMD to build a specialized microprocessor to handle self-driving car technology. It’s also hired Jim Keller, the ex-AMD employee responsible for Ryzen’s design, as well as the K12 …

At the same time that users are moving away from big, heavy, DSLR cameras to mirrorless systems or even smartphones, DSLRs continue to improve and offer some exciting payoffs for those willing to stick it out. This year has seen several exciting models up and down the price range from …

The hits just keep on coming. In the weeks since Equifax disclosed its breach, the company has fumbled its PR response so badly, it’s going to be an object lesson in crisis management for decades. We first learned Equifax was breached because it failed to patch a bug that had …

Intel has already delayed Cannon Lake several times, as it tweaks the process and pulls the rollout back on track, but the company’s efforts may not have been enough. There are multiple reports Intel has pushed Cannon Lake back into 2018, though evidence is scant on the ground. The basis …

For the past five years, Apple has built its own CPU cores and marched to the beat of its own unique drum. Unlike the various Android vendors, including Samsung and Qualcomm, Apple has eschewed higher core counts in favor of better single-threaded performance. While companies like Qualcomm went wide, with …

Self-driving cars occupy a bit of an odd position in technology at the moment. While the topic has been fairly popular, and spawned additional interest in concepts like machine learning and AI, the actual nuts and bolts of how various companies are implementing self-driving technology are hush-hush. Marketing presentations and …