To demonstrate the new machine learning capabilities in its Azure cloud, Microsoft has set up a Web site that guesses the ages of people in uploaded photos. The site, How Old Do I Look, is meant to show how easy it is for developers to use machine learning algorithms to …
A House panel overwhelmingly approved legislation designed to stop the bulk collection of U.S. phone records by the National Security Agency. The 25-2 vote in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee sends the USA Freedom Act to the House floor for a vote. The two votes against the bill came …
A U.S. Congress committee has overwhelmingly approved legislation designed to stop the bulk collection of U.S. phone records by the National Security Agency. The 25-2 vote in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee sends the USA Freedom Act to the House floor for a vote. The two votes against the …
Access, a global human rights group, has appealed to the United Nations and the African Union to intervene in the Burundian government’s decision to block mobile social media amid protests aimed at stopping President Pierre Nkurunziza’s third-term bid. The government of Burundi on Monday ordered the shutdown of social media …
Microsoft yesterday updated Windows 10 with the third refresh in the last 30 days. Build 10074 followed quickly on the heels of last week’s 10061: The seven-day interval was the shortest so far between updates. Last month, Microsoft vowed to pick up the pace of Windows 10 preview updates, and …
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican presidential candidate, has introduced legislation that would overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s recent net neutrality rules. Paul on Wednesday introduced a resolution of disapproval, a move that allows Congress to review new federal regulations from government agencies, using an expedited legislative process. Paul, of …
A school technology project funded by UNESCO and the Chinese government will help Liberia’s educational system recover from the Ebola virus outbreak, which has led to more than 10,000 deaths in West Africa. The US$700,000 “Harnessing Technology for Quality Teacher Training” project is part of a US$8 million funding agreement …
SteamOS and Debian 8 Jesse Debian 8 Jesse has been released, and some folks have been wondering if Valve will update SteamOS to Debian 8. It’s possible that Valve might do so, but it probably won’t happen anytime soon. Silviu Stahie reports for Softpedia: Valve said right from the start …
An initiative between Apple, IBM and Japan Post Holdings could put iPads in the hands of up to 5 million members of Japan’s elderly population. The iPads will run custom apps from IBM tailored to the needs of Japan’s elderly, who make up about a quarter of the country’s population, …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the schedule for Compliance Outreach Program regional seminars it is sponsoring in six cities later this year. The seminars are jointly sponsored by the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, Division of Investment Management, and Division of Enforcement’s Asset Management Unit. The …
U.S. Senator Rand Paul, a Republican presidential candidate, has introduced legislation that would overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s recent net neutrality rules. Paul on Wednesday introduced a resolution of disapproval, a move that allows Congress to review new federal regulations from government agencies, using an expedited legislative process. Paul, of …
Google yesterday released a free Chrome extension that preempts users from entering their Google account password into bogus websites and hampers the bad habit of reusing credentials. “Once you’ve installed it, Password Alert will show you a warning if you type your Google password into a site that isn’t a …
Having been an A’s fan during the Moneyball era; my wife and I watched the movie and kept asking each other do you remember going to this or that game. At the time we had no idea what was taking place in the A’s back office; we just knew we …
TheCartPress, an e-commerce plug-in used on thousands of WordPress-based websites, has several high-risk vulnerabilities. There are currently no fixes available for the flaws and, according to its developer, support for the plug-in will be discontinued on June 1st. The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to “execute arbitrary PHP code, disclose sensitive …
Behold, Microsoft’s future Developers, developers, developers. Steve Ballmer may be long gone, but new CEO Satya Nadella is just as keen to appeal to Microsoft’s favorite crowd as his predecessor was. The first half of the opening Build conference keynote on Wednesday was devoted to deep-level code and Azure cloud …
Sony’s CEO Kazuo Hirai has some difficult decisions to make as consumers continue to shun the company’s smartphones, resulting in continued losses. The company on Thursday reported a net loss of ¥126 billion (US$1.1 billion) for its latest fiscal year, which ended on March 31. Year-on-year, Sony’s revenue increased by …
True to form, yesterday Microsoft began the keynote of its Build 2015 developer conference, discussing cloud first. Then, just as sleepy non-techie user types in the audience were starting to count sheep, Microsoft livened the event, discussing Windows 10, cross-platform development tools, holograms, and much, much more. In fact, so …
Only 8% of computer network architects are women, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s the bad news. But those women come very close, on average, to making the same amount of money as the 92% of computer network architects who are men. To read this article in …
После появления в Сети многочисленных фотографий поцарапанных и разбитых Apple Watch пользователи стали сомневаться в надежности дисплея смарт-часов. Некоторые даже заявили, что Apple вводит покупателей в заблуждение, рассказывая о сапфировом покрытии, а на самом деле в часах используется более дешевый материал. Так это или нет решил проверить автор YouTube-канала Unbox …
When I bought my iPhone 6 earlier this year, I also purchased a simple, transparent case to protect it; the case cost me $35. But when you consider that for another $3 you can have an Aircharge Wireless Charging Case for an iPhone 6, it’s pretty darned tempting. Then, of …
It’s the late 1980s, and this pilot fish is responsible for a critical database that’s used for scheduling engineering tests at a major car company. “One day we discovered the database was being slowly corrupted every couple of days, and production slowed to a crawl for hours,” fish says. “I …
Новоиспеченный владелец умных часов Apple Watch не справился с управлением ими и случайно заказал себе в интернет-магазине Amazon игровую приставку Xbox One. Об этом сообщает The Daily Dot. …
Американская компания Microsoft провела презентацию браузера Edge, который заменит Internet Explorer в операционной системе Windows 10. …
In his 2014 book, The Accidental Superpower, Peter Zeihan traces the origins of America’s economic prosperity to its abundance of rivers. The U.S. has more miles of navigable waterways, which provide a uniquely efficient and inexpensive means for transporting goods across a continent, than the rest of the world put …
Маркетологи Samsung нашли оригинальный способ продвижения смартфона Galaxy S6, сообщает TJ. Компания начала рекламировать устройство с помощью контекстной рекламы в Google по запросам, связанным с грядущим флагманом iPhone 6s. …
Иногда информационные утечки могут случаться даже при попытках Apple избежать этого — на днях у одного из жителей города Купертино похитили прототип iPad. Пока неизвестно, был ли это прототип еще не анонсированного девайса или одного из прошлых поколений. …