Two projects geared to JavaScript compilation, Babel and xto6, are moving forward with the goal of helping developers navigate next-generation capabilities. Version 5.0 of the Babel compiler, made available last week, includes ECMAScript 7 proposals like decorators, for annotating classes and properties at design time; class properties; and additional export-from statements. …
To protect themselves against cyberattacks, organizations should focus more on training their employees and improving their internal processes instead of buying new technology, according to one tech vendor. Yet, businesses and government agencies often focus on the next “silver bullet” product, unaware that most cybersecurity problems stem from flawed procedures …
Студенты США выступают против использования приложения Proctortrack, которое разработчики создали для борьбы со списыванием и жульничеством на экзаменах при дистанционном обучении. Учащиеся считают данные нововведения бестактными и неэтичным. Об этом сообщает издание The New York Times. …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Los Angeles-based Pacific West Capital Group Inc. and its owner Andrew B. Calhoun IV with fraud in the sale of “life settlement” investments. Life settlements are securities structured around when life insurance policies “mature” after the insured individual dies and benefits are paid. …
To protect themselves against cyberattacks, organizations should focus more on training their employees and improving their internal processes instead of buying new technology, according to one tech vendor. Yet, businesses and government agencies often focus on the next “silver bullet” product, unaware that most cybersecurity problems stem from flawed procedures …
Microsoft has seeded Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs with an as-yet-optional update that will pitch the free Windows 10 upgrade to customers. According to Myce.com, a March 27 non-security update aimed at Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows 8.1 Update — the latter, the April 2014 refresh …
NASA this weekend is pulling together more than 10,000 developers, scientists, students and entrepreneurs across 62 countries for a code-a-thon aimed at building technology for space exploration. Using IBM’s cloud development platform, Bluemix, participants will be tasked with developing mobile apps, software, hardware, data visualization and platform solutions. The technology …
The H-1B cap has been quickly reached, the U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Service said Tuesday. The agency said it received a “high number” of visa petitions, but did not have a final count. It will be a week or two before the immigration service can say exactly how many petitions …
Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and Edge smartphones, which arrive in stores Friday, have received mostly positive reviews from critics, largely for superior styling and their metal and glass construction. Still, there has been criticism about the bloatware pre-installed on the devices. At one point, before review units were widely distributed, reports …
As president, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will support increasing the H-1B visa cap. Although Paul keeps specifics about his plans for high-skilled immigration nuanced and vague, the final outcome would be little different from Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) plan to raise the H-1B cap by 500%. Paul, who today …
Ключевой и самой примечательной особенностью Project Ara является то, что такие модульные устройства позволят пользователям настраивать под свои нужды не только программное обеспечение, но и аппаратное. …
Сервис микроблогов Twitter запустил новый способ ретвитов, при котором пользователи получают больше пространства для собственных комментариев. Об этом сообщает во вторник Cnet. …
По сообщениям источников из Apple, в компании считают 4K только зарождающейся технологией и не готовы первыми продвигать новое разрешение в массы. …
LG is placing as much importance on streaming content from Netflix as it is to broadcast TV in its new 4K OLED and LED TVs, which were announced on Tuesday. Eight new 4K smart TVs, belonging to one OLED curved TV series and four LED series, carry the certification of …
Apple’s decision to cater to Watch buyers with reservation-only sales and personalized in-store appointments worried one retail analyst, who wondered whether it signals a sea change in how the Cupertino, Calif. company leverages its nearly 450 outlets. “One concern I’d have as a retail person is that this could end …
Ant Financial, финансовое подразделение китайской Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, и компания Xiaomi, лидер рынка смартфонов в Китае, заявили о совместном развитии систем мобильных платежей, которые будут использовать носимые устройства. Это первая подобная инициатива среди ведущих китайских компаний. …
Apple wants to eliminate the long lines that form outside its retail stores on product launch days. “The days of waiting in line and crossing fingers for a product are over for our customers,” according to a memo from Angela Ahrendts, Apple’s senior vice president of retail and online stores, …
Корейская LG выпустила обновление Android 5.1 Lollipop для планшета LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition. …
After facing a DDoS attack, an activist group isn’t backing down in its attempts to end China’s Internet censorship. “I think that we are more confident than we were before that our successful execution of our strategy is going to lead us to achieve our mission,” said the group via …
8 апреля в Шэньчжэне (провинция Гуандун, КНР) стартует форум для разработчиков Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2015. Ожидается, что на нём в числе прочего будет сделан ряд анонсов, связанных с процессорами нового поколения. …
Researchers at NYU Polytechnic have achieved a major breakthrough in underwater robotics: They have proven that a robotic replica of something that will eat you can be as terrifying as the real thing. Fortunately, for the streets of New York abused so heavily in Godzilla and all those Night at …
Samsung и SK Telecom сообщили о подписании договора о взаимопонимании в вопросах разработки передовых мобильных устройств и технологий связи. …
One of the things that makes Android so interesting is the fact that no two people use it the same way. From the ever-expanding variety of hardware to the virtually endless possibilities for configuring and customizing the software, diversity is a key part of what makes the platform as appealing …
Тайваньский производитель смартфонов HTC в четвертый раз подряд зафиксировал прибыль по итогам квартала, однако трудности в компании все еще продолжаются. …
When it comes to business intelligence, most enterprise users are intimately acquainted with tools such as Microsoft Excel. They tend to feel less comfortable with data-management technologies like Hadoop—despite the considerable insights such tools could offer. Enter AtScale, a startup that on Tuesday emerged from stealth with a new offering …
Эд Бун (Ed Boon), один из основных разработчиков Mortal Kombat X и творческий директор NetherRealm Studios, пообещал, что стабильность сетевых режимов игры будет гораздо выше, чем в прошлых проектах студии. …