Intel’s chips dominate servers in data centers, but the possible acquisition of Altera could help the company provide a wider variety of custom chips designed to speed up specific applications, analysts said on Friday. Intel is in talks to acquire Altera, which has a market capitalization of $10.4 billion [B], …
A jury has found mostly in favor of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in a historic lawsuit accusing one of Silicon Valley’s best-known venture capital firms of sex discrimination. The jury found against Ellen Pao on three out of four claims, including whether her gender was a factor in Kleiner …
Facebook annoyed and puzzled many people last year when it forced them to download its Messenger app for chats. Its reasons for doing so are now clearer: Messenger is becoming a beast of an app, with its own links to outside businesses and software apart from Facebook’s main site. At …
For this self-driving car, the roadside hazards included traffic jams, undisciplined bystanders—and centuries-old cannons. That’s what you get when you demonstrate your latest technology at the National Army Museum in central Paris, as French companies Safran and Valeo did on Friday. Safran, a defense contractor, and Valeo, an automotive parts …
Amazon this week laid down the gauntlet: Unlimited cloud storage for individuals for $5 a month ($59.99 per year). Amazon’s Unlimited Everything Plan allows users to store an infinite number of photos, videos, files, documents, movies and music in its Cloud Drive. The site also announced a separate $12 per …
Google’s technology may eventually make its way into operating rooms and help surgeons with their procedures. In separate announcements, Google and medical device and pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson said that they’re working together on developing a robot-assisted surgical platform. Google’s life sciences division is contributing advanced imaging software and …
There’s nothing like a brand-new medium to put marketing departments into overdrive, and it would be hard to find a better example than the recent, rapid-fire arrival of live-stream video apps Meerkat and Periscope. Meerkat fairly stole the show at this month’s SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, where startups, brands …
With Apple’s latest MacBook and Google’s newest Chromebook just out and featuring the new USB Type-C connector, we’re on the lookout for peripherals that use the interface, and storage devices appear to be first out of the gate. Because the Type-C connector can be used to recharge laptops, it may …
Microsoft will resuscitate its Surface tablet with a new model powered by Windows 8.1, ditching the flop that was Windows RT for a lower-priced device, according to an online report. But the company would be better served by sticking with its Surface Pro line, some analysts said. “A new Surface …
With Facebook executives focusing so much of their annual F8 developers conference on virtual reality, people are wondering how the technology will affect gaming and social networking. But good virtual reality — the kind that makes you feel like you’re really part of an experience — will have a huge …
The popular group chat tool Slack suffered a hack of its central database last month, the company admitted Friday, potentially compromising users’ profile information like log-on data, email addresses and phone numbers. The database also holds any additional information users may have added to their profiles like their Skype IDs. …
Some hefty changes are coming to Chromebooks and Chromeboxes, including a new app launcher with Google Now built in. The new launcher is available now in the Chrome OS beta channel, and it’s a major departure from the existing version. Instead of a small pop-up that shows all your apps, …
The U.S. Congress is moving forward quickly with legislation that would encourage private companies to share cyberthreat information with government agencies, despite concerns that two leading bills weaken consumer privacy protections. The House of Representatives Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to approve the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (PCNA), just two days …
Mobile malware is a growing problem, but researchers from University of Alabama at Birmingham have figured out a new way of detecting when shady mobile apps get up to no good, such as trying to call premium-rate numbers unbeknowst to a phone’s owner. The technique relies on using the phone’s …
Год назад, Марк Цукерберг приобрел компанию Titan Aerospace, которая выпускает беспилотные летательные аппараты и теперь стало известно, что компания Facebook провела успешное тестирование беспилотников, которые способны раздавать интернет, сообщил Марк на своей личной странице в социальной сети. Дроны испытали в Великобритании. Цукерберг отметил, что в итоге компания планирует использовать самолеты, превосходящие по габаритам …
With AMD’s fade out from the server market and the rapid decline of RISC systems, Intel has stood atop the server market all by itself. Its server share is well over 90% and growing as the top of the Xeon family gain mission critical features and it becomes a viable …
The Apple Watch will have its own sales space inside three major department stores in Europe and Asia, a move to get the product in front of potential buyers who may not be frequent visitors to the company’s physical and online stores. The locations, at Selfridges in London, Isetan Shinjuku …
The U.K. Court of Appeal won’t block a privacy lawsuit that alleges Google tracked Safari users without authorization, so the three plaintiffs can continue their legal fight against the search company. “These claims raise serious issues which merit a trial. They concern what is alleged to have been the secret …
Which iOS features should Android offer? iOS and Android have been battling for mobile supremacy for years. But iOS still offers some features that Android doesn’t have. If Google…er…borrowed those features, they might add real value for many Android users. A thread on the Android subreddit explored this topic, and …
Startup Red Canary is offering an endpoint detection and response service based in the cloud that is backed up by a team of analysts who weed out false alarms. The service, called Red Canary, takes data gathered from customer endpoints, analyzes it and delivers alerts to customers so they can …
The U.K. Court of Appeal won’t block a privacy lawsuit that alleges Google tracked Safari users without authorization, so the three plaintiffs can continue their legal fight against the search company. “These claims raise serious issues which merit a trial. They concern what is alleged to have been the secret …
Южнокорейские источники сообщают о том, что Samsung в ближайшем будущем может купить компанию AMD. Этот шаг может стать началом Samsung в конкурентной борьбе против Qualcomm и Intel на рынке процессоров. Покупка AMD даст Samsung доступ к интеллектуальной собственности компании, ее патентам и разработкам. Недавно Samsung анонсировала мобильный процессор Exynos 7420, опередив конкурентов в деле перехода на …
BlackBerry surprised Wall Street by getting its bottom line back into the black in the fourth quarter, but sales shrunk significantly again, putting in question CEO John Chen’s assertion that the company’s turnaround is on track. BlackBerry is trying to become less dependent on hardware, counting instead on software such …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against a New York-based brokerage firm responsible for underwriting a public offering despite obtaining a due diligence report indicating that the China-based company’s offering materials contained false information. Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of global financial services firm Macquarie …
BlackBerry’s turnaround continues, as the company reported a second straight quarter of profit on Friday, along with expectations of sustained profitability throughout the coming year. “Our financial viability is no longer in question,” CEO John Chen declared in a conference call, even as he admitted the company is only halfway …
Some Internet gateway devices commonly used by hotels and conference centers can easily be compromised by hackers, allowing them to launch a variety of attacks against guests accessing the Wi-Fi networks. The affected devices, designed to manage visitor-based networks, are manufactured by a company called ANTlabs and are used by …