The U.S. Senate has voted against a bill that would rein in the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of telephone records within the country, possibly killing any NSA reforms until next year. Supporters of the USA Freedom Act, in a Senate vote late Tuesday, failed to get the 60 votes …
The U.S. Senate has voted against a bill that would rein in the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of telephone records within the country, possibly killing any NSA reforms until next year. Supporters of the USA Freedom Act, in a Senate vote late Tuesday, failed to get the 60 votes …
Car service app Uber found itself in trouble again when top executive Emil Michael was caught at a dinner party suggesting that the company hire opposition researchers to dig up dirt on the (predominantly female) journalists who have been asking uncomfortable questions about the crazy successful car service startup caught …
Want to look at tweets posted during the 2008 summer Olympics? Or tweets you sent on your vacation a few years ago? Soon you’ll be able to. Twitter is enabling users to search through its entire index of roughly half a trillion public tweets. The archive is massive, but searching …
Microsoft обновила Windows 10 Technical Preview, хотя с момента последнего обновления прошло всего три недели. Новая версия называется Build 9879. Предыдущая сборка за номером 9860 вышла 21 октября. …
Львовские таможенники задержали контрабандную партию из более чем 600iPhone. Об этом сообщает пресс-служба Львовской таможни. …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an unregistered broker living outside Tampa, Fla., with stealing investor funds as part of a fraudulent day trading scheme. The SEC alleges that Albert J. Scipione and his business partner solicited investors to establish accounts at their company called Traders Café for the …
На всех станциях скоростного трамвая установят спецоборудование …
Nokia анонсировала свой первый Android-планшет N1. Об этом сообщается на сайте финской компании. …
Easing what has traditionally been a difficult programming task, Facebook has released as open source a debugging tool for JavaScript, called Flow, designed to highlight problems caused by the misuse of data types. “Flow improves speed and efficiency so developers can be more productive while using JavaScript,” Facebook engineers said …
Студента обманули с помощью «Скайпа» и операций в системе «Яндекс деньги». …
Nokia surprised everyone when it announced the N1 Android tablet during the Slush conference in Finland, today. What makes this move significant is the much-anticipated arrival of Nokia to the Android platform. And Nokia is not going to stop at tablets. The company is planning to start working on smartphones …
После запуска первых трёх процессоров Broadwell ULV в сентябре Intel, как ожидается, в первой четверти года выпустит полную линейку ULV-решений, которая будет включать в целом 17 моделей. …
Ubuntu 15.04 and systemd Systemd is still gettings lots of media attention, and now it seems that the folks at Canonical are preparing to switch to it in a future version of Ubuntu. Version 15.04 could be the first time Ubuntu users see systemd in their favorite distribution. Michael Larabel …
I deleted Uber from my phone last night, and I think you should too. Let me explain why. What happened On Monday, BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith posted a dilly of a scoop, quoting Uber’s Senior Vice President of Business Emil Michael, who told a fancy dinner party of New York elite …
Apple has announced the availability of WatchKit, software that gives developers a set of tools to easily create experiences designed specifically for Apple Watch. Developers can now begin developing WatchKit apps before the watch becomes available. “Apple Watch is our most personal device ever, and WatchKit provides the incredible iOS …
Использование сторонних клиентов будет приравниваться к нарушению условий эксплуатации, приводящему к блокировке учетной записи. …
Apple оказалась в ситуации, в которой была совсем недавно. Компания не смогла с первого раза устранить серьезные проблемы в настольной ОС Yosemite, хотя обновление и не нарушило работу системы, как это произошло с iOS 8 в сентябре. …
Южнокорейская корпорация LG Electronics собирается увеличить заказы на сборку собственных смартфонов тайваньскими контрактниками. Об этом пишет портал DigiTimes со ссылкой на источники в канале поставок телефонов на Тайване. …
Буквенно-символьные идентификаторы передавались каждому web-сайту на который заходил пользователь. …
Майкл Ефрейм (Michael Ephraim), глава австралийского отделения Sony, отвечающего за PlayStation, дал интервью порталу VG247 и высказал мнение о причинах возникающих проблем с прошивкой и сетью на PlayStation 4. …
IBM is going up against cloud-apps powerhouses Google and Microsoft with its next generation e-mail client, called Verse, designed to enrich email with social media and analysis. “We felt we could leverage analytics to build an experience that understands your priorities,” said Jeff Schick, IBM general manager of IBM social …
Компания Samsung Display, занимающаяся производством экранов для различных электронных устройств, просит своих поставщиков снизить стоимость комплектующих для удешевления готовых дисплеев. …
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama urged the Senate to pass the USA Freedom Act, which would curb the bulk collection of telephone records by the National Security Agency in the wake of widespread concerns about potential violations of privacy. The administration has asked the Senate to pass the …
It’s no surprise when China censors a site with anti-government content, but starting last week the country has potentially cut access to scores of non-political sites with a block on U.S. content delivery network EdgeCast Networks. The “Great Firewall of China” has begun filtering out more sites and networks connected …
Microsoft’s upcoming Skype for Web service will use the new WebRTC standard so it works in all modern browsers — but not right away: Early users will have to download a plugin that’s only available on Mac and Windows. That’s something Microsoft has already done for years in its Lync …