The White House’s so-called chief technology officer is leaving. Todd Y. Park is going back to California, to spend more time with his family — The President has plans for him there, too (he’s not going to Chicago). But who will fill his shoes? We bring news of three possible …
Flashback to the 1980s, when this Australian organization finally eases into computerization — and is trying to do it right, according to a pilot fish on the scene. “We used Ericsson bright amber terminal screens that met Scandinavian occupational health standards,” says fish. “There would be no X-ray emissions, nor …
Adobe Flash is a relic, but somehow pockets of the sketchy multimedia software remain, so you may sometimes need to play some item in the format. Fortunately, you can: Thing of the past Apple’s decision to abandon Flash made complete sense. The unwieldy format demanded way too much in System …
Baidu and Tencent are teaming up with a Chinese shopping mall operator in a joint venture that could steal business away from local e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. read more
LG is waiting for the right time to exit the plasma TV business, a move that would leave almost no major companies making the flat-screens. read more
Toshiba has developed a new image sensor for smartphones and tablets that promises better image resolution for run-of-the-mill smartphones when it goes into mass production. read more
For two years, Google has quietly been developing autonomous flying vehicles that can be used to deliver packages for disaster relief or for commerce purposes, the company revealed Thursday. read more
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a “global compact” on surveillance and the use of collected data, saying the U.S. isn’t the only country that does it and American technology companies are unfairly targeted for the government’s actions. “The U.S. government doesn’t use information for commercial purposes,” …
It seems like poaching drivers is par for the course in the ride-sharing industry. read more
Пользователи и эксперты не раз критиковали Apple за отсутствие в «яблочных» смартфонах чипов Near Field Communication, более известных как NFC. Но теперь компания, похоже, добавит поддержку технологии ближней бесконтактной связи в свой следующий iPhone. Об этом сообщает ресурс GeekBar, опубликовавший снимки материнской платы грядущего смартфона. …
IBM continues to make the case for the nascent field of cognitive computing, showing off some Watson prototypes Thursday that could help speed scientific discovery in the medical field, by scanning large volumes of literature and data far more quickly then humans can, and suggesting possible leads. read more
Несмотря на то, что система iOS славится дружественностью к пользователю, и в ней не нужно ничего настраивать, некоторые параметры всё же можно отключить для продления работы батареи. …
Компания BioWare анонсировала кооперативный режим в ролевой игре Dragon Age: Inquisition. Об этом сообщил портал IGN. В кооперативных миссиях игроки возьмут роли помощников Инквизитора, главного героя основной кампании DAI. Использовать своих персонажей из одиночного режима будет нельзя. …
Эксперты предлагают заменить передаваемые на торговые серверы финансовые данные электронными идентификаторами, не имеющими ценности для злоумышленников. …
Facebook is going on the offensive, trying to do damage control for its Messenger app. The social network is responding to a firestorm of user anger that erupted when it appeared that Facebook was forcing people to load its Messenger app in a veiled attempt to usurp their privacy. Now …
После длительного спада рынок серверов вернулся к росту продаж. Этому способствовал начавшийся цикл обновления систем, сообщают в исследовательском агентстве International Data Corporation (IDC). …
Apple today announced it will host an event on Sept. 9 in Cupertino, Calif. to unveil its newest iPhone. Invitations to the media and analysts went out Wednesday for the long-expected event. Apple was even coyer than usual, declining to provide any hints, as it often does, of the event’s …
Компания ZTE представила смартфон Warp Sync, который уже поступил в продажу на территории Соединённых Штатов. …
“Just give me the numbers!” Falling firmly into the “I just can’t make this stuff up” category, the preceding statement was made by the head of an engineering department. He wanted the performance figures on a series of database lookups so that he could determine if the database code was …
Is it crazy to pay $1300 for a Chromebook? Some reflections after a year and a half of living with Google's luxurious Pixel. read more
Компания Advanced Micro Devices объявила о новом способе распространения своих процессоров. …
Although forecasts for PC shipments have brightened, much of the improvement stems from bets that Chromebooks and Macs will make up a larger part of this year's market. read more
Microsoft finally did the right thing by ridding the Windows Store of 1,500 scams and copycat apps. But here’s one thing it’s not yet doing: Actively searching out users who paid for the fraudulent apps and paying them back. Microsoft yesterday began purging the Windows Store of offending apps. Todd …
After several years of Internet infrastructure investment, with increased local content generation and Internet users, Africa seems to be getting the attention of major global network operators and content distribution networks. read more
The growing number of data breaches resulting in massive numbers of payment cards being stolen from retail stores and other businesses is occurring because they're failing to keep up with the Payment Card Industry's data security standard, according to the PCI Security Standards Council. read more
Big smartphones with screens larger than 5.5-in. will make up nearly a third of the entire smartphone market in 2018, IDC said. read more