[ad_1] With any new technology, particularly where large amounts of money is involved, there will be scrutiny from regulators and scams. ICOs have seen both. But the new nature of these digital token issuances has meant that the regulatory landscape globally is fragmented with each country looking at ICOs in different ways. Are ICOs legal?…
[ad_1] More than a billion people are at risk from a lack of air conditioning and refrigeration to keep them cool and to preserve food and medicines as global warming brings more high temperatures, a study showed on Monday. More electricity demand for fridges, fans and other appliances will add to man-made climate change unless…
[ad_1] Historian Yuval Harari says the study of the past has taught him an important lesson for the future. “One things that history teaches us is that we should never underestimate human stupidity,” said Harari, a professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of books that have been recommended by the likes of…
[ad_1] Elon Musk launched into a blistering Twitter tirade ON Sunday against a British explorer who helped spearhead the rescue of a youth soccer team trapped in a Thailand cave — only to delete his posts after coming under withering criticism. The flame war between Tesla’s CEO and Vernon Unsworth, a spelunker who helped rescuers…
[ad_1] In 2011 Lin founded KiwiCo, creating, packaging and selling activities designed for kids. “Inside every box,” she explained, “you get all the components to make a project or a set of projects.” “One of the driving factors was actually trying to get kids to get “hands on” and to really exercise their creativity, learning…
[ad_1] “When Coors merges with Miller Lite, there will be an effect on the price of both Coors and Miller Lite, though it might be too small to be of concern. But the very fact that some Coors drinkers would switch to Miller if Coors were to increase the price of Coors (and vice versa)…
[ad_1] My $34,430 Tucson Limited AWD came with heated and cooled front seats, heated rear seats, parking sensors, a premium audio system, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, a mega-panoramic sunroof, lane departure warning and automatic emergency braking. That’s a lot for the price. The Tucson’s 1.6-liter 175 horsepower turbocharged engine feels motivated off the line. Hyundai’s…
[ad_1] Brenda Milner has retained an “insatiable curiosity” for life. Literature, cricket, cheese, The New Yorker magazine, Manchester City’s soccer team, and of course, science — the world-renowned, Montreal-based neuroscientist is passionate about it all. As she turns 100 today, she shows few signs of slowing down. She’s “a tireless, eager researcher who has boundless energy,” says Gabriel Leonard, who…
[ad_1] High school isn’t usually considered a place where electronic gaming is acceptable — but if one start-up has its way, the booming industry could become as big as college sports. PlayVS, an esports platform for high school competitions, recently secured $15 million in funding from New Enterprise Associates, the San Francisco 49ers, rap star…
[ad_1] Peter Foley | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc. Amazon Prime Day lures shoppers to its website with the promise of great deals on everything from tech gadgets to Whole Foods items. But the potential of finding a bargain online is also creating a marketing boost for Amazon’s…
[ad_1] Mark Braker | Getty Images Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk donated nearly $40K to Republican PAC, according to federal election filings. Elon Musk defended himself in the face of widening criticism over money he sent to a Republican political-action committee, with the billionaire touting his support for environmental and humanitarian causes that he insisted…
[ad_1] Amazon Prime Day 2018 is starting soon, with great money saving deals on products like the Kindle Paperwhite, TVs and top headphones. This is the third year that Amazon Prime Day has been running, with the deals only available for 36 hours for Amazon Prime subscribers. You can sign up for Amazon Prime by…
[ad_1] Wimbledon 2018 will round off a staggering two weeks of tennis with the men’s singles final between Novak Djokovic and Kevin Anderson. Djokovic v Anderson will start this afternoon on Centre Court with both players getting through marathon matches to reach the final stage. Anderson, who is in his second Grand Slam final, played…
[ad_1] MotoGP 2018 continues today with the next instalment of an stunning season so far set to take place at the German 2018 Grand Prix at the Sachsenring. Last time out Repsol Honda star Marc Marquez won the race of the season in the Dutch TT at Assen. The action-packed GP saw as many as…
[ad_1] Oppo Find X and Moto E5 Plus arrived in India, Xiaomi finally made its debut on the stock market, Apple released iOS 11.4.1, Microsoft launched its Surface Go budget Windows tablet, Facebook was fined for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Paytm launched forex services, WhatsApp started labelling forwarded messages, while Apple unveiled…
[ad_1] There are some big deals ahead as Amazon’s Prime Day sale gets underway tomorrow. The major sale begins at 12pm on July 16 and will continue for a record 36 hours with offers going live throughout that period. Amazon says the shopping event will feature more than one million deals globally across TVs, smart…
[ad_1] Google • Phone Designer The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are expected to drastically reduce bezels But in a year that has already seen notable flagships from Samsung and OnePlus, and with Apple expected to release multiple new iPhone models later this year, the Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL have a…
[ad_1] The tablet is currently up for pre-order before it launches on August 23 with the cheapest variant being sold for £379.99. Surface Go comes with 64GB of internal storage, 4GB of RAM and a 7th Generation Intel Pentium Gold Processor 4415Y on the baseline model. A souped-up version of the hardware comes with 128GB…
[ad_1] The tech giant added a new option to its Chrome browser last month that allowed users to customise their new tab pages with a limited number of wallpapers. This meant when users chose to open a new tab they would no longer be greeted with the standard white screen showing the Google logo. Such…
[ad_1] You’re the sole survivor of a horrible subway crash, trying to find your way out through the dark tunnels. But somehow, the shadows are coming alive. And they know when you’re most afraid. “We can actually put whispers at the nape of your neck,” says Red Meat Games owner Keith Makse, laughing. Bring to Light starts after a…
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[ad_1] More than one-third of Americans are now overweight or obese, due in part to a lack of access to nutritious, affordable food. Employers are feeling the burden, as they’re often the ones strapped with the skyrocketing health costs. Some health experts say Amazon is in the perfect position to help the situation. The company…
[ad_1] Kodi add-on users have been dealt a blow as the crackdown against online piracy rages on. Kodi continues to surge in popularity, with research suggesting the software is being used in more than five million UK homes. Kodi software is perfectly legal, but unaffiliated developers can produce third-party add-ons that provide free access to…
[ad_1] Google Chrome fans have been put on alert about a huge update that they will soon be able to download. Google Chrome is undoubtedly the most popular internet browser in the world – and it doesn’t look like it will lose that crown anytime soon. In the first six months of this year Google…
[ad_1] Vipin Kumar | Hindustan Times | Getty Images A number of Uber employees have allegedly filed complaints against Uber’s chief operating officer, Barney Harford, for insensitive comments regarding women and minorities. On a conference call this spring with colleagues, Mr. Harford, the company’s chief operating officer, critiqued a new ad that showed a mixed-race…
[ad_1] Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint all offer “unlimited” data plans that suggest you can use as much high-speed data as you want each month. But the truth is more complicated. In reality, if you use too much data in a month — even if you pay for one of these plans — your carrier…
[ad_1] Apple released a refreshed MacBook Pro this week and top among the new features is a tweaked keyboard. Apple says its quieter than the last version and in our tests, we agree. But iFixit found something else: thin, silicone barriers that could improve the keyboard’s reliability. This is big news. Users have long reported…
[ad_1] Dave Santaniello, senior vice president of music rights and partnerships for United Entertainment Group, rejected the suggestion that the Bee Gees catalog is in any danger of fading away. He said that the 2016 Capitol deal, which he guessed could have been worth “north of $30 million,” was only made because the label believes…
[ad_1] Harry Campbell, author of “The Rideshare Guide,” said he doesn’t think the high-speed tunnel will act as a direct competitor to ride-hailing apps in the same way the apps have hit Chicago’s taxi industry. That is because of the tunnel’s design as a one-stop destination. But Campbell, also known as the Rideshare Guy, expects…
[ad_1] Google are hard at work trying to resolve a major Pixel 2 issue, with fans left hoping it will be fixed before the Pixel 3 XL release date. The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are arguably two of the most eagerly anticipated smartphones set to be released this year. And the devices have…
[ad_1] NADAL V DJOKOVIC – UPDATE ONE: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are on Centre Court right now bidding for a place in the Wimbledon 2018 men’s final. The epic match began late last night after Kevin Anderson’s marathon win over John Isner, meaning Nadal and Djokovic only took to the court at 8pm. And…
[ad_1] Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter’s lives changed when their pet pig, Esther, rocketed to social media fame in 2012. When they first met Esther, she was a 1.8-kilogram (four-pound) piglet. The couple thought she was a teacup micro pig, which meant she would grow to anywhere between 30 to 90 kg by adulthood. But they soon realized she…
[ad_1] “If we can’t ban the materials sometimes we’ll put a charge on it,” she said. “We might ban a plastic bag and put a charge on using a single-use paper bag, because we’re sending signals to the producers and to the users, to the consumers, that there’s an easy, convenient, right way to do…
[ad_1] Consumers can breathe a sigh of relief about the higher fuel costs, at least for now. “There would be an impact to Amazon’s costs but you wouldn’t see it in the short term because you are a Prime customer and don’t pay shipping,” said Peter Guarraia, who heads Bain & Co.’s supply chain consulting…
[ad_1] Google has rolled out “caller ID and spam protection” on its Phone app with which the app itself would be able to filter out calls that it detects to be spam, eliminating all notifications and alerts for those calls as well. “You’ll still see filtered calls in your call history and be able to…
[ad_1] Apple appears to have finally taken some major action on the notorious Butterfly-switch keyboard in the MacBook Pro laptops. Earlier this week, the Cupertino giant updated its MacBook Pro lineup, with new 13-inch and 15-inch Touch Bar models. Notably, the new MacBook Pro models also come with an “improved third-generation keyboard for quieter typing”,…
[ad_1] Wimbledon 2018 has got a busy second Saturday with Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Angelique Kerber and Serena Williams taking to Centre Court today. Saturdays is traditionally the women’s singles final day with the men’s final the following day. However, this year the action will begin with the continuation of a Wimbledon 2018 men’s singles…
[ad_1] The Galaxy S8 and Google Pixel 2 XL were both announced last year and are some of the best Android smartphones money can buy. Whilst Samsung’s S8 offers a stunning dual-curved design and wireless charging, the Pixel is regarded as having one of the best cameras and pure Android experiences. When these phones first…
[ad_1] Android fans are being warned about malware-filled bogus Google Play Store apps that could steal users’ sensitive passwords. The malware on the Android apps is designed to steal crucial login details for banking apps, e-wallets and payments cards. The banking trojans were found on Google Play Store apps that claimed to offer services such…
[ad_1] Apple Developer Academies will play an important role in supporting the Malala Fund’s mission to provide education opportunities to girls across the globe, Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai has said, referring to deepening of partnerships between the tech giant and the fund. Meeting the young developers at the Apple Developer Academy here on Friday,…
[ad_1] There’s some prime acreage behind a fence in downtown Washington, D.C., where the descendants of foreigners have no trouble taking up residency: Donald Trump’s immaculately manicured White House lawn. The eye-catching occupiers, an object of fascination in the District, are the capital’s beloved black squirrels. They come from a line of Canadian immigrants, gifted to…
[ad_1] Adobe, the maker of popular digital design programs for creatives, is planning to launch the full version of its Photoshop app for Apple’s iPad as part of a new strategy to make its products compatible across multiple devices and boost subscription sales. The software developer is planning to unveil the new app at its…
[ad_1] Microsoft’s chief legal officer on Friday called for regulation of facial recognition technology due to the risk to privacy and human rights. Brad Smith made a case for a government initiative to lay out rules for proper use of facial recognition technology, with input from a bipartisan and expert commission. Facial recognition technology raises…
[ad_1] Apple is rumoured to launch three new iPhone X style models this year with at least one of them being an affordable version of the phone. The budget 2018 iPhone X is rumoured to come with a larger 6.1-inch display than the current 5.8-inch iPhone X screen. This larger screen should be LCD to…
[ad_1] The US Department of Commerce on Friday lifted a ban on US companies selling goods to ZTE allowing China’s second-largest telecommunications equipment maker to resume business. The Commerce Department removed the ban shortly after ZTE deposited $400 million in a US bank escrow account as part of a settlement reached last month. The settlement also included a…
[ad_1] Google has rolled out a new update for its Chrome browser which will enhance security but at the cost of memory. The new fixes target weaknesses in the Spectre CPU but will allegedly cost you up to 10 percent of performance. The site isolation feature which comes with Chrome 67 is enabled by default…
[ad_1] The new Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is expected to launch at the August 9 Unpacked event and its design may have been revealed early. A front panel, claimed to be that of the new Galaxy Note 9 leaked in June and now it has appeared again to add weight to its validity. The panel,…
[ad_1] A bear conservationist says she is shocked by Instagram videos showing two Vancouver-area girls hand-feeding black bears through an open patio door. In one of the videos, the two unidentified girls giggle when a bear cub swats at one of them after she gave it a cracker. Another video shows a girl feeding a…
[ad_1] Smile, you’re on camera. And it may know who you are, without you spilling a word. For the coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding, Sky News in the U.K. knew wedding watchers wanted the names of the famous and somewhat-famous guests walking into St. George’s Chapel, in Windsor. They turned to…
[ad_1] A Twitter account billing itself as a parody of Iqra Khalid disappeared briefly but then returned Friday, its previous tweets deleted, after the Liberal MP complained about references to her Muslim heritage and claims she supports Sharia law and the Islamic State militant group. Khalid, who was targeted with hate mail and death threats…
[ad_1] A “significant algae bloom” forecast for western Lake Erie this summer threatens drinking water and wildlife, according to environmental groups. Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict the 2018 bloom will be smaller than last year and much smaller than the largest blooms that formed in 2011 and 2015 and stretched far across the western…
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[ad_1] The night sky is just bursting with planets. It’s the perfect time of the year to do some planet hunting. If you have sharp eyes, you will be able to spot five in the same night. The fun starts just after sunset. Mercury Mercury can be a challenging target. Because it’s so close to the sun,…
[ad_1] Blue Origin will soon offer tourists a ride to space but only after completing its own crewed flight tests, the company told CNBC on Friday. Ticket pricing for passengers has yet to be determined, the company said in a statement to CNBC. A Reuters report Thursday cited two company employees as saying tickets are…
[ad_1] AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said that the chances of a successful DOJ appeal of the company’s merger with Time Warner are “remote” and that the appeal “changes nothing.” The Justice Department plans to appeal AT&T‘s $85.4 billion merger with Time Warner, according to documents released Thursday. The agency had previously declined to seek a…
[ad_1] This year, Amazon is extending Prime Day deals to discounts on food purchases in store at Whole Foods, one year after acquiring the grocery chain. Since the retail giant has acquired online pharmacy firm PillPack, that got me thinking — what kind of Prime Day deals could Amazon come up with for health care…
[ad_1] Tesla rolled out a new attendance policy for all U.S.-based hourly employees on July 1st, according to documentation shared with CNBC. The policy spells out specific penalties for lapses in attendance, and Tesla says it is meant to make it fairer — for instance, employees who are 10 minutes late won’t be penalized as…
[ad_1] Musk did not deny the accusation that he is asking a lot of Tesla and its staff. Musk says he has to drive hard keep his company going. “If the expectation is, ‘Hey, we can live and not work hard and not strain extremely to a great degree,’ this is false. That is not…
[ad_1] Amazon Prime Day kicks off at 3PM EST on July 16. It’s one of the best times of the year to score deals. The easiest way to keep track of what’s happening during the sale is with the Amazon app, which will send notifications when one of your “watched” items goes on sale. Here…
[ad_1] You knew Amazon was big. But did you know it was this big? Amazon’s e-commerce sales in the U.S. are expected to reach a staggering $258.2 billion this year, up nearly 30 percent from a year ago, according to a new survey from eMarketer that looks at the company’s sales by product category. That…
[ad_1] Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Representative Bob Goodlatte, a Republican from Virginia Representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google parent company Alphabet will testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on social media filtering, the committee announced on Friday. The July 17 meeting will address concerns about transparency and bias in content filtering,…
[ad_1] The company that brought you the best glass for your mobile device now gives you DSLR-like controls with their Pro Camera app. Features include full manual adjustment over ISO, shutter speed, white balance, image format and more. It should be noted that if you don’t have a shiny new device you won’t be able…
[ad_1] Netflix may have surged 110 percent so far this year, but World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has been giving the streaming giant a run for its money and market watchers believe the stock will continue to clean house. Shares of WWE rallied 3 percent Friday as Morgan Stanley raised its price target on the stock…
[ad_1] Networking company stocks fell off Friday following a report by The Information that Amazon Web Services is considering selling its own network switching devices. Cisco dropped 5 percent, representing a loss in stock value of roughly $11 billion. Juniper gave up more than 3 percent. Arista Networks dropped nearly 6 percent, and F5 Networks…
[ad_1] Count former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich as the latest notable figure who thinks universal basic income will eventually become a reality. Reich, who oversaw policy regarding the nation’s workforce when he served as Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, says he thinks the rise of automated jobs could mean the United…
[ad_1] Chatter about regulating tech companies has heated up in recent months, after it became clear how Facebook was used by outside firms to spread misinformation ahead of the 2016 election and as companies like Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft continue to see their stocks rise to fresh records. Microsoft has a long — and…
[ad_1] Even for the long-standing giants of the tech industry, quantum computing is one of the most complicated subjects to tackle. So how does a five-year old startup compete? Chad Rigetti, the namesake founder of Rigetti Computing, will join us at Disrupt SF 2018 to help us break it all down. Rigetti’s approach to quantum…
[ad_1] This suggests the problem may be rooted at the foundation of the company, Williams said. Not only are minorities not receiving the proper training, they’re simply not involved in many early-stage start-ups — including Facebook, which was started by Mark Zuckerberg and a few college friends and roommates only 14 years ago. She says…
[ad_1] Apple has announced a new investment fund to foster clean energy usage in China. The company isn’t just trying to switch its own offices and facilities. Apple is also working with its suppliers to expand the use of clean energy across the board. For this fund in particular, Apple and 10 suppliers will invest…
[ad_1] You should add $600 for dark-finish wheels to help make your ATS-V visually distinct from the lower-trim ATS models on dealer lots. $2,000 more gets you the automatic transmission, which is probably what most buyers want in the premium sports sedan market. The awesome Recaro performance seats seem worth the $2,300 up-charge, especially if…
[ad_1] A clever little robot made by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev can roll around, flip itself over, and even crawl like a turtle through rough terrain. The robot uses wheels, a set of star-shaped rollers, and cleverly articulated arms to ride along at various speeds. The robot, called Rising STAR, uses wheels…
[ad_1] For any company looking to spin up some kind of operation in a new region, one of the first steps may be finding contractors in the area that can actually get the work started — but, especially as companies drift further from cities, that can increasingly become a nightmare that’s quite familiar to Matt…
[ad_1] Although the measure is popular, said Jane Bambauer, a law professor at the University of Arizona, it could be ripe for challenge in court. “Because it affects so many different economic actors, and because it’s implicant this data as speech issue, I think it’s a really good example of a statute that was passed…
[ad_1] Don’t look now, but the PC might not be dead. According to Gartner, collector of marketshare and industry metrics, worldwide shipments of personal computers just experienced the first year-over-year growth since 2012. Shipments totaled 62.1 million units, which is a 1.4 percent increase from the same time period in 2017. The report states “experienced…
[ad_1] It was four months and eight days until the 2018 midterm elections, and Anna Eskamani had not spent a penny to promote her political campaign online. Ms. Eskamani, 27, is running to represent Florida’s 47th District in the State Legislature. Like many state-level candidates, she writes her own fund-raising emails and manages her own…
[ad_1] How much would you pay to leave our dumpster fire of a world for just a few minutes? Blue Origin is considering charging $200,000 to $300,000 according to a Reuters report. For that price, passengers would get a seat on Blue Origin’s New Shepard, the commercial space vehicle from Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. The…
[ad_1] Adobe currently has three dozens apps in the App Store. But one app is still missing. According to a report from Bloomberg, the company could be working on a full-fledged version of Photoshop for the iPad. And it makes sense for a ton of reasons. First, it’s clear that the iPad has become powerful…
[ad_1] The Department of Justice’s challenge to AT&T and Time Warner’s merger could affect the bidding war between Disney and Comcast for Twenty-First Century Fox, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson told CNBC. While Stephenson would not comment on whether the DOJ was trying to deter a potential Fox merger, he said, “obviously, it does affect that…
[ad_1] Not all individuals who experience childhood trauma are at risk for long-term health consequences, and in addition to proper psychological care, a big part of a successful recovery process will depend on the strength of a personal support network. Jones said an individual’s support system, prior to and following an adverse experience, can ultimately…
[ad_1] Netflix bulls have been rewarded this year, to say the least. With the stock’s more than 110 percent gain so far in 2018 and what some Wall Street analysts see as an unchallenged perch in the streaming space, Netflix is far outpacing the market and many of its peers in media. But risks surround…
[ad_1] Cybersecurity stocks present a compelling short-term bet for investors ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, Goldman Sachs advised clients Thursday. Pointing to an expected uptick in security spending in the run-up to November, analyst Arjun Menon told clients that the select group of stocks are likely to see upside in the months to come.…
[ad_1] Apple Maps, the Cupertino giant’s native navigation mobile app, is rolling out traffic information to six new countries this week. Available now in more than 70 countries across the globe, traffic data on Apple Maps has been made available for six new countries – namely, Brunei, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Philippines, and Vietnam. The app…
[ad_1] Amazon just hit its highest level ever. That won’t be the last record it breaks this year, says one technician. “Amazon is just a great example of momentum in markets,” Ari Wald, head of technical analysis at Oppenheimer, told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Thursday. “Stocks with high risk-adjusted returns over the prior year are…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Android Police Instagram recently revealed it had 800 million monthly users, making it the second largest social media platform in the world. First remains Facebook, which enjoys 2.07 billion monthly users across the globe. Instagram keeps adding new features, the freshest one being the questions sticker, and now it seems the company…
[ad_1] Intel on Thursday launched new Xeon E-2100 6-core processor for entry-level workstations. Intel Xeon E-2100 processor is the successor to Intel Xeon E3 processor. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) will begin shipping Intel Xeon E-2100 processor-based systems from July 13. “With today’s workloads, ageing workstations impede productivity, collaboration and creativity. The release of the Intel…
[ad_1] Global professional services company Accenture has acquired Illinois-based Kogentix, a company providing big data and AI services and solutions, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition of Kogentix that has nearly 220 data and AI professionals, will strengthen Accenture Applied Intelligence’s growing data engineering business at a time when companies are looking to harness Open…
[ad_1] Facebook Messenger seems to be having issues this morning with reports that the app is down and users not receiving some messages. It appears the problems began around 9am with users in the UK and Europe reporting the outage. Down Detector, an independent website that tracks social mentions around certain topics to detect outages…
[ad_1] WhatsApp has introduced a host of features in the recent past, and the most topical one is the new ‘Forwarded’ label that will be pasted on all the forwarded WhatsApp messages you receive to help you determine if your contacts have written the message they sent or if it was originally created by someone…
[ad_1] Samsung has announced its Unpacked 2018 event on August 9 where it is expected to launch the new Galaxy Note 9 phablet smartphone. Now a new report suggests that the on sale date of the handset will follow soon after. According to reports from Korea, the Galaxy Note 9 will get a release date…
[ad_1] To take on Amazon’s Prime Day sale, Flipkart has launched its Big Shopping Days starting July 16. The Flipkart sale will begin at 4pm IST on July 16, and go on till July 19, one day more than the Amazon sale. The deals include a number of offers on smartphones from Samsung, Google, Vivo, and…
[ad_1] Apple’s hugely popular Apple Watch has had a meteoric rise in success. The device, which originally launched in 2015, is by far the best selling smartwatch ever with Apple CEO Tim Cook recently revealing that sales during the first part of the year were higher than they’ve ever been. Now it seems the Apple…
[ad_1] Microsoft on Friday introduced new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered capabilities in Microsoft 365 that will allow people in an organisation create live and on-demand events. Events can now be viewed in real-time or on-demand, with high-definition video and interactive discussion, the company said in a statement. Launched one year back, the adoption of Microsoft 365…
[ad_1] Rolf Vennenbernd | dpa | picture alliance | Getty Images Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey lost 200,000 followers on his own social network after a purge of fake followers. Twitter has been deleting so-called “locked accounts” as part of an initiative to cleanse the platform of bots. These are profiles…
[ad_1] Apple on Thursday updated its MacBook Pro with Touch Bar lineup with faster six-core Intel processors, up to 32GB of RAM, up to 4TB in SSD storage, a new Apple T2 security chip, and True Tone displays. However, that has come as bad news for fans of the 2015 MacBook Pro which seems to…
[ad_1] There’s another new deal for those wanting to watch all big sporting action this year. After Virgin Media dropped its prices earlier this week TalkTalk is now joining the price drop party with its own unique offer. The broadband and TV supplier has just announced a new deal which sees customers able to pick…
[ad_1] The global personal computer market grew for the first time in six years in the second quarter of 2018, driven by upgrades in the business segment, a market tracker said Thursday. The research firm Gartner reported that worldwide PC shipments rose 1.4 percent in the past quarter to 62.1 million units, but said it…
[ad_1] UPDATE: Facebook has just confirmed the issues facing users of the popular app. In a statement to Express.co.uk a spokesperson said: “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook app. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.” ORIGINAL STORY: Facebook users are facing an afternoon without the…
[ad_1] Apple fans have some new MacBooks to choose from with the US technology giant announcing a major update to its range of laptops. The upgrade comes to the MacBook Pro which is now faster thanks to an 8th-generation Intel Core processor. Apple is boasting that this boost will make the 15-inch model up to…
[ad_1] Twitter has been on a clean-up spree recently, deactivating over 1 million accounts a day in a bid to combat abuse and fake news. The social media app is now rolling out a server-side update for all its Android users, changing how they navigate inside the app. The bar that held buttons like –…
[ad_1] Apple’s student discount offers are back with the US technology firm dropping prices across a range of products. The Back To School / off to university sale is open to students and teachers with some big savings to be grabbed on iPads, MacBooks and Apple Music subscriptions. The education pricing is available to current…
[ad_1] Apple said on Friday it has established a fund to invest nearly $300 million (roughly Rs. 2,000 crores) over the next four years to connect its Chinese suppliers to renewable energy as Beijing pushes an anti-pollution drive. The US giant said it and 10 initial suppliers would jointly provide the money for the China…
[ad_1] If you’re visiting Vancouver’s Bloedel Conservatory in the next few days, you’ll be forgiven for holding your nose. One of nature’s strangest displays is about to take place at the indoor tropical garden in Queen Elizabeth Park, as its exotic corpse flower is getting ready to bloom — when it releases a smell that many have likened…
[ad_1] Microsoft Corp on Thursday introduced a free tier of its workplace collaboration software Teams to better compete against rival Slack Technologies in a market analysts view as a main battleground in the world of enterprise software. Previously, businesses without Office 365 subscriptions that have wanted to try out Teams have been limited to a month-long…
[ad_1] A bear stomped on a tent sniffing out a glass of wine on the weekend, prompting Parks Canada to close the Minnewanka area of Banff National Park for up to three weeks. The closure, announced Tuesday, covers the Minnewanka Lakeshore trail and area from Stewart Canyon to the boundary of Banff National Park, including Aylmer Pass Trail. All six…
[ad_1] Doreen Nicoll is a true hero of the little guy. The Burlington resident has successfully lobbied the city to stop killing milkweed, because the plant is the only one in Canada on which the endangered monarch butterfly can lay its eggs. It’s a fight that started all because one of her neighbours complained about her lawn,…
[ad_1] The Ontario government announced Wednesday that it has ended incentive programs for electric and hydrogen vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations, with the latter ending immediately. The move comes just over a week after the provincial government cancelled the cap-and-trade program as a part of cost-saving measures. The Ministry of Transportation said both the electric and hydrogen vehicle and…
[ad_1] Provincial authorities are restricting commercial huckleberry harvesting in B.C.’s Kootenay-Boundary region to preserve a critical food supply for grizzly bears. In a statement, the forests ministry said wild huckleberry harvesting will be restricted in areas deemed “critical foraging zones.” The restrictions will be in place from July 15 until Oct. 15. Maps of the affected…
[ad_1] The Haida Nation wants tighter restrictions around a marine protected area that is the site of an ancient undersea volcano from which springs a supernatural being central to some of the nation’s traditional stories. Known as the SGann Kinghlas-Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area, it encompasses a grouping of about three volcanoes which rise 3,000 metres from…
[ad_1] Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images The sky logo is displayed on televisions at a Currys store in London, U.K. Britain finally cleared Rupert Murdoch to buy Sky on Thursday, removing the final obstacle to a head-to-head battle between Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox and U.S. rival Comcast for the European pay-TV prize. Culture…
[ad_1] Apple on Thursday updated some of its MacBook Pro computers. The biggest change is the upgrade to Intel’s latest eighth-generation processors, which now ship in the 15-inch and 13-inch MacBook Pro models. Apple says users should see up to a 70 percent performance boost on the 6-core 15-inch model and up to 2x the…
[ad_1] Apple in partnership with several of its suppliers announced on Thursday a $300 million fund for investing in renewable energy projects in China. The China Clean Energy Fund aims to produce at least 1 gigawatt of energy — or enough to power about 1 million homes — through fully renewable means over the next…
[ad_1] STR | AFP | Getty Images Visitors crowd around the Nvidia booth at the 2016 China Digital Entertainment Expo, known as ChinaJoy, in Shanghai. If you made a lot of money in the public markets over the past five years, you were probably betting big on tech and media. That’s according to a new…
[ad_1] It’s just in three locations, but Deshotel said the results are staggering. Not only did hospitality scores from its customer surveys go up, but so did sales. “It’s all about the experience of the guest,” Deshotel told CNBC. “Of course, greater financial returns are great, but that wasn’t the thought process when getting [Kallpod].…
[ad_1] Netflix just beat out HBO as the most Emmy-nominated network for the first time. It’s the first time HBO lost its hold on the most Emmy nods in 18 years, according to The New York Times. Netflix had a total of 112 nominations to HBO’s 108 nominations. Though largely symbolic, the nominations hint at…
[ad_1] The semiconductor company that tried and failed to buy Qualcomm has a new strategy — become a serial infrastructure software acquirer. Broadcom, which announced on Wednesday that it’s buying CA for almost $19 billion, is turning away from rolling up semiconductor companies and toward buying up mainframe and infrastructure software companies. Broadcom plans to…
[ad_1] Browsing the web in incognito mode isn’t as private as most people think. Researchers with the University of Chicago and the Leibniz University of Hanover recently published the results of a study that included 450 participants. It found that many participants thought “incognito mode” or “private mode” in a web browser protected their online…
[ad_1] Microsoft announced a number of new tools for its MyAnalytics tool for Office 365 users today that are geared toward giving employees more data about how they work, as well as ways to improve how teams work together. In today’s businesses, everybody has to be a team player, after all, and if you want…
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Randall Stephenson, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc., left, speaks while Jeffrey ‘Jeff’ Bewkes, chairman and chief executive officer of Time Warner Inc., listens during the WSJDLive Global Technology Conference in Laguna Beach, California. The Justice Department will appeal the AT&T-Time Warner merger approval,…
[ad_1] Google acquired API management service Apigee back in 2016 but it’s been pretty quiet around the service in recent years. Today, however, Apigee announced a number of smaller updates that introduce a few new integrations with the Google Cloud platform, as well as a major new partnership with cloud data management and integration firm…
[ad_1] Amazon is talking with a start-up called Xealth and at least two hospital networks about a pilot project that would let doctors recommend bundles of medical products to their patients before they’re sent home, and have those products delivered to patients’ homes upon discharge, according to several people familiar. The idea behind the pilot,…
[ad_1] Microsoft opened up the news floodgates this morning, in the kick off to its annual Inspire event in Vegas. One of the more compelling announcements of the bunch is the addition of a free version of Teams. The Slack competitor has been kicking around in some form or other since late-2016, but the $60…
[ad_1] The longest Amazon Prime Day yet will begin on Monday, July 16 and last for 36 hours through July 17. For many shoppers, it’s a day to finally snag that tech product or kitchen device they’ve been eyeing at a discount. But for others, it could lead to over-shopping, overspending and financial regret. Since…
[ad_1] Microsoft is launching a few new networking features today that will make it easier for businesses to use the company’s Azure cloud to securely connect their own offices and infrastructure using Azure and its global network. The first of these is the Azure Virtual WAN service, which allows businesses to connect their various branches…
[ad_1] Andrea Downing helps moderate a members-only group for women that have a gene mutation associated with a higher-risk breast cancer, called BRCA (sometimes pronounced “brick-a“). The group is kept closed, and the women who are members of it often don’t want their identities known. The group did not use Facebook’s most restrictive privacy setting,…
[ad_1] Stephen Lam | Getty Images Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Microsoft announced on Thursday a free version of its Teams app, stepping up competition with chat service Slack. Until now, Microsoft only provided Teams to clients that pay for Office 365 and its portfolio of subscription productivity apps. Slack has offered both free and…
[ad_1] Logan Bartlett Contributor More posts by this contributor The SaaS Success Database Have we reached “peak software”? Just like the idea of “peak oil” — the hypothetical point at which global oil production could max out — you could say we’re approaching a saturation point for venture-capital investments in software companies. Recent data from…
[ad_1] We’re likely entering the end-game scenario for Comcast and Disney’s pursuit of Fox’s assets. However, an obscure U.K. takeover rule called the “chain principle” has altered the bidding dynamic in what’s become a game of three-dimensional chess. The U.K. has different rules around mergers and acquisitions than the U.S. One of these rules is…
[ad_1] GitHub, the code hosting service Microsoft recently acquired, is launching a couple of new features for its business users today that’ll make it easier for them to access public repositories on the service. Traditionally, users on the hosted Business Cloud and self-hosted Enterprise were not able to directly access the millions of public open-source…
[ad_1] NBA Commissioner Adam Silver expressed a preference for Disney in its battle against Comcast for Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox in an interview with CNBC’s Julia Boorstin. “I’m a big Bob Iger fan. Of course Disney is one of our huge partners,” he said in Sun Valley, Idaho. “In a way, I am rooting…
[ad_1] Google-owned YouTube is introducing a feature called “Copyright Match Tool” designed for YouTube creators who have problems with unauthorised re-uploads of their content. With the new feature, after a new video is uploaded, YouTube would run a scan to see if there is any other video that resembles the uploaded video very much or…
[ad_1] Uber riders will soon be able to pay for a trip with the money sitting in their Venmo accounts. The leading ride-hailing company will introduce a “Pay with Venmo” option as part of an ongoing partnership with Venmo owner PayPal, PayPal said Thursday. The feature could give Venmo a boost as it fights off…
[ad_1] Moment, a company known for making camera accessories for smartphones, has decided to venture out and create a software offering as well. While the company had a basic camera app that accompanied its Moment cases, it lacked the amount of controls that this new app brings. The company has now launched the Moment –…
[ad_1] Russell’s parents were “a little skeptical” of the decision, he says. But he had built a research lab in his parents’ garage in Southern California by the time he was 11, so they knew they had a prodigy on their hands. And Russell himself has no regrets. “Dropping out is definitely right for some…
[ad_1] While messaging apps have become mainstream communication channels these days, it eliminates the emotion behind the words, something that only face-to-face communication can do. A new messaging app tries to fill that void with the help of AI. The Truthify app tries to read your face, while watching a video, and sense the emotion…
[ad_1] Jekesai Njikizana | AFP | Getty Images People celebrate Zimbabwe Independence Day at the National Sports Stadium on April 18, 2018, in Harare. Zimbabwe has launched a space agency as part of a trifecta of new schemes announced this week, aimed at helping the southern African country industrialize and modernize itself. The Zimbabwe National…
[ad_1] Your typical cloud monitoring service integrates with dozens of service and provides you a pretty dashboard and some automation to help you keep tabs on how your applications are doing. Datadog has long done that but today, it is adding a new service called Watchdog, which uses machine learning to automatically detect anomalies for…
[ad_1] Apple has updated its MacBook Pro lineup, with new 13-inch and 15-inch Touch Bar models now featuring faster processors with up to 6 cores, up to 32GB of RAM, up to 4TB SSD, True Tone Displays, and the Apple T2 security chip. In the US, the new MacBook Pro models go on sale from…
[ad_1] Canaccord Genuity named Amazon king of the most revered tech stocks, while raising its price target on the e-commerce giant. The stock rose to a record on Thursday following the note, up 1 percent on the day. “Amazon’s rapidly growing scale of investment is strengthening long-term competitive barriers, and this includes a robust outlook…
[ad_1] In recent months, we’ve seen more and more funding flowing into tools for mental wellness — whether that’s AI-driven tools to help patients find help to meditation apps — and it seems like that trend is starting to pick up even more steam as smaller companies are grabbing the attention of investors. There’s another…
[ad_1] Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 Insider Preview Build that shows off the future design for upcoming builds. It has rolled out a fresh Windows 10 Insider Preview Build that comes with Microsoft Edge improvements and Notepad improvements among other things. The company is shipping out RS5 Build 17713 for Windows Insiders on…
[ad_1] To meet Model 3 quotas, Tesla factory workers were provided free Red Bull to stay awake and instructed to walk through raw sewage to avoid interrupting production, according to a new Bloomberg Businessweek report. Reports of harsh conditions and intense pressure continue to emerge from the Fremont, California factory, which CNBC previously reported has…
[ad_1] Seagate on Thursday launched its Fast SSD portfolio in India. The new lineup, which includes the 250GB and 500GB variants, was unveiled at CES 2018 in January. The Fast SSD models come with USB Type-C and offer transfer rates of 540MBps. They also come in a shock-resistant build. There is also a folder syncing…
[ad_1] CNBC Robert Villanueva, a former member of the Secret Service, who founded their Cyber Intelligence Section, is now an executive vice president for Q6 Cyber To the cybercriminals, borders do not matter. “You can be a criminal in Nigeria, in Brazil, in Miami, in London. All you have to do is know where to…
[ad_1] You create a Snapchat account and choose a goofy username, build your follower count, and then all of a sudden realise that you don’t like your username anymore. That brings you here — to try and change your Snapchat username. We hate to break this to you, but it is not possible to change…
[ad_1] A new study is revealing the science behind how some insects survive winters in harsh climates, and it goes against previously-believed theories. Published by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the article examines how antifreeze proteins found in some insects prevent ice from forming and spreading inside their bodies. One of the authors, Valeria…
[ad_1] Microsoft has updated its ultra-simple Notepad app for Windows with a bunch of new features. The app that has been a part of Windows platform since its first version debuted back in 1985 has received the ability to zoom into text. There is also the wrap-around find and replace option and an upgraded status…
[ad_1] Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc., speaks during an interview in New York, U.S., on Monday, May 1, 2017. Twitter shares rose Thursday after Goldman Sachs raised its price target for the social media stock and told clients that despite recent worries about…
[ad_1] UBS is getting less bullish over Netflix shares after the stock’s stunning rally this year. The firm lowered its rating to neutral from buy for Netflix shares, citing the internet company’s high valuation. “We believe Netflix’s core competencies in both content & tech should drive a virtuous circle of greater subs and increased viewing…
[ad_1] Snowflake, the cloud data warehouse, announced a partnership with Microsoft today to expand their offering to the Azure cloud. The new product is still in Preview for now. Given that Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia worked at Microsoft for more than 20 years, it’s certainly not surprising that Microsoft is the company’s second partner after…
[ad_1] “I went to another agency, Sapient, that was also bought by Publicis, and from Sapient I was recruited into Accenture to create a new type of business within Accenture.” When he was hired in 2008, this new type of business that Accenture wanted to create hadn’t been given a name yet. Soon after, it…
[ad_1] Mapillary, a Malmö, Sweden-based map technology startup, has hired a computer vision expert away from Apple, the company said Wednesday. Till Quack, who worked at Apple as an engineering manager overseeing augmented reality and self-driving efforts, will become Mapillary’s vice president of product, the company told Reuters. Quack had earlier worked at chipmaker Qualcomm after…
[ad_1] Hot enterprise-focused start-up Snowflake Computing on Thursday said it’s making its software available on Microsoft’s Azure public cloud. Previously Snowflake, which people can use to store and run queries on data, only ran on the Amazon cloud. The development is a good sign for Microsoft, which lags behind Amazon in the cloud infrastructure business.…
[ad_1] Gboard has now brought Morse code support to iOS. The input method that is useful for those with different communication abilities was initially launched in beta for Android devices at Google I/O 2018 in May. Alongside its iOS debut, Google is rolling out improvements to Morse code on Gboard for Android to enhance the…
[ad_1] Microsoft does not want to move jobs out of the United States but certain decisions out of Washington could potentially force its hands, the company’s President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith warned. The Trump Administration’s tough stance on immigration has attracted a lot of criticism from big technology firms, which rely heavily on…
[ad_1] TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is back with a fresh investor note, and this time he details all the other upcoming Apple products, apart from the new iPhone variants. In his note, he claims that a cheaper MacBook variant will be launched but it may not be another MacBook Air variant. Furthermore, he…
[ad_1] Uber has laid off 100 self-driving car test drivers in Pittsburgh in the wake of a high-profile crash in Arizona. The company is replacing them with 55 so-called “mission specialists,” technical specialists trained on both on-road and test track conditions, as it continues to scale back operations in the wake of the crash. News…
[ad_1] Jio Phone 2, successor to last year’s Jio Phone, which runs KaiOS, was announced earlier this month at parent company Reliance Industries Limited’s AGM 2018. Back in June, Google had invested about $22 million (roughly Rs. 151 crores) in KaiOS in an attempt to bring its suite of apps to feature phones. While Google…
[ad_1] All was quiet on June 22 as Canadian as Canadian husband-and-wife scientists David and Denise Holland settled in for the night off Greenland’s Helheim Glacier. The glacier researchers from New York University had spent four nights on the south side of Helheim but had just set up camp on the north side. Denise had…
[ad_1] Messaging app Snapchat has reportedly been crashing down on some Android devices for the past couple of days, the media reported. The issue has since been fixed, the company revealed late on Wednesday night. “We’re aware many Snapchatters are experiencing crashing on the app. We’re looking into it and working on a fix!” Snapchat…
[ad_1] The Surface Go is being labelled as the cheapest way to enter Microsoft’s tablet lineup – the hardware will be available on August 23. Surface Go has a built-in kickstand, a 10-inch PixelSense screen and can run Windows 10 Pro or Windows 10 Home in S mode. The PixelSense display’s resolution is 1800 x…
[ad_1] To take on Amazon’s Prime Day sale, Flipkart has launched its Big Shopping Days starting July 16. The Flipkart sale will begin at 4pm IST on July 16, and go on till July 19. The Flipkart sale deals include a number of smartphones from Samsung, Google, Vivo, and more. The Google Pixel 2 (128GB)…
[ad_1] UPDATE: Snapchat has confirmed that users are struggling with the app and state they are working on a fix. In a post on social media, the chat app said: “We’re aware many Snapchatters are experiencing crashing on the app. We’re looking into it and working on a fix!” Despite being down since around 6pm tonight…
[ad_1] Chrome 67 has been given security feature called Site Isolation on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chrome OS to limit the scope of Spectre vulnerability that was disclosed earlier this year. The new feature, as its name suggests, isolates the browser render content of each website opened in the latest Chrome browser and use a…
[ad_1] UPDATE: England team news is in, and it’s an unchanged side for the Three Lions. This means Pickford starts in goal, Walker, Stones and Maguire make up the back three and Henderson, Trippier, Lingard and Young play in fron of that. Dele Alli, Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane lead the line for England. ORIGINAL: England…
[ad_1] Ugandan police on Wednesday used tear gas and bullets to break up a street protest against a new tax targeting social media users. Two protesters were arrested in downtown Kampala, the capital, after a scuffle in which some policemen were assaulted, said Luke Owoyesigire, a spokesman for Kampala police. The protest was organised by…
[ad_1] The University of Waterloo unveiled their first ever elliptical pool table in the mathematics department on Tuesday afternoon and hosted a tournament for students to play a unique pool game called Loop. As the balls bounce off the curved table they travel in an elliptical direction rather than the straight angles produced on a…
[ad_1] Broadcom announced a $18.9 billion (roughly Rs. 1.3 lakh crores) deal to buy U.S. business software company CA on Wednesday, venturing far beyond its realm of semiconductors and testing investors’ confidence in its Chief Executive Hock Tan’s dealmaking credentials. The CA deal, outlined in a joint statement from the companies, comes just four months after U.S.…
[ad_1] The MV Sun Sea carried nearly 500 Tamil migrants to Canada eight years ago, but now the rusting cargo ship sits forlornly on the B.C. coast — an unwanted vessel of toxins including asbestos, PCBs and mould, documents reveal. The federal government, which has been stuck with the rickety ship for years, is looking…
[ad_1] India’s finance ministry has proposed relaxing a directive from the country’s central bank that would compel global payment firms to store customer data only locally, following weeks of intense lobbying by US companies and trade bodies. Easing the proposal would be a relief for firms including MasterCard, Visa and American Express, which fear India’s data…
[ad_1] Drew Angerer / Getty Images Signage stands at the entrance of the Sun Valley Lodge in Sun Valley, Idaho. “Allen & Co’s invite-only annual conference kicks off this week, which means that some of the biggest names in tech and media are swarming Idaho’s lavish Sun Valley Resort. In the past, the so-called “summer…
[ad_1] The United States said on Wednesday that it signed an agreement with ZTE Corp that paves the way for the Chinese tech company to resume operations after a nearly three-month ban on doing business with American suppliers. The ban on China’s No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker will be removed once the company deposits $400 million…
[ad_1] Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images A customer, left, looks at an iPhone X being held by an employee at the Apple Omotesando store on November 3, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese regulators said on Wednesday Apple may have breached antitrust rules by forcing mobile service providers to sell its iPhones cheaply and charge higher…
[ad_1] Following the revelations, the Indian government set Cambridge Analytica two successive deadlines by which it was to clarify its work in the country. The former firm’s management is yet to respond, though it has denied wrongdoing in the case more broadly. “We have sent two notices to Cambridge Analytica, we are awaiting their second…
[ad_1] Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook prepares to greet customers that will purchase a new iPhone X at an Apple Store on November 3, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. Apple could roll out face recognition for iPad, bigger smart watches and a long-awaited update for the Mac mini later this year, top Apple analyst…
[ad_1] A major element of China’s continent-spanning Belt and Road Initiative has nothing to do with roads, ports or power plants. Rather, the “Digital Silk Road” aims to construct communications networks across the developing world. Many fear Beijing could use those tools for electronic surveillance. The world’s second-largest economy wants to build cables, mobile structures…
[ad_1] “Each indicated that their decision to resign was not a result of any disagreement with us on any matter relating to our operations, policies or practices,” DocuSign said in the filing. In a statement, the company characterized the changes as a “planned transition.” The board has appointed former GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving, Docker CEO…
[ad_1] Sentiment surrounding Chinese companies with global ambitions has taken a hit after the U.S. fired a trade salvo against Beijing on July 6, imposing 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese goods, and China quickly responded with retaliatory tariffs. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump upped the ante on Tuesday, announcing a…
[ad_1] Comcast on Wednesday raised its cash offer for Sky to $34 billion, topping Twenty-First Century Fox‘s latest bid. Comcast said its upped bid has been recommended by the independent committee of Sky. The company also said it has earmarked funds to fulfill the terms of the deal. Earlier Wednesday, Fox raised its offer to…
[ad_1] Other technology companies like Fitbit and Apple have shown an interest in sleep-tracking in recent years. Fitbit is hoping that its fitness trackers can provide a useful service in alerting people to potential sleep apnea. And Apple acquired a sleep-tracking hardware company called Beddit in 2017, indicating its interest in the space. But the…
[ad_1] While news of Dell considering a merger with VMware was breaking, VMware COO Sanjay Poonen said his employees were focused on one thing: their customers. “Even while all of this sort of cloud of uncertainty existed in the last several months in our stock, there was no cloud of uncertainty around our customers and…
[ad_1] Broadcom, the massive semiconductor supplier you may remember from its failed attempt to acquire Qualcomm, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with CA Technologies, a major IT management software and solutions provider. The price of the acquisition is $18.9 billion in cash. CA’s shareholders will receive $44.50 per share, a 20…
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. Martin Tripp, the Tesla technician who CEO Elon Musk accused of sabotage, has filed a formal whistleblower complaint about the electric vehicle maker and hired a prominent New York law firm to represent him. In his…
[ad_1] Facebook granted a Russian company with ties to the Kremlin a data collection extension, CNN reported Tuesday. The social media company told CNN that the extension allowed Mail.Ru Group to gather friend data from Facebook users past the cut-off date. According to CNN, Facebook said Mail.Ru developed “hundreds of Facebook apps,” only two of…
[ad_1] Patrick Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Broadcom Corp. signage is displayed outside of the company’s headquarters in Irvine, California. Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Broadcom fell as much as 6 percent in the extended session, after the Wall Street Journal reported the chipmaker was nearing a deal…
[ad_1] Theoretically, there is no better time for Comcast, Disney and Fox to work out a deal than Sun Valley, Idaho, where media titans meet annually to talk about mega-mergers under the watch of boutique investment company Allen & Co. And yet, like the phrase “water water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink,” Comcast CEO…
[ad_1] Shares of CA Technologies soared more than 16 percent in extended trading, after the Wall Street Journal reported that Broadcom was close to acquiring the software company for about $18 billion. Shares of Broadcom edged down about 4 percent, pushing stock down to about $233.15 per share. Broadcom is down more than 5 percent…
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[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Reed Hastings, chief executive officer of Netflix Netflix remains the undisputed leader of streaming video today. But that could change if 21st Century Fox‘s assets, especially Hulu and Sky, are consolidated under Disney instead of Comcast, according to market research firm GBH Insights. “As bidding war…
[ad_1] The likelihood of a potential competing offer by Comcast for Twenty-First Century Fox‘s movie studio and other assets has diminished, CNBC’s David Faber reported on Wednesday. That’s because Comcast, the parent of CNBC, is expected to raise its bid for Sky, the U.K. media company partly owned by Fox, which has recently raised its…
[ad_1] David McNew | AFP | Getty Images Spectators react when the Shanghai Dragons beat the New York Excelsior in a game during Stage 3 of Overwatch League Inaugural Season videogame play at Blizzard Arena on May 4, 2018 in Burbank, California. Disney‘s ESPN has signed a deal with Activision Blizzard for live TV coverage…
[ad_1] NASA is likely to further delay its program to send U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station using capsules developed by Boeing and SpaceX, according to a report published Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office. “Further delays are likely as the Commercial Crew Program’s schedule risk analysis shows that the certification milestone is likely…
[ad_1] Sean O’Hara, president of Pacer ETFs Distributors, says chipmaking companies are the future of the technology sector over giants like Facebook and Google. “We’re entering that Jetsons-like phase of the world where everything’s connected and the internet of things is potentially a far bigger opportunity for the chipmakers than the cellphone or devices have…
[ad_1] Kairos, the face recognition technology used for brand marketing, has announced the acquisition of EmotionReader. EmotionReader is a Limerick, Ireland-based startup that uses algorithms to analyze facial expressions around video content. The startup allows brands and marketers to measure viewers emotional response to video, analyze viewer response via an analytics dashboard, and make different…
[ad_1] Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is now $50 billion richer than any other person alive. Bezos is currently worth $143.3 billion, according to Forbes, which is just over $50 billion more than the next richest person alive, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who is currently worth over $93 billion. In the context of other billionaires, that…
[ad_1] Valimail, a company that focuses on preventing fake and fraudulent emails from reaching your inbox, today announced that it is extending its anti-impersonation platform with a couple of new features that will make it even harder for hackers to pretend they are somebody they are not. While Valimail’s original focus was mostly on ensuring…
[ad_1] Google is assigning randomly selected colours to the eight voice options of its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven Assistant. The colours have been selected randomly to avoid association of any one colour with a certain gender or intonation, The Verge reported late on Tuesday. Previously, Google had numbered its available voices from one to eight, alternating…
[ad_1] Netflix will dominate the online video subscription market for the next decade due to the strength of its original content, according to Credit Suisse. The firm’s analyst assumed coverage on Netflix shares with an outperform rating, citing unparalleled size of its membership base. “The first U.S. premium pay service, HBO, has never seen its…
[ad_1] Newer Sonos devices and “rooms” now appear as AirPlay 2-compatible devices, allowing you to stream audio to them via Apple devices. The solution is a long time coming for Sonos which promised AirPlay 2 support in October. You can stream to Sonos One, Sonos Beam, Playbase, and Play:5 speakers and ask Siri to play…
[ad_1] In a new advancement, an AI system developed by a team of researchers that allows you to erase all the noise from a photo. Be it pixelation, watermarks, or even text. This new AI image restoration technique enhances grainy images as well, and this new method has been found by folks at Nvidia, MIT,…
[ad_1] I have a trick you should try if it seems like your phone is constantly dropping a data connection. Turn off your Wi-Fi. I know, it sounds silly, but let me explain. Here’s the scenario: you’re walking down the street trying to find directions in Google Maps or streaming music, when suddenly Google Maps…
[ad_1] Makula Dunbar Contributor More posts by this contributor Gear for making outdoor fitness more enjoyable The best home Wi-Fi and networking gear Editor’s note: This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter’s independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutter and TechCrunch may earn affiliate commissions. Gearing up for a pleasant…
[ad_1] The Opera Android browser will soon be able to hold your cryptocurrencies. The system, now in beta, lets you store crypto and ERC20 tokens in your browser, send and receive crypto on the fly, and secures your wallet with your phone’s biometric security or passcode. You can sign up to try the beta here.…
[ad_1] Snapchat has introduced a new Lens Explorer feature that enables users discover and unlock thousands of Lenses built by the Snapchat community around the world. The social media platform has been letting users create Lenses using Lens Studio tools for a long time now. Now, Snapchat has brought a new way to find those…
[ad_1] Another big factor in some areas is inconsistent access to health care, which means little preventive care and counseling on risk factors for heart disease, said Salim Virani, director of the Cardiology Fellowship program at Houston’s Baylor College of Medicine. In Texas, which has high rates of heart disease but isn’t one of the…
[ad_1] Pinterest is trying to further tap its popularity as a place to plan events, this time adding ways for users to collaborate across boards that are baked directly into the app. Group boards will have their own designated feed, where users will be able to communicate with others collaborating on that board and also…
[ad_1] Google appears to be improving customisation on Chrome by letting users add a custom background to new tab pages. While the feature to customise the background by choosing from a list of preloaded wallpapers was spotted on the browser at the time of its last Chrome Canary release last month, the search giant has…
[ad_1] Marty Melville | AFP | Getty Images A high altitude WiFi internet hub Google Project Loon balloon is displayed at the Airforce Museum in Christchurch on June 16, 2013. Google revealed top-secret plans on June 15 to send balloons to the edge of space with the lofty aim of bringing Internet to the two-thirds…
[ad_1] Most of us never really stop to think about how the software and services we use on a daily basis are created. We just know it’s there when we want to access it, and it works most of the time. But companies don’t just appear and expand randomly, they need a well defined process…
[ad_1] Gboard, Google’s own Android keyboard app, had now been updated (v7.4) with a revamped Spell Check feature, a Mini mode for Morse Code keyboard has switched to an adaptive icon. An APK teardown of the latest version of the app separately found it to be preparing to bring a new floating keyboard, selfie stickers…
[ad_1] A new wave of federal regulation across the technology industry will ultimately strengthen two of the globe’s biggest internet and social media companies: Facebook and Google-parent Alphabet. Nomura Instinet initiated coverage on both names with buy ratings Tuesday, arguing that any increased scrutiny should favor the largest tech juggernauts at the expensive of smaller…
[ad_1] Jio Phone 2, successor to last year’s Jio Phone, which runs KaiOS, was announced earlier this month at parent company Reliance Industries Limited’s AGM 2018. Back in June, Google had invested about $22 million (roughly Rs. 151 crores) in KaiOS in an attempt to bring its suite of apps to feature phones. While Google…
[ad_1] Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc., speaks during an interview in New York, U.S., on Monday, May 1, 2017. Twitter’s stunning rally this year is due for a big pullback, according to Nomura Instinet. The firm initiated coverage on the social media company’s…
[ad_1] The federal environment minister says she wants business leaders involved when she and her counterparts from other G7 nations gather in Halifax this fall to discuss how to reduce the flow of plastic waste into the oceans. Catherine McKenna, speaking at a news conference Tuesday in Halifax, said Canadians are throwing out up to…
[ad_1] Firefox Test Pilot programme is Mozilla’s way to try out some of its experimental features of the Web browser. Now, the company is extending the programme to its mobile apps as well, with the launch of Notes by Firefox and Firefox Lockbox. While Notes is a note-taking app for Android users, the Lockbox is…
[ad_1] Payments-wallet services provider Paytm on Wednesday said it has launched foreign exchange services in 20 international currencies. The service is currently live on the Paytm website, and will be accessible via the Android and iOS apps soon, the company said. It would offer a “multi-currency forex card and forex cash”, Paytm said in a…
[ad_1] Uber Technologies’s Chief People Officer Liane Hornsey resigned on Tuesday, Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said, following an investigation into how she handled allegations of racial discrimination at the ride-hailing firm. The resignation comes after Reuters contacted Uber on Monday about the previously unreported investigation into accusations from anonymous whistleblowers that Hornsey had systematically dismissed…
[ad_1] Netflix had launched an offline viewing feature around two years ago that enables users to download movies and shows. But now, it is making the download feature ‘smarter’ and more binge-friendly. With the new ‘Smart Downloads’ feature, Netflix will delete the episodes that you have already viewed and then download the next episode once…
[ad_1] The South Korean technology giant’s series of smartwatches has been known under the Gear name since 2014. However, this could be all be about to change. Samsung has registered a new logo for a “Galaxy Watch” in South Korea, hinting the latest wearable from the firm could tie itself into the Galaxy line of…
[ad_1] Facebook is testing a feature that will identify malicious accounts sending unwanted direct messages to you on its Messenger platform. According to a report in Motherboard on Wednesday, the feature when it goes live will provide additional information about direct messages from unknown contacts. “We are testing a way to provide people with more…
[ad_1] Apple has rolled out its new iOS 11.4.1 update to iPhone and iPad devices with a new USB Restricted Mode to help make them more secure. The USB Restricted Mode prevents USB accessories from connecting with your iPhone or iPad if the device has been locked for more than one hour. This comes as…
[ad_1] Revealing its future plans, Apple has formally announced to make ex-Google executive John Giannandrea its Chief of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy. Reporting to CEO Tim Cook, Giannandrea who joined Apple in April will be in charge of Apple’s ML division, Siri, and the Core ML team, the company updating its…
[ad_1] WhatsApp may have just announced that it’s soon to end support for some phones but it also appears some new devices will get the popular messaging app for the very first time. The hugely popular Nokia 3310 and 8110 feature phones were recently refreshed and updated for a new era of users. These devices…
[ad_1] Google has integrated its peer-to-peer payments service Google Pay Send into its digital payments solution Google Pay to make the latter a one-stop destination to send and ask for money. Along with this, the search engine giant has also included other features in its payments solution, including support for mobile ticketing for travel, movies…
[ad_1] Facebook will be fined £500,000 ($662,900) in the U.K. after the country’s privacy watchdog said its data sharing scandal broke the law. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is hitting the social network with the maximum possible fine it can impose, for two breaches of the U.K.’s Data Protection Act. Facebook failed to safeguard people’s…
[ad_1] After the big IGTV announcement that brought along long-form portrait videos to Instagram, the social networking app has now introduced another feature to increase engagement. Called the questions sticker, it will enable followers to submit questions for you to answer. Once you post the questions sticker into one of your story, then users can…
[ad_1] When the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus launched they introduced a new feature that could be very useful when the user is on their homescreen. The phone was able to orient the entire homescreen into a landscape mode simply by tilting the device. But now it appears the feature has made its way over…
[ad_1] Netflix had launched an offline viewing feature around two years ago that enables users to download movies and shows. But now, it is making the download feature ‘smarter’ and more binge-friendly. With the new ‘Smart Downloads’ feature, Netflix will delete the episodes that you have already viewed and then download the next episode once…
[ad_1] Major cryptocurrencies may be off their December highs on the price front, but developments on the regulatory and infrastructure front continue to move ahead. That’s leading some in the space to remain relatively bullish on prices. “Back then, December, price was at $20,000 all-time high. I predicted for 2018, we’re going to see $5,000…
[ad_1] Alphabet’s Google introduced new ad-buying tools on Tuesday that showcase its growing push to allow machines instead of humans to fine-tune ads and determine where they should run. Advertisers have welcomed the advanced software, which could encourage them to spend more on Google as it makes more efficient use of their money. But consumer…
[ad_1] The South Korean technology firm could be planning three variants of its Galaxy S10 phone when it releases, according to The Bell. The report insists an “entry-level” device will be offered alongside the regular S10 and larger S10 Plus. The cheaper version of the flagship is understood to be codenamed “Beyond 0” while the…
[ad_1] Today the Redmond-based technology giant debuted the Surface Go that will be the cheapest Surface device available in what appears to be a direct challenge to Apple’s most affordable iPad variant. The Surface Go is powered by a 7th Generation Intel Pentium Gold Processor 4415Y and Microsoft claims to have worked with the chip…
[ad_1] The technology giant ensures all Android smartphone manufacturers have its Chrome browser and Google Search application pre-installed on their devices in return for access to the Play Store. The application marketplace is where myriad software can be downloaded to Android devices. Without the store, the barrier for downloading applications onto an Android smartphone would…
[ad_1] Google Pixel 2 XL is available right now for Android smartphone fans at a bargain price thanks to a recent price crash. The Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL have been out for almost a year and are due an imminent upgrade. And ahead of the release of the Pixel 3 and Pixel…
[ad_1] While the idea of digging through centuries of waste may be unpleasant for some, Jerzy Gawronski relished the chance. In 2003, the city of Amsterdam began construction on a new subway line, presenting the perfect opportunity for Gawronski and the rest of the city’s archaeology department. They embarked on a massive excavation project on the Amstel River…
[ad_1] Arnold Johnson has been playing Roll Up the Rim for a decade and although he hasn’t won once, he believes that buying a bigger coffee increases his chances. “The more you spend … the more chance you have to win because it’s more money in the till for them,” he said. New research shows that…
[ad_1] Governments could constrain automation through policy measures such as disincentivization — by, say, taxing the use of robots — or reducing the cost of human labor through tax breaks or cutting minimum wages. The problem is that disincentivizing automation could just push it into other nations. Developing countries are likely to feel unable to…
[ad_1] HTC isn’t gone just yet. Granted, it’s closer than it’s ever been before, with a headcount of fewer than 5,000 employees worldwide — that’s down from 19,000 in 2013. But in spite of those “market competition, product mix, pricing, and recognized inventory write-downs,” the company’s still trucking on. And while its claim to being “the leading…
[ad_1] Sir Martin Sorrell has completed his first acquisition since leaving advertising agency conglomerate WPP in April. His new venture, S4 Capital, has bought Dutch digital production company MediaMonks in a deal reported to be valued at 300 million euros ($352 million). Other bidders were WPP and Accenture Interactive, according to a Financial Times report.…
[ad_1] Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Employees collect items for customer orders at the Jet.com Inc. fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Kansas City, Kansas. Walmart‘s Jet.com is testing same-day grocery delivery in New York, as it dials up its efforts in the battle for online customers. The retailer announced Tuesday that it…
[ad_1] None of that was going on when Apple’s app store debuted 10 years ago Tuesday. At the time, mobile phones were largely a take-it-or-leave it proposition, with features programmed by their manufacturers and customization mostly limited to a choice between tinny electronic ringtones. The iPhone itself was still in its infancy, with only 6…
[ad_1] A multi-year legal battle over the ability to distribute computer models of gun parts and replicate them in 3D printers has ended in defeat for government authorities who sought to prevent the practice. Cody Wilson, the gunmaker and free speech advocate behind the lawsuit, now intends to expand his operations, providing printable gun blueprints…
[ad_1] Stealing source code and selling it illegally or taking it to another company is a familiar story. Waymo sued Uber over the theft of trade secrets by a former employee. Uber settled the disagreement early this year, giving Waymo an equity stake worth $245 million and promising not to use Waymo’s proprietary information. In…
[ad_1] There’s nothing like a great new toy to make you mourn the ghost of bygone youth. I don’t have the opportunity to try many out at this job, but when I do, there’s an invariable pang of jealousy for kids today who have much broader access to sophisticated playthings than we did in our…
[ad_1] Tesla is taking orders for its Model 3 electric sedans throughout the U.S. and Canada, no reservations required. Previously, would-be Model 3 owners had to put down a $1,000 deposit to secure a place in line to buy the car. Now, anyone in North America can order one via Tesla’s website. Those who reserved…
[ad_1] Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook speaks at the Apple Worldwide Developer conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California, June 4, 2018. Buried in a criminal complaint against a former Apple engineer who’s being charged with stealing trade secrets is a remarkable revelation about the size of Apple’s autonomous car project:…
[ad_1] Satish Bate | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella delivers his keynotes at the company’s flagship technology and business conference — Future Decoded 2017 in Mumbai, India. Microsoft cut the size of its international sales force this week, laying off a small percentage of its employees, according to a person familiar…
[ad_1] Elon Musk says his newly made submarine could have worked in the recent rescue mission in Thailand, and he may even deploy it underwater again or in space. On Tuesday, Musk, who runs Tesla, SpaceX, the Boring Company, among other things, took to Twitter to dispute a claim from a Thai official that the…
[ad_1] It’s been exactly a decade since Apple launched an online store where its customers could download iPhone apps, with the iOS App Store debuting on July 10, 2008. The store offered only about 800 apps for download initially, but Apple said in 2008 that the store still saw more than 10 million downloads the…
[ad_1] Apple has selected former Google executive John Giannandrea to lead a new artificial intelligence and machine learning team, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Giannandrea joined Apple in April 2018, fresh off an 8-year stint at Google, where he served as head of the Machine Intelligence, Research and Search teams, TechCrunch first reported. The hire…
[ad_1] SolarWinds, the company behind tools like Pingdom, Papertrail, Loggly and a number of other IT management tools, today announced it has acquired Trusted Metrics, a company that helps businesses monitor incoming threats to their networks and servers. This move follows SolarWinds’ acquisition of Loggly earlier this year. Among other things, Loggly also provides a…
[ad_1] Tintri, a company that makes storage hardware for companies’ data centers, has had a heck of a ride in the past year. It went public in June 2017. On Tuesday it said it has filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy relief — and that, subsequently, the privately held storage company DataDirect Networks was looking…
[ad_1] People ask me all the time about my favorite gadgets and I rarely have any answers. I’ve been playing with stuff since 2004 and I’m pretty gadget-ed out. But this year I’ve finally found something that I really enjoy: the GPD XD, an Android-based gaming handheld that lets you play multiple emulators including an…
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Susan Wojcicki, chief executive officer of YouTube Inc., introduces the company’s new television subscription service. Google recently rolled out a new YouTube feature that lets you watch videos privately on your phone. That means you can watch content without Google keeping track, sort of like the…
[ad_1] The pop in Tesla’s share price is striking, he said, because the already cash-strapped Tesla just essentially made another financial commitment. “Even though a Gigafactory in China has been anticipated, now they have an agreement to finance the building of it,” he said. “That will put pressure on an already stressed balance sheet.” Even…
[ad_1] iOS users have been reporting problems with excessive battery drain after updating to iOS 11.4. On Sunday, 9to5Mac reported on a raft of posts on Apple forums complaining about excessive battery drain since updating. ZDNet also flagged complaints around the issue early last month. The update to Apple’s mobile operating system was released at the…
[ad_1] WhatsApp has started rolling out a feature that will indicate to users which messages they receive were forwarded by as is the sender. Seen by Android beta users last month, the new WhatsApp feature essentially adds a ‘Forwarded’ label to all the forwarded WhatsApp messages you receive to help you determine if your contacts have written…
[ad_1] Apple also makes up a large portion of both indices, contributing 12 percent of both S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 returns, while Alphabet and Facebook contributed 8 percent to each, as well. In total for 2018, the six stocks make up 98 percent of S&P 500 returns and 105 percent of Nasdaq 100 returns.…
[ad_1] French startup Ledger has been working for a while on a brand new app to manage your crypto assets on your computer. The company is designing and manufacturing one of the most secure hardware wallets out there. While it’s clear that security has always been the first focus of the company, the user experience…
[ad_1] Mobile games publisher and marketer Tilting Point is dramatically increasing its commitment to its user acquisition fund. The company announced a $12 million fund at the end of 2016, which it said would help developers grow their games while remaining independent. Today it revealed that it’s committing $132 million in annual spending to the fund.…
[ad_1] Box announced today that it has acquired Butter.ai, a startup that helps customers search for content intelligently in the cloud. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Butter.AI team will be joining Box. Butter.AI was started by two ex-Evernote employees, Jack Hirsch and Adam Walz. The company was partly funded by…
[ad_1] On-demand food delivery startup Postmates is adding 100 markets nationwide, and expanding its partnership with Chipotle. The move adds 300 Chipotle restaurants to its roster, and expands the delivery service to 50 million additional potential customers. The expanded partnership is the latest volley in the food delivery wars, which includes competitors like Grubhub, Door…
[ad_1] Slack’s search functions are getting another little quality-of-life update today with the introduction of filters, which aims to make search a little more granular to find the right answers. The company also says searches are going to be more personalized. All of this is an attempt to get to the right files or conversations…
[ad_1] Electric scooter rental company Lime is teaming up with Uber to bring an unconventional mode of transportation to the world. Uber Technologies is investing in Lime as part of a $335 million (roughly Rs. 2,300 crores) financing round, the companies plan to announce on Monday. The deal, led by Alphabet’s venture arm GV, values the…
[ad_1] Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, is not a fan of net neutrality. The former clerk to Justice Anthony Kennedy and current D.C. Circuit Court justice issued a blistering dissent last year in a ruling upholding the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rule, and said that even if Congress…
[ad_1] Epic Games has announced the next season of Fortnite Battle Royale challenges. Fortnite Season 5 start date is July 12 at 8am GMT (1:30pm IST). It’ll be interesting to see if Epic sticks to this date considering the delays we’ve seen on the rollout of specific features such as Playground LTM. Fortnite Season 5…
[ad_1] Facebook is getting into the augmented reality (AR) advertising business, entering a space previously dominated by Snap. Facebook announced Tuesday that it would begin offering AR ads in the News Feed. People will be able to use their mobile device’s camera to participate in the experiences. AR involves superimposing computer-generated images on top of…
[ad_1] Yesterday, we learned that 18-month-old, Bay Area-based electric scooter rental company Lime is joining forces with the ride-hailing giant Uber, which is both investing in the company as part of a $335 million round and planning to promote Lime in its mobile app. According to Bloomberg, Uber also plans to plaster its logo on…
[ad_1] At the beginning of this year, AMD announced a partnership with enterprise storage management company Enmotus, bringing a tiered storage acceleration system called FuzeDrive to users of its Ryzen and Ryzen Threadripper desktop CPUs. It’s an obvious parallel to Intel’s Optane Memory effort and Apple’s Fusion Drive, essentially letting users virtually combine the strengths of…
[ad_1] Twitter just had its worst day in more than three months on worries over rampant fake accounts. To investors worried the sky is falling, one chart watcher says these kinds of moves are nothing to sweat. “This is obviously a substantial decline. … Obviously alarming but at the same time not that rare,” Frank…
[ad_1] While massive restaurant chains might have resources to build out their own management systems or integrate with larger point-of-sale providers, Toast — a provider of tools for restaurants to manage their business — is raising a big round of funding to go after everyone else. Now Toast is a business valued at $1.4 billion…
[ad_1] Foursquare has just hired Liz Ritzcovan as Chief Revenue Officer. Ritzcovan hails from BazaarVoice, where she also served as CRO. She previously held CRO positions at Sizmek and Parade Media Group, and before that, spent time at Yahoo, Time Inc, and Interbrand. Though Foursquare has been around since 2009, things have changed a lot…
[ad_1] A decade ago, Apple opened a store peddling iPhone apps, unlocking the creativity of software developers and letting users truly make their mobile devices their own. The resulting explosion of phone apps – there are now more than 2 million for the iPhone alone – has changed daily life for billions of people around…
[ad_1] Microsoft’s Surface Pro typically costs $799 on the low end without a keyboard, but the company is currently selling a bundle deal Surface Pro with an Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage with a keyboard for $799. That bundle typically costs $1,159, so it’s a pretty solid…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Android Police In May 2018, Google Maps received a number of new updates at the company’s I/O 2018 annual developer conference. Ever since then, Google has been rolling out several of these features, including Quick Action buttons, a For You tab, a redesigned Explore tab and more. Also, Uber integration was removed…
[ad_1] Dania Maxwell | Bloomberg | Getty Images Whole Foods Market store with Prime member signage in Burbank, California. Amazon is bringing its Prime Day deals to Whole Foods Market this year, offering money back and significant sales on certain items for Prime members. The e-retailer’s annual discount shopping holiday — starting on July 16…
[ad_1] Google has brought the Machine Learning Crash Course (MLCC) Study Jam series to India. Under the new series, the search is offering free practical training to enthusiasts who want to learn about machine learning (ML) and understand the potential of solutions such as TensorFlow through exercises, interactive visualisations, and instructional videos. The latest development…
[ad_1] The Crown says a lack of oversight on the part of a world-renowned Alberta ski resort led to endangered trees being cut down five years ago. The Lake Louise resort in Banff National Park pleaded guilty in December to cutting down a stand of trees, including some whitebark pine, along a ski run in…
[ad_1] Fortnite is the world’s biggest game right now, breaking into the mainstream with celebrities and normal gamers alike indulging in Epic Games’ battle royale shooter on PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC, and iOS. It’s telling that the most popular game right now isn’t on the largest platform — Android. Yes, Fortnite for Android…
[ad_1] VCG | Getty Images Elon Musk, Chairman, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors, addresses a press conference to declare that the Tesla Motors releases v7.0 System in China on a limited basis for its Model S, which will enable self-driving features such as Autosteer for a select group of beta testers on October…
[ad_1] Google is making several updates to Google Pay, its recently-rebranded service for all its different payments tools. Most of these updates were announced earlier this year, but now, Google says they’re actually going live in the app. One of the additions is peer-to-peer payments. You could already pay or request money from a friend through Google…
[ad_1] In a bid to nurture Indian startups working in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), Google on Tuesday introduced the India chapter of its global ‘Launchpad Accelerator’ mentorship programme. The three-month Launchpad Accelerator India programme has been designed to grow the AI/ML ecosystem by helping the country’s startups build scalable…
[ad_1] Elon Musk has visited the location where a group of Thai boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a cave, according to a post on his Twitter account. The Tesla CEO tweeted late Monday that he had “just returned from Cave 3,” likely in reference to Chamber Three, the rescue command center. A…
[ad_1] YouTube for Android has now started rolling out an ‘Incognito’ mode for the masses. The new feature, which was originally spotted in May, is designed to disable history tracking on the YouTube app. The original ‘Sign out’ has been replaced with the ‘Turn on Incognito’ option to let you easily enable the Incognito mode.…
[ad_1] Wimbledon is winding up to a thumping finale this week, as the players fight their way through the quarter-finals today and tomorrow. Battling against the oppressive heat, many of Tennis’ greatest players, including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, and Novak Djokovic, have made it through to the quarter-finals. Roger Federer is defending his…
[ad_1] Four senior US House Republicans sent letters on Monday to the chief executives of Apple and Google parent Alphabet asking questions about location data and mobile phone privacy practices and the handling of customer data. The chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Greg Walden, along with three other senior Republicans on the panel, wrote the companies…
[ad_1] Shares of Chinese electronics-maker Xiaomi surged over 13 percent Tuesday on just its second day of trade following its initial public offering (IPO). Xiaomi shares closed at 19 Hong Kong dollars ($2.17), above its IPO price of 17 Hong Kong dollars. The rise is a welcome boost for the world’s fourth-largest smartphone maker, which…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: AFP A newspaper vendor reading a newspaper with a full back page advertisement from WhatsApp Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging platform on Tuesday published advertisements in key Indian newspapers to tackle the spread of misinformation, its first such effort to combat a flurry of fake messages that prompted mob lynchings. Beatings and deaths triggered…
[ad_1] Every day, millions of people fall victim to spam emails and viruses sent to their accounts. Companies like Hotmail have taken big steps to help protect users from spam but the problem often lies with the user. Being more aware of what spam emails look like, as well as how to deal with them, can help keep…
[ad_1] American electronics manufacturer HP on Tuesday announced the launch of two new gaming laptops in India – the HP Pavilion 15 and HP Omen 15. While the former is targeted towards mainstream, budget gamers, the Omen 15 has been launched for a premium, high-end gaming audience. In March this year, HP had launched the…
[ad_1] Cryptocurrency conversion platform Bancor has suffered a “security breach” that saw $13.5 million worth of digital tokens stolen. The Israeli start-up said Monday that a cryptocurrency wallet on its network had been compromised, leading to the theft of $12.5 million worth of ethereum and $1 million worth of the lesser-known token Pundi X. Ethereum…
[ad_1] Grab plans to launch a grocery delivery service, and is betting on its network of 7.1 million drivers, agents and merchants to steer its expansion beyond its core ride-hailing business across Southeast Asia, its chief executive told Reuters. The strategy to provide “everyday” offerings underscores Grab’s ambition to secure its dominant market share at…
[ad_1] Food ordering and restaurant search app Zomato on Tuesday announced the launch of Zomato Piggybank, which is a reward points program for loyal users of the food delivery service. The company says that the idea behind the feature is to reward users as well as donate to others. Every time a user orders food…
[ad_1] The World Cup is in its final week, with almost 64 matches being completed over the last month. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have tuned in to watch the international tournament, with many opting to watch their favourite teams battle for survival on their Kodi. Kodi has a few add-ons that let users…
[ad_1] EU antitrust regulators have postponed to next week a finding against Google’s Android mobile operating system, a person familiar with the matter said, avoiding any clash with a visit to Brussels by US President Donald Trump. The European Commission had scheduled a meeting of national competition agencies for Tuesday to brief them on the case,…
[ad_1] Apple is celebrating a major milestone today as its hugely popular App Store turns 10. Since it first launched on July 10 2008, this online shop has transformed the way we use our phones turning them into everything from games machines to maps. Over the past decade, the App Store has created a safe place…
[ad_1] Google’s YouTube says it is taking several steps to ensure the veracity of news on its service by cracking down on misinformation and supporting news organisations. The company said Monday it will make “authoritative” news sources more prominent, especially in the wake of breaking news events when misinformation can spread quickly. At such times,…
[ad_1] If you are looking for a new deal on your TV and broadband it seems now is a good time to upgrade. Virgin Media and Sky have both revealed all-new deals which can save over £300 off the usual contract costs. The offers all include TV and broadband with some prices starting from as…
[ad_1] Apple on Monday announced the release of the latest software updates for all of its major operating systems across product categories. These include iOS 11.4.1, watchOS 4.3.2, tvOS 11.4.1, and macOS 10.13.6. Also in the release schedule is the third update for the company’s smart speaker – HomePod – in the form of version…
[ad_1] Britain’s broadband may be getting better but it seems we’re still well behind when it comes to average speeds. New research from cable.co.uk has revealed the latest Speed League for broadband with the UK outperformed by countries including Spain, Romania and Switzerland. In fact, the UK has actually slipped one place in the league…
[ad_1] It’s not Diwali or any other festive season, but Amazon is still bullish about attracting a large number of customers across just 36 hours during its Prime Day sale that is kicking off on July 16 in India and a bunch of other countries. This will be the second time that Amazon Prime Day…
[ad_1] Android smartphone users are being warned about a vulnerability that allegedly affects devices released in the past six years. Researchers claim the security risk will be found in every Android smartphone released since 2012. Once exploited this vulnerability can let attackers gain total administrative control of the target Android device. Hackers can then steal…
[ad_1] Google could face a new record penalty this month from European regulators for forcing its search and web-browsing tools on the makers of Android-equipped smartphones and other devices, potentially resulting in major changes to the world’s most widely deployed mobile operating system. The punishment from Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s competition chief, is expected…
[ad_1] Digital music streaming service Spotify has grown to become one of the most popular apps for music fans. The Swedish-made app has grown to include more than 170 million users worldwide, giving Apple Music a run for its money. Spotify is a subscription-based streaming service that you can access as an app or on…
[ad_1] Apple is expected to launch a new 2018 iPhone X with a budget price but that notch display and Face ID. Now new images have appeared online. The 2018 iPhone X has already leaked plenty with a new 6.1-inch display that will make this larger than the current 5.8-inch iPhone X. Despite the size…
[ad_1] Google has been sharing the inboxes of its Gmail users with third-party app developers which has led to many people feeling less secure. While this sharing of information only happens when people agree to allow the app access to their Gmail, it can be tough to know which apps have these permissions. As such…
[ad_1] We may be over halfway through the year but there’s still plenty to come in 2018. Samsung is expected to release its new Note 9 in the coming weeks and Apple fans have some fully refreshed iPhones on the horizon with a September unveiling almost certain. Once those events are out of the way…
[ad_1] When you purchase an Android TV Box it will more than likely have Kodi loaded but may be out of date. Kodi comes out with new updates on a frequent basis so this will probably be one of the first things that you will want to do when you boot up your new Android TV Box. Kodi…
[ad_1] I’m a bit torn on the size. It’s small, with a 10-inch screen, and has big bezels — the areas around the screen — which means it’s not nearly as attractive as an iPad. Also, the keyboard seemed a little cramped during my brief hands-on with the Surface Go, though on a par with…
[ad_1] Ben Esposito has been working on his much-anticipated video game Donut County for the last five years. He plans to release the game, in which you play as a hole in the ground, by the end of 2018. Imagine his surprise, then, when he discovered that a game that looked remarkably similar to it was…
[ad_1] It’s a wildlife preserve unlike anywhere else on the planet. About 4,300 square kilometers of untamed wilderness, chock full of thriving populations of animal species that are going extinct everywhere else. Not only are humans not allowed to live here, but most wouldn’t want to live here either. Because, this is Chernobyl. After the…
[ad_1] It’s going to be an exciting year for photographers — finally — as both Canon and Nikon are reportedly planning full-frame mirrorless cameras for debut before the end of 2018. It’s good news for consumers, because it means that both companies have been investing heavily in the next phase of digital photography, and that…
[ad_1] A West Coast whale watching collective is demanding closer access for its members to more abundant killer whale populations after the federal government imposed a 200-metre viewing distance limit to protect the endangered southern resident orcas. However, whale scientists say the 200-metre limit still may not be enough distance to help whales that are up…
[ad_1] Jim Cramer highlights a buying opportunity in the aftermath of the Toys R Us closure. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Before Snapchat made social media about just today, Facebook made it about forever. The 2011 “Timeline” redesign of the profile and keyword search unlocked your past, encouraging you to curate colorful posts about your life’s top moments. That was actually an inspiration for Snapchat, as its CEO Evan Spiegel wrote in its IPO announcement…
[ad_1] It’s been all quiet on the eastern front lately for Canadian troops in Latvia, who say the deluge of fake news and cyberattacks that greeted their arrival in the Baltic state has been dramatically — and somewhat inexplicably — scaled back. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived late Monday in the capital Riga for a bilateral…
[ad_1] At a bachelor party two years ago in South Lake Tahoe, California, a tech worker who we’ll call Owen glanced down at his Fitbit in between snorting lines of cocaine. He noticed his heart rake had spiked to 150, an abnormally high level considering he’d been sitting for hours. “My heart rate only gets…
[ad_1] YouTube will start adding previews and links to news articles in order to combat fake news around events. In addition to linking to articles for breaking news in search results, it will also start adding text from third parties including Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britannica on subjects that have had widespread misinformation. Sample topics include…
[ad_1] A park ranger is grateful to be alive after a terrifying grizzly bear attack outside his home in Bella Coola, B.C. Jordan Carbery said he woke up early Tuesday morning and saw something moving outside his house, so he went to investigate. He said he saw some bears in a cherry tree. At first, he didn’t…
[ad_1] An unmanned spacecraft is set to fly to the International Space Station in less time than it takes to fly from Toronto to Edmonton on a passenger plane. The Progress 70 spacecraft loaded with food, fuel and other supplies, is scheduled to blast off aboard a Soyuz-2 rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at…
[ad_1] Chinese internet search behemoth Baidu is poised for stronger revenue as advertising on its news feed improves, spelling further upside for investors, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets. The bank upgraded its rating on shares of the Beijing-based company to overweight from sector weight on Monday, predicting that between its rising ad sales and outlook…
[ad_1] Change is coming to HBO, now that it is part of the AT&T corporate family. That much was clear to the 150 employees who attended a recent town hall meeting at the network’s headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. The main speaker was John Stankey, a longtime AT&T executive who now oversees HBO in his new…
[ad_1] Chinese smart phone maker Xiaomi stumbled 6 percent on its debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, but early investor Hans Tung says the company’s performance is more reflective of investor confusion than the strength of the stock. The performance was “probably a combination of both market conditions in the U.S. and…
[ad_1] Start-ups often make a point of insisting their employees use their technology. In Shanghai, a company called Yitu has taken that to the extreme. The halls of its offices are dotted with cameras, looking for faces. From desk to break room to exit, employees’ paths are traced on a television screen with blue dotted…
[ad_1] Morgan Stanley downgraded technology stocks to underweight from equal weight on Monday, citing expectations of a more defensive turn in the market. Cyclical sectors such as technology and consumer discretionary tend to perform better during periods of growth, when investors are more willing to take on risk. Now Morgan Stanley Chief U.S. Equity Strategist…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sergey Brin, president of Alphabet and co-founder of Google Speaking from a blockchain conference in Morocco over the weekend, Google co-founder Sergey Brin said the internet giant missed its chance to be at the forefront of blockchain technology. Brin, who currently serves as president of Google…
[ad_1] “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a robot clapping over a human face, forever,” wrote George Orwell, and his dire prediction has finally come to pass. This product – a year old device that I have never seen before but now love – is called BigClapper and it is basically an…
[ad_1] Codenamed “Eagle”, Snapchat is building a visual product search feature that deliver users to Amazon’s listings. Buried inside the code of Snapchat’s Android app is an unreleased “Visual Search” feature where you “Press and hold to identify an object, song, barcode, and more! This works by sending data to Amazon, Shazam, and other partners.”…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images People use a smartphone to unlock LimeBike shared electric scooters on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. Uber is partnering with electric scooter startup Lime, the companies said Monday. It’s the second scooter tie-up for Uber, which aims to be the leading one-stop-shop for transportation. The ride-hailing…
[ad_1] In a truly fascinating exploration into two smart speakers – the Sonos One and the Amazon Echo – BoltVC’s Ben Einstein has found some interesting differences in the way a traditional speaker company and an infrastructure juggernaut look at their flagship devices. The post is well worth a a full read but the gist…
[ad_1] CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that the recent rally in large-cap tech stocks has been “breathtaking,” but added there appears to be “no particular reason” for the rise. “There’s nothing new in Facebook to justify one more romp,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” (Cramer’s chairtable trust owns shares of Amazon, Apple, Facebook…
[ad_1] Twitter is cleaning up its platform and taking down more fake accounts than ever, according to The Washington Post, but the stock is still tanking on what appears to be concern around user growth. Shares fell more than 8 percent Monday after the Friday evening report that Twitter is suspending more than 1 million…
[ad_1] Apple has released a handful of new ads promoting the iPad’s portability and convenience over both laptops and traditional paper solutions. The 15-second ads focus on how the iPad can make even the most tedious things — travel, notes, paperwork, and ‘stuff’ — just a bit easier. Three out of the four spots show…
[ad_1] Mastercard is holding talks with banks in the U.K. about bringing biometric payment cards to market. The credit card firm has been testing cards with in-built fingerprint scanners, which are used to verify customers’ identities. This is intended to replace the use of passwords and speed-up the process of making payments online and contactless…
[ad_1] This week Samsung is opening what it’s calling the world’s largest mobile phone factory in the the world’s second largest smartphone market. Expansion, which will be fully complete in 2020, is expected to nearly double Noida (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority), India’s current phone producing capabilities from 68- to 120 million phones per year.…
[ad_1] Polar, the makers of fitness wearables and an associated fitness mobile app, has gotten itself into a controversy that comes at a time when data privacy is the topic that is making headlines. As per a couple of reports last week, Polar’s fitness tracking app seems to have given away location and personal information…
[ad_1] Groupon gained as much as 13 percent Monday following a weekend report that the company is seeking a buyer. Shares opened at $4.81 after closing Friday at $4.36. The stock is on track for its best day since February 2017. Recode reported Saturday that the company, which pioneered local online deals, is considering a…
[ad_1] Amazon has also stepped up its effort to sell ad space on this year’s Prime Day, some sellers say. In one of the marketing documents, which CNBC obtained, Amazon’s advertising team encourages sellers to increase their ad budget on Prime Day while extending the length of their ad campaigns. It also says ads are…
[ad_1] Martin Laroche biked along the Atlantic coast to understand what challenges associated with climate change coastal communities face. (Todd O’Brien/CBC) Using his mother’s 30-year-old 12-speed bike, Martin Laroche pedaled 1,600 kilometres from Rimouski, Que., to St. John’s. But this wasn’t just a leisurely ride — it was the start of his graduate field work on climate…
[ad_1] Mozilla, the maker of open source browser Firefox, is reportedly working on a new Internet browser codenamed ‘Fenix’ for the Android operating system (OS). The new app is expected to target a younger, tech-savvy audience, Android Headlines reported on Sunday. Mozilla contributors started contributing more actively in the project since June, according to GitHub’s…
[ad_1] Billionaire Elon Musk has a unique proposition for saving the boys’ soccer team trapped in a Thai cave. The Tesla chief executive on Sunday shared a video via Twitter, demonstrating a “tiny, kid-size submarine” being used to transport a person across a pool. The vessel’s structure was made from the liquid oxygen transfer tube…
[ad_1] Spotify’s lead over Apple’s music-streaming service in the US is narrowing, denting the air of invincibility around the recently floated pioneer. While Spotify still holds a commanding lead globally, Apple’s faster growth rate in the world’s largest music market reflects its ability to push its services to owners of its devices, such as the…
[ad_1] Xiaomi completed its first day as a publicly listed company on Monday after a Hong Kong stock exchange debut marked with plenty of glitz and fanfare. The market, however, didn’t quite share the enthusiasm of the Xiaomi employees – new and old, including the likes of Hugo Barra, now of the Facebook parish –…
[ad_1] Facebook users could be clicking “piugijara” instead of the “like” button to show they support someone’s post by next year. The social media giant announced on Monday — which is also Nunavut Day — that it is starting the process of making some settings on the social media platform accessible in Inuktut. This includes…
[ad_1] Xiaomi Corp. shares slipped and then rebounded Monday in the Chinese smartphone maker’s first trading day in Hong Kong following a multibillion-dollar initial public offering. Trading opened at 16.60 HKD ($2.11) per share, below Xiaomi’s offering price of 17 HKD ($2.17). Shares lost about 4 percent in early trading but rebounded to 17 HKD…
[ad_1] The Nighthawk series of routers is Netgear’s high-performance series of routers and the Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500 router is the latest entrant in the space that’s seen a lot of attention from PC manufacturers and consumer electronic brands alike. This time around its partnered with Netduma, makers of the DumaOS, that’s labelled to be…
[ad_1] Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 Insider Preview Build that shows off the future design for upcoming builds. It has rolled out a fresh Windows 10 Insider Preview Build that comes with Fluent Design updates, changes in Edge, and more. The company is shipping out Build 17711 for Windows Insiders on the Fast…
[ad_1] Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings said it is looking to spin off and list its online music business, China’s biggest music-streaming company, in the United States. The proposed listing is a sign that the once-flagging online music industry is getting back on track as more listeners take to streaming music through smartphone apps even as…
[ad_1] The unique features of your face can allow you to unlock your new iPhone, access your bank account or even “smile to pay” for some goods and services. The same technology, using algorithms generated by a facial scan, can allow law enforcement to find a wanted person in a crowd or match the image…
[ad_1] Megan Scraper was standing at the edge of the scenic but treacherous Shannon Falls when she slipped into a swift-moving current, authorities in British Columbia said. Her companions, Ryker Gamble and Alexey Lyakh, dove in to save her, but none of them were a match for the power of the rapids. Moments later, all…
[ad_1] The proposed listing can be read as a sign that the music industry is getting back on track, as more listeners take to streaming music through smartphone apps even as companies battle piracy and try to sign up more paying customers. Tencent’s major rival in music streaming, Spotify, debuted its own shares in April,…
[ad_1] Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp’s shares fell as much as 6 percent on debut in Hong Kong due to valuation concerns, delivering a blow to investor sentiment in the tech sector where peers have lined up listings in the city. Xiaomi priced its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) at HKD 17 (roughly Rs.…
[ad_1] Shares of Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi opened for trade down more than 2 percent on their debut in Hong Kong on Monday, following a disappointing pricing and a listing delay in mainland China. Xiaomi shares opened down at 16.60 Hong Kong dollars ($2.12) a share, according to Dow Jones, below the initial public offering…
[ad_1] The OnePlus 6 may have only been announced a few months ago but there’s already a refreshed model arriving in stores. The OnePlus 6 Red limited edition goes on sale this week and brings a striking new look to this flagship-killing smartphone. Express.co.uk has been lucky enough to get an early preview of the…
[ad_1] You don’t need an expensive camera to take great photos — the phone in your pocket is better than you think, especially on top-of-the-line phones like the Samsung Galaxy S9 and the iPhone X. When used correctly, phones can produce images that hold up against more professional equipment. Shooting on a smartphone also comes…
[ad_1] Having seen England make it to the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1990, fans are preparing for the big event. And it isn’t just the fans who are providing the good news, with UK retailer Sports Direct also offering a big announcement of their own. It has now been confirmed by…
[ad_1] Google announced last year that it would stop checking private Gmail inboxes for the purpose of personalised advertising. However, it seems the scanning of Gmail is continuing with some third-party app developers still accessing inboxes. According to a report published last week by the Wall Street Journal, hundreds of millions of emails belonging to Gmail…
[ad_1] Each day, 30-year-old construction worker Ryan Moret loads up the same equipment before heading to a new work site: A hard hat for head protection, a safety vest for visibility, and heavy-duty boots to walk around the debris. The field manager for McCarthy Building Companies also adds one more unusual accessory: A DJI Phantom…
[ad_1] While serverless computing isn’t new, it has reached an interesting place in its development. As developers begin to see the value of serverless architecture, a whole new startup ecosystem could begin to develop around it. Serverless isn’t exactly serverless at all, but it does enable a developer to set event triggers and leave the…
[ad_1] The movement by tech employees to challenge their own executives has been building from a more general protest ethos in the Trump era. Shortly after President Donald Trump came into office and implemented his controversial travel ban, many Silicon Valley workers, including Google workers, joined mass protests. A broad coalition of tech companies, including…
[ad_1] Earlier reports suggested that Xiaomi was targeting a $100 billion valuation. At the current price, investors are clearly valuing Xiaomi more like a hardware company than a high-margin provider of software and services. The person who attended the roadshow said that most investors in the audience weren’t aware that Xiaomi had a vast portfolio…
[ad_1] Fortnite’s success comes as the World Health Organization is reporting that compulsive video game playing could be a mental health problem. The U.N. health agency is classifying “gaming disorder” as when playing takes precedence over other daily activities and interests. The WHO states the condition is very rare, with about 3 percent of all…
[ad_1] Bullish Wall Street watcher Bill Stone sees a strong earnings season ahead, with energy and technology stocks grabbing the biggest profits. In a recent interview, PNC’s former global chief investment strategist cited strong economic fundamentals as a major catalyst for blowout numbers. “From an earnings standpoint, energy probably will grow earnings about 130 percent,…
[ad_1] Tactical Robotics’ Cormorant drone design allows it to navigate tight areas where a helicopter’s blades would get caught on the environment. The remote-controlled military drone can transport two injured people from a battle zone. The Israeli-based company believes the drone could one day also be used to inspect bridges, deliver medical supplies and spray…
[ad_1] It’s the British Grand Prix today live from Silverstone and it’s all set to be another classic. Yesterday’s qualifying was one of the closest this season with Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen all within 0.054 seconds of each other. But, in front of his adoring fans, it was Hamilton who managed to…
[ad_1] The Mississauga, Ont., company behind a robot that blasts away hospital germs using ultraviolet light says its Solaris Lytbot is the ideal weapon in the war against hospital-acquired infections such as C. difficile. “They wheel it into a room, set how long to run it for and hit go. Then they leave the room and away it goes,”…
[ad_1] We are back with our weekly roundup of tech news. The Jio GigaFiber launch at the Reliance Industries AGM was the biggest event of the week, which also saw some smartphone launches and price cuts. The Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) service that was under testing for the last couple of years is now launching in 1,100…
[ad_1] Those hoping to upgrade their smartphone in favour of the supercharged phablet were extremely excited last week when Samsung sent out invitations to an event dubbed “Unpacked” next month seemingly set to reveal the Note 9. The photo attached with the invitation showed a signature Note S Pen in a new gold colour. But…
[ad_1] It’s impossible to tell if meat is contaminated with potentially deadly E. coli bacteria by simply smelling or looking at it, but one day a glance at the plastic packaging could let consumers know if it’s safe to eat. That’s the hope of a team of researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. They’ve developed a thin,…
[ad_1] Earthquake- and tsunami-monitoring systems may have been put at risk after Shared Services Canada – Ottawa’s controversial IT department – was handed the job of maintaining the aging equipment and data centres. That’s a red flag in an internal memo from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) discussing whether Canada has adequate infrastructure to help alert citizens…
[ad_1] Samsung has had a stellar few years with its Galaxy S8 and S9 both regarded as two of the best smartphones money can buy. But it seems much bigger and better things are on their way with the Korean technology giant looking set to reveal its Galaxy S10 early next year. Little is known…
[ad_1] The iOS12 public beta is out right now with the full version set to be released to everyone later this year and the software is already hinting at a potential overhaul for iPad. Users with an iOS12 beta installed on their iPad are able to seamlessly navigate the tablet using gestures in a similar…
[ad_1] Google’s Chrome is suffering from a bug that allows scammers to trick users into paying out to fix a problem that may not even exist. Mozilla’s Firefox is also reportedly suffering from the same weakness that lets con artists get at unsuspecting web users. The bug first appeared in February before being fixed in…
[ad_1] Google has just announced that it has slashed the price of its Google Home and Google Home Mini smart speakers. Both of these devices use voice search and Google’s clever Assistant to perform a huge range of tasks including playing music, answering questions and connecting to smart home gadgets such as lights and heating.…
[ad_1] Want to change health care? Start with employers. Seattle-based investor Dave Chase has studied health care market forces for more than a decade, and he has a background in enterprise sales. He’s not surprised that the Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and J.P. Morgan health consortium is starting with its own 1.2 million employees first. Focusing…
[ad_1] Groupon, the company that pioneered local online daily deals , is looking to be bought out, according to report in Recode. According to the publication, executives and representatives of the Chicago-based company have recently stepped up efforts to lure in possible buyers, but it is unclear whether that endeavor has been successful. Alibaba, which…
[ad_1] For instance, no one asking someone else to buy them a jar of mayonnaise would describe it by the actual size in ounces, said media agency Mindshare North America chief instigation officer Joe Maceda. Most people would say they want a small, medium or large container. “That’s something we have to think about: How…
[ad_1] Think life is easier in the tropics? A new study published in the journal Nature suggests Arctic and Antarctic waters, not tropical reefs, are “hot spots” for the birth of new species. The research, led by University of Michigan professor Daniel Rabosky, contradicts much of the previous thinking about evolution. Most scientists thought that…
[ad_1] One of my colleagues recommended Aaptiv to me earlier this year. I was skeptical of paying for a fitness app, but she shared her code with me for a free 30-day trial. At the time, I was considering signing up for a half marathon. I saw Aaptiv had a program for it and decided…
[ad_1] Women regularly tell Mr. Adkins he had proposed to them online. “I mean it’s off-the-charts crazy, man,” he said. “But people believe this stuff and we have to deal with it.” When I messaged an Instagram account pretending to belong to Mr. Adkins, the impostor directed me to a profile impersonating the singer’s daughter.…
[ad_1] One of the best-selling T-shirts for the Indian e-commerce site Myntra is an olive, blue and yellow colorblocked design. It was conceived not by a human but by a computer algorithm — or rather two algorithms. The first algorithm generated random images that it tried to pass off as clothing. The second had to…
[ad_1] Hap Plain has amassed one of the largest private collections of rare and unreleased Apple prototypes. His collection of more than 250 prototypes includes iPhones, iPads, Macs and pretty much everything in between. He has even turned his hobby into a thriving eBay business, selling one of his rare prototypes for more than $16,000.…
[ad_1] In another move to put a stop to the circulation of spam on its platform, WhatsApp is working on a Suspicious Link Detection feature. The new feature, which is presently said to be under testing, helps users detect suspicious links available within their WhatsApp messages. It is a part of the WhatsApp beta for…
[ad_1] When Daniel texts her husband the “octopus” emoji on her Android phone to signify how busy she is at work that day, he may wonder why she’s bragging about what she ate for lunch. The difference in “dizzy eyes” can cause all sorts of confusion, too (Apple’s rendition looks dead). And the connotation of…
[ad_1] England face Sweden in the first of today’s World Cup quarter-final clashes in Russia. Both teams are battling for a place in the semi-finals, where they will play either Russia or Croatia. England haven’t reached the semi-finals of the World Cup since Italia ’90, where they were knocked out by West Germany after penalties.…
[ad_1] With more than 20 million paying users in the US, Apple Music has just taken the lead over its rival Spotify in an all-important market, the media reported. Spotify, however, still leads outside of the US, tallying 75 million subscribers as part of its first earnings report in May. “The source, a US-based, major…
[ad_1] Microsoft has announced the popular email client will soon receive a “Dark Mode” that will allow users to use the application in a colour combination that is much easier on the eyes. The company confirmed the addition after a user commented that Dark Mode was a “necessary feature”. A representative for Outlook replied to…
[ad_1] Google has insisted the full version of Android P will be available “later this summer”, hinting it could land before the Pixel 3 launches. Ahead of its full release, the technology behemoth has released a third beta of Android P that is “very close” to the final version available for users to download right…
[ad_1] The crackdown on illegal streaming continues with two men facing jail terms after selling Kodi-style illicit streaming devices to the public. Glenn Burrows and Darren Wicks have appeared at Norwich Crown Court today where they were sentenced. Burrows was sentenced to 22 months in prison on both counts to run concurrently. Wicks was sentenced…
[ad_1] There’s yet another amazing deal on Samsung’s award-winning Galaxy S8. This flagship smartphone launched last year and was regarded as one of the best devices of 2017. But with its new S9 sibling now in stores, prices continue to tumble for the Galaxy S8 and a new offer sees things to dropped to an…
[ad_1] The South Korean technology giant sent out invitations to an “Unpacked” event taking place next month. The showcase appears set to lift the veil on the Galaxy Note 9 ahead of its release. Invitations featured an image of the iconic S Pen stylus in a new gold colour, offering a tantalising glimpse at the…
[ad_1] With Wimbledon heading into the final week and England aiming for a place in the semi-finals of the World Cup, there’s a huge few days of action ahead. And, if you happen to be heading to a sporting event over the summer, here are some top tips for getting the most from your iPhone’s camera.…
[ad_1] Amazon’s Prime Day sale is back with the online retailer boasting this year will be bigger and better than ever. The big shopping event gets underway on July 16 with 36 hours of deals then following. In fact, Amazon says that over one million offers will be announced during this year’s Prime Day bonanza.…
[ad_1] The mission to rescue the 12 young soccer players and their coach in Chiang Rai, Thailand, has captured the world’s attention since the group went missing on June 23 and was found trapped in a cave nine days later. On social media, people across the world are expressing their support for the increasingly desperate effort and are even…
[ad_1] The Samsung Galaxy S10 could be the first smartphone with an ultrasonic fingerprint reader under the screen, but it may also feature a sensor on the side button. A new leak from reliable leakster Ice Universe has added weight to the rumour that Samsung will release three new Galaxy S10 smartphones early next year.…
[ad_1] Google’s Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox internet browsers appear to have been sharing online browsing history with third-party developers. A plugin that is common to both browsers was found by one software engineer to be recording what its users did online. The plugin, Stylish, was found to be running on over 1.8 million users’ browsers…
[ad_1] It’s green, fuzzy, and it just got a lot brighter. Comet C/2017 S3, discovered last September by the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) team that included Canadian Robert Weryk in Hawaii, is getting closer to the sun and things are starting to heat up — literally. As comets — collections of…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The silhouette of Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., is seen during the Oculus Connect 4 product launch event in San Jose, California, on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. Facebook gained nearly 5 percent on Friday, hitting an all-time intraday high of $203.64…
[ad_1] Right now, an underwater tunnel is the only way out for 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been trapped deep in a Thai cave for nearly two weeks. Falling oxygen levels in the cave have made rescue more urgent. Teaching the boys enough diving skills to swim out with an experienced rescuer is…
[ad_1] These days, tech companies are playing much more to their strengths. Just look at Alphabet. Instead of going it alone, Verily, its life sciences group, is partnering with health-care companies for a wide variety of R&D projects. It benefits from the expertise of companies including Johnson & Johnson and Sanofi in areas such as…
[ad_1] The average price of a house bought in San Francisco rose by $205,000 in the first half of 2018, the largest six-month increase in history, according to MLS data compiled by local real estate agency Paragon. The average house in the city limits now costs $1.62 million. Condo prices also rose by $71,000, which…
[ad_1] Additionally, technology has developed enough so that bots can now take over simple tasks from humans. “This is a historic point, a historic moment in our life that this is now possible. More importantly, that is the way to think about this — where it is a turning point or an inflection point, a…
[ad_1] A few weeks ago, visitors to Etsy were being offered discounts on everything from handmade moonstone rings, reclaimed wood chopping boards to vegan tote bags across its website. Markdowns are par for the course in the retail industry, but for Etsy, the basics of retailing have not come easy. The 13-year-old company only began…
[ad_1] Investors are familiar with Netflix dominating the streaming space, with its 100 percent gain just this year, but a handful of other names in its universe have surged in recent months. Pandora, Roku and Spotify have surged 71 percent, 49 percent and 19 percent, respectively, in the last three months. Spotify is the youngest…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Katrina Lake, co-founder and chief executive officer of Stitch Fix Inc. Stitch Fix is in the middle of a two-day rally, gaining 20 percent and $490 million in market cap since Tuesday’s close at its peak. Shares of the clothing subscription box company rose as much…
[ad_1] Years ago – six years ago, to be exact – a toy called Buckyballs came under attack by government officials intent on destroying fun. The Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the toys, which we noted were tiny rare earth magnets that were good for play but bad for a snack, because a few overzealous…
[ad_1] Samsung Electronics on Friday said its second-quarter operating profit likely rose 5.2 percent from a year earlier, missing analyst estimates. Its sluggish mobile business pressured strong margins from its chip sales, analysts have said. Samsung, in a regulatory filing, said April-June profit was likely 14.8 trillion won ($13.2 billion), below the 14.9 trillion won…
[ad_1] With long summer evenings comes the perfect opportunity to dust off your old boxes of circuits and wires and start to build something. If you’re short on inspiration, you might be interested in artist and engineer Dan Macnish’s how-to guide on building an AI-powered doodle camera using a thermal printer, Raspberry pi, a dash…
[ad_1] Netflix could see its rapid growth stall if interest rates continue to rise, according to RBC Capital Markets Lead Internet Analyst Mark Mahaney. The video streaming company often funds its original content by taking on debt. That strategy may have worked so far, but “a rapid escalation in interest rates would reduce their ability…
[ad_1] Billionaire serial entrepreneur Richard Branson told the New York Times in June that a universal basic income is an appropriate response to income inequality. “A basic income should be introduced in Europe and in America,” Branson told David Gelles of the Times. “It’s a disgrace to see people sleeping on the streets with this…
[ad_1] Ronen Tivony | NurPhoto | Getty Images Supporters of net neutrality protest outside a Federal Building in Los Angeles, California on November 28, 2017. Key California lawmakers said Thursday they’ve reached an agreement on legislation to enshrine net neutrality provisions in state law after the Federal Communications Commission dumped rules requiring an equal playing…
[ad_1] For Ganley, the current model of how airwaves are allocated to mobile carriers is broken. At the moment, telecoms firms in the U.S. will bid for so-called spectrum through an auction process held by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In other countries, the appropriate regulator will control spectrum auctions. This often leads to dominance…
[ad_1] Smart speaker maker Sonos has filed to go public. In the filing, the company says it’s aiming to raise up to $100 million in the IPO. However, that number may simply be a placeholder, or it could change as the IPO approaches. Sonos says that as of March 31, it’s sold a total of…
[ad_1] At Reliance Industries’ 41st Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, Chairman Mukesh Ambani made several announcements including the new broadband service Jio GigaFiber. He listed Jio’s landmark achievements in the last year and also shared a roadmap for several upcoming launches. Reliance Jio has already crossed the 200 million subscriber mark in close to…
[ad_1] Amazon is competing with drugstores where it’s known to win: price. The e-commerce giant quietly launched a line of private label over-the counter drugs in August. Called Basic Care, the product line includes about 60 products ranging from ibuprofen to hair regrowth treatment. The products are produced by Perrigo, but serve as Amazon’s store…
[ad_1] While the overall PC market in India declined by 8.4 percent in the first quarter of 2018, Lenovo is optimistic about its continuous growth in the market. The Chinese company, once synonymous with the workhorse ThinkPad laptops, is now banking on ‘ultra-slim’ notebook models to make a further dent in the Indian market. Lenovo…
[ad_1] Speaker giant Sonos has filed to go public. The company plans to list shares on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “SONO,” according to filings. The company didn’t specify how many shares would be up for sale or list an estimated offering price. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Allen & Company are the lead…
[ad_1] The Inbox by Gmail app for iOS devices has been updated with support for the iPhone X, over eight months after the super premium iPhone was unveiled. In a 144MB update pushed out on the App Store, Google said Inbox by Gmail now supports Apple’s priciest iPhone variant, with little else by way of…
[ad_1] Now, when your iPhone is connected to Wi-Fi, is being charged and is locked, it’ll save an exact replica of your current phone to the cloud. That means, if you happen to lose your iPhone and get a new one, you’ll only have to log in and select one of your backups to get…
[ad_1] Google Play Games has now been updated (v5.10) with a search option, and a plethora of new features. An APK teardown of the latest Google Play Games app separately found it to be preparing to bring a new dark mode feature, as well as encouraging commentary shown alongside XP progress. Additionally, the app has…
[ad_1] Most fish harvesters like to keep what they catch, but a fisherman in the Bay of Islands decided it was his patriotic duty to let one particularly impressive catch go. Reg MacDonald of Summerside caught an unusual lobster in late June — one bigger and older than most he’s seen in his traps over his…
[ad_1] Cab aggregators Uber and Ola have agreed to cap surge pricing at 45 percent of the base fare, following a meeting with West Bengal Transport Department officials. The base fare is proposed to be the government-notified rates for AC metered taxis in the city. “We have submitted our proposal today and have outlined our…
[ad_1] The Canadian government’s dramatic efforts to save the North Atlantic right whale have upset fishermen, but one researcher says they’ve made a difference in protecting the animals. There have been no reported deaths or entanglements this year. The federal government will announce an update on the status of the endangered species later today, but Kim…
[ad_1] Apple has released the anticipated Siri Shortcuts app a month after releasing the first iOS 12 developer preview. The app, which was unveiled at the WWDC alongside iOS 12 last month, is initially available in beta for select developers testing the iOS 12 developer preview. However, it is expected to debut for all iOS…
[ad_1] Musk expressed his intention to support the Thai government earlier this week, saying he was “happy to help if there is a way to do so.” Tweet The Tesla chief executive suggested ways of helping the rescue efforts, involving the use of his companies’ technology to pinpoint the exact location of the boys and…
[ad_1] Microsoft is reportedly working on launching its Movies & TV app – only available on Windows-based platforms like Windows 10 PC, Xbox, and Windows 10 Mobile – on Android and iOS-based platforms. According to a report in Windows Central late on Thursday, “Microsoft is building these apps to give consumers more of a reason…
[ad_1] Amazon India on Friday announced the launch of four smartphones on Prime Now as part of the platform’s two-hour express delivery for Prime members. These two-hour express deliveries can be availed anytime between 6am and 12 midnight. These include the OnePlus 6, Realme 1, Moto G6, and Redmi 5, all of which are online-exclusive…
[ad_1] Analysts have claimed Samsung’s Galaxy S9 is currently on course to sell less in its launch year than the Galaxy S8. The experts, who spoke to Reuters, put the lacklustre sales down to increased competition from other “Chinese rivals” such as Xiaomi who are becoming increasingly popular in the region. Galaxy S9’s lack of…
[ad_1] Samsung has put out earnings guidance for its Q2 which indicate quarterly growth at its slowest for more than a year — as a lack of new ideas to sell high end smartphones drags on the company’s bottom line. The electronics maker is reporting estimated profit of 14.8 trillion Korean won (USD$13.2BN) on revenue of 58 trillion Korean…
[ad_1] Google’s voice-calling Duplex bot – which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to mimic a human voice to make appointments and book tables through phone calls – is reported to be attractive to call centres, meant to assist humans with customer queries. Google, however, has denied the report, saying that it is currently working on the…
[ad_1] Many thought that Apple would unveil new MacBooks at its WWDC developers conference last month. However, despite endless speculation, this keynote only revealed new macOS Mojave software and no shiny updated hardware. Although some Mac fans may have been left disappointed it seems some new Apple devices could be coming soon. 9to5mac is reporting…
[ad_1] Skype has rolled out a new Insider Preview update for Android, iOS and desktop clients, and it brings along the popular read receipts feature. This feature is synonymous in almost every chat app out there, including WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, iMessage, and others, and now it’s coming to Skype as well. This means when users…
[ad_1] A company called Earth-i has created what it claims to be the “world’s first” commercial satellite that is able to provide viewers with full-colour video of Earth. The satellite, dubbed VividX2, is equipped with a 4K Ultra HD camera that can film up to two minutes of video as it passes over a specified…
[ad_1] British chip designer ARM Holdings is partnering Samsung to manufacture the recently unveiled Cortex-A76 CPU. These SoCs, based on 7nm LPP and 5nm LPE processes, will have CPU clock speeds over 3GHz, Samsung announced at Foundry Forum 2018 in South Korea. The small process size and high clock speeds will make the CPUs formidable,…
[ad_1] When Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced plans to ramp up production of his company’s ambitious new Model 3 electric sedan last year, he warned that months of “manufacturing hell” lay ahead. But after nearly a year of ups and downs, the automaker finally hit a crucial target at the end of June: it made…
[ad_1] Samsung has tied up with theScore to bring sports scores and news to Bixby. The new development is limited to the users in the US and is available through the Bixby Home that is available on select Samsung Galaxy devices, including the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. Apart from getting scores and news, users…
[ad_1] With the iPhone X 2018 launch getting ever closer the rumours about this new phone are coming thick and fast. It’s already thought that Apple is planning three iPhone X models this year adding one with a larger screen and another with lower specs and cheaper price. However, fans of the device may have…
[ad_1] Customers in 155 countries are visiting the Apple App Store more often, staying longer and downloading and using more apps than ever before, the Cupertino-based iPhone giant has said. The App Store, which will turn 10 on July 10, now sees 500 million weekly visitors and hundreds of stories on the Today tab that…
[ad_1] Millions of people worldwide opt to use WhatsApp to keep in contact with friends and family instead of regular texts. The messaging app offers easy, end-to-end encrypted instant messaging to any number in the world, helping users save on their valuable text allowance on their phone. The secure messaging service is one of the most…
[ad_1] Google said Thursday that its document writing tool Google Documents was secure even as Russian Internet users discovered scores of files that appeared to be intended for private use. The Russian Internet company Yandex said in a statement that some users contacted the company Wednesday to say that its public search engine was yielding…
[ad_1] Android fans don’t have long to wait to get their hands on the new Google Pixel 3. The new flagship phone is rumoured to be released in the coming months, with some massive upgrades on the Pixel 2. Rumours flying around the internet claim to know what the phone will look like and what…
[ad_1] Soccer might be the most universal language on the planet. But when it comes to deciphering the Cyrillic alphabet or communicating with locals at the World Cup in Russia, the love of the game is sometimes not enough. To get around language barriers in Russia, World Cup fans from around the globe have been…
[ad_1] WhatsApp joins the wealth of other apps that let users post a “story” to their profile. Stories let your friends view pictures and videos you post which will disappear after 24 hours. Snapchat and Instagram also let you post a “story” to your profile, but there is a way to download friends’ videos from…
[ad_1] South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co estimated on Friday earnings would grow at the slowest pace in more than a year in the second quarter, as analysts said weak smartphone sales likely offset record high chip earnings. The world’s biggest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs said April-June operating profit would grow 5.2…
[ad_1] The community of Arviat, Nunavut, is grieving after a local man was killed by a polar bear Tuesday night. Aaron Gibbons, 31, was unarmed when he encountered the bear on Sentry Island, a popular fishing and hunting spot located about 10 kilometres outside of the hamlet, on the west coast of Hudson Bay. Community members…
[ad_1] If Canada Post was going to choose an amateur astronomer’s photograph of Aurora Borealis to feature on their new stamp, they chose the right man in Alan Dyer. That’s because, thanks to his winter habit of spending time in Churchill, Manitoba, the Calgary astronomy author and photographer — and part-time eclipse chaser — may have shot more photos of Aurora Borealis,…
[ad_1] The federal government is interpreting Ontario’s cancellation of its cap-and-trade program as equivalent to withdrawing from Ottawa’s national climate change framework — and is reconsidering more than $400 million in funding as a result. A spokeswoman for Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the $420 million earmarked for Ontario under the Low Carbon Economy Leadership…
[ad_1] A half-century-old project led by the Canadian navy’s civilian research branch has been rediscovered after being forgotten for decades. In the 1950s, the Naval Research Establishment — now called the Defence Research and Development Canada’s Atlantic Research Centre — tossed 1,000 glass bottles into the ocean. Inside each bottle was a questionnaire about where…
[ad_1] Being called a bird-brain may not be so insulting after all, suggests a new University of Alberta study. Neuroscientists have discovered that parrots, remarkably intelligent birds, share neural circuitry similar to primates. They found in parrots, a certain part of the brain called the medial spiriform nucleus (SpM) is overdeveloped. Compared with other major avian groups like songbirds,…
[ad_1] With U.S. investors laser-focused on the White House’s tit-for-tat trade dispute with Beijing, CNBC’s Jim Cramer wanted to hone in on four stocks in the market that are most resilient to trade tensions. The lucky few? The members of FANG, the “Mad Money” host’s acronym for the stocks of Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google,…
[ad_1] Analysts say sporting events and local content are proving crucial in bringing new users to video platforms and then keeping them online, two areas where international giants are struggling. Hotstar owns streaming rights to the vast majority of cricket tournaments played in India and by the Indian cricket team. Its strong bet on cricket,…
[ad_1] Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is ready to put its business to the verdict of investors with an IPO in Hong Kong, but a disappointing pricing and a listing delay in mainland China are casting a cloud over its debut. Xiaomi, established only in 2010, is now the world’s fourth-largest smartphone manufacturer by producing low-priced…
[ad_1] Even the company dubbed “the Netflix of China” can’t change CNBC’s Jim Cramer’s opinion on Chinese IPOs. “In the midst of the trade tensions with the People’s Republic, China-based companies keep coming public here and their stocks have been roaring,” the “Mad Money” host said Thursday. “Many of these names, though, [are of] dubious…
[ad_1] Even the company dubbed “the Netflix of China” can’t change CNBC’s Jim Cramer’s opinion on Chinese IPOs. “In the midst of the trade tensions with the People’s Republic, China-based companies keep coming public here and their stocks have been roaring,” the “Mad Money” host said Thursday. “Many of these names, though, [are of] dubious…
[ad_1] Premier Doug Ford has fired Ontario’s chief scientist — an award-winning researcher appointed by the former Liberal government. Molly Shoichet was named the province’s first-ever chief scientist last November, with the goal of advancing science and innovation in Ontario. Shoichet, a biomedical engineer, told CBC Radio’s Metro Morning that her work was going well,…
[ad_1] Netflix shares have been on fire this year, up 107 percent. As the company gears up to report earnings in a little more than a week, one trader is betting the rally could continue. Todd Gordon, founder of TradingAnalysis.com, noted that Netflix shares are in a “very nice uptrend” ahead of its report on…
[ad_1] The history of domesticated dogs in Canada is not as fluffy and cuddly as you might expect, according to a study published today in Science that explores the origins of our favourite furry friends. The earliest traces of domesticated dogs in North America are from about 5,000 years after humans first arrived about 15,000…
[ad_1] Four years ago, Alexandra Van Houtte was a fashion assistant in Paris. She would sit in the back offices of magazines like Grazia, Glamour or international editions of Vogue for countless hours researching and cataloging looks for fashion shoots. The monotony and inefficiency of scrolling for a particular look through sites like Style.com or…
[ad_1] Apple’s Face ID makes it easy to unlock your iPhone just by looking at it. But you might notice sometimes that it doesn’t recognize you. Maybe you’re wearing glasses or a lot of makeup. With a new function called “alternate appearance,” you can improve Face ID’s recognition. The feature is part of iOS 12,…
[ad_1] Tom Lee, the only major Wall Street strategist to issue bitcoin price targets, told CNBC on Thursday he sees the world’s largest cryptocurrency by the end of the year at more than $20,000 per unit — 20 percent less than his previous estimate. “Bitcoin has historically traded at 2.5 times its mining costs. It’s…
[ad_1] TiVo CEO Enrique Rodriguez is leaving the company, effective immediately, after less than a year in the role, the company said Thursday. Rodriguez is also stepping down as a member of TiVo’s board, and will become Chief Technology Officer at Liberty Global in Europe. Board member Raghu Rau will step in as interim president…
[ad_1] Amazon is planning to publish a holiday toy catalog, following a strategy employed by traditional retailers, including Walmart and now-defunct Toys R Us. People with familiar with the strategy told Bloomberg the catalog would be mailed to millions of U.S. households and distributed at Whole Foods locations. In 2007, the online giant published a…
[ad_1] Reddit, the controversy-laden social media company, has become such a popular place for discussions on gaming, politics, pornography and celebrity gossip that it’s now one of the five most trafficked U.S. websites. But unlike the other top sites like Google, Facebook and Amazon, Reddit has a diminutive business limited primarily to banner ads and…
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[ad_1] A number of top executives are out at ZTE as the phone maker works to fulfill the requirements of U.S.-imposed restrictions. Among the big changes up top is new CEO Xu Ziyang, who formerly headed up the company’s operations in Germany. A new CFO, CTO and head of HR have been named, as well,…
[ad_1] In August 2012, Williams left P&G to work full-time on Lisnr and the first version of the product launched in March 2013. Lisnr raised $850,000 in seed funding in the summer of 2013 according to public fundraising database Crunchbase, but it barely carried the company to its next round of funding. At the end…
[ad_1] The Model 3 can now park itself. Called Summon, the feature is now available on the company’s new sedan. It’s a clever feature that takes advantage of the vehicle’s connectivity and autonomous driving capabilities. With Summon owners can command their Model 3 to pull into a parking spot and power down. It can even…
[ad_1] Tesla seems to be able to weather negative headline after negative headline without any substantial decline because there are no “real sellers,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday. While the stock was under pressure Thursday after Tuesday’s 7 percent decline, Tesla has gained more than 200 percent in the past five years. The longs, or…
[ad_1] Elon Musk had some choice words for reporters Thursday. The Tesla CEO sounded off on Twitter at media organizations Reuters, Business Insider and CNBC. Musk accused both Reuters and Business Insider of publishing false or misleading stories. He also suggested that CNBC features analysts with poor prediction records. Musk has criticized journalists in the…
[ad_1] Jio Phone was launched with much fanfare last year, promising to revolutionising the feature phone market as the company’s telecom operations had upended the industry. However, the Jio Phone platform does not have access to some of the most widely used apps in India. These include messaging app WhatsApp and video streaming website YouTube. Even Facebook…
[ad_1] Li Sanxian | VCG | Getty Images A man looks at iPhone 7 series product at an Apple store on September 16, 2016 in Beijing, China. Qorvo shares will rise as the chipmaker benefits from improving phone demand in China, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets. The firm raised its rating for Qorvo shares to…
[ad_1] Google and Mozilla have suddenly removed Stylish browser extension from their stores. The open-source extension that allows users to personalise the appearance of a webpage is allegedly capturing user history that could be used by its owner SimilarWeb to identify users. While neither Google nor Mozilla has detailed the malicious behaviour of the extension…
[ad_1] The growing concern over online data and user privacy has been focused on tech giants like Facebook and devices like smartphones. But people’s data is also increasingly being vacuumed right out of their living rooms via their televisions, sometimes without their knowledge. In recent years, data companies have harnessed new technology to immediately identify…
[ad_1] Welcome to Bag Week 2018. Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags — often ignored but full of our important electronics — are the outward representations of our techie styles, and we put far too little thought into where we keep our most prized possessions.…
[ad_1] Reliance on Thursday announced that the KaiOS-based Jio Phone will soon get support for WhatsApp and YouTube, and they will be available starting August 15. If you are wondering whether the availability of WhatsApp is exclusive only to the Jio Phone, Nokia-licensee HMD Global has now officially teased WhatsApp support for the ‘banana’ phone…
[ad_1] China will succeed in building a powerful technology industry that will rival the United States, even if President Trump starts a trade war to stop it. The reason can be found on the fourth floor of a nondescript factory in a city once famous for cheap manufacturing and prostitution. This factory floor, in the…
[ad_1] According to a supply chain report, Apple is preparing to release three iPhone lines this fall. One, a 5.8-inch iPhone X with improved specs and lower price. Two, a new 6.5-inch iPhone X Plus with an OLED screen. And three, a 6.1-inch iPhone with Face ID, which is said to come in a variety…
[ad_1] In a new development, five new iPad models and five new Mac models have appeared on the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) database, suggesting a launch soon. Traditionally, after Apple products show up on the Eurasian database, they get launched about a month later, and if these models were to follow the same pattern, we…
[ad_1] Micron confirmed on Thursday a court in China has granted a preliminary junction that bans its Chinese subsidiaries from manufacturing and selling some of its products in the Asian country. The company said the affected products represent “slightly more than 1 percent” of the company’s annual sales. Micron added the injunction will hurt its…
[ad_1] At Reliance Industries’ 41st Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, Chairman Mukesh Ambani made several announcements including the new broadband service Jio GigaFiber. He listed Jio’s landmark achievements in the last year and also shared a roadmap for several upcoming launches. Reliance Jio has already crossed the 200 million subscriber mark in close to…
[ad_1] If you’re in a creative profession, there’s a good chance that you’ll see LaCie’s bulky orange hard drives everywhere around you. The brand has become heavily associated with filmmakers, photographers, and other kinds of other content creators. For everyone else, the size, colour, and especially the price might come as a surprise. LaCie hard drives…
[ad_1] Last year’s flagships from OnePlus, the company known for cramming top-tier features into surprisingly affordable packages, has announced both the OnePlus 5 and 5T will be receiving support for Google’s Project Treble. Project Treble is the tech giant’s a solution to getting the latest version of Android on as many devices as possible. The…
[ad_1] Fears that China is threatening US leadership in robots, electric cars and other advanced technologies are pushing the world’s two biggest economies toward a full-blown trade war as the two sides prepare to impose tariffs Friday on billions of dollars’ worth of each other’s products. In fact, China remains heavily reliant on technologies from the…
[ad_1] European lawmakers are about to vote on a piece of legislation that critics say would significantly damage internet freedom. Parliamentarians in Strasbourg, France, will cast their votes on the European Union’s new copyright directive on Thursday. The regulation is an update to a 2001 directive on copyright, and is aimed at modernizing those rules…
[ad_1] Reports of an entry-level MacBook are doing the rounds, but now a refresh of the MacBook Pro may also be in the offing. A new MacBook Pro laptop model was spotted on GeekBench with impressive scores, and was listed to be running on the latest Intel Coffee Lake CPUs. If this is true, this…
[ad_1] Microsoft seems to be all set to launch the rumoured Surface tablet range soon, as the hardware has now passed through the FCC. Designed to take on Apple’s iPad with a starting price of about $400 (roughly Rs. 27,500), the unannounced Surface family is reported to come with low-end Intel Pentium chips. It is…
[ad_1] Dell on Thursday launched its new gaming range in India that includes the refreshed Alienware 15 and 17 gaming notebooks, Dell G3 and G7 laptops, and Inspiron 24 5000 All-in-One (AiO). As announced back in April, the new Alienware 15 and 17 feature as high as Intel Core i9 processors alongside Dell’s mechanically engineered…
[ad_1] Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images This photo illustration taken on March 26, 2018 shows the Grab and Uber booking application seen on a smart phone in Singapore. Singapore’s competition watchdog on Thursday proposed fines on Uber and Grab and said they may have to unwind their merger because of “substantially lessened competition”…
[ad_1] All Jio Phone users will now get to use WhatsApp, YouTube, and Facebook Reliance launched the Jio Phone last year at its AGM with an aim to deliver 4G network and free voice calling to feature phone users. In just a year, the company claims that there are almost 25 million Jio Phone users…
[ad_1] If you’ve taken a look at the southeastern sky after midnight recently, you may have noticed what appears to be a red star rising in the east. But that’s no star. It’s Mars — and it is about to get closer to Earth than it has been in a very long time. On July 27, the Red Planet…
[ad_1] A long time after blocking apps that used its name, WhatsApp is said to have now started sending legal notices to third-party app developers that use Google’s official Android APIs to tweak user experiences for messaging platforms. The initial list of apps that have received threats from the Facebook-owned company includes DirectChat, an app…
[ad_1] Uber Technologies will re-start its ride-hailing business in Finland on Wednesday after a one-year pause, it said, seeking to benefit from the country’s transport law reform. The US company has come under pressure from traditional taxi drivers and regulators across Europe, who accuse it of unfair competition and skirting traditional licensing rules. In Finland, Uber…
[ad_1] What started out as a simple call-center business matching an initial 20 drivers with passengers quickly evolved into a multi-service app boasting a workforce of more than a million people. While much of that success is down to “good timing,” according to Makarim — Go-Jek, like others, has ridden the wave of the growing…
[ad_1] All signs point to Google releasing its new Pixel 3 smartphone in the coming months. And, with this device expected to feature some radical improvements, it seems now is a very good time to buy the current Pixel 2. Prices for this phone have been dropping in recent months but some new deals are…
[ad_1] Sky Q offers 4K UHD video and the amount of content on offer has just grown with new movies and shows in ultra HD announced as available on Sky Q this month. For anyone with a Sky Q 2TB set-top box with an Ultra HD multiscreen subscription as well as a 4K UHD TV,…
[ad_1] Reports of Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 8 smartphones suffering a bug that sends private photos to contacts have been revealed. The owners of the phones with the issue report that their private gallery photos were sent over text message to seemingly random contacts from their phone’s address books. The problem appears to…
[ad_1] Scientists say they’re several steps closer to perfecting a method that could prevent the extinction of northern white rhinos, of which only two females are known still to be alive. According to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, researchers have succeeded in creating embryos using frozen northern white rhino sperm and eggs…
[ad_1] “For anybody who hasn’t been here for 20 years, they may say: ‘Is this the same place?’” said Claire Ruskin, the chief executive of Cambridge Network, as she drove through the city on a recent afternoon. But those buildings outside the train station are reminders that Britain — like Europe as a whole —…
[ad_1] If you drop a bowling ball and a baseball from a tall building, you can generally expect them to fall and hit the ground at the same time. Even in conditions with extreme gravity, very different from the scale of physics we’re familiar with on Earth, gravity affects objects the same way — as Albert…
[ad_1] Hotmail is the second biggest free email service from Windows Live, rivalling Google’s Gmail. The service allows users to send and receive emails for free from anywhere in the world and offers refreshed anti-spam and hack protection software for users. Hotmail is connected to a slew of other services, including Windows Live ID, Skype, Xbox Live and…
[ad_1] After a career as an executive at major technology companies, including Oracle, Thomas Siebel struck out to start his own. At 41, he founded Siebel Systems, a customer relationship management software company acquired by Oracle for more than $5 billion in 2005. After Oracle’s buyout, Siebel moved onto try his hand again at entrepreneurship.…
[ad_1] Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., listens during a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Facebook’s reputation is under pressure from a data leak affecting up to 87 million users, calculated…
[ad_1] A University of Waterloo climate scientist says the scorching heat wave that set records in Ontario and Quebec over the Canada Day long weekend can’t be directly attributed to climate change. But Blair Feltmate also says that suggesting the two aren’t linked would be like arguing that no particular home run can be attributed…
[ad_1] But labor costs and a lack of hands were holding it back. During the Lunar New Year holiday, when most of China shuts down and goes home, some 500 Mentech executives, engineers and administrative staff had to work three-hour shifts after their normal workday to keep the factory running, said Zhang Xiaodong, a research…
[ad_1] Android Go, which offers a simple stock Android operating system for low-end phones, has leaked on a new Samsung smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy J2 Core, as it’s expected to be called, has appeared in leaked images that show it will offer more than the stock Android Go experience. According to the leaked image, this…
[ad_1] Netflix users could soon have a new subscription plan to choose from. The online TV and movie service currently offers three pricing tiers which range from £5.99 to £9.99. Those opting for the most expensive ‘Premium’ plan currently get access to content in 4K Ultra HD and the ability to view on four screens…
[ad_1] I’ve always found summer to be a good time to step away from technology for a little bit. As often as I can, and I’ll do it this week to celebrate the Fourth of July, I’ll put down my phone for a few days and leave technology behind while I head to the beach.…
[ad_1] The Galaxy X, a much rumoured and highly anticipated smartphone that was teased by the South Korean tech giant back in 2013, could pack a huge battery to power its flexible screen. A new report from ITHome stated industry sources familiar with the device claim the Galaxy X will be powered by a futuristic…
[ad_1] Ontario Premier Doug Ford officially announced plans Tuesday to end the province’s cap-and-trade program, drawing scorn from the federal government which may soon implement its own carbon tax in the province. The PC Party won a majority government after campaigning on axing cap-and-trade, which forced large companies to buy allowances for their carbon emissions. Ford says in…
[ad_1] You might think that with all the time spent online and swiping at smartphones, young people would be exposed to more unwanted explicit material than ever. But, it turns out, that’s not the case. A new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Calgary and published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, examined…
[ad_1] Seagate is a popular brand in the storage market, known primarily of its hard drives. Though the company has been manufacturing solid-state drives (SSD) for some time now, the focus has been on the enterprise SSD market. However, Seagate has now taken the wraps off of its latest BarraCuda storage drive for enthusiast PC…
[ad_1] The most obvious way that Alphabet makes its mark in the transportation world is through Google Maps. More than 55 percent of smartphone users in the U.S. use Maps, according to comScore, and it has more than one billion monthly active users worldwide relying on it for walking, vehicle, or public transportation directions. Google…
[ad_1] Damn. These are good looking headphones. The V-Moda Crossfade II Wireless could be the best looking headphones available. Better yet, they sound good, too. As the name suggests, this is the second generation of this series of headphones from V-Moda. The drivers are different and the company improved on the build quality. The originals were…
[ad_1] Xiaomi is aiming to enter the US a long time after gaining success in India and China. The company also recently entered Europe and the UK. The Beijing-based smartphone maker that sells its Mi and Redmi range of handsets is reportedly in development to foray into the US market as early as next year.…
[ad_1] A Manitoba woman hopes conservation officers can help save a baby otter after she spotted it with what looked like a mason jar ring around its neck. Jani Witoski, who lives in Portage la Prairie, was staying at a bed and breakfast on Hecla Island over the weekend. On Saturday, she was taking pictures of…
[ad_1] Following the quarterly trend of publishing a collection of best apps and games, Google Play has announced the best Android experiences of Q3 2018. Google has revealed the latest group of ‘Android Excellence’ apps and games. These apps represent apps and games that apart from their performance on Google Play are said to provide…
[ad_1] Bloomberg | Getty Images Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s pick for CEO, listens during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Uber is re-launching its services in Finland, following an almost one-year suspension that resulted from the country’s strict transportation laws. Two of its most popular services, UberX and UberBLACK, will…
[ad_1] ERIC PIERMONT | AFP | Getty Images Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) General Secretary Angel Gurria gestures as he addresses a meeting at OECD headquarters in Paris on June 7, 2017. The emergence of “superstar” tech firms is hurting the pay packets of workers, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)…
[ad_1] Facebook acknowledged Tuesday it was facing multiple inquiries from US and British regulators about the major Cambridge Analytica user data scandal. The leading social network offered no details but its admission confirmed reports of a widening investigation into the misuse of private data by Facebook and its partners. “We are cooperating with officials in…
[ad_1] With Samsung sending out invites to a major Unpacked event in August it looks almost certain that the Note 9 will be unveiled in just a month’s time. And a new rumour from Ice Universe is suggesting that this next generation device is getting a major change to one of its most unique features. The…
[ad_1] After facing a backlash over reports that third-party app developers can read your Gmail, Google on Wednesday said the company is continuously vetting developers and their apps that integrate with Gmail before it opens them for general access. A Wall Street Journal report earlier this week claimed that the search giant is reportedly allowing…
[ad_1] Over 800,000 accounts on the social media network were plagued by the hiccup that unblocked people users had blocked. Facebook’s chief privacy officer, Erin Egan, disclosed the bug occurred between May 29 and June 5 in a blog post. He said: “We are notifying over 800,000 users about a bug in Facebook and Messenger…
[ad_1] With a spate of incidents involving lynching of innocent people because of certain “fake and motivated” messages being circulated on WhatsApp, the Indian government on Tuesday issued a statement asking the Facebook-owned to take steps to stop circulation of false texts and provocative content. “The abuse of platform like WhatsApp for repeated circulation of…
[ad_1] Privacy has been an area of concern in the tech industry, with the recent Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal coming to light. A report from earlier this week claimed that Google’s Gmail mailing platform is allowing third-party app developers to access your emails, despite promises of utmost privacy and security to its users. According to the…
[ad_1] Google Duo, Google’s ultimate one-to-one video calling app, has added multi-device support and a dedicated interface for tablets. Rolling out as a server-side update, the new experiences are initially available for select users, though it is expected to debut for the masses gradually over time. An APK teardown of the Google Duo app previously…
[ad_1] Netflix is reportedly planning to introduce a new tier of service called ‘Ultra’. Currently, the company offers three different tiers – Basic, Standard, and Premium – but that may change soon as it appears to be planning its most expensive streaming tier until now. Additionally, Netflix may introduce some changes to the current plans…
[ad_1] A privacy breach at CBC/Radio-Canada was larger than initially reported, involving 23,675 employees, former employees, contractors and others, internal documents show. The corporation said on May 16 — when it first announced the breach — that 20,008 people were affected. That’s the number it reported to the privacy commissioner of Canada. But the corporation…
[ad_1] Uber Technologies is in preliminary talks with rival Careem to combine their Middle Eastern ride-hailing services, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing three people familiar with the matter. The companies have discussed several potential deal structures and under one of them, Careem’s current leaders would manage the new combined business while retaining one or both…
[ad_1] It’s the first day of class at Instagram. Students check in at two security desks and sign non-disclosure agreements before heading up to the photo-sharing app’s Manhattan offices. The 20 or so guests, almost entirely women, stride past the cluttered workstations of Facebook engineers and into a conference room. In attendance are executives and…
[ad_1] With misinformation spread on WhatsApp leading to killing of tens of people across the country and the government taking a note of the situation, the Facebook-owned messaging service says it would fund research to find out why misinformation spreads on the platform like wildfire in India. The IT Ministry on Tuesday asked WhatsApp, which…
[ad_1] Diane Bryant, a former Intel Corp executive who headed the chipmaker’s data centre unit, is leaving Alphabet’s cloud computing unit less than a year after joining and just as her old employer searches for a new chief executive. Google Cloud, the unit of Alphabet that competes against Amazon.com and Microsoft Corp to sell computing services…
[ad_1] India has asked Facebook-owned WhatsApp messenger to take steps to prevent the circulation of false texts and provocative content that have led to a series of lynchings and mob beatings across the country in the past few months. With more than 200 million users in India, WhatsApp’s biggest market in the world, false news…
[ad_1] The new iPhone X for 2018 may have just been spotted on a benchmarking site that reveals Apple could have created its fastest iPhone yet. Thanks to a new processor that could be the A12 and a listed 4GB of RAM, the new iPhone X for 2018 appears to be 10 percent faster than…
[ad_1] A new update to WhatsApp means admins in a group chat can now send a message that the other members can’t reply to. The idea is to use group chats as a mini announcement platform, allowing admin users to share and other participants to view only. This should allow admins of the group to…
[ad_1] There’s an exciting few months ahead as Apple looks set to reveal its next generation of iPhones. These new devices will probably be unveiled in early September with the US technology firm often launching its latest iPhones during the first week of that month. With an update imminent the rumours and speculation have already…
[ad_1] Samsung may launch its new Galaxy Tab S4 soon with the first use of the company’s under-screen fingerprint reading technology and a new iris scanner. Samsung was previously rumoured to be working on an ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint reader which was expected to appear in the Galaxy Note 9 or Galaxy S10. A press render…
[ad_1] Kodi add-on users need to be aware of a crunch piracy vote taking place this week that could have huge ramifications for illegal streaming. Kodi continues to surge in popularity, with research suggesting the software is being used in more than five million UK homes. Kodi software is perfectly legal, but unaffiliated developers can…
[ad_1] England vs Colombia is on right now, and VAR has already made a big impact on the game. England have navigated their way through to the Round of 16, beating out Panama, Tunisia, and losing against a second-string Belgium to qualify second in the group. England football team has had its fair share of…
[ad_1] Hotmail is a successful alternative free email service from Windows Live, rivalling Google’s Gmail. The service allows users to send and receive emails for free from anywhere in the world and offers refreshed anti-spam and hack protection software for users. Hotmail’s new update, Outlook, was created to make the service more secure and protected…
[ad_1] An 11-year-old girl from 100 Mile House, B.C., is recovering in a Vancouver hospital after a science project involving gunpowder went terribly wrong. Presley Peterson suffered second degree burns to her face, neck, arms and hands after her science fair experiment burst into flames. The experiment was meant to show the effects of smoking on the body, and for…
[ad_1] The City of Prince George has installed B.C.’s first solar-panel parking lot. A 20-square-metre area of panels was installed at city hall as a pilot project to test how the technology performs in northern communities. The project, which comes at no cost to Prince George, is a partnership with Wattway solar panels, which approached the…
[ad_1] The axe bites into the fire-blackened bark of a Douglas fir with a solid thunk. Lori Daniels is cutting into the tree hunting for a tiny bug called the Douglas fir bark beetle that lives in the moist layer beneath the thick bark of dying trees. “You’ve got nice pink inner bark, so that’s what beetles…
[ad_1] The Fourth of July will be a little different tomorrow at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif. Instead of fireworks, 500 Intel Shooting Star drones will take to the sky to perform an aerial routine in honor of the holiday and the base’s 75th anniversary. These are the same drones that preformed at…
[ad_1] Facebook is becoming a marketplace for enterprise apps that help Group admins manage their communities. To protect itself and its users in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook locked down the Groups API for building apps for Groups. These apps had to go through a human-reviewed approval process, and lost access to…
[ad_1] Five years after the Lac-Mégantic train derailment, aquatic life is steadily recovering even though the oil that seeped into the Chaudière River is still present, according to experts from Quebec’s Environment Ministry. More than six million litres of crude oil either burned or leaked into the environment on July 6, 2013, when a train carrying 72 tanker cars…
[ad_1] It was more than just a stroll down memory lane for Al White. When the retired military police sergeant returned to Base Gagetown in New Brunswick on a damp Thursday in late June, he brought with him the memory and the burden of friends lost to the ravages of time and cancer. He also led…
[ad_1] Now that the missing Thai soccer team has been found, the next step is determining how to get the boys and their coach safely out of a partly flooded cave in northern Thailand. Here’s a look at the options and why extracting the 12 boys and the coach could take some time. Why the…
[ad_1] As soon as the warm weather rolls around, there’s an unofficial contest to become the song that gets everyone pumped, then stuck in everyone’s head, and eventually overplayed by your mother. Tracks that get the distinction of being the “Song of the Summer” also get the glory of being the soundtrack to those unforgettable…
[ad_1] Lyft on Monday announced it’s buying the bike-sharing firm behind New York Citi Bikes and San Francisco’s GoBikes for a reported $250 million. But it happened after Uber passed on the deal, according to a person familiar with the matter. Uber had previously looked at Motivate to expand its burgeoning bike offerings but walked…
[ad_1] Micron shares fell as much as 8 percent during regular trading on Tuesday after Taiwanese rival United Microelectronic Corporation (UMC) released a statement claiming a Chinese court had temporarily banned sales of Micron chips in China. Micron closed down 5.5 percent on the day. Micron said it has not been served with an injunction,…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Diane Bryant, Google Cloud COO. Google Cloud’s chief operating officer, Diane Bryant, has left the company after less than a year. “We are grateful for the contributions she made while at Google and we wish her the best in her next pursuit,” a spokesperson said in…
[ad_1] Jobs in the tech sector often offer lucrative salaries, especially for executive positions. But just how much you can make depends a lot on where you work. A new study from job comparison site Comparably titled “What the C-Suite Earns: A Look at Executive Pay in Tech,” analyzed salary data for nearly 7,000 top…
[ad_1] At the end of last November, Google announced that Diane Bryant, who at the time was on a leave of absence from her position as the head of Intel’s data center group, would become Google Cloud’s new COO. This was a major coup for Google, but it wasn’t meant to last. After only seven…
[ad_1] Tesla characterizes the brake-and-roll tests it recently suspended as redundant. The company told CNBC: “Every car we build goes through rigorous quality checks and must meet exacting specifications, including brake tests. To be extremely clear, we drive *every* Model 3 on our test track to verify braking, torque, squeal and rattle. There are no…
[ad_1] Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images An Equifax Inc. slide is displayed on a monitor during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. As the rest of the stock market has struggled on heightened trade rhetoric and many big technology companies have faced regulatory scrutiny over…
[ad_1] Given the high fire danger in the West, officials in several towns are switching to drones. In Colorado, the Aspen Chamber Resort Association didn’t even put in a permit request for fireworks this year because of the likelihood it would be denied due to the dry conditions. Instead it’s swapping out the traditional fireworks…
[ad_1] HTC is gone. The company of today is not the company that helped start the smartphone revolution. That’s a shame, too. In the early years of the smartphone, HTC released some of the best devices available. Here’s a look back at ten of the company’s most iconic devices. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The U.S. government moved on Monday to block China Mobile from offering services to the U.S. telecommunications market, recommending its application be rejected because the government-owned firm posed national security risks. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should deny China Mobile’s 2011 application to offer telecommunication services between the United States and other countries, the…
[ad_1] When we last met UDOO the team was building a powerful Raspberry Pi-based DIY board with a bunch of impressive features including more ports and a better processor. Now the team behind the first units has released the UDOO BOLT, a DIY board that can run “AAA games” thanks to a built-in AMD Ryzen…
[ad_1] Light, the company behind the wild L16 camera, is building a smartphone equipped with multiple cameras. According to The Washington Post, the company is prototyping a smartphone with five to nine cameras that’s capable of capturing a 64 megapixel shot. The entire package is not much thicker than an iPhone X, the Post reports. The…
[ad_1] A tense and short-tempered Chief Executive Elon Musk barked at engineers on the Fremont, California assembly line. Tesla pulled workers from other departments to keep pumping out the Model 3 electric sedans, disrupting production of the Model S and X lines. And weekend shifts were mandatory. Tesla pulled out all the stops in the…
[ad_1] Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California on Monday, June 4, 2018. There’s an easy way to find every Apple iPhone app you’ve ever downloaded or paid for. This is useful in case…
[ad_1] When Amazon bought Whole Foods, shoppers were able to access discounts the day the deal closed. It all started with a few items, but expanded to a much broader array of groceries. Some experts believe Amazon will take a similar approach with prescription medicines to show value right off the bat. The companies said…
[ad_1] A new report suggests that Nintendo’s mobile game Super Mario Run has managed to rake in $60 million in revenue since its launch two years ago. A large part of that sum has been earned from the App Store, while Google Play contributed the rest. To recall, Super Mario Run was launched first on…
[ad_1] Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images A shopper carries an Insignia Roku TV television at a Best Buy Co. store in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., Roku stock is primed for a comeback as the online streaming platform starts to leverage its role as a leading over-the-top television provider, Oppenheimer says. Oppenheimer analyst Jason Helfstein…
[ad_1] The Election Commission on Tuesday launched an Android-based app, using which a person can secretly send to it geo-tagged videos and photos of illegal money being distributed or a hate speech being made during polls. The Internet-based beta version of the application is called ‘cVIGIL’, which stands for “citizens’ vigil”. It will be operationalised…
[ad_1] Several Wall Street firms are downplaying Tesla’s Model 3 production milestone, remaining skeptical over the carmaker’s finances and demand trends. Tesla said on Monday it reached its one-week production goal of 5,000 Model 3 cars for the last week of the June quarter. But the company fell short on its second-quarter deliveries by posting…
[ad_1] Cros Garcia | Corbis | Getty Images A view of the HTC company logo on their stand during the Mobile World Congress on March 1, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. It was once a powerhouse in the cellphone marketplace, supplying a tenth of the world’s smartphones in 2011. Now, after consecutive financial losses, HTC is…
[ad_1] Jumping onto the bandwagon, Spotify has also launched a ‘Lite’ version of its app, aimed at emerging markets. The company has long been expected to launch its service in India, and this may very well be in preparation for that. Spotify Lite is available in beta for now, and is available to download only…
[ad_1] Samsung has released Good Lock 2018 to offer an advanced level of personalisation on select Galaxy devices. The suite, which is an upgrade of the original Good Lock app that was launched in 2016 for Android 6.0 Marshmallow devices, is available for download from the Galaxy Apps store in India. It is compatible with…
[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, has apologized for the data leakage and said the social network needed to do better. In April, under the glare of television cameras, Mr. Zuckerberg appeared in front of Congress for two days to answer questions about Cambridge Analytica. He later also spoke to regulators in Europe. Facebook has…
[ad_1] Amazon said Tuesday that this year’s Prime Day will kick off on July 16 at 3 p.m. ET, with deals running for 36 hours through the following day. That makes this year’s event the longest one in the company’s history thus far. Prime Day is Amazon’s annual sales holiday, started in 2015, which typically…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: XDA Developers Google’s Gboard keyboard app has become popular among many Android users, especially after Swype was discontinued recently. The app has been receiving regular updates, including the ability to make GIFs, new sticker gallery, and Morse code input support. Now, it seems that Google is at the verge of rolling out…
[ad_1] Samsung smartphones are sending users’ pictures to their contacts without their permission, according to complaints by a number of people posted online. The issue appears to be affecting Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 8 users. One user on Reddit said that the entire photo library on his phone was sent over text to his…
[ad_1] Facebook-owned Instagram on Monday announced the launch of a new feature on its mobile app that is an attempt to help users cut down on excessive usage as well as help them keep track of new posts from the users that they follow on the platform. A new “You’re All Caught Up” message will…
[ad_1] When it comes to choosing an email service provider, businesses and people alike have a plethora of options that allow for personalisation, efficiency, and security. Hotmail, or its new update Outlook, has built itself into one of the most popular emailing services in the world, with more than half a billion people holding a Hotmail…
[ad_1] Facebook has announced it is shutting down its fitness app Moves, Android contact app Hello, and anonymous social media app tbh. Facebook is deprecating these apps due to low usage, the company wrote in a blog post late on Monday. Launched in 2014, the fitness app Moves was curated to record the daily physical…
[ad_1] Lyft is getting into the bike-share business, announcing Monday that it has acquired the nation’s largest bike-share operator, Motivate. The ride-hailing company acquired Motivate, the operator of Capital Bikeshare in Washington and New York’s Citi Bike, among other bike-share services, in a deal believed to be valued at least $250 million (roughly Rs. 1,700…
[ad_1] Despite assuring users to “remain confident that Google will keep privacy and security paramount”, the search giant is still allowing third-party app developers scan through Gmail accounts, the Wall Street Journal has claimed. Google “continues to let hundreds of outside software developers scan the inboxes of millions of Gmail users who signed up for…
[ad_1] Virgin Media customers are getting some extra 4K content coming to their TVs over the next few weeks. The television and broadband supplier has just announced that it will be showing coverage of this year’s Wimbledon tennis championships in this ultimate format. The BBC and Sky have already confirmed that they are showing the…
[ad_1] A federal investigation into Facebook’s sharing of data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica has broadened to focus on the actions and statements of the tech giant and now involves three agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people familiar with the official inquiries. Representatives for the FBI, the SEC and the Federal…
[ad_1] It seems every single PC manufacturer is looking at gaming as its big growth area, as there isn’t much else that can really push today’s hardware to its limits and convince people to upgrade. Major platform refreshes from Intel and Nvidia are still some time away, so there’s also a lot of emphasis on…
[ad_1] Facebook on Monday said it is notifying more than 800,000 users that a software bug temporarily unblocked people at the social network and its Messenger service. The glitch active between May 29 and June 5 has been fixed, according to Facebook, which has been striving to regain trust in the aftermath of a Cambridge…
[ad_1] A handful of Samsung smartphone owners say that their phones have sent their stored photos to their contacts completely on their own. The problem appears to stem from Samsung Messages, as first reported by Gizmodo. Samsung Messages is the default messaging app on Samsung phones. The few reports of this bug indicate that the…
[ad_1] All charges against former Vungle CEO Zain Jaffer, including a sexual abuse of a child, have been dropped. According to a statement from Jaffer’s representatives, San Mateo County Judge Stephanie Garratt dismissed the charges today. Jaffer was arrested last October and charged with several serious offenses, including a lewd act on one of his…
[ad_1] Some Samsung users are complaining that their smartphones randomly sent photos and scheduled texts to contacts. According to posts on Reddit and Samsung’s official support boards first spotted by Gizmodo, the devices affected include the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 8. Their owners say that Samsung Messages, the default texting app for Galaxy devices,…
[ad_1] Dell, which went private in one of the the largest leveraged buyouts in tech circa 2013, announced today that it will once again be going public through a relatively complex mechanism that will once again bring the company back onto the public markets with founder Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners largely in control.…
[ad_1] Adidas have issued an alert of a “security incident” where cyber criminals tried to steal customer personal details. An investigation by the German sportswear giant found potentially stolen data includes contact information, usernames as well as encrypted passwords. While Bloomberg reported that millions of customers could have been affected by the data breach. The cyber…
[ad_1] The iPhone X 2018 line-up has been the subject of much speculation with insiders predicting big things from Apple this year. It’s been widely rumoured that Apple is planning on releasing multiple iPhones this year. The rumour mill is expecting three iPhones to be announced in September – a 6.5inch iPhone X Plus, an…
[ad_1] Google has finally allowed Android users to send messages on a desktop, bringing them level with Apple users on Mac. The new “Messages for Web” feature lets people with Android phones set up an account on their desktop to send and receive messages on a web browser. The new support means you can now…
[ad_1] Google may be fixing one of the worst features of the Pixel 2 XL with the upcoming Pixel 3. The reveal of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL is months away but the upcoming Android phones have been the focus of some eye-catching leaks. It’s expected that the Pixel 3 XL will boast…
[ad_1] Instagram users can finally log into their account on their desktop to scroll through their feed. The photo-sharing network has added a desktop support feature to allow for scrolling when you do not want to use your phone. Instagram does have restricted features on a desktop at the moment, with users limited on how…
[ad_1] The International Space Station on Monday got its first robot with artificial intelligence, along with some berries, ice cream and identical brown mice. SpaceX’s capsule reached the station three days after launching from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Station astronaut Ricky Arnold used a large mechanical arm to grab the Dragon capsule as the spacecraft soared above…
[ad_1] Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster predicts the embattled automaker will be profitable by September. CEO Elon Musk announced Tesla aims to produce 6,000 Model 3s per week by August, but Munster says September is a safer bet. “This 5,000 production number was the first time in about nine months he’s gotten one right. I think…
[ad_1] As the open-water season becomes longer in the Arctic, little is known about how increasing vessel traffic affects marine mammals, but a new study is shedding some light. The article, published by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, discusses the vulnerability of marine mammals to vessel traffic in the Northwest Passage and Northern Sea Route during September.…
[ad_1] Photo by Bloomberg Mark Zuckerberg speaking at the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, on Thursday, May 24, 2018. Facebook stock slipped roughly 1.5 percent after-hours on Monday after The Washington Post reported that federal investigators are broadening inquiries into the company’s data sharing practices. The FBI, SEC, and FTC have all joined the…
[ad_1] American Well, a start-up that helps hospitals and other physician groups integrate virtual consultations, has backing from a giant new partner: Philips. As of June 28, American Well had raised a fresh $291 million, according to an SEC filing, which indicates the company is aiming to raise a total of about $315 million. In…
[ad_1] Welcome to Bag Week 2018. Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags — often ignored but full of our important electronics — are the outward representations of our techie styles, and we put far too little thought into where we keep our most prized…
[ad_1] Tesla announced on Monday that it hit its quarterly goals for vehicle production, churning out 5,031 Model 3’s over the last week of June, squeaking past its self-imposed target of 5,000. The company expects to increase production to 6,000 Model 3s per week by late August. Tesla’s new vehicle production and deliveries report helped…
[ad_1] Field, who was formerly a VP of hardware engineering at Apple, joined Tesla in 2013. He was responsible for development of new vehicles there, including the Model 3 electric sedan, which is the company’s first EV designed for the mass market. Tesla’s future hinges on efficient, high-volume production of the Model 3. But the…
[ad_1] Matt McClain | The Washington Post | Getty Images Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg A Facebook bug briefly unblocked people on Messenger who had previously been blocked, opening the door to unwelcome messages and exposing otherwise hidden posts, the company said Monday. The bug affected up to 800,000 users and has since been fixed, the…
[ad_1] Dell swung for the fences and ended up with a single. Maybe a double. After months of anticipation, Dell announced Monday that it’s acquiring its publicly traded tracking stock that mirrors the performance of VMware. This simplifies the shareholding structure of the two companies significantly. Currently, Dell owns 82 percent of VMware. Of that…
[ad_1] Piper Jaffray believes Lumentum shares will rise, predicting Apple will include its 3D sensor components in more iPhone models this year. The firm reiterated its overweight rating for the company’s shares, forecasting strong growth for its products in the second-half of 2018. “We view LITE as one of the best stocks to own in…
[ad_1] Norway-based company Opera Ltd has filed for an initial public offering in the U.S. According to its F-1 document, the company plans to raise up to $115 million. In 2017, Opera generated $128.9 million in operating revenue, which led to a net income of $6.1 million. While many people are already familiar with the…
[ad_1] Adding more fuel to the growing feud between Ford and Tesla, a Ford executive had a snappy rejoinder ready for Elon Musk when the Tesla CEO tweeted on Sunday that the company hit its production goals. In response to Musk’s announcement, Steve Armstrong, Ford’s president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, tweeted…
[ad_1] AT&T informed customers over the weekend it is increasing the cost of its over-the-top streaming service DirecTV Now by $5 per month. The change comes shortly after the telecom bumped customers’ administrative fees, suggesting AT&T is searching for new sources of revenue following its costly acquisition of Time Warner. AT&T began notifying existing customers…
[ad_1] After years of teasing, Original Stitch has officially launched their Bodygram service and will be rolling it out this summer. The system can scan your body based on front and side photos and will create custom shirts with your own precise measurements. “Bodygram gives you full body measurements as accurate as taken by professional…
[ad_1] CFRA Research does not believe Tesla will be able to maintain its Model 3 production rate over the short term. The firm lowered its rating to sell from hold for Tesla shares, citing the stock’s valuation. Tesla said on Monday that the carmaker reached its one-week production goal of 5,000 Model 3 cars for…
[ad_1] Instagram is turning the Time Well Spent philosophy into features to help users avoid endless scrolling and distraction by notifications. Today, Instagram is rolling out its “You’re All Caught – You’ve seen all new posts from the past 2 days” warning in the feed which TechCrunch broke the news about in May. Past that…
[ad_1] Domo, a Utah-based analytics company, saw its stock price fall more than 13 percent Monday morning, following a rocky public debut on Friday. After bouncing around the board, Domo’s price settled Friday at $27.30 per share, 30 percent above its opening value of $23.80. Domo opened Monday morning nearly 6 percent lower at $25.43,…
[ad_1] My friends and I collaborate on independent films in our spare time to break the monotony of daily routine. It’s a daunting task, but it’s a labor of love, even when the end result isn’t an epic piece of cinema. Equipment, however, is expensive, and often we found ourselves improvising, like using $5 IKEA lamps and frosted…
[ad_1] The United States and China are on a path of “mutual assured destruction” if there’s a massive breakdown in trade relations, Dell CEO Michael Dell told CNBC on Monday. “The two countries are completely intertwined,” Dell said in a “Squawk on the Street” interview. “It would be an extremely bad outcome for both countries.”…
[ad_1] Apple’s big new software update that will roll out to iPhones and iPads this fall — iOS 12 — includes a new group FaceTime feature. That means you’ll be able to start a group video chat with up to 32 people on a single FaceTime call. You’ll need to install the iOS 12 public…
[ad_1] Folks riding the OnePlus bandwagon will be pleased to learn that the phone maker today introduced a red version of the OnePlus 6. The company is calling the phone the OnePlus 6 Red, and the new model follows on the success of the OnePlus 5T Lava Red. Here’s what OnePlus CEO Pete Lau had…
[ad_1] Right now, the cable that comes with a new iPhone does not plug into a new MacBook Pro without a dongle. #donglelife is for real. If this leak is correct, though, that wrong might soon be righted. Photos have surfaced showing what is an engineering prototype of an Apple 18 W USB-C charger, which…
[ad_1] Fortnite’s Season 4 Week 10 Challenges have been leaked. What this means is, there are new ways to earn Battle Stars and experience. Earning more Fortnite Battle Stars increases your tier. You can also earn timed rewards, cosmetic items, and XP boosts. In order to access weekly challenges along with those from the weeks past,…
[ad_1] The fanatical interest has also waned for other cryptocurrencies. Ethereum is down 40 percent this year, while XRP has dropped about 80 percent. Litecoin has fallen 64 percent, while bitcoin cash is down 70 percent in the same time frame. The entire cryptocurrency market has shed 57 percent of its value after starting January…
[ad_1] Gather around, campers, and hear a tale as old as time. Remember the HTC Dream? The Evo 4G? The Google Nexus One? What about the Touch Diamond? All amazing devices. The HTC of 2018 is not the HTC that made these industry-leading devices. That company is gone. It seems HTC is getting ready to…
[ad_1] Popular battle royale shooter Fortnite is going to hit Android this summer. In the run up to that Epic Games has revealed what you need to play the game when it’s finally out. Now, if you were expecting Fortnite Android work with low-end and mid-range Android devices at launch, prepare to be disappointed if this…
[ad_1] Tesla on Monday said it met a closely watched goal for production, however it fell short on deliveries during the second quarter. Shares were trading higher, up more than 5 percent at $361.68 on the news. The stock is now up more than 10 percent over the past year. Tesla said it produced 53,339…
[ad_1] Aaron P. Bernstein | Reuters Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees hearing regarding the company’s use and protection of user data, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 10, 2018. Facebook is buying a British AI firm to help tackle fake news, TechCrunch reported Monday, in what…
[ad_1] The Alexa Skills Store in India now has a new category with over 350 ‘kid skills’ developed for children 13 years of age or younger. These skills, which are part of more than 15,000 skills Alexa offers in India, bring experiences from popular Indian and global brands such as Amar Chitra Katha, Tinkle, ChuChu…
[ad_1] Axelle/Bauer-Griffin | FilmMagic | Getty Images (L-R) Actors Dylan Minnette, Selena Gomez and Katherine Langford arrive at the Premiere of Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why’ at Paramount Pictures on March 30, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Netflix will report strong membership growth for its second quarter, according to Baird Equity Research. The firm raised it…
[ad_1] Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook (L) takes a picture with David Casarez (R) who just purchased the new iPhone X at an Apple Store on November 3, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. Despite Apple’s recent underperformance on Wall Street, one analyst believes there are no less than five reasons investors…
[ad_1] Swiggy on Monday announced appointment of Vivek Sunder as its first Chief Operating Officer. As COO of Swiggy, Sunder will be responsible for the company’s operating units and be tasked with accelerating Swiggy’s mission of making the lives of consumers more convenient and hassle-free. “Swiggy’s strength lies in the quality and talent of our…
[ad_1] Wimbledon 2018 begins this lunchtime with viewers in the UK able to watch the action in more detail than ever before thanks to the introduction of 4K Ultra HD footage. The BBC has announced that, for the first time in its history, coverage of Wimbledon will be available in this ultimate format. 4K offers…
[ad_1] Cryptocurrency projects have been popping up left, right and center in the past 18 months, but over 800 of those are now dead, adding to comparisons between the current digital coin market and the dotcom bubble in 2000. New digital tokens are created via a process known as an initial coin offering (ICO) where…
[ad_1] The OnePlus 6 launched back in May with this device boasting flagship specs at a much more affordable price. When it was unveiled in London, OnePlus offered three colours including Black, Black and White but that’s about to change. The Chinese technology firm has now added a limited edition Red model to the range…
[ad_1] After adding the abilities to share content from other apps and choose from thousands of licensed songs, Instagram Stories now allow users to ask questions. This new change is in addition to the existing options, namely location, mention, and poll. The new feature is presently available for select Android users, though it will likely…
[ad_1] Annie Hackett, 20, looks out at the water less than 20 metres from the Erckenbrack Park playground in which she’s standing. She lives in Foster City, Calif., a planned suburb of about 30,000 people built along a chain of canals and waterways southeast of San Francisco. Hackett believes in climate science and has heard about how profoundly rising…
[ad_1] Some Android developers have reported a sudden drop in the install rate for their apps due to tweaks enhancing the ranking of quality apps on Google Play. The new development surfaces months after Google announced an upgrade in its discovery algorithms to consider quality and user engagement while ranking apps on the Play store.…
[ad_1] Lasers! Everybody loves them, everybody wants them. But outside a few niche applications they have failed to live up to the destructive potential that Saturday morning cartoons taught us all to expect. In defiance of this failure, a company in China claims to have produced a “laser AK-47” that can burn targets in a…
[ad_1] It’s a fate that has befallen many leaders, including the CEO of Uber, one of Go-Jek’s competitors, who resigned amid a wave of leadership criticisms. Now, Makarim said he actively encourages collaborative discussions and wants those who are closest to the ground to help with decision-making. That could be in anything from Go-Jek’s motorcycle…
[ad_1] Daniel Acker | Getty Images Elon Musk, chairman and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors, center, participates in the opening bell ceremony at the Nasdaq Marketsite with his twin boys Griffin, green shirt at center, and Xavier, right in blue shirt, and his fiancee (at the time) Talulah Riley, second from right, in New…
[ad_1] Drew Angerer | Getty Images Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Inc., attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2016. Dell Technologies plans to announce an acquisition of its publicly traded tracking stock that mirrors the performance of VMware, in a cash-and-stock deal as early as Sunday, people familiar with…
[ad_1] An expanse of boreal shield straddling the Ontario-Manitoba border will be Canada’s first mixed cultural and natural World Heritage Site, according to an announcement Sunday. The decision was announced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage Committee at its meeting in Manama, Bahrain. Pimachiowin Aki is nearly 30,000 sq. km. of boreal forest that…
[ad_1] Facebook has admitted that it gave dozens of companies access to its users’ data after saying it had restricted access to such data back in 2015, the latest wrinkle in a firestorm over how the social network manages user information. In news first reported by The Wall Street Journal, Facebook handed a 747-page document…
[ad_1] Google rolled out “Messages for Web” support to all Android users earlier this week. That means you can now send text messages from any web browser, whether you’re at work or at home. Apple iPhone owners have long had support for iMessage on Mac, and this is sort of Google’s answer for Android users.…
[ad_1] Tesla nearly produced 5,000 Model 3 electric sedans in the last week of its second quarter, with the final car rolling off the assembly line on Sunday morning, several hours after the midnight goal set by Chief Executive Elon Musk, two workers at the factory told Reuters. The 5,000th car finished final quality checks…
[ad_1] An expanse of boreal shield straddling the Ontario-Manitoba border will be Canada’s first mixed cultural and natural World Heritage Site, according to an announcement Sunday. The decision was announced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage Committee at its meeting in Manama, Bahrain. Pimachiowin Aki is nearly 30,000 sq. km. of boreal forest that…
[ad_1] Denmark tackle Croatia in the final World Cup knockout game of the weekend. Croatia are in fine form going into the knockout stages, having won all three games in Group D. The highlight was a convincing 3-0 drubbing of World Cup favourites Argentina. Denmark, on the other hand, finished second of Group C with…
[ad_1] The CEO believes that Everytable, which is a public benefit corporation, can one day achieve the scale of huge food franchises like McDonald’s or Taco Bell, but with a focus on accessible nutrition. In order to sell healthful foods for relatively low prices, Polk said that Everytable has to leverage software and data analytics…
[ad_1] Last year’s Amazon Prime Day was the biggest Amazon sale day, ever according to Bodge. Amazon sold proprietary devices like the Echo Dot and Kindle at deep discounts, and in record numbers. Other top selling items included the Instant Pot and the 23andMe DNA test. However, not all the deals have been well received.…
[ad_1] Creator, a culinary robotics company, designed an autonomous robot that cooks and builds burgers to order. The machine consists of 20 computers, 350 sensors and 50 actuators that form a robotic assembly line. After you place your order, the machine grinds and cooks the meat. The burger is pushed along a unique conveyor belt,…
[ad_1] The Sky deals just keep on coming but these latest offers may just be the best yet. The satellite TV firm has just announced a range of money-saving contracts which can slash over £330 off your total bill. There’s a total of three new price cuts which start from just £35 and here are…
[ad_1] F1 heads to the hills of Austria for today’s Grand Prix from the Red Bull Ring. Yesterday’s qualifying was tight with Valtteri Bottas just pipping Lewis Hamilton for pole. Sebastian Vettel was third but faces a three-place grid penalty after being judged to have blocked the Renault of Carlos Sainz. That means Kimi Raikkonen…
[ad_1] The South Korean technology behemoth announced the Galaxy S9 back in February, showcasing a host of new features that take it a tier above its predecessor. Better camera performance in low light, a design that improved upon the fingerprint scanning gripes of Galaxy S8 owners and supercharged internals were all showcased before it released…
[ad_1] Big news this week came in the form of the Redmi 6 Pro launch in China, Xiaomi’s latest budget smartphone. The OnePlus 6 Midnight Black 8GB RAM/ 256GB storage model made its way into India, representing the cheapest price point yet in the country for the top configuration. This week also saw the Lenovo brand…
[ad_1] MotoGP 2018 continues today with the latest instalment of an explosive season so far about to take place at the Assen Grand Prix. Last time out Jorge Lorenzo secured his second victory for Ducati, which also marked successive grand prix wins for the Repsol Honda bound rider. The Lorenzo renaissance means the three-time MotoGP…
[ad_1] Horace Dediu exclusively told Express.co.uk the Cupertino-based company should avoid incorporating motorised parts into its next flagship because he could think of “few ideas with less merit”. The Oppo Find X and Vivo NEX S are both new Android phones that feature incredibly high screen-to-body ratios, meaning they ditch a notch in favour of…
[ad_1] Microsoft has just pulled one of the best features heading to Windows 10 from its beta testing. Revealed by the Redmond-based tech giant last year, Sets is a hugely anticipated feature for Windows 10. Sets may seem a simple tool, but looks can be deceiving and it’s a complicated process for the operating system…
[ad_1] Several factors are to blame. The biggest, and most important, is that many U.S. consumers are still not aware they have the option to chat with their doctor over the phone or via video. “The awareness piece is a big problem,” admits Ian Tong, a physician and the chief medical officer at Doctor On…
[ad_1] It’s noisier than you might expect given that the Mazda approaches $30,000. That’s my biggest problem with the CX-3. While our Grand Touring model came with everything you would conceivably want in a small crossover — automatic high beams, a heads-up display, blind-spot monitoring and more — there’s no ignoring that this is still…
[ad_1] Even amid the majority concerns, only 32 percent of Americans support the creation of a Federal Robotics Commission to regulate development and usage of robots. However, 39 percent of Americans between ages 18 and 34 were in favor of the robotics agency, compared to only 25 percent of older people (55 and over). That’s…
[ad_1] Having made his fortune as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur — including a nine-figure sum from his early involvement in the online-payment service PayPal — Mr. Musk was convinced that technology and vision could together conquer new frontiers, whether in space exploration (with his SpaceX venture) or everyday transportation. Replacing gasoline tanks with batteries was…
[ad_1] General Motors warned Friday that another wave of tariffs being considered by the Trump administration could force the company to scale back its business and cost American jobs. In comments submitted to the Commerce Department, the automaker said that the tariffs, if approved, could drive individual vehicle prices up thousands of dollars, stifling demand.…
[ad_1] Several reports over the last several years have suggested Microsoft is working on “Project Andromeda,” a new type of Surface-branded computer that can fit in your pocket. According to an e-mail that was recently obtained by The Verge, Microsoft thinks this will be a “new and disruptive category,” and that the “pocketable Surface” will…
[ad_1] The tech giant’s lauded smartphone brand seems set for a huge refresh with the launch of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL expected this October. But if the latest renders from a revered tipster are to be believed, fans of the Pixel line are in for an exciting few months ahead. Twitter user…
[ad_1] Cab aggregator Uber on Saturday proposed measures to address concerns expressed by the West Bengal government over its fare policy, including “self-regulation” of dynamic pricing to minimise impact on riders. The West Bengal Transport Department, based on complaints from users on exorbitant fares during peak hours, had reportedly sent a 30-point questionnaire to Uber…
[ad_1] Google just updated its harassment policy and released new internal community guidelines to regulate discussion on its many internal forums and email lists. But some employees feel like the guidelines give more ammunition to people trying to stir up division in the company. The new policy came about after a fierce internal debate over…
[ad_1] Tinder’s parent company Match Group has announced it is now encrypting photos sent between Tinder’s servers and its main application. The announcement was made via a letter addressed to Senator Ron Wyden who had written to Tinder back in February requesting the company to encrypt photos, The Verge reported late on Friday. “I am…
[ad_1] In addition, over half of executives said that they believe human-machine collaboration is important to achieve their strategic priorities. Most advisors are not worried about AI replacing them. “You’re never going to completely eliminate the human element in financial services,” said Charles Weeks, founder and president of Barrister Wealth Management in Philadelphia. “There is…
[ad_1] Amazon now sells deals out of the back of a truck. The Amazon Treasure Truck visits multiple locations around a city and sells just one product a day at a discount. It now operates in 25 U.S. cities plus the U.K. The trucks don’t run every day, but when they are running I’ve found…
[ad_1] Vivo’s Nex range of smartphones, including the Nex A and Nex S, are the first ones in the world to launch with an elevating or pop-up selfie camera. With a near-bezel-free display, without a display notch, the selfie camera is hidden and emerges only when required. But, as per a video spotted online, that’s…
[ad_1] SONOS BEAM REVIEW PROS – Compact design looks great • Alexa voice-power is a big added bonus • Simple setup • Good Audio CONS – Whilst audio is good it does lack bass • No Dolby Atmos support If you’ve recently rushed out to buy a new TV it’s highly likely that it doesn’t sound anywhere near as good…
[ad_1] If you’re camping, hiking or otherwise outside city limits this summer, Brenden Petracek advises you to look up. The president of Winnipeg’s chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada says far from urban light pollution, the heavens are a sight to behold. They can be awe-inspiring, or even overwhelming if you’re looking for something specific. For beginner stargazers,…
[ad_1] Google will stop supporting Chrome on older versions of Apple’s macOS X. For users of macOS X 10.9 Mavericks, access to Chrome will no longer be so simple as there is no more support for the browser. Users report that their Chrome browsers have automatically updated to a version that requires macOS 10.10 Yosemite…
[ad_1] The Facebook-owned company currently has three huge features in beta testing that will surely be rolled out to its user base of over 1billion people. WhatsApp has pleased its users this year by incorporating a host of new features into its service. Back in April the company implemented a long awaited setting to allow…
[ad_1] Apple fans will soon be able to get their hands on the latest iOS update, which is expected to be released publicly in September. However, the iOS12 update is also currently available for download in a public beta to test out the new features. Joining the public beta for iOS12 is simple although Apple always recommends…
[ad_1] iOS12 is set to release this year and Apple has given some fans the chance to test out the new features in a public beta. You can download the new features on your iPhone or iPad to test everything Apple has added to the new operating system. There are a few simple steps iPhone…
[ad_1] A California man who told investigators he was upset about the repeal of net neutrality rules was arrested Friday and is accused of threatening to kill Federal Communication Commission Chariman Ajit Pai’s family, authorities said. Markara Man, 33, of Norwalk told investigators that he sent three emails to Pai in December 2017 because he…
[ad_1] The iPhone X completely altered how users interact with the device by removing the home button that had become a staple of the product line. The removal of the Touch ID sensor meant the tech giant had to find a new way to allow users to seamlessly unlock their device. Face ID was introduced…
[ad_1] Pirate Bay has been dubbed “the galaxy’s most resilient BitTorrent” site but recently has been experiencing major server issues. Last week The Pirate Bay went down with a “bad gateway” error screen appearing across the entire torrent site. And while it did return online, this week The Pirate Bay went down again for several…
[ad_1] Android smartphone users are being warned about a Google Play Store app that covertly collects sensitive data from devices. The Google Play Store app steals personal information from victims and hijacks Android phones to generate money for cybercriminals. Once the app is installed on an Android phone, it can steal phone numbers, a user’s…
[ad_1] Benchmark partner Mitch Lasky, who has served on Snap’s board of directors since December 2012, is not expected to stand for re-election to Snap’s board of directors and will thus be stepping down, according to a report by The Information. Early investors stepping down from the board of directors — or at least not seeking…
[ad_1] What would you do if YouTube disappeared today? Hypothetically, say YouTube fell off right now, where would you be? The fact that this question troubles viewers and creators alike is enough to highlight that there is no real alternative to YouTube on the Internet right now. But now, Instagram is coming after YouTube and…
[ad_1] Earlier this week, WhatsApp’s latest ‘Send Messages’ permissions feature for groups on the platform was seen rolling out on the latest Android (beta) and iPhone versions of the messaging app. In an announcement late Friday, WhatsApp revealed the official rollout of the new feature that allows group admins to restrict participants from sending messages,…
[ad_1] Apple is rebuilding the widely used mapping application on its iPhones from the ground up with its own dataset, but Amsterdam-based TomTom will continue to be a data provider for Apple’s maps app, Cupertino, California-based Apple told Reuters on Friday. Apple did not say how its use of TomTom would compare to its previous…
[ad_1] Google Chrome users on Windows 10 were left without full access to their browser after a bug caused Chrome to stop working as it should. Many issues have been addressed in a new Windows 10 patch which should fix the problems. The Google Chrome clashes with Windows 10 have been reportedly occuring for users…
[ad_1] Eclipse is an open-source Integrated Development Environment (IDE) supported by IBM. Eclipse is a popular script creator for Java application development (Java SE and Java EE) and Android apps. Eclipse supports a wide range of project developments, including C/C++, PHP, Python and Perl via extensible plug-ins. The IDE is cross-platform and runs on Windows,…
[ad_1] Last month the tech giant debuted a dramatic improvement to the Google Assistant at its IO conference that will allow phone calls to be made on behalf of a user. Dubbed Google Duplex, the technology was shown calling a hair salon and restaurant where it made relevant bookings the user had specified. But the…
[ad_1] Getty BBC’s flagship iPlayer service will also air coverage of the game SENEGAL V COLOMBIA LIVE STREAM – UPDATE ONE: The first half of the match between Senegal and Colombia is approaching the end of the first half. The score remains 0-0. Senegal’s starting XI: 16 Khadim N’Diaye, Kalidou Koulibaly, 12 Youssouf Sabaly, 21…
[ad_1] Google has expanded its picture-in-picture offering in YouTube for all Android users, even those not paying for YouTube Premium. There is a catch. At the moment this is a US only update, according to Google’s official post. Google already tested the feature for free earlier in the year to allow Android 8.0 Oreo users…
[ad_1] TCI Fund Management, a large Twenty-First Century Fox shareholder, has urged Fox executive chairman Rupert Murdoch to give Comcast a chance to top Walt Disney‘s $71 billion offer to buy most of Fox’s assets, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters. Twenty-First Century Fox shareholders will vote on Disney’s revised offer on July 27,…
[ad_1] Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Paul Nakasone, director of the National Security Agency, arrives to a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in Washington. The National Security Agency (NSA) on Friday announced it has been deleting hundreds of millions of records of phone calls and text messages dating back to 2015. Due to…
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[ad_1] German meal-kit delivery firm HelloFresh may start selling ready-made meals to tap into demand from consumers who prefer not to cook, co-founder Thomas Griesel told a German newspaper. HelloFresh, which competes with U.S. rival Blue Apron , delivers pre-packaged meal ingredients aimed at making home cooking more accessible. “We see a very big market…
[ad_1] The pricing comes at a delicate time for Hong Kong’s stock market, with the benchmark Hang Seng index falling 6.5 percent this month and 4.8 percent this year as investors fret over escalating trade tension between the United States and China. As such, Xiaomi’s share sale is widely seen as a test of market…
[ad_1] Since it went public eight years ago, Tesla’s share price has risen nearly 2,000 percent. And the company is still unprofitable. CEO Elon Musk has said he expects Tesla to turn a profit in the third and fourth quarters of 2018. There is a bit of skepticism on Wall Street as to whether the…
[ad_1] The Trump administration’s much-publicized increase in immigration enforcement is also increasing the bottom line for for-profit prisons and other companies from the private sector, with many signing multimillion-dollar contracts with the Department of Homeland Security. “A lot of people imagine immigration detention as being a government-only function, but there are private contractors throughout the…
[ad_1] Union Square Ventures has big plans to profit on a potential trillion-dollar business in blockchain and crypto in 10 years. But those plans won’t include starting a separate fund, according to a top executive. “We’re not planning to do it,” Albert Wenger, managing partner at Union Square Ventures told CNBC. “We see a lot…
[ad_1] Data analytics firm Domo rose more than 20 percent in a shaky first morning on the public markets Friday. Shares opened at $23.80 and initially rose as much as 16 percent before paring gains. The stock hovered around single-digit gains for much of its first hour of trading and then recovered to a session…
[ad_1] Amazon is addressing one of the larger issues with its Echo Dot Kids Edition — support for Spotify’s streaming music service, with the option to filter out explicit lyrics. The news was announced on Friday alongside new content from Disney for the Kids Edition device. However, Amazon says the Spotify support would not be available…
[ad_1] Amazon introduced the index late last year and said it would be implemented after June 30. Each seller’s score will get reassessed every quarter. The new system is part of Amazon’s overarching effort to add more software and automation into the rapidly growing marketplace. More importantly, it’s about reining in costs while continuing to…
[ad_1] The perfect French fry is crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. A French fry that has been delivered to your home is often the opposite: cold, soggy and limp. Lamb Weston, the country’s biggest manufacturer of those potato delicacies, wants better fast food. More from the New York Times: UK fears…
[ad_1] Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic advisor at Allianz, called bitcoin a buy if its price falls below $5,000. Not all advisors agree that buying is a good move. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] When Elon Musk talked with CNBC after Tesla’s IPO eight years ago, he dismissed the skeptics who were predicting Tesla wouldn’t last. “People at this point ought to be a little more optimistic about the future of Tesla because we’ve confounded the critics at every turn,” Musk said moments after Tesla went public at…
[ad_1] Say you have a job with a large company and you want to know how much vacation time you have left, or how to add your new baby to your healthcare. This usually involves emailing or calling HR and waiting for an answer, or it could even involve crossing multiple systems to get what…
[ad_1] An estimated 125 million people are playing “Fortnite” worldwide. The game is doing something that most other major ones have failed to do — bring together gamers from across all platforms. All but one, that is. Sony’s PlayStation 4 is the holdout. The console doesn’t allow cross-platform gameplay for its customers. And it’s hurting…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eddy Cue, senior vice president of internet software and services at Apple Inc., speaks during a keynote session at the South By Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas, on Monday, March 12, 2018. Apple is building a brand new version of Apple Maps, TechCrunch said on…
[ad_1] Although the tax reform has created a friendlier environment for start-ups, regulations need to be pared down in order for the U.S. to stay competitive, said John Chambers, former Cisco CEO. “I give good marks to Congress and the administration in terms of beginning to get a better tax environment, but we’ve got to…
[ad_1] AT&T’s newly announced Watch TV, a low-cost live TV streaming service announced in the wake of the AT&T / Time Warner merger, is now up and running. The company already has one over-the-top streaming service with DirecTV Now, but this one is cheaper, has some restrictions, and doesn’t include local channels or sports to…
[ad_1] Apple’s new iPhone and iPad software update, iOS 12, launches this fall — you can try it now if you want to — and includes a brand new Stocks application. The Stocks app on the iPhone has typically been pretty bare bones, but showed current and historical share prices for different companies you might…
[ad_1] I’m not sure if you’re aware, but the launch of Apple Maps went poorly. After a rough first impression, an apology from the CEO, several years of patching holes with data partnerships and some glimmers of light with long-awaited transit directions and improvements in business, parking and place data, Apple Maps is still not where…
[ad_1] As states and cities push for more and more ambitious clean energy targets, the electricity that powers our lives will increasingly be derived from solar, wind, nuclear and other low- or no-emission or non-polluting energy sources. And battery recycling will become more common as economies of scale make it an increasingly profitable business. That…
[ad_1] WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app in India, has been working on introducing person-to-person payments in the country. With the feature available to a small section of WhatsApp users in India, the feature is expected to roll out to all of the over 200 million WhatsApp users in India soon. While WhatsApp may seem…
[ad_1] There may be a viable alternative, however. Testing company Integen X, cited by Congresswoman Speier, uses a testing technology that potentially eliminates the risk of other DNA testing methods. Integen X is part of Thermo Fisher Scientific and has also offered to donate DNA testing services to help reunite families. A main risk of…
[ad_1] As word spread that an electric scooter rental company called Bird Rides was amassing $300 million (roughly Rs. 2,000 crores) from investors just months after its first birthday, one question has plagued onlookers in and outside Silicon Valley: Why? Now that the Los Angeles-based startup has completed the massive financing effort, Bird founder Travis VanderZanden…
[ad_1] Bitcoin prices dropped to a low not seen since November as investor sentiment fails to rebound after hacks in recent weeks, and crackdowns from global regulators. The world’s first and largest cryptocurrency skidded as low as of $5,799.62 as of 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, its lowest level since mid-November, according to data from CoinDesk.…
[ad_1] Razer Huntsman and Huntsman Elite have been launched as the new mechanical keyboards with special Razer’s Opto-Mechanical switches. The latest keyboards are claimed to offer a key actuation at a much faster speed – 30 percent faster than traditional mechanical switches. This remarkable achievement comes from the advanced proprietary switches that use an infrared…
[ad_1] A SpaceX rocket that flew just two months ago with a NASA satellite roared back into action Friday, launching fresh space supplies for the International Space Station. The used Falcon rocket blasted off before dawn, hauling nearly 6,000 pounds (2,700 kilograms) of cargo, including the first robot with artificial intelligence bound for space, genetically…
[ad_1] Microsoft on Wednesday announced an array of feature updates to several of its properties on Microsoft Office on both Android and iOS platforms. Additions to Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook are part of the update on Android (Build 16.0.10325.20010), while a couple new updates will be available on version 2.15 (180626) for iPad and iPhone for…
[ad_1] Modern technology is helping unravel a 19th-century mystery in Cape Breton. The society that is planning a park in Sydney Mines is trying to pinpoint the location of a pioneer graveyard from the early 1800s. Parks Canada personnel used ground-penetrating radar Thursday to narrow the search. Maura McKeough, a cultural resource manager for Parks Canada…
[ad_1] It is not surprising when Facebook users think that the social media giant is spying on their conversations. While a large number of people believe that Facebook secretly uses the microphone on their devices to better target ads on its platform, CEO Mark Zuckerberg had refuted this belief a couple of months back. Now,…
[ad_1] The latest update (17704) comes as part of the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build that deploys the host of new functionality, meaning it may not be long before these features arrived in a fully-fledged capacity to all Windows 10 users. Microsoft is continuing to fight against malware with a new feature designed to identify…
[ad_1] Hotstar and Netflix are competing with each other – and Amazon’s Prime Video – for a lead in the online content streaming market in India, and a recent development might make it harder for you to differentiate between the two. Hotstar recently updated its interface to something very similar to what Netflix offers. The…
[ad_1] Samsung has confirmed it will launch the Galaxy Note 9 on August 9 as its phablet sized phone, but it looks like the Galaxy S10 Plus could have an even bigger screen. The Samsung Galaxy Note series of phones have, for many years, been the largest screen offerings from the company. The Samsung Galaxy…
[ad_1] Amazon’s tablets for kids are some of the most popular devices on the market. And now the online retailer is adding another version to the range with the launch of the Fire HD 10 Kids Edition Tablet. This gadget is basically a standard Fire HD 10 but it comes with some neat extras that…
[ad_1] A 45-minute power failure that deprived customers of electricity in NDG, Hampstead, Côte Saint-Luc, and Montreal West, and shut down MUHC’s computer network, was caused by a squirrel. The rodent managed to get inside the Hydro-Québec substation in Hampstead, where it touched two wires at the same time and was electrocuted. That caused a short circuit, which knocked out…
[ad_1] Microsoft Corp. is catching up to Amazon.com in obtaining federal security approvals, giving it an edge over other potential bidders in the Pentagon’s winner-take-all competition for a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract. The company best-known for its office software is advancing toward the certification needed to host the government’s most sensitive, classified information – a status…
[ad_1] The Royal Canadian Mint’s latest collectible coin is pretty far out. Vancouver-based artist and research scientist Alexandra Lefort designed the coin after a life time of interstellar fascination — a fascination that led her to design the collectible with a chunk of meteorite iron embedded in each of the 5,500 coins minted. “It was really exciting, when I was…
[ad_1] Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn on Thursday announced the launch of LinkedIn QR code targeted at making the process of connecting with people on the platform faster. QR code is available now on the LinkedIn Android and iOS apps, and can be used as a swift networking tool to view profiles and connect with…
[ad_1] The future of groundskeeping has arrived in Edmonton. At least, that’s what the City of Edmonton is saying as it pilots a pair of driverless electric lawn mowers this summer. The two-foot-long mowers are programmed to stay within electric fencing that runs underground along the perimeter of a small soccer pitch in Coronation Park near 142nd Street…
[ad_1] Facebook-owned Instagram has introduced a new feature on Stories that would allow users to add a soundtrack to their content from a library of thousands of songs. The Facebook-owned photo-sharing service also announced that it now has 400 million daily active users, while its total user base was recently shared to be 1 billion.…
[ad_1] A new hand will be delivered today to Canadarm2, the International Space Station’s robotic arm, via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule. Watch the launch here live starting at 5:40 a.m. ET. The new hand will be an in-orbit spare in case of a malfunction, a spokesperson for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) said via email.…
[ad_1] WhatsApp is getting a new feature that enhances the control of group admins on the platform. Rolling out on WhatsApp beta version 2.18.201 for Android and stable version 2.18.70 on iPhone, the new capabilities now allow admins of WhatsApp groups to control the ability of participants to send messages in the particular group. Available…
[ad_1] The government of Canada is issuing a sweeping ban on the possession of some handheld lasers near airports in an effort to prevent cockpit attacks. Transport Minister Marc Garneau took the unusual step today of announcing an interim ministerial order that bans the possession outside of a private dwelling of battery-operated, handheld lasers more powerful than one milliwatt anywhere…
[ad_1] Alphabet’s Google announced Thursday it tapped General Electric Co. global affairs chief Karan Bhatia to become its next head of policy. Google wants Bhatia to craft the search giant’s public policy strategy on a wide range of issues including artificial intelligence, job creation and critical infrastructure. His first focus will be dealing with a…
[ad_1] When Google first introduced its phone-calling digital concierge Duplex in May, some thought it sounded too human. Others worried that it would secretly record calls with people. The search giant says it has been working to address these concerns. For starters, Google says the bot will identify itself as an automated assistant upfront and disclose that…
[ad_1] Niantic Labs, the Google-backed startup behind the popular Pokemon Go game, is planning to sell the technology that powers its titles to other game makers, the company said Thursday. Pokemon Go has been the biggest hit so far among games using so-called augmented reality, where digital characters are superimposed on the real world. Niantic,…
[ad_1] Huge flocks of famished birds scour the sands of Delaware Bay for the tiny greenish eggs an army of horseshoe crabs lays every spring. It’s a marvel of ecology as shorebirds migrating from South America to the Arctic time a stop critical to their survival to this mass crab spawning. It’s also one of…
[ad_1] Scientists have discovered an itsy-bitsy species of spider that is known to live in just one cave in the world. Sheet weavers, about two millimetres in size, are so called because they spin webs that are flat and tightly woven to the point they can be nearly opaque. Marc Milne, assistant professor in the department…
[ad_1] Tesla will “quite likely” be able to produce 5,000 Model 3s per week by the end of June, CEO Elon Musk has said. That deadline has nearly arrived, but Ross Gerber, the president and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki wealth and investment management, told CNBC that the exact figures are not an issue. “I think…
[ad_1] Amazon‘s Prime Day is likely right around the corner, and that means the company will be pushing its own in-house brands with time-sensitive deals and deep discounts. This year, the e-commerce giant has much more to offer, according to a new report from One Click Retail. Amazon hasn’t announced the day of its annual…
[ad_1] More than 4 billion prescriptions are ordered in the U.S. every year. An estimated $300 billion was spent on prescription drugs by patients, insurance companies and other parties in 2015. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The companies expect it to close during the second half of the year. PillPack raised $118…
[ad_1] Xiaomi, founded just eight years ago in Beijing, quickly became a global tech juggernaut. It’s currently the fourth-biggest smartphone player in the world, according to market researcher International Data Corporation. While that’s a significant position, it at one point occupied the third-place spot, behind Apple and Samsung, before ceding that to fellow Chinese firm…
[ad_1] Cashify, a company that buys and sells used smartphones, is the latest India startup to raise capital from Chinese investors after it announced a $12 million Series C round. Chinese funds CDH Investments and Morningside led the round which included participation from Aihuishou, a China-based startup that sells used electronics in a similar way to Cashify…
[ad_1] Silicon Valley has long enticed prospective employees with lavish perks — free food being the most common. Dropbox has taken this idea to the next level with its Tuck Shop, a cafeteria serving up dishes you’d just as likely find in fine dining establishments. From growing microgreens and making its own ice cream to…
[ad_1] Amazon just introduced new software and accessories that will turn your Fire tablet into a portable Echo. The company on Thursday unveiled a new case and stand for the Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 tablet so those devices will act almost just like the Amazon Echo Show, a larger gadget that has…
[ad_1] Getty Images The bus ‘Olli’, an autonomous transportation system, is presented at the IBM stand at the CeBIT 2017 Technology Trade Fair in Hanover, Germany. IBM’s cloud, analytics and security segments should easily offset declines in its legacy business and present a buying opportunity for investors looking for sustainable revenue growth, according to one…
[ad_1] Ahead of the U.S. elections in November 2018, Facebook and Twitter announced new programs to provide clarity over what ads are running on their platforms and who is buying them. Facebook announced it was expanding its View Ads program on Thursday. View Ads, which initially launched in Canada, allows users to see every live…
[ad_1] California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday signed data privacy legislation aimed at giving consumers more control over how companies collect and manage their personal information, a proposal that Google and other big companies had opposed as too burdensome. Under the proposal, large companies, such as those with data on more than 50,000 people, would…
[ad_1] Walmart was the lead buyer for months in talks to buy online pharmacy start-up PillPack. But Amazon swooped in, ultimately making a higher offer of around $1 billion. Losing that deal ended up costing Walmart about $2.3 billion, at least in terms of market value. Here’s how. According to a person familiar with the…
[ad_1] Researchers at the Hybrid Robotics Group at UC Berkeley and CMU are hard at work making sure their robots don’t fall over when tiptoeing through rough terrain. Using machine learning and ATRIAS robots, the teams are able to “teach” robots to traverse stepping stones they’ve never seen before. Their robots, described here, are unique…
[ad_1] Walmart was poised to buy online pharmacy start-up PillPack before Amazon swooped in with a higher offer. Sources say that PillPack and Walmart were in talks for months about an acquisition for less than $1 billion, but Walmart was dragging its feet on making a final offer. When CNBC reported the deal in early…
[ad_1] Earlier this year, Amazon introduced an Echo Dot for kids, with its $80 Echo Dot Kids Edition device, which comes in your choice of a red, blue, or green protective case. The idea is to market a version of Amazon’s existing Dot hardware to families by bundling it with an existing subscription service, and by…
[ad_1] Rex Curry | Reuters Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, speaks at the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s Forum on Leadership in Dallas, Texas, April 20, 2018. Amazon’s PillPack deal on Thursday is more than just a sign of the e-commerce giant’s growing interest in the pharmaceutical market. It also underscores a more aggressive buying…
[ad_1] Amazon wiped out $17.5 billion from eight companies’ market values Thursday with just two announcements. The e-commerce giant has become a force on Wall Street. Even a hint it might take on a new industry can send investors running and stocks tumbling. That was evident Thursday. Amazon said it would recruit entrepreneurs to run…
[ad_1] Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced a sweeping reorganization at the social media network on Thursday, just as Ed Ho, a vice president of product and engineering, announced he would step down into a part-time position. The change organizes Twitter into functional groups, such as engineering, instead of around individual products, which Dorsey said in…
[ad_1] Buyers who confirm won’t immediately get a specific delivery date, but Tesla’s email says delivery could happen “in as soon as 2-4 months.” Tesla typically schedules delivery or pick-up appointments within two weeks of the date they expect to deliver a Model 3 to a customer. The company has not yet manufactured a base-model…
[ad_1] Investors don’t seem to have much confidence in Walgreens Boots Alliance, and the drugstore chain hasn’t said much to ease their concerns. Walgreens is testing new concepts, including adding optical and vision services to some stores. It’s also partnering with health-care companies, such as insurer Humana to open two senior-centric stores and LabCorp to…
[ad_1] Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom speaks at Facebook’s corporate headquarters during a media event in Menlo Park, California on June 20, 2013, where Facebook announced the introduction of video for Instagram. Instagram Stories now has double the number of daily active users as competitor Snapchat, according to Instagram.…
[ad_1] The right music can make a boring photo or video epic, so Instagram is equipping users with a way to add popular songs to their Stories. TechCrunch had the scoop on the music feature’s prototype in early May, and now it’s launching to iOS and Android users in 51 countries including the U.S. Thanks…
[ad_1] Regardless of what you may think of Facebook as a platform, they run a massive operation and when you reach their level of scale you have to get more creative in how you handle every aspect of your computing environment. Engineers quickly reach the limits of human ability to track information to the point…
[ad_1] Amazon’s acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack is a “shot across the bow” for retail pharmacy chains, said Anthony Chukumba, managing director of Loop Capital markets. On Wednesday, a day before Amazon announced the deal, Loop Capital raised its price target for Amazon to $1,900 from $1,800. Chukumba told CNBC’s Power Lunch on Thursday that…
[ad_1] Google Calendar has received a new ‘Out of office’ entry type and an option to customise working hours to help you better balance between your work and personal time. The latest additions come more than a month after Google announced its Digital Wellbeing initiative at I/O 2018 to let users intrinsically curb device addiction.…
[ad_1] Getty Images Jeffrey ‘Jeff’ Weiner, chief executive officer of LinkedIn Corp., speaks during an event at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. Business social network and recruiting tool LinkedIn is increasingly relying on technology from its parent company, Microsoft. On Thursday LinkedIn said it’s tapping a service…
[ad_1] And there we have it: Bird, one of the emerging massively hyped Scooter startups, has roped in its next pile of funding by picking up another $300 million in a round led by Sequoia Capital. The company announced the long-anticipated round this morning, with Sequoia’s Roelof Botha joining the company’s board of directors. This…
[ad_1] Silicon Valley’s quest for artificial intelligence has led it to build self-driving cars, drones, and robots that can do backflips. But often that journey has come down to something much more prosaic, such as ordering a pizza – or booking a restaurant reservation. That’s how I found myself sitting around a telephone at Oren’s…
[ad_1] Malicious advertisers often take advantage of small-business websites inundated with a sudden spike of traffic, using a specific type of search engine optimization known as “spamdexing.” “If someone was going to do this for a political reason, there would have been something more splashy, like a website defacement, and they wouldn’t have gone down…
[ad_1] Telegram has updated its Android and iOS apps to introduce new features and improvements. The chat app now lets you replace photos and videos in conversations, add captions to media, fast-pace audio messages, share more than just the phone number in a contact, and more. The Android update bumps the version up to 4.8.10,…
[ad_1] When Microsoft agreed to acquire software developer platform GitHub for $7.5 billion in early July, Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene may have breathed a sigh of disappointment. “I wouldn’t have minded buying them,” she said on stage at a Fortune Magazine event Wednesday night in San Francisco. People familiar with the situationhad previously told…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: TechCrunch/ Facebook Aiming to get more people to interact with its Stories feature in its main app, Facebook has added group chat and reactions among others to the service. Facebook Stories are short user-generated photo and video collections that can be viewed up to two times and disappear after 24 hours. “The…
[ad_1] Amazon is getting into health care. The company’s Thursday announcement that it’s buying online pharmacy Pillpack puts any doubt to rest. The company hasn’t spoken much about its plans, as it’s still determining the scope through a series of brainstorming sessions with experts in the space, but its acquisitions, hiring trends and recent product…
[ad_1] Samsung Messages app reportedly has a bug that is causing some devices to send gallery content to contacts without notifying users. The bug, which has been reported by several users on Reddit, is likely to exist within the latest Samsung Messages update and is largely affecting the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 8 users.…
[ad_1] Amazon’s interest in the prescription drug business as ripe for disruption took a huge leap forward with Thursday’s announcement that the e-commerce giant is buying online pharmacy PillPack. While the startup is relatively small with about $100 million in revenue last year, it could serve as a beachhead for Amazon’s broader ambitions in healthcare.…
[ad_1] After years of legal procedures, Apple and Samsung have reached an agreement in the infamous patent case. Terms of the settlement were undisclosed. So is everything clear between Samsung and Apple? Not so fast, as Bloomberg reports that Apple wants to use OLED displays from LG to reduce its dependence on Samsung. You might…
[ad_1] According to a report from The Information, Apple could choose to bundle all its media offerings into a single subscription. While Apple’s main media subscription product is currently Apple Music, it’s no secret that the company is investing in other areas. In particular, Apple has bought the distribution rights of many TV shows. But…
[ad_1] Instagram has introduced long-form videos in the form of IGTV (Instagram TV). While you could post videos on Instagram earlier as well, it was limited to just 15 seconds for most users. Now with IGTV, you can upload videos up to 10 minutes in duration (one hour for select accounts). IGTV is available as…
[ad_1] Amazon recently updated its Alexa app to make it even easier to use the Alexa voice assistant on your iPhone. That’s good news, because Siri still kind of stinks and Alexa has become much more powerful. While the app has always been the go-to place to manage any Amazon Echo devices you might own…
[ad_1] For decades, independent record labels have dreamed that if only they had the massive budgets to get their artists in front of music fans, the fans would love the music – and maybe even choose it over offerings from major record labels. Now, with streaming services such as Apple and Spotify Technology SA becoming the…
[ad_1] Kroger announced plans Thursday to partner with driverless car company Nuro to deliver groceries using its autonomous vehicles. The partnership comes as the U.S.’s largest grocery players continue to tackle the expensive challenge of “last mile delivery” — the final step in getting a product to a shopper’s home. It is a feat that…
[ad_1] Apple is reportedly set to offer a single subscription model for its original TV shows, music service, and news content. The new model, if it comes into force, will offer an experience similar to Amazon Prime service that includes Prime Video, Prime Music, Prime Reading, and Prime Now among other key services under a…
[ad_1] “We are now starting to play against amateur teams to test our skill and to our surprise, so far, we have won our first games against every team we have tested,” Dennison says. The robot teams learn to play Dota by playing against themselves, according to a statement by OpenAI. The robot team, OpenAI…
[ad_1] What does brand loyalty even mean anymore? App downloads, points, stars, and other complex reward systems have not just spawned their own media empires trying to decipher them, they have failed at their most basic objective: building a stronger bond between a brand and its consumers. Bumped wants to reinvent the loyalty space by…
[ad_1] Microsoft agreed to pay $7.5 billion for GitHub earlier in June, but it wasn’t the only interested party. Google was in the running too, according to Diane Greene, head of the company’s cloud arm. “I wouldn’t have minded buying them, but it’s OK,” Greene said at a Fortune Magazine event in San Francisco on…
[ad_1] In 2014 Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a “robot revolution” in manufacturing. It’s now under way and boosting productivity, but there are adverse consequences. After decades of growth, rising wages are consuming profits and pushing manufacturing to Southeast Asia. Shanghai’s minimum monthly wage, for example, the highest in China, is 2,420 yuan (US$366.62),…
[ad_1] Google brought native Picture-in-Picture (PiP) support to the mainstream with Android Oreo last year. This was followed by YouTube bringing support for the feature in its Android app earlier this year, albeit only for its paid YouTube Premium and YouTube Red subscribers. However, recent developments suggest that YouTube could now be rolling out PiP…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Isabelle Olsson, senior industrial designer for Google Inc., speaks about the Google Home Mini voice speaker during a product launch event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. One top Wall Street firm believes Google-parent company Alphabet needs take dramatic measures to compete…
[ad_1] HP regained top spot with 28.9 percent market share in the overall PC market in India that saw 8.4 percent decline in the first quarter of 2018, a new report said on Thursday. Dell, after gaining momentum in the fourth quarter of 2017, lost the number one spot with 23.4 percent market share in Q1…
[ad_1] Finding a pair of jeans that fit perfectly can be hard. LikeAGlove is trying to change that. The Israeli start-up created a pair of smart shorts that use sensors to take exact measurements of your waist and hips. After the data is synced with the app, a catalog pops up with listings from 15…
[ad_1] Amazon Fire TV Stick, Kindle, and Echo devices can now be availed in select cities in India within two hours, through the Prime Now app. The app-only ultrafast delivery service is initially available in Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Hyderabad, and only for Prime members. To attract customers, Amazon has also announced a limited…
[ad_1] Health care start-up Babylon Health has said that its artificial intelligence (AI) is able to diagnose medical conditions as accurately as a doctor, but physicians have called the claims “dubious.” Babylon has created a chatbot that lets you talk with an AI that can interpret symptoms and tell a person what the problem is.…
[ad_1] American computer manufacturer Dell on Thursday announced the launch of two new All-in-One desktops in its Inspiron range – the Inspiron 22 3000 AIO and the Inspiron 24 3000 AIO – in the Indian market. Key highlights of both the AIO desktops include full-HD anti-glare IPS displays, inbuilt stereo speakers, and pop-up front-facing webcams.…
[ad_1] Love Island 2018 is beginning to heat up this week, with drama hitting the villa and causing chaos among the Islanders. The social media buzz around the hit ITV show reveal the millions of people tuning in every evening to watch the latest episode and find out how the couples will do in their…
[ad_1] Snapchat launched its design overhaul earlier this year and received major backlash from its users and investors. Ever since, the company has been reworking changes and also introducing new features to gain momentum once again. It even introduced AR game-like features in its app for more engagement, and increasing its user base. However, a…
[ad_1] The huge overhaul introduces a complete redesign of the Explore section and adds a “for you” tab that offers personalised location recommendations. Users are immediately greeted with a tab that displays local restaurants, coffee shops and events when they open up the app. However Explore places a huge emphasis on eateries by adding a…
[ad_1] Xiaomi Mi Smart Mouse Pad Xiaomi has launched several gaming products in its lineup, including a VR headset and a gaming smartphone, apart from the Mi Gaming Mouse. Now, the Chinese electronics manufacturer has unveiled two new mousepads called the Mi Mouse Pad and Mi Smart Mouse Pad. While the Xiaomi Mi Mouse Pad…
[ad_1] Mexico vs Sweden LIVE STREAM Group F face their final games this afternoon with Mexico taking on Sweden at the Central Stadium. It’s a game Sweden must win if they stand any chance of progressing to the next stages of the World Cup. Mexico are top of the group but their coach Juan Carlos…
[ad_1] Europe’s semiconductor industry is requesting more help from the European Union as it seeks to build on a tentative revival, embrace technologies such as artificial intelligence and ride out trade wars that threaten global supply chains. A 20-page report submitted to Mariya Gabriel, the EU digital affairs commissioner, requests that a research and development…
[ad_1] In preparation for new dual-screen devices, Microsoft has updated Windows 10 to include stylus support in its Mail app allowing you to write emails like letters. Microsoft first added more stylus support in Windows Ink for its Windows 10 Anniversary Update. It’s been improving with updates and this is the latest enhancement. The Mail…
[ad_1] Months after the initial global announcement, Acer on Thursday announced the launch of its Nitro 5 gaming laptop in the Indian market. Packed with up to 8th generation Intel Core i7+ hexa-core processors, a minimum of 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon RX560 graphics card. Acer’s proprietary…
[ad_1] Some Canadians may lament the cold temperatures winter brings us, but they’re nothing compared to record-setting Antarctica. In 2013, scientists announced they’d found the coldest place on Earth, in the East Antarctic Plateau, where the mercury dipped to a face-numbing –93 C. Now, after re-examining the data, they’ve concluded it was even colder: –98 C. Scientists use ground-based…
[ad_1] Months after its emergence for Windows Insiders, Microsoft has now decided to temporarily remove its Sets feature, which allowed users to improve their work flow by grouping relevant apps into a single window with app tabs. The feature, which was originally conceived to bring a tabs integration within apps such as Microsoft Office and…
[ad_1] Facebook introduced a stripped-down version of the social photo-sharing app Instagram, aimed at users in developing markets. Instagram Lite quietly appeared on the Google Play Store Wednesday for Android smartphones and the size of the app is just 574 kilobytes, substantially smaller than the roughly 90 megabytes required for the main Instagram app. The…
[ad_1] At MWC Shanghai, SD Association (SDA), the organisation that sets standards for SD cards, has announced benefits of its new SD 7.0 specification. The specification enables two new functionalities – SD Express and SD Ultra Capacity (SDUC). SD Express cards will use the PCIe high-speed interface and NVMe upper layer protocol to manage a…
[ad_1] High-speed internet connections, artificial intelligence (AI), machine-learning — technology is driving change in all areas of life. One business among many looking to embrace this new era of innovation is Australia-headquartered mining giant BHP. BHP is using everything from autonomous drills at iron ore mines to “smart caps” to analyze brain waves and monitor…
[ad_1] Babylon Health said it had put its AI technology to the same tests that doctors sit on Wednesday, and showed it could outperform most physicians in assessing symptoms. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Apple’s new iOS 12 won’t officially be released until later in the year but iPhone users can get early access via the public beta. This test software went live earlier this week and allows those who sign up the chance to get all of Apple’s latest features right now. iOS 12 is packed with…
[ad_1] Instagram, last week, announced at an event that it had become the fourth Facebook-owned property to hit the one billion monthly active users mark. Expanding on this growth, the image and video sharing social platform is testing a new app called Instagram Lite. “We are testing a new version of Instagram for Android that…
[ad_1] Telegram users are facing a frustrating afternoon as the popular messaging app appears to be down. The hugely popular chat app seems to have been hit by a major outage with many users left unable to access the service since around 1pm today. Outage monitor, Down Detector, is showing hundreds of reports with fans across the…
[ad_1] Walt Disney Co won US approval to buy Twenty-First Century Fox entertainment assets for $71.3 billion (roughly Rs. 4.9 lakh crores) on condition it sell Fox’s 22 regional sports networks, the Justice Department said on Wednesday, giving Disney an edge over Comcast Corp’s competing bid. The Fox movie franchises and TV shows have been the subject of…
[ad_1] Andrew Francis Wallace | Getty Hydrolines in the Burlington area, October 19, 2017. Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk warns Liberals’ 25-per-cent hydro rebate could cost an additional $4B over the next 30 years. “That will be our differentiator,” said Tan. “Anyone can build a transaction platform.” Currently, the Singapore-based company is available only to…
[ad_1] Smartphone-summoned ride service Lyft on Tuesday announced it is raising $600 million (roughly Rs. 4,100 crores) in a funding round that values the Uber competitor at $15.1 billion (roughly Rs. 1.04 lakh crores). The financing round is being led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, and has been joined by Senator Investment Group. The…
[ad_1] Watch out FedEx, UPS, DHL and the U.S. Postal Service: Amazon’s building its own last-mile delivery service. The e-commerce behemoth announced Thursday Delivery Service Partners, a new program designed to let entrepreneurs run their own local delivery networks of up to 40 delivery vans emblazoned with Prime logos. Each delivery unit will start their…
[ad_1] When Google first introduced its phone-calling digital concierge Duplex in May, some thought it sounded too human. Others worried that it would secretly record calls with people. The search giant says it has been working to address these concerns. For starters, Google says that the bot will identify itself as an automated assistant upfront…
[ad_1] “While we are launching these new features for dorm rooms and small space living, we know that they could have applications elsewhere and will continue to listen to customer feedback to determine how to implement them more broadly on the site,” Anthony Soohoo, the general manager of Walmart’s e-commerce home division, said in a…
[ad_1] Citibank is closing down branches in its fastest-growing region — but the American banking group said that’ll actually help it do better than ever. The lender’s consumer business in Asia, its largest outside North America, registered its seventh consecutive quarter of growth in the first three months of 2018. Underpinning that momentum is the…
[ad_1] Samsung fans now know when they will get to see the all-new Galaxy Note 9. The Korean technology giant has just sent out invites to a global keynote taking place in New York on August 9. Rumours were already rife that this would be the date of Samsung’s next Unpacked event but it has…
[ad_1] Imax CEO Richard Gelfond said Wednesday that large-scale media mergers will lead to more blockbuster movies and TV shows. “The middle companies are going to compete with the streaming companies, companies like Lions Gate,” Gelfond said on CNBC’s “Closing Bell.” “And I wouldn’t be surprised to see some of them get sold as these…
[ad_1] Instagram’s future growth depends on the developing world, so it’s built a version of its app just for them. “Instagram Lite” for Android appeared today in the Google Play App Store without any announcement from the company. “The Instagram Lite app is small, allowing you to save space on your phone and download it quickly”…
[ad_1] The company declared September 16 will mark a new price increase following a prior rise only six months ago. BT’s website issued the news to Britons and insisted it would write to customers between June and August to let them know of price changes. It said: “We’re changing some of our landline, broadband, TV…
[ad_1] Google is turning startup investor to further its goal of putting Google services like search, maps, and its voice assistant front and center for the next billion internet users in emerging markets. It has invested $22 million into KaiOS, the company that has built an eponymous operating system for feature phones that packs a…
[ad_1] It came as a surprise and left astronomers scratching their heads. The strange-looking rock that entered our solar system wasn’t from the neighbourhood. First, scientists thought it was an interstellar comet, then an asteroid. Now a new study published in the journal Nature suggests astronomers had it right the first time: ‘Oumuamua is a…
[ad_1] Getty Images President of Conde Nast Entertainment, Dawn Ostroff speaks during the Conde Nast Entertainment Digital Content NewFronts on May 3, 2016 at Cipriani in New York City. Spotify has hired Dawn Ostroff, a veteran television and video executive, as its new chief content officer, a move that may signal the music service’s wider…
[ad_1] Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images A man walks past a sign for Baidu Inc. at the entrance to the Baidu Technology Park in Beijing, China, on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. China’s Baidu said on Wednesday its board approved a plan to buy back up to $1 billion of its shares, with repurchases…
[ad_1] Ready to scrounge for Likes on your Stories too? Facebook Stories can feel like a ghost town even though it has 150 million daily users. So Facebook is trying to get more people who view your ephemeral content on its Snapchat clone to speak up so you keep posting. Today Facebook is bringing its Like,…
[ad_1] Economist Larry Summers said Wednesday that Chinese companies’ leadership in some technologies are not the result of theft from the U.S., rebutting the premise behind President Donald Trump’s trade actions against China. “You ask me where China’s technological progress is coming from. It’s coming from terrific entrepreneurs who are getting the benefit of huge…
[ad_1] That moment when you drop your phone and everything stops. You can hear your heart beat — the buzz of the world around you is silenced — all cognition stops — you see as if in slow motion the pirouette of your $700 piece of electronics toward the cement. How will it land? Will…
[ad_1] Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images An Equifax Inc. slide is displayed on a monitor during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. A group of state regulatory agencies has laid out detailed new requirements for how Equifax must conduct business, but stopped short of imposing…
[ad_1] Elon Musk says Tesla will surprise skeptics who think the company’s Model 3 second-quarter delivery numbers will disappoint, according to an email the Tesla CEO sent to employees. In the email, Musk linked to a CNBC report of a note from Goldman Sachs analyst David Tamberrino. Tamberrino said he thinks the company will report…
[ad_1] Federal regulators are turning to Facebook, Google and other tech giants to help crack down on illegal online opioid sales. The ease of finding drugs online, along with more potent opioids, is being blamed for a surge in deaths from overdoses in recent years. The Food and Drug Administration is hosting a summit Wednesday…
[ad_1] Google has reissued its internal rules related to harassment, discrimination, and doxxing following months of employee criticism of its workplace culture. CEO Sundar Pichai announced the new policies in a company-wide email last week, writing that they’re meant to reinforce a respectful culture while continuing to encourage discussion and debate, according to a copy…
[ad_1] Apple and Samsung settled a years-long patent dispute on Wednesday. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Amazon could finally be getting around to launching its small business lending program in China, putting it on a collision course with home-grown juggernaut Alibaba. The company is seeking a manager “with end-to-end responsibility for scaling operations and partner programs in a new strategic initiative in China” for its lending arm, according to a…
[ad_1] Starting Wednesday, Amazon Prime members can start saving money at Whole Foods. The program, which gives Prime subscribers discounts at Whole Foods stores, began rolling out in select areas in May, with promises from Amazon that the program would soon expand nationally. Prime members can expect an additional 10 percent off most sale products,…
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Randall Stephenson, CEO, AT&T After a costly acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T may have found a new source of revenue. The telecommunications carrier quietly bumped customers’ fees by about $1.23 each since April, which could mean an estimated $800 million in additional revenue per year for…
[ad_1] Google, which books more than $100 billion per year in advertising revenue, announced on Tuesday that it is streamlining multiple advertising technologies into three main products called Google Ads, Google Marketing Platform and Google Ad Manager. While the change is mostly cosmetic, it’s a subtle acknowledgment that consumers are increasingly accessing the internet and…
[ad_1] Microsoft today launched two new Azure regions in China. These new regions, China North 2 in Beijing and China East 2 in Shanghai, are now generally available and will complement the existing two regions Microsoft operates in the country (with the help of its local partner, 21Vianet). As the first international cloud provider in China…
[ad_1] Employees at Alphabet‘s Sidewalk Labs can find inspiration in a yellow book created by the company’s founders. The coffee table book is meant to help employees and recruits get up to speed with the company’s vision to redesign a city from the ground up, according to three people who have seen copies. It includes…
[ad_1] Lyft is now worth $15.1 billion after a recent $600 million funding round, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing the company. That would make Lyft worth a quarter of rival Uber, which in May announced first quarter results and a tender offer that nudges its valuation past $60 billion. The ride-hailing rivals have…
[ad_1] A Japanese space probe named after a falcon arrived at an asteroid 300 million kilometres from Earth on Wednesday after a three-and-a half year journey on a mission to seek the origins of life. The Hayabusa 2 blasted off in December 2014 for the asteroid Ryugu on a pioneering mission to take samples that…
[ad_1] Those Galaxy Note 9 rumors have been coming fast and furious in recent weeks, and now we know why. Samsung just sent out invites for its next big event in New York City, and its beloved phablet seems all but guaranteed to show up. The timeframe certainly lines up. The pen-enabled device was first…
[ad_1] For any company built on top of machine learning operations, the more data it has, the better it is off — as long as it can keep it all under control. But as more and more information pours in from disparate sources, gets logged in obscure databases and is generally hard (or slow) to…
[ad_1] Known for its gaming capture cards, Elgato has branched out into the smart home space with accessories that fall under the Eve line of products. Now the company has announced it will focus on these entirely and will be known as Eve Systems. Its gaming division has been sold to PC peripheral brand Corsair for…
[ad_1] The fight for fact-based political debate is a good fight, no doubt. But, like the internet itself, it’s also virtually endless. This week, for instance, an unflattering tweet from a “parody” account mocking Environment Minister Catherine McKenna (and managing to spell her name wrong) bounced around Twitter as if it were actually from her. That came to…
[ad_1] “Notifications was supposed to be telling me something that I needed to know in the moment,” said Cook. “And so I began to start slashing the number of notifications I was getting. This winds up helping you a lot.” Cook said Apple developed the feature to help people become aware of how they using…
[ad_1] Beam me up, Sonos Sonos has always gone its own way. The speaker manufacturer dedicated itself to network-connected speakers before there were home networks and they sold a tablet-like remote control before there were tablets. Their surround sound systems install quickly and run seamlessly. You can buy a few speakers, tap a few buttons,…
[ad_1] Sony is considering its options to make Fortnite PS4 crossplay a reality. What this means is, players could soon be able to play Fortnite on PS4, Xbox One, PC, iOS and even Android (when its out) against and with each other, regardless of platform. At the Gamelab conference in Spain, Shawn Layden, the President and…
[ad_1] Tyrone Siu | Reuters Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang attends an event during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan May 30, 2017. Nvidia shares will thrive as the company releases its next generation gaming graphics chips later this year, according to one Wall Street firm. Raymond James reiterated its outperform rating…
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[ad_1] Mozilla has released a new Firefox (version 61) across all platforms: Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows. With the latest release, Mozilla promises performance improvements, safer online experience, and “features that let you do more without leaving the webpage you are on.” The Firefox 61 comes only a month after the release of Firefox 60,…
[ad_1] People used to love their Blackberry keyboards. TCL Corporation, a company in China, now licenses the branding and just launched the Blackberry Key2 with a full keyboard. The Blackberry Key2 costs $649 and will be available in the U.S. on July 13. It’s an OK phone but, as we explain in the video above,…
[ad_1] Addressing two weak points in the currently available face recognition technologies, Microsoft has updated its facial recognition tools that can better identify people with darker skin tones than before. With the new improvements, the tools were able to reduce the error rates for men and women with darker skin by up to 20 times.…
[ad_1] I had the chance to answer the phone and take a reservation from Duplex, much like a restaurant host or hostess could. It’s pretty incredible how well it works. A Google engineer initiated a call to the Thai restaurant where the demo took place. When I picked up the phone and said hello, a…
[ad_1] Don’t want to know the ending to a World Cup game or Avengers movie until you’ve watched it, or just need to quiet an exhausting political topic like “Trump”? Facebook is now testing the option to “snooze” specific keywords so you won’t see them for 30 days in News Feed or Groups. The feature…
[ad_1] Earlier this week, I was engrossed in my smartphone, predominantly on Twitter, exploring angles for a story around the rise of ride-hailing services in tier-1 and tier-2 Indian cities ever since the likes of Uber and Ola launched in the country. This was on a usual cab ride from the metro station to my…
[ad_1] Joachim Löw’s side currently sit below Mexico in the Group F standings but could leapfrog to first place if they secure a victory today with a great enough goal difference. But South Korea can only qualify for the next round if they secure a victory today and group rival Sweden lose. The team would…
[ad_1] Google has announced the Indie Games Accelerator program for Android developers in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand or Vietnam. The reason for this is to help developers from these countries to “successfully build, scale, launch and market the next generation of hit mobile games”. Those accepted into the program will have access…
[ad_1] One Wall Street firm is getting more bullish on Netflix shares, even after the stock’s stunning performance so far this year. Bank of America Merrill Lynch raised its price target to $460 from $352 for Netflix shares, predicting the streaming video giant will reach 360 million subscribers by 2030. The company’s stock closed at…
[ad_1] The rapid pace of technology innovation and applications in recent decades — you could argue that just about every kind of business is a “tech” business these days — has spawned a sea of tech startups and larger businesses that are focused on serving that market, and equally demanding consumers, on a daily basis.…
[ad_1] Furthering its efforts in the education sector, Apple has announced that its Schoolwork app – announced back in March alongside the iPad (2018) – has now come out of beta, and is made available for iPad users. The app is available for free, and is aimed at streamlining tasks for teachers in a classroom.…
[ad_1] In a court hearing on Monday to Tuesday regarding Uber’s license, Judge Emma Arbuthnot said that the company’s previous attitude was to “grow the business come what may.” But she also noted that it had made changes. TFL can now say that it had pressured Uber into making big changes, while at the same…
[ad_1] India ranked fourth in the list of top 10 target countries for Web Application Attacks as bot-driven abuse and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continued to rise from November 2017 till April this year, Cloud delivery network provider Akamai Technologies said on Wednesday. Registering over 28 million attacks, India also ranked eighth globally…
[ad_1] Lenovo at an event held in New Delhi on Wednesday announced the launch a new range of laptops in its Ideapad portfolio. The company touts that the all-new Ideapad 330S and Ideapad 530S laptops are designed to “meet the expectations of today’s smartphone power-users.” The new laptops are a part of company’s range of…
[ad_1] Amazon has updated its Alexa app for iOS to add a much-awaited voice control feature that will let you use voice commands to give commands to the smart assistant. With the latest update, the Alexa iOS app will finally support voice control, so that users can interact with Amazon Echo devices and other smart…
[ad_1] Food ordering app Zomato on Wednesday said it has launched its restaurant reviews and ratings platform across 25 new cities in India, taking the number to 63 cities. Newly launched cities are Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada, Raipur, Madurai, Jodhpur, Thrissur, Ajmer, Manali, Alappuzha, Gorakhpur, Ooty, Kota, Manipal, Dharamshala, Jammu, Haridwar, Jalandhar, Rishikesh, Mussoorie, Udupi, Cuttack, Shimla,…
[ad_1] Weeks after an announcement at the annual developer conference Google I/O 2018, Google Maps is now getting a redesigned Explore tab that has started rolling out to users on Android and iOS globally from Tuesday. With inputs from local experts and Google’s machine learning algorithms, the new Explore tab and a new For You…
[ad_1] Instagram recently said it now has over a billion active users, and from the looks of it the Facebook-owned service is not planning on slowing down the relentless pace at which it keeps adding new features. The social media giant’s latest assault on video-oriented platforms such as Snapchat and FaceTime has launched. A long…
[ad_1] Just a day after bringing the first iOS 12 public beta, Apple has now released the first public beta of macOS 10.14 Mojave. The latest move enables Mac users to experience the new software. Unlike the previous beta release that was exclusive to members of the Apple Developer Program, which entails an annual charge…
[ad_1] Uber Technologies was given a 15-month probationary licence to operate in London by a judge after the ride-sharing service worked out most of its differences with regulators. Judge Emma Arbuthnot granted the licence in a ruling Tuesday. The 15-month reprieve is far less than the five-year private hire licence the company had previously received or the…
[ad_1] The Pirate Bay is down right now with users of “the galaxy’s most resilient BitTorrent” site hit by server issues. Last week Pirate Bay users were hit by a familiar screen when they tried to access the torrent download portal. At the time a CloudFlare error message was shown across the entire Pirate Bay…
[ad_1] iPhone owners should follow some simple advice during this spell of hot weather. By letting an iPhone temperature rise too high it can, potentially, cause permanent damage to the battery. As a result, Apple says this damage could “permanently shorten battery life”. Apple went on to explain that the problems go beyond the battery…
[ad_1] APPLE macOS Mojave public beta release and best new features Apple announced its all-new macOS Mojave update earlier this month at its WWDC developers conference with MacBook and iMac owners set to receive this blockbuster update in the autumn. After last year’s High Sierra update was mainly focused on improving security and performance, Mac…
[ad_1] Ayrial Miller is clearly annoyed. Her mother is sitting with her on the couch in their Chicago apartment, scrolling through the teen’s contacts on social media. “Who’s this?” asks Jennea Bivens, aka Mom. It’s a friend of a friend, Ayrial says, and they haven’t talked in a while. “Delete it,” her mom says. The…
[ad_1] Apple co-founder and noted bitcoin bull Steve Wozniak says the hype around blockchain is similar to what he saw in the dotcom era, with companies going belly-up at a rapid rate. “It was a bubble, and I feel that way about blockchain,” Wozniak said Tuesday on stage at the NEX technology conference in New…
[ad_1] Rocket Lab, the New Zealand-based rocket company that is looking to further amplify the commercial space frenzy, is launching its first fully paid payload atop an Electron rocket tonight — technically tomorrow morning at the launch site. If successful, it will mark a significant new development in the highly competitive world of commercial launches.…
[ad_1] Twenty-First Century Fox saw Disney as a safer regulatory bet than Comcast when deciding on competing bids, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission reveals. The registration document, filed Monday, states that “while a potential Disney transaction was likely to receive required regulatory approvals and ultimately be consummated, a strategic transaction with Comcast…
[ad_1] Human civilization is likely the only advanced civilization in the “observable Universe,” finds a study from the the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) at Oxford University — and that’s why it’s so important that humans build civilizations in space, says Elon Musk. “This is why we must preserve the light of consciousness by becoming…
[ad_1] Facebook has announced that it will no longer pursue its dream of building a gigantic, solar-powered plane to blast internet to underserved communities via laser. Surprisingly, it’s just not practical. In a news post on the company’s coding sub-site, Facebook’s Yael Maguire announced that “we’ve decided not to design or build our own aircraft…
[ad_1] YouTube star Mark Rober, best known for his DIY science videos, has been helping Apple develop virtual reality for entertainment in self-driving cars, according to patent filings that were first reported by Variety. Rober, who has more than 3.4 million YouTube followers, left stints at NASA and Morph Costumes to take a job in…
[ad_1] That will require the partnership of sports franchises, and Intel’s just at the beginning of that process. At least 38 5K cameras and ample storage space will need to be installed in stadiums to let True View work, to create the cloud of data the technology can pull from. And Intel’s hoping the partnership…
[ad_1] Facebook on Tuesday said it will stop building pilot-less planes designed to beam down internet from the sky. It was one of a few web companies that set out a few years ago to bring connectivity to areas where it was lacking. That approach could have the effect of bringing on more users and…
[ad_1] Silicon Valley may favor the young, but technology’s romantic idea of the youthful, enterprising entrepreneur may be off by about 20 years. A new study found the average founder of the fastest growing tech startups was about 45-years-old — and 50-year-old entrepreneurs were about twice as likely to have a runaway business success as…
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[ad_1] Casio Chairman and CEO Kazuo Kashio passed on June 19, 2018 at the age of 89. The cause of death was pneumonia. Kashio was the third eldest of the four brothers who founded Casio Computer in 1957. Their first product, the the all-electric 14-A calculator, led to the release of the Casio Mini calculator…
[ad_1] Goldman Sachs is reiterating its sell rating on Tesla and expects the electric car maker’s widely watched Model 3 delivery number to fall short of Wall Street expectations. Tesla is expected to release its second-quarter production and delivery numbers in the first few days of July. Goldman analyst David Tamberrino expects the company to…
[ad_1] Major videogame publisher stocks will thrive as consumers shift to downloading games more, according the Piper Jaffray. The firm reiterated its overweight ratings for Take-Two, Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard shares, predicting rising profitability over the next four years for the companies. “We believe it is a certainty that video games [sales] will be…
[ad_1] Facebook is reversing its January ban on cryptocurrency ads, though advertisers will have to be pre-approved and ads related to initial coin offerings or binary options are still be prohibited, the company announced in a blog post. Facebook’s original ban was intentionally broad at a time when cryptocurrencies like bitcoin were booming, and the…
[ad_1] Facebook has been looking for contractors who can help it interpret mapping data to deliver internet access to remote parts of the world, according to job listings and people approached by the company. The company has been seeking editors and quality analysts for its Maps team, whose jobs would focus on improving internet access…
[ad_1] VCG | VCG via Getty Images Alibaba CEO Jack Ma makes a speech at 2017 Global Netreprenuer Conference on July 11, 2017 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. In cloud computing, Alibaba is primarily known for its rapid growth in China, where the company has long been the leading player in e-commerce. But it’s…
[ad_1] At its I/O developer conference last month, Google previewed a major update to Google Maps that promised to bring personalized restaurant recommendations and more to the company’s mapping tool. Today, many of these new features started rolling out to Google Maps users. The core Google Maps experience for getting directions hasn’t changed, of course,…
[ad_1] The people who called into the help hotlines and domestic violence shelters said they felt as if they were going crazy. One woman had turned on her air-conditioner, but said it then switched off without her touching it. Another said the code numbers of the digital lock at her front door changed every day…
[ad_1] Instagram’s latest assault on Snapchat, FaceTime, and Houseparty launches today. TechCrunch scooped back in March that Instagram would launch video calling, and the feature was officially announced in at F8 in May. Now it’s actually rolling out to everyone on iOS and Android, allowing up to four friends to group video call together through…
[ad_1] US-based not-for-profit Web services firm Mozilla on Monday announced a partnership with HaveIBeenPwned.com (HIBP) to create a new user security tool called Firefox Monitor built right into the Mozilla Firefox browser. The new privacy tool will allow users to check if their email address has been part of a data breach merely by entering…
[ad_1] Uber will be allowed to continue operating in London after a judge overturned a ban in the U.K. capital on Tuesday. Uber was granted a 15-month license, with some conditions. The regulatory agency Transport for London (TFL) accused Uber last year of showing a “lack of corporate responsibility” in relation to “public safety and…
[ad_1] Google is giving developers a new storage option in its cloud. Cloud Filestore, which will launch into beta next month, essentially offers a fully managed network attached storage (NAS) service in the cloud. This means that companies can now easily run applications that need a traditional file system interface on the Google Cloud Platform.…
[ad_1] To combat the spread of fake news, Apple News will have a new “2018 Mid-term Elections” section to provide trustworthy information and helping news seekers access reporting and analysis from a diverse set of publishers. The feature is now live in the US and will be available until the elections end in November, the…
[ad_1] Ayrial Miller is clearly annoyed. Her mother is sitting with her on the couch in their Chicago apartment, scrolling through the teen’s contacts on social media. “Who’s this?” asks Jennea Bivens, aka Mom. It’s a friend of a friend, Ayrial says. They haven’t talked in a while. “Delete it,” her mom says. The 13-year-old’s…
[ad_1] On the busiest nights, a restaurant can’t afford to even lose a dishwasher to getting sick or not being around — or simply ghosting on the company — and end up frustrating the whole experience for the rest of the staff and restaurant goers. It’s a problem that Will Pacio was acutely familiar with during…
[ad_1] Truecaller for Android has been updated with an all-new Block section that makes it easier for users to manage their block list. The updated app has also included a bugfix that addresses the issue that disabled the mark SMS as read functionality at times. Alongside releasing the new update, the Truecaller team has discontinued…
[ad_1] Spotify is reinventing the way music is sold and could gain upwards of 20 percent, analysts with Barclays said Tuesday. “Our optimism around SPOT stems from the company’s history of creating best-in-class products and user experience and innovating ahead of peers,” Barclays analysts said in a note. The firm issued an overweight rating on…
[ad_1] ZenProspect, a startup that emerged from the Y Combinator Winter 2016 class to help companies use data and intelligence to increase sales, announced today that it was rebranding as Apollo. It also announced a $7 million Series A investment. The round was led by Nexus Venture Partners. Social Capital and Y Combinator also participated.…
[ad_1] Google has updated its video calling app Duo for Android users, and the update is rolling out in Google Play. This update also sees the support for Jelly Bean being dropped, and the oldest supported version for the app is now Android KitKat. A teardown of the Google Duo update also tips that official…
[ad_1] Google sister company Calico and drug giant AbbVie are chipping in another $1 billion to cure aging, the companies said Tuesday. Alphabet’s Calico and AbbVie first partnered in 2014 to combat age-related diseases, including cancers and neurodegenerative diseases. The additional contributions bring Calico’s total funding to $2.5 billion. Aging is an attractive area in…
[ad_1] If a coffee fanatic decides they want to open up a coffee shop somewhere, odds are they’ll have to end up Googling “liability insurance” at some point — and trying to navigate the complex legal web to get all of that nailed down before they even sell their first iced latte. Inaki Berenguer instead hopes…
[ad_1] Facebook-owned virtual reality (VR) hardware and software products manufacturer Oculus has announced launching of Oculus TV – its dedicated hub for watching flatscreen video in VR on the standalone Oculus Go headset. “Today, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Oculus TV – a new and immersive way to experience your favourite shows, movies,…
[ad_1] Eight of the tech industry’s most influential companies, in anticipation of a repeat of the Russian meddling that occurred during the 2016 presidential campaign, met with United States intelligence officials last month to discuss preparations for this year’s midterm elections. The meeting, which took place May 23 at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.,…
[ad_1] Google on Monday announced that the global rollout of Android Messages for Web is now complete. Following an announcement by Google, and months of rumours Google had officially started rolling out Android Messages for Web last week. The company had informed that the new feature had started to roll out and should be available…
[ad_1] Apple released the public preview of iOS 12 on Monday evening, which means you can already try some of the new features that will hit iPhones and iPads sometime this fall. The public preview is a little buggy and doesn’t yet include everything that will be included in the full launch, but there’s already…
[ad_1] August Lock is getting into the homesharing industry, making the process of checking in an Airbnb guest a bit easier. Airbnb has done what it can over the past few months to make checking in plain and simple. For example, the company built out a new tool that lets hosts spell out check-in instructions…
[ad_1] “Even though our lab is in India, we are not focused only on the Indian market,” says Sriram Rajamani, Managing Director, Microsoft Research Lab – India. Rajamani, who holds a PhD from UC Berkeley, an MS from the University of Virginia, and a BE from the College of Engineering, Guindy, was speaking to reporters…
[ad_1] Samsung is rumoured to release its flagship Galaxy S10 in January 2019 and now leaks suggest we’ll get not one but three versions. New features include a triple lens rear camera, in-screen fingerprint reader, enhanced 3D facial recognition and near total screen front. Samsung is referring to the S10 as its “Beyond” handset, since…
[ad_1] As companies get bigger and bigger, all the critical information about a company — even its mission and culture statements — can get lost in a massive pile of Google Docs or files strewn across dozens of collaboration tools, making it nearly impossible to find. That’s where the team behind EveryTeam hopes to step…
[ad_1] At the Identiverse conference in Boston today, Ping Identity announced that it has acquired Elastic Beam, a pre-Series A startup that uses artificial intelligence to monitor APIs and help understand when they have been compromised. Ping also announced a new product, PingIntelligence for APIs, based on the Elastic Beam technology. They did not disclose the…
[ad_1] The 7th grader looks desperate as she approaches. She’s just been to a cyber-security talk at her school, where she raised her hand when asked if she has a social media account – Snapchat, in her case. Most students at Chicago’s Nathan Hale Elementary School, many of them younger than the required social media…
[ad_1] In the age of digital transformation, it’s important to understand your business processes and find improvements quickly, but it’s not always easy to do without bringing in expensive consultants to help. Celonis, a New York City enterprise startup, created a sophisticated software solution to help solve this problem, and today it announced a $50…
[ad_1] Google is updating its Classroom app to give users more control over the way they organise everything, including assignments, announcements, and class rosters. The technology giant has announced several new features that are coming to Classroom. The class management service for teachers and students will also be adding redesigns later this year. Google says…
[ad_1] Governor General Julie Payette gave Prince Edward Islanders a new point to take pride in during her first official visit to the province on Monday. During an evening speech at Government House Payette talked about her time as an astronaut, and shared something she noticed about the view from the International Space Station. “Most…
[ad_1] Microsoft is releasing a USB Type-C dongle that would slot in the Surface Connect charging port on existing devices, allowing users to connect or charge from a USB Type-C charger. Priced at $79.99 (roughly Rs. 5,500) for commercial users, the Surface Connect to USB-C Adapter dongle would be available through “typical business purchasing channels”…
[ad_1] Facebook is working on a new feature for its app which will track the amount of time you spend on it daily, called Your Time on Facebook. While the name might not be too imaginative, the idea is sound. This could help social media users see if they’re on the platform too much each…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: dustinbrooks/Reddit Nvidia’s next-generation GeForce GPUs are in the works and one of the prototypes has found its way to Reddit. It seems to sport a 384-bit memory bus, 12GB VRAM, and three 8-pin power connectors along with a second generation NVLINK connector. As per estimates it could result in bandwidth output of…
[ad_1] The Asus Zenfone 5 was announced back in February with this device offering flagship specs on a relatively low budget. Now, after months of waiting, the Zenfone 5 is finally available to order in the UK with Asus revealing a price and release date. Fans who fancy giving this device a try can pre-order…
[ad_1] Google Photos has now added the ability to let you produce Love Story movies using your old but gold memories. The new change comes through the Google Assistant integration within the Photos app that offers a dedicated ‘Love Story’ theme to join your romantic shots together along with a soothing background. The latest theme…
[ad_1] At I/O 2018, Google announced that Google Lens will no longer stay buried inside Google Assistant and Google Photos app. The tech giant decided to merge the feature into the native camera apps in some smartphones. Since then, Moto, Asus, and even OnePlus integrated Google Lens into their camera apps, but Pixel and Nexus…
[ad_1] It seems that Fortnite Battle Royale for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, and iOS will be getting a limited time mode (LTM) called Playground today. Playground LTM has been teased for quite awhile in the game’s Message of the Day section. Traditionally, this has been Epic Game’s way of talking up new features…
[ad_1] Instagram has reported ly started to roll out the redesigned Explore tab in the app. The feature was first introduced last month at Facebook F8 Developer conference, where Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a list of features that would specifically arrive on Instagram. At the event, Facebook had unveiled a range of upcoming features…
[ad_1] With the current average UK broadband speeds increasing to over 40Mbps things are certainly looking brighter for consumers. But there’s now a new service from EE which can boost your speeds even further. The mobile network has just announced two new broadband plans which can blast internet into to your home at around 300Mbps.…
[ad_1] Amazon Alexa, the intelligent voice assistant from the tech giant, has been hogging headlines over the past year due to some eerie incidents. Amazon had launched its Alexa-powered Echo smart speakers four years ago, and the assistant has since received a lot of updates that enable it to do a plethora of stuff. But…
[ad_1] As news of a possible restriction on Chinese investment in U.S. technology companies surfaced amid the ongoing trade spat between the world’s two largest economies, Alibaba-affiliated financial technology firm Ant Financial struck a calm note. “We operate in many different countries and there are different political developments and regulatory developments in the different countries…
[ad_1] YouTube has commissioned a one-hour dark comedy called On Becoming A God In Central Florida, co-produced by George Clooney and Kirsten Dunst – the latter will also star in the series – according to multiple reports. The show will air on YouTube Premium in 2019. Set in the 1990s near Orlando, On Becoming A…
[ad_1] As the CEO of one of the world’s most valuable companies, Tim Cook has a pretty decent platform for sharing leadership advice. And he frequently does. The Apple chief is a prominent spokesperson for diversity and inclusion issues and has made headlines for speaking out on some of America’s most controversial political policies. But…
[ad_1] Google is making it easier for users to measure distance and area between any two places on Earth. The search giant on Monday unveiled a new tool for Google Earth that will enable users to measure the distance between any two points on the planet. The new feature can also let users measure areas,…
[ad_1] Uber claimed Monday to have mended its ways as the ride-hailing app started its appeal against being stripped of its licence to operate in London. Uber agreed that the city’s transport authority was right to block its renewal last September – but said it had since undergone “wholesale change” in response, and the decision should…
[ad_1] Maintaining control of the content that appears on Apple’s platforms is important to the company, despite criticisms about the practice, according to Cook: “For us, Apple has always stood for curation. We always believed that quality, not quantity, is the most important thing.” He pointed to the 2008 launch of the App Store, in…
[ad_1] Nintendo is building on its strange but wonderful cardboard Labo platform with some sweet Mario Kart integration and a truly fabulous limited edition Switch with a faux-cardboard finish. It really is just the greatest thing and I would do terrible things to have it. Unfortunately some smart kid will probably get it, because you…
[ad_1] The Samsung Galaxy S10 is expected to launch in January 2019 but it’s already leaking plenty. The latest reveal suggests an in-screen fingerprint reader, 3D facial recognition and triple camera. These enhanced biometric security features make sense as Google just announced that its Biometric API would be available to developers in Android P. That…
[ad_1] The new Apple iPhone X for 2018 has leaked again and this time it’s the affordable 6.1-inch LCD model that’s getting the attention. Apple is rumoured to be introducing a budget iPhone X which will offer its largest screen yet but also at an affordable price. The current 5.8-inch OLED iPhone X launched with…
[ad_1] Netflix is strengthening the crack team that are battling against online pirates that illegally stream their popular TV shows and movies. Netflix has become a major rival to the established Hollywood studios, with the streaming giant set to spend over £6billion on its own content this year. This huge figure is contributing towards the…
[ad_1] APPLE Apple iOS 12 update will bring a swathe of features to your iPhone Apple’s next major iPhone and iPad software update will arrive this autumn when it offically releases iOS 12 to millions of devices across the globe. This blockbuster upgrade was revealed at the US technology firm’s WWDC Developers Conference earlier this…
[ad_1] Swaths of salt-water marshes in the Maritimes are to be restored, in a bid to help absorb the rising sea levels and storm surges brought on by climate change. Saint Mary’s University in Halifax announced today that it will get $1.8 million in federal funds to restore 75 hectares of marshes around the Bay…
[ad_1] Prosthetic limbs are getting better and more personalized, but useful as they are, they’re still a far cry from the real thing. This new prosthetic ankle is a little closer than others, though: it moves on its own, adapting to its user’s gait and the surface on which it lands. Your ankle does a…
[ad_1] The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to protect the planet from incoming asteroids that could wipe out entire regions or even continents. The National Science and Technology Council released a report Wednesday calling for improved asteroid detection, tracking and deflection. NASA is participating, along with federal emergency, military, White House and other officials.…
[ad_1] The Supreme Court last week ruled that pulling cellular site records from a wireless carrier requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant, a potentially far-reaching decision for the telecom industry, In ruling 5-4 on the side of Timothy Carpenter, who was convicted in 2013 of robbing Radio Shack and T-Mobile stores, the court determined…
[ad_1] Elon Musk has been running a secretive, highly selective private school out of SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, Ars Technica reported. The experimental non-profit school, Ad Astra, has been educating Musk’s sons along with children of SpaceX employees and a few others in the area since about 2014. Musk originally founded Ad Astra to…
[ad_1] It’s hard to single out one definite reason for this trend. The companies’ close proximity in the Seattle area may be the most obvious reason. Amazon’s rapid expansion and need to hire senior managers quickly — its headcount more than doubled to 577,000 employees from 2015 to 2017 — explains part of it too.…
[ad_1] This is your opportunity to get a glimpse of the future of iOS. Apple just released the first public beta of iOS 12, the next major version of the operating system for iPhone and iPad. Unlike developer betas, everyone can download it without a $99 developer account. But don’t forget, it’s a beta. The…
[ad_1] Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the 2018 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center on June 4, 2018 in San Jose, California. Apple just launched the public preview of iOS 12. That means you can now try the new software features that are coming…
[ad_1] The pace of iOS innovation has been so intense that even Apple couldn’t keep up. In some ways, iOS 11’s main feature was that it was packed with bugs, with autocorrect bugs, messages arriving out of order and the Calculator app not calculating properly. iOS 12 is a nice change of pace. “For iOS…
[ad_1] Top venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is doubling down on crypto, even as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have struggled to find footing this year. The firm raised $300 million for its first-ever fund dedicated to crypto companies, Andreessen Horowitz announced Monday. Over two to three years, it plans to put that money in everything…
[ad_1] Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is reflected in a puddle in New York, U.S., on Monday, June 18, 2018. Initial public offerings are a dying breed, a phenomenon that has attracted recent attention, especially given the fire hose of emerging tech-related start-ups, The real losers are…
[ad_1] Shares of small-cap Cirrus Logic bucked the downward trend in semiconductor stocks Monday, rallying more than 3 percent after an analyst speculated the company’s chips will be used in the second generation of Apple’s AirPods. “The device is expected to incorporate active noise cancellation powered by Cirrus Logic,” Susquehanna analyst Christopher Rolland wrote in…
[ad_1] Microsoft may be readying a new weapon that could shift the balance in the interminable console wars: the mouse. Wait, you say, didn’t they promise that years ago, and aren’t there peripherals already available? Kind of. But going whole hog into PC-style controls allows Microsoft to create powerful synergies with Windows, performing a flanking…
[ad_1] Outlook for Android has just received a brand new update that will surely be a hit with those tied down to strict mobile data tariffs. The Outlook for Android update has introduced the option to block external images from automatically downloading over a 4G connection. Outlook for Android users that have a limited monthly data…
[ad_1] Daguerreotypes – photos made with a process that used mercury vapors on an iodine-sensitized silvered plate – break down quite easily. The result is a fogged plate that that, more often that not, is completely ruined by time and mistreatment. However researchers at Western University have created a system that uses synchrotrons and “rapid-scanning…
[ad_1] Many people now have a smartphone within their reach — but a P.E.I. paramedic says many of them don’t make use of built-in apps that could help during a medical emergency. IPhones as well as many Android phones have built-in features that allow users to display information like their name, age, medical conditions, allergies, medication and…
[ad_1] CBS today announced an expanded agreement with the NFL which will allow it to stream NFL ON CBS games through its over-the-top service, CBS All Access, through 2022. The deal includes, for the first time, rights to stream the games on mobile devices. The changes will begin this season, and will additionally include the…
[ad_1] Amazon could end up doubling Whole Foods’ customer base through new Prime incentives, tech analyst Mark Mahaney told CNBC on Monday. The e-commerce giant announced Monday that Prime members will have access to special savings in Whole Foods’ locations nationwide, starting Wednesday. Savings include an additional 10 percent off Whole Foods products that are…
[ad_1] Standout tech stocks Square, Twitter and Stitch Fix also fell Thursday. Square, which had been up more than 170 percent in the last 12 months as of Friday’s close, shed roughly 6 percent Monday. Twitter had been up nearly 150 percent in the 12-month period before sinking as much as 5 percent Monday. And…
[ad_1] Marcio Jose Sanchez | AP Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of new products at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Monday, June 4, 2018, in San Jose, Calif. Apple is creating a special news section around the 2018 midterm elections, with stories curated by human editors as well as exclusive content, the…
[ad_1] Anker, a popular if battery and cable company, recently announced the Mars II projector under its Nebula brand. The company, which primarily sells via Amazon, is expanding out of batteries and cables and is now creating audio and other portable AV gear. This compact, battery-powered DLP projector is their latest creation and it has…
[ad_1] Several of the market’s favorite semiconductor names are tanking on Monday as investors grow concerned over President Donald Trump’s plan to restrict foreign investments in U.S. technology companies. On Sunday the Wall Street Journal said the Treasury Department is drawing up rules to block companies with at least 25 percent Chinese ownership from buying…
[ad_1] An app that has the needs of modern-day parents in mind, Winnie, has now raised $4 million in additional seed funding in a round led by Reach Capital. Other investors in the new round include Rethink Impact, Homebrew, Ludlow Ventures, Afore Capital, and BBG Ventures, among others. With the new funds, Winnie has raised $6.5 million…
[ad_1] Despite bitcoin plunging last month, Goldman Sachs-backed start-up Circle had a big uptick in hedge funds and other big league investors joining its digital currency trading platform. In response, the company is making “Circle Trade” automated, so investors can place high frequency and block orders without talking to an actual person, the company announced…
[ad_1] AMD’s market share in the server and desktop chip market will surge in the next two years, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The firm’s analyst, Vivek Arya, raised his price target for the company’s shares to $20 from $17, representing 27 percent upside to Friday’s closing price. He said AMD will likely…
[ad_1] David Becker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Randall Stephenson, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T. AT&T said on Monday it would buy online advertisement exchange company AppNexus, less than a month after the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier closed its $85 billion deal to acquire media company Time Warner. AT&T did not disclose…
[ad_1] Apple is reportedly working on a new, likely more expensive, set of AirPods with noise-cancellation, according to Bloomberg. The report cites people familiar with the matter, who said that Apple is exploring making the AirPods water resistant. That said, you still don’t want to go swimming with these things, as the rumored water resistant…
[ad_1] BigID announced a big $30 million Series B round today, which comes on the heels of closing their $14M A investment in January. It’s been a whirlwind year for the NYC data security startup as GDPR kicked in and companies came calling for their products. The round was led by Scale Venture Partners with…
[ad_1] Former New York Stock Exchange President Tom Farley told CNBC on Monday he isn’t so sure his old rival, the Nasdaq, should be considered a benchmark for technology stocks. When he hears and sees the term “tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index,” Farley said it drives him “nuts.” “This isn’t even a tech index,” he argued…
[ad_1] Zomato will now show a short biography of the delivery executive and will give you an option to add a tip for the person. With the two new features, the Gurugram-based said it seeks to change social behaviour towards delivery personnel. The company, which started its online ordering and food delivery services in May…
[ad_1] GETTY World Cup 2018 fans in Russia have been warned about a tech security threat The World Cup 2018 is well and truly underway with thousands of England fans in Russia cheering on the Three Lions. England have already booked their place in the knockout stages thanks to a stunning 6-1 win over Panama…
[ad_1] Chinese ride-sharing giant Didi has intensified its drive for global business, launching in Melbourne Monday as it joins rivals Uber, Taxify, and Ola in Australia’s taxi market. Didi Chuxing claims to be the world’s leading mobile transportation platform with more than 450 million users, and its latest expansion is part of attempts to rival…
[ad_1] Dania Maxwell | Bloomberg | Getty Images A customer pushes a shopping cart past “Sale” signs during the grand opening of a Whole Foods Market location in Burbank, California. Amazon announced Monday that members of its Prime program will have access to special savings in Whole Foods nationwide starting Wednesday. The e-commerce giant began…
[ad_1] OnePlus Switch, the company’s solution for transferring all your smartphone data from other Android handsets to a OnePlus smartphone, was released on Google Play back in January this year. However, the first version of the app lacked an extremely necessary feature – the ability to transfer app data. Updated last week, the app now…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Attendees view the Acer Switch 7 laptop computer powered by the Intel Corp. i7 processor at the company’s booth during the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Intel’s surprising management turnover will have a negative impact on its share price, according to Nomura Instinet.…
[ad_1] Facebook has been spotted testing a feature that will let you see how long you spend on the social media network on a daily basis. Called ‘Your Time on Facebook’, the feature is initially under testing on Facebook’s Android app. The Menlo Park, California-headquartered company has confirmed the new development, though it is unclear…
[ad_1] America is now home to the world’s speediest supercomputer. But the new list of the 500 swiftest machines underlines how much faster China is building them. The list, published Monday, shows the Chinese companies and government pulling away as the most prolific producer of supercomputers, with 206 of the top 500. American corporations and…
[ad_1] Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 850 SoC at Computex 2018, designed for the Always On, Always Connected Windows PC category. Now Qualcomm is reported to be working on a new chip intended for PCs from the ground up. This chip will compete directly with Intel’s low-end Y and U series of Core processors. The Qualcomm…
[ad_1] HP India on Monday launched new models in Pavilion x360 14 notebook range, which features a pen stylus meant for students and creative professionals. It has a starting price of Rs. 50,347. The convertible laptop comes packed with eight generation Intel Core processors. The company says the new laptop range will also be part…
[ad_1] Covering your every navigational need, Google holds two apps that can help you find your way around the world; Google Maps and Google Earth. The two navigation apps allow you to see everything from street directions to satellite views of the entire earth. Google acquired Where 2 Technologies in 2005, who were working on a…
[ad_1] Intel was one of the earliest companies to produce and sell SSDs, fully capitalising on its semiconductor design and manufacturing abilities. Intel SSDs have usually been well regarded, but the brand has taken a backseat to Samsung and others in the consumer market in recent times. The emphasis has also been on Intel’s growing…
[ad_1] WhatsApp is one of the most popular messenger services right now, with millions of users sending messages across the country every day. WhatsApp is available as an app on your phone, on both iOS and Android. But WhatsApp is also now available to download and use on the internet, meaning you can text your friends on…
[ad_1] Once again, Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity has held up — this time in another galaxy. Using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, an international team of researchers found that gravity in a galaxy millions of light-years away behaves how the renowned physicist’s theory predicted. “It is so satisfying…
[ad_1] US-based software company Adobe on Friday announced that it has created a new technology that uses AI and machine learning to help detect images edited using Adobe Photoshop. In the age of rising fake news and “photoshopped” images on social media, the creator of the image-editing software seems to have come to the rescue.…
[ad_1] Uber will argue in court on Monday that it is "fit and proper" to operate in London after it was banned last year by regulators. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Uber goes to court on Monday to overturn a decision stripping it of its licence in London after being ruled unfit to run a taxi service in its most important European market. Regulator Transport for London (TfL) shocked the Silicon Valley firm last September by refusing to renew its licence, citing failings in its…
[ad_1] WhatsApp for Android now lets you toggle the Media Visibility feature for any specific chat. This expands the original experience that debuted on the WhatsApp beta for Android version 2.18.159 last month but was no longer a part of the app in recent versions. The feature helps you hide or show the WhatsApp media…
[ad_1] Reem Farahat waited for a ride request. Her phone pinged. “I’ve already cried twice,” she said, heading out to work as one of Saudi Arabia’s first female drivers for Careem. The Dubai-based ride-hailing app, along with global behemoth Uber, reacted to Saudi King Salman’s September announcement of an end to the kingdom’s ban on…
[ad_1] Fred Dufour | AFP | Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. President Donald Trump plans to bar many Chinese companies from investing in U.S. tech and to block additional technology exports to…
[ad_1] The technology sector has been riding high this year with the seemingly invincible FANG names leading the way. But the proliferation of die-hard tech bulls is making one analyst fearful that the end of its reign might be close. “We’re a little bit concerned about the tech trade,” Chris Harvey, head of equity strategy…
[ad_1] Advertising agencies do have large sponsored meeting areas — especially in the hotels, while the lavish private multi-course dinners for clients at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc and helicopter rides to St. Tropez still exist. Media companies and consulting firms brought in entertainers like Jon Bon Jovi and Kylie Minogue. However signs that agencies and media…
[ad_1] The U.S. population is getting older, richer and sicker. Technology giants Amazon, Alphabet and Apple have created devices perfectly suited to help aging Americans, with voice-powered assistants that get smarter as they learn more about their users. Yet, outside of a few niche efforts, the companies haven’t invested ample resources to tailor their apps…
[ad_1] ‘Data That No One Else Has’ Amazon’s advantage over traditional retailers is its knowledge and access to data from its platform. Take word searches. About 70 percent of the word searches done on Amazon’s search browser are for generic goods. That means consumers are typing in “men’s underwear” or “running shoes” rather than asking,…
[ad_1] Via the app, businesses signal when they have excess food to deliver, package it, and track it as it is sent to local non-profits. The company uses blockchain to keep a data ledger for their clients of how much food businesses waste, and where they might be losing money. Data collected by the company…
[ad_1] Galaxy Note fans have a new smartphone to look forward to with the impending launch of the new Note 9. This phablet is expected to be revealed by Samsung in early August and is rumoured to pack extra power, a better screen and improved camera. So, with a new Note 9 on its way,…
[ad_1] Hurricane season is here, and having phone service following a natural disaster can mean the difference between life and death. AT&T and Verizon are using drones that could help. Verizon has been testing a 200-pound gas-powered drone in Cape May County, New Jersey. The drone acts as a flying cell site and provides a…
[ad_1] Lewis Hamilton is back on pole today as Formula One returns to France. The current F1 champion was unbeatable around the Circuit Paul Ricard and he lines up alongside his teammate as Mercedes lock out the front row of the grid. Sebastian Vettel took third in yesterday’s qualifying with the two Red Bulls of…
[ad_1] Facebook-owned WhatsApp is due to stop getting support for older smartphones soon meaning it’ll stop working on those devices. WhatsApp has over 1.5 billion monthly active users but it will be abandoning those who can’t afford to upgrade their smartphone. The company quietly announced the move on a blog post saying: “If you currently…
[ad_1] Google announced its big Gmail upgrade back in April with the popular service getting a swathe of changes aimed at making it easier and far more secure to use. Gmail fans can currently opt-in to try the upgrade but it seems Google may have plans to get all its one billion users switched over…
[ad_1] Google’s Chrome is a popular web browser that’s hugely powerful. As a result, it can sometimes slow down a computer but there is a simple hack to see how Chrome is performing and gets things running faster again. The Chrome Task Manager is a way to manage the browser to best refine the experience for…
[ad_1] APPLE Apple iPhone 7 v Apple iPhone 8 If you are thinking of buying a new iPhone there’s certainly plenty of choice. Apple currently has a huge range of smartphones aimed at all tastes and budgets – starting with the £349 iPhone SE and rising to its stunning £1,000 iPhone X flagship. Sitting alongside…
[ad_1] Read story transcript Forensic ornithologist Pepper Trail has been haunted by an unusual case that began in 2013 when a box full of dead hummingbirds arrived in his Ashland, Ore., lab. There were about 70 of them — carefully dried, dressed with red satin threads and packaged with a Spanish prayer printed on a tiny strip of…
[ad_1] One of the biggest hits at this summer’s electronic music festivals is not a DJ, but a soft-spoken engineer. Jeremy Bridge invented a speaker technology that delivers high-quality sound to the audience, while limiting its bleed into surrounding areas. As summer music festivals grow in popularity, the number taking place in urban areas is on the rise. So,…
[ad_1] When Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly walked into a room full of Google executives last year, she came armed with a list of questions that really could have been reduced to just one: What is Google willing to do for Canada? Ahead of meetings with Google and YouTube executives in California in April 2017, Joly’s staff prepared short background notes…
[ad_1] It was another big week for Sky and Virgin Media with both of the TV and broadband firms making major announcements. Competition continues to grow with customers constantly looking for new and cheaper alternatives get their fix of TV and internet. To keep pace, Sky and Virgin are bringing more features to their services…
[ad_1] While Amazon has been a big focus since the ruling, Kniffen predicted electronics retailer Best Buy could emerge as a big winner in the ruling’s aftermath. As an example, he pointed to a $3,000 television purchased from on online retailer without the 8 percent tax, would be $240 cheaper than Best Buy. “They sell…
[ad_1] I think most folks are best off with an Amazon Echo Dot or a Google Home Mini to start. Pick the Google product if you’re on Android and are already used to the Google Assistant since it’ll feel familiar. Both products, however, offer affordable ways to see what the whole “smart home assistant” experience…
[ad_1] With Apple boasting of record sales of its Apple Watch it seems the wearable revolution is just beginning. Smartwatches have had a tough start to life but their popularity is growing with Apple and Samsung both leading the way. So what’s next for this relatively new technology? It’s highly likely that the Apple Watch Series…
[ad_1] England will be trying to end their tour of South Africa with a win in Cape Town today after a tough start to the year has seen the team lose six games in a row. Boss Eddie Jones has made one major change to his side with Danny Cipriani starting at the Newlands Stadium.…
[ad_1] The infrastructure that underpins our lives is not something we ever want to think about. Nothing good has come from suddenly needing to wonder “where does my water come from?” or “how does electricity connect into my home?” That pondering gets even more intense when we talk about cellular infrastructure, where a single dropped…
[ad_1] When Sullivan announced his appointment, the search marketing industry drew comparisons to Matt Cutts, an outspoken engineer who used to run Google’s webspam team. Before Cutts took a leave from Google in 2014, he was both revered and slammed for his updates about the search engine’s ever-changing algorithms. (Cutts left permanently in 2016.) The…