[ad_1] A picture is truly worth a thousand words. Speaking at a media briefing at Walmart‘s annual shareholders meeting this week in Bentonville, Arkansas, Chief Marketing Officer Tony Rogers highlighted an image that depicts a stark contrast between the top retailers in 1970 compared with last year. The list on the left includes names like…
[ad_1] Mr. Benioff, a native of San Francisco and the most prominent tech executive in the city, was a financial backer of Mr. Lee. But he said in an interview Friday that the mayoral election was too important, too closely fought and too contentious for him to support any of the top four candidates: Jane…
[ad_1] As the weather heats up for another Manitoba summer, don’t forget the essential cottage country checklist: hat, sunscreen, bug repellent, binoculars for sighting lake monsters. Oh, and a camera. While there are plenty of stories, there’s little proof of the beasts known as Manipogo and Winnipogo. “For more than 100 years, many people in Manitoba have…
[ad_1] Alibaba has developed a concept smart locker called the Cainiao Box. The idea is that you’d install it outside your home as a secure place for people to leave deliveries when you’re not home. It unlocks using facial recognition and can be temperature-controlled to keep food deliveries warm or cold. The device is just…
[ad_1] ALEXANDRE DODREAU • UNSPLASH Apple will unveil iOS 12 tomorrow and here’s seven things we’d love to see included There’s a blockbuster day ahead for Apple fans as the US technology firm looks set to announce its next big software upgrades. iOS 12 is likely to be the star of the show at the WWDC 2018…
[ad_1] Will they or won’t they reveal the new iPhone SE tomorrow? That’s the question every Apple fan is asking. Rumours have been swirling around the web for weeks that a refreshed budget iPhone could make an appearance at the yearly WWDC developers conference which opens its doors in just a few hours time. This…
[ad_1] Facebook wants its users to send them their naked photos. The social network is rolling out the measure to crack down on revenge porn, the non-consensual sharing of explicit images. The catch is you need to share those photos with the company first. Praised by some as a long overdue step to protect potential victims from this…
[ad_1] All eyes will be on Apple tomorrow as the US technology firm’s yearly WWDC event begins in California. Expect plenty of big announcements with this major conference usually featuring big new software developments and some shiny new hardware. Perhaps the biggest news will come in the form of iOS 12 which will be Apple’s…
[ad_1] The Galaxy S9 has only been available for a few months but prices just keep on dropping. When this flagship was unveiled by Samsung back in February at Mobile World Congress it would have cost you over £730 to buy SIM-free and over £40 per month on contract. If that high price was putting…
[ad_1] It’s been an interesting week for tech news, with Xiaomi finally unveiling its flagship smartphone for the year with some interesting variants in tow. The Nokia brand continued its nostalgic return to the market with current licensee HMD Global unveiling refreshes to three models in its stable. The week also had its fair share…
[ad_1] WhatsApp users are being warned about the hidden costs of using the hugely popular messaging app. Latest research from Which? has revealed that a short four-minute chat via WhatsApp’s free calling service can actually end up costing over £15 depending on which mobile network you are using and where you are in the world.…
[ad_1] Hi, my name is Todd Haselton and I’m a smartphone addict. Apple and Google are launching new tools that are supposed to help me and people like me fight this addiction, but I don’t think they’re going to work. Google’s new version of Android that will launch this fall with a “Digital Wellness” feature…
[ad_1] WhatsApp has some exciting new features about to roll-out in updates which will allow users to send photos faster and make payments directly. According to BloombergQuint, a peer-to-peer payment service will be rolled out as early as next week on the Facebook-owned chat app. Another feature, already appearing for some users, was spotted by…
[ad_1] The successor to the Samsung Galaxy S9, the Galaxy S10, looks set to feature a new technology for the Seoul-based company in the form of an in-screen ultrasonic fingerprint reader. Despite the competition from Apple opting for Face ID visual security on the iPhone X and Samsung already using iris recognition in its Galaxy…
[ad_1] England warm up for the 2018 World Cup in Russia with a friendly match at Wembley. With kick-off set for 5.15pm, England boss Gareth Southgate has named his team, complete with one or two big surprises. Ashley Young starts the game on the left of a five-man defence that includes Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker,…
[ad_1] Google’s Chrome has been released in its latest form, Chrome 67, bringing with it a glimpse of the future for the browser. The Chrome 67 update uses a new feature which will allow you to login into websites using biometrics scanners instead of passwords, so you don’t need to worry about forgetting your login…
[ad_1] Google Doodle has chosen to celebrate the birthday of Heinz Sielmann as their Google logo. The famous German naturalist was well known for his ability to capture the rarest animals in the world on film. Google has changed their logo to a cartoonish drawing of Mr Sielmann behind the camera capturing colourful owls and…
[ad_1] Elon Musk is no stranger to controversy. Even his “boring” company — The Boring Company — can’t steer clear of it. It is in the very early stages of trying to solve a legendary traffic problem here on earth. In May, Musk detailed his plans to dig mass transit tunnels under the city of…
[ad_1] But if Amazon isn’t liable when faulty products sold through its website cause personal injuries and property damage, customers are often left with no recourse. That’s because it’s frequently impossible for consumers to figure out who manufactured the defective product and hold that party responsible. “It’s the wild wild west,” said David Wilk, a…
[ad_1] Apple is expected to preview new capabilities for its Siri digital assistant and showcase other upcoming software features to help build anticipation for the next iPhones.The peek at the new software will come Monday at a gathering in San Jose, California, for thousands of app developers and other computer programmers looking to create their…
[ad_1] Apple has long been rumoured to be working on an iPhone SE 2, with rumours gathering pace about the much-talked-about device in 2018. The iPhone SE was launched back in 2016, and Apple fans were left expecting a successor in 2017 due to the tech giant’s yearly update release pattern. However, Apple opted against…
[ad_1] You’re not reading all those updated data policies flooding your inbox. You probably haven’t even looked for your privacy settings. And that’s exactly what Facebook, Google and other tech giants are counting on. They tout we’re “in control” of our personal data, but know most of us won’t change the settings that let them…
[ad_1] Nest is no stranger to producing smart home gadgets that can keep an eye on your home when you are not there. The US company already sells indoor and outdoor internet-connected cameras that can record and beam live footage straight to your smartphone. But now the Google-owned firm is adding another device to its…
[ad_1] Microsoft has reportedly held talks to buy software developer platform GitHub. The San Francisco, California-headquartered GitHub has more than 23 million individual users in more than 1.5 million organisations. Software developers use the tools of the privately-held company to store code, keep track of updates and discuss issues. The Business Insider reports that the…
[ad_1] Buffalo Wild Wings apologized late Friday after its Twitter account posted crude and racist comments, which the company says was a result of a malicious hack. The string of tweets began after 7:30 p.m. and went unchecked for about 20 minutes, according to NBC Chicago 5. The posts ranged in vulgarity, with one directed…
[ad_1] Spotify on Friday backtracked on a policy that reduced exposure for artists accused of personal misconduct, after criticism that the leading streaming platform was hurting musicians over vague criteria. Spotify said in May that it would remove from its playlists — a popular way for listeners to discover artists and replay songs — music…
[ad_1] GETTY Android warning – Google Play Store apps discovered that collect sensitive user data Android smartphone fans are being warned about apps found on the Google Play Store that can collect sensitive data from its millions of users. The data collection shock was discovered by Andrey Meshkov, co-founder of Adguard, who described it as…
[ad_1] There’s good news for EE customers as the mobile network has announced a radical money-saving feature that allows precious 4G data to be gifted. This means if you’re getting towards the end of the month and still have plenty of data left, you can now pass it on to someone else that might be running…
[ad_1] Samsung Galaxy S8 and the S8 Plus were big highlights for smartphone fans last year. The flagship from the South Korean tech giant received rave reviews, with critics wowed by its stunning Infinity Display and great camera. At the time of its release, Express.co.uk described the Galaxy S8 as “easily the best smartphone money…
[ad_1] Virgin Media has doubled the broadband speed of the telecommunication giant’s best-selling bundles for new customers. This means new customers who select either the player, mix or full house bundles can get ultrafast speeds as standard. The Virgin Media deal begun on June 1 and will be running until July 31. Those who select…
[ad_1] Eric Lundgren lifts a cardboard box over his head and dumps out the contents. Hundreds of computer discs cascade onto the floor of his warehouse on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Lundgren, an e-waste evangelist, says the discs he’s dumping on the floor were meant to save thousands of laptops from the landfill. Instead,…
[ad_1] Just a few days following the release of iOS 11.4, Apple has released a macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 update. The latest version of macOS High Sierra brings Messages in iCloud to the Mac alongside some enterprise and security updates. Apple had introduced the new Messages in iCloud feature with iOS 11.4. While the feature…
[ad_1] When was the last time you used a payphone? For many of us, it’s difficult to recall. With personal phones and digital devices in no short supply, payphones have become almost redundant. Just six years ago, there were close to double the number of payphones there are now. Still, the remaining 57,000 units pulled…
[ad_1] Apple next week will debut tools to let two iPhone users share augmented reality while limiting the personal data sent to its servers, two people familiar with the matter said this week. Augmented reality (AR) allows viewers to see virtual structures superimposed on their surroundings via their smartphones or other devices. It is the technology…
[ad_1] To meet climate change targets in B.C., researchers are suggesting companies convert commercial trucks to electrical power. The study, published by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, found that electrifying the provincial commercial trucking industry could cut emissions by over 60 per cent. The idea might not be as far-fetched as it seems, according to…
[ad_1] Alphabet’s Google will not renew a contract to help the U.S. military analyse aerial drone imagery when it expires in March, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, as the company moves to defuse internal uproar over the deal. The defence program, called Project Maven, set off a revolt inside Google, as…
[ad_1] Federal officials have closed parts of the West Coast to salmon fishing in an effort to protect the endangered orca population. The new closures, effective Friday, include parts of Juan De Fuca Strait, the southern Gulf Islands and the mouth of the Fraser River. A female orca leaps from the water while breaching in…
[ad_1] Internet-based messaging service providers like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and others need to make modifications to their platforms so that users can no longer be added to group chats without express consent, said a group of activists from India on Friday. In an open letter addressed to Telegram Messenger CEO Pavel Durov and Facebook CEO…
[ad_1] Facebook is shutting down its ill-fated “trending” news section after four years, a company executive told The Associated Press. The company claims the tool is outdated and wasn’t popular. But the trending section also proved problematic in ways that would presage Facebook’s later problems with fake news, political balance and the limitations of artificial…
[ad_1] Addressing the rising concerns over privacy and data security on social networks, researchers led by one of Indian-origin, have designed a new artificial intelligence(AI)-based algorithm that protects users’ privacy by dynamically disrupting facial recognition tools designed to identify faces in photos. “The disruptive AI can ‘attack’ what the neural net for the face detection…
[ad_1] The company aims to help doctors diagnose lung cancer earlier than current technologies and methods, including traditional endoscopes, and needle biopsies. Auris’ chief strategy officer, Josh DeFonzo, says that long-term the team also wants to expand beyond diagnostics. He explained: “There are so many therapies being developed today outside of Auris to treat lung…
[ad_1] Apple has approved an updated version of the Telegram messaging service, a day after Telegram complained that it had been prevented from getting software improvements into the hands of iPhone owners worldwide. Telegram Chief Executive Pavel Durov announced the turnabout on Twitter, thanking Apple and CEO Tim Cook for getting the latest Telegram version…
[ad_1] The world’s biggest sporting event will benefit Twitter shares, according to one Wall Street firm. MKM Partners reiterated its buy rating for Twitter’s stock, predicting a big sales boost from the World Cup this summer. “The Internet advertising environment appears to remain robust entering mid-year,” analyst Rob Sanderson said in a note to clients…
[ad_1] Facebook won’t tell you what’s trending anymore. The social media site is removing the feature, which ranked news topics and links based on popularity, starting next week. “We found that over time people found the product to be less and less useful,” Alex Hardiman, the company’s head of news products, said in a blog…
[ad_1] “This is not a company with a lack of ambition,” said Robert Califf, a former commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, who joined the company as an adviser last May. “In health care, there’s a lot to be done.” Verily, which became an independent subsidiary of Alphabet in 2015, has inked about…
[ad_1] Admittedly, Musk did acknowledge he sets overly aggressive deadlines. “Although sometimes, my timelines are a little, you know…” he said in Austin. At the 2017 International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia, in September, Musk said he wants to land at least two cargo ships on Mars by 2022 and by 2024, he wants to…
[ad_1] Fires like these are not common in auto manufacturing. It is especially uncommon for a plant to have multiple fires in a paint shop. According to the most recent available data from the National Fire Protection Association, local fire departments respond to 190 fires per year on average in maintenance or paint shop areas…
[ad_1] Despite an established relationship with Amazon Web Services, VMware plans to expand its cloud relationships with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, CEO Patrick Gelsinger said on Friday. “We have interest from our customers to expand our relationships with Google, Microsoft and others,” Gelsinger said on CNBC’s “Squawk Alley.” “We have announced some incremental expansions…
[ad_1] Microsoft held talks in the past few weeks to acquire software developer platform GitHub, Business Insider reports. One person familiar with the discussions between the companies told CNBC that they had been considering a joint marketing partnership valued around $35 million, and that those discussions had progressed to a possible investment or outright acquisition.…
[ad_1] A ride-hailing company called Taxifyraised $175 million and notched a $1 billion valuation, the company revealed on Wednesday. Daimler led the investment joined by Didi Chuxing, French venture investors Korelya Capital and others. Taxify operates throughout Europe and Africa, and boasts 10 million customers across in 25 countries. The company entered London, a key…
[ad_1] CNBC’s Jim Cramer was thrilled when he saw that the U.S. economy added 223,000 nonfarm jobs in May, far overshooting estimates and driving unemployment to an 18-year low. “You want to know what the perfect economy looks like, at least from the perspective of the stock market? Honestly, it looks a lot like this…
[ad_1] In times of volatility in the stock market, CNBC’s Jim Cramer looks for secular investments that tend to remain unaffected by global turmoil. That’s why the “Mad Money” host came up with the “cloud kings,” a group of stocks including Adobe and Salesforce that has seen huge gains in 2018 despite the market’s swings.…
[ad_1] Silicon Valley star Nikesh Arora has landed a new gig. Arora, a former executive at both SoftBank and Google, has joined Palo Alto Networks as CEO and chairman. Palo Alto Networks’ current CEO and chairman, Mark McLaughlin, will become the board’s vice chairman. Arora was most recently the president and chief operating officer at…
[ad_1] AR has become a major focus at both companies. Apple CEO Tim Cook has called it “big and profound,” and the company released its first tools to let software developers make AR apps last year. With that release, Apple made AR possible on many phones without any modifications. The move spurred Google to abandon…
[ad_1] The April ban came after the Shenzhen-based company admitted that while it dismissed four senior employees who had been involved in the original wrongdoing, it had not disciplined 35 others by either reducing their bonuses or reprimanding them, despite statements to the contrary, senior Commerce Department officials told Reuters at the time. While it…
[ad_1] Hinge, the dating app that promised a better set of prospects by suggesting matches who share Facebook friends, is about to radically change its course: it’s ditching its requirement that users log in with Facebook. The change will go into effect on Monday, June 5th on Android, followed by a June 12th release on…
[ad_1] The Department of Homeland Security last year found evidence of devices that can secretly catch cell phone communications around the White House and other “potentially sensitive” areas of Washington, DC, a letter made public Friday reveals. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said that the letter to him is “more evidence” that Americans are “being spied,…
[ad_1] Google Cloud boss Diane Greene told employees on Friday that the company will not seek to renew a controversial contract with the Department of Defense after it expires in March 2019. Gizmodo originally reported the news. In March, Google announced that it had partnered with the Pentagon to help it analyze and interpret drone…
[ad_1] Cassidy reiterated his buy rating for AMD shares. The company’s stock rose 4.4 percent after the report. On Friday, AMD said its EPYC chip will power Cisco’s C4200 Rack Server Chassis later this year. Cisco said it will be the company’s “highest density” server offering, with 128 percent more chip cores per rack than…
[ad_1] Instagram users were missing 70 percent of all posts and 50 percent of their friends’ posts before the app ditched the reverse chronological feed for an algorithm in July 2016. Despite backlash about confusing ordering, Instagram now says relevancy sorting has led to its 800 million-plus users seeing 90 percent of their friends’ posts…
[ad_1] Artists and listeners raised concerns that false allegations or earlier, youthful mistakes could negatively affect their standing on the popular on-demand music service. “Our playlist editors are deeply rooted in their respective cultures, and their decisions focus on what music will positively resonate with their listeners,” Spotify said. “That can vary greatly from culture…
[ad_1] Zuora shares surged more than 20 percent on Friday after the cloud software company reported better-than-expected results in its first earnings report since going public. The stock jumped $4.69 to $26.87 as of mid-day, giving the company a market capitalization of $2.8 billion. The shares have almost doubled in value since Zuora’s IPO in…
[ad_1] Apple is fixing one of the worst parts of the concert experience: waiting in line for a beer while you miss your favorite song. Last week’s BottleRock music festival near San Francisco was the first to try a new “order ahead with Apple Pay” feature that Apple hopes to bring to more events. You…
[ad_1] Apple is reportedly looking at cashing in on mobile advertising, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, a move that would mark a departure from recent statements by CEO Tim Cook. The Journal, citing anonymous sources, reported that Apple has met with ad-based companies like Pinterest and Snap. The report said a proposed “Apple…
[ad_1] Domo, a company that helps business owners access real-time data from their smartphones, filed for a public offering on Friday. Here are some details from the prospectus: Net loss of $176.6 million for the year ending in January, narrower than $183.1 million loss the year prior. Revenue of $108.5 million for the year ending…
[ad_1] As the video game industry gears up for the E3 Expo in Los Angeles that begins June 12, TradingAnalysis.com founder Todd Gordon said Electronic Arts is the gaming stock to play into the event. Here’s why: • EA is up 26 percent year to date and hovering near all-time highs. Gordon observed Thursday on…
[ad_1] Helm is an open source project that enables developers to create packages of containerized apps to make installation much simpler. Up until now, it was a sub-project of Kubernetes, the popular container orchestration tool, but as of today it is a stand-alone project. Both Kubernetes and Helm are projects managed by the Cloud Native…
[ad_1] Jeep sales are on fire. The Fiat-Chrysler brand sold almost 100,000 vehicles in May, a nearly 30 percent increase over the same month last year. That makes May Jeep’s second best month for sales ever, behind March, when the brand sold 98,382. Sales dipped in April, but the brand still sold 82,641 vehicles, eclipsing…
[ad_1] Noah berger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ron Conway, founder of SV Angel Ron Conway, one of San Francisco‘s top tech power brokers, is taking a step back from tech investing. SV Angel, an early-stage venture capital firm founded by Conway, said Thursday it won’t be raising another fund. Conway and his son Topher…
[ad_1] At Google I/O in May, the company introduced a series of time management tools for Android users that help better manage screen time, track app usage, and limit the phone’s ability to distract, including a “shush” mode which turns on Do Not Disturb by flipping the phone over, and a “wind down,” color reduction…
[ad_1] If you’re one of the 97 million dieters in the United States, you’re likely familiar with the relentless battle to lose weight as well as its accompanying refrain: Eat less and exercise more. This ongoing struggle has fed the growth of diets from the doable to the dangerous, and exercise regimens from the reasonable…
[ad_1] WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a ‘Predicted Upload’ feature to both Android and iPhone stable users. According to a report by WABetaInfo, a fan site that tracks changes in beta versions of the app, the feature is reportedly rolling out widely on the WhatsApp for iOS stable version 2.18.61, and in a much more…
[ad_1] Dozens of firms peddle booking software that spas, restaurants and other businesses use to accept reservations on their websites. To launch Reserve, Google cut deals with 25 large software suppliers, promising to consolidate and polish the process to increase bookings to the firms’ clients. The arrangement gives Google continuous feeds of schedules from tens…
[ad_1] Box announced today that it has purchased Progressly, a Redwood City startup that focuses on workflow. All 12 Progressly employees will be joining Box immediately. They did not disclose the purchase price. If you follow Box, you probably know the company announced a workflow tool in 2016 called Box Relay along with a partnership…
[ad_1] The App Store will be 10-years-old on July 10, and app analytics firm App Annie has released a report to reveal the performance of the store in the last decade. The company highlights that since July 2010, the App Store has included nearly 10,000 apps that have individually generated over $1 million (approximately Rs.…
[ad_1] Shares in Dialog Semiconductor fell by 17 percent on Friday to a four-year low after the Anglo-German chipmaker said its main customer Apple would cut orders for its power-management chips by around 30 percent this year. The news also hit other European semiconductor stocks in Apple’s smartphone supply chain at the open before they…
[ad_1] With an increasingly progressive tech culture now a part of everyday household, Microsoft is now offering more controls to parents on what kids should access. Microsoft Launcher for Android is getting a new feature that will allow parents to track their children, even see which apps they are using and for how long. Furthermore,…
[ad_1] Drew Angerer | Getty Images Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 6, 2016 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Apple shares will rise as consumers buy more expensive iPhones, according to one Wall Street firm. UBS raised its price target to $210 from $190 for…
[ad_1] Microsoft, after shutting down the Groove Music service last year, has now decided to retire its Android and iOS apps as well. The tech giant had introduced the service back in 2012 as Xbox Music, offering music streaming through subscription or purchase through the Windows Store. However, in October 2017, the company had discontinued…
[ad_1] GameStop on Thursday reported first-quarter same-store sales that missed analysts’ estimates due to a drop in sales of video game hardware and software at its outlets. Shares of the world’s largest video game retailer fell 4 percent to $12.65 in extended trading. GameStop said its comparable store sales fell 5.3 percent in the latest…
[ad_1] Bees need all the help they can get. Thus programmer Mat Kelsey created a bee counter to see just how many of his winged honeymakers are hanging out in his hives. His system, which uses a Raspberry Pi and a machine learning algorithm that recognizes the number of individual bees entering a hive, is…
[ad_1] Uganda’s parliament has imposed a tax on the use of social media in a bid to raise revenue but opponents of the law say it aims to stifle criticism of President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986. Users will be charged UGX 200 ($0.0531 or roughly Rs. 3.6) per day for…
[ad_1] Gmail is one of the most popular email services on the internet right now, with more than one billion people logging in to check and send emails every day. Google has updated its services several times in the last few months to ensure that users are properly protected from hackers. Hackers have become increasingly…
[ad_1] Embattled conglomerate Toshiba on Friday completed the $21 billion (roughly Rs. 1.41 lakh crores) sale of its prized chip unit to an investment consortium, a move seen as crucial to keeping the Japanese firm afloat. The deal had been delayed while Chinese regulators examined whether it could violate anti-trust laws, but they finally granted approval…
[ad_1] Patricia de Melo Moreira | Getty Images People pass by the Google logo at the Web Summit in Lisbon on November 8, 2017 Google has blamed “vandalism” on Wikipedia for a search result that linked the California Republican Party to Nazism. House Majority Leader and California GOP Representative Kevin McCarthy had criticized Google on…
[ad_1] Messages in iCloud is a new feature for Apple devices that was introduced with iOS 11.4. This feature was announced all the way back at WWDC 2017 and Apple shipped it just now. This feature essentially takes your messages (iMessages as well as text messages aka SMS from your phone) to iCloud to enable…
[ad_1] KODI • GETTY Kodi crackdown – Hammer blow dealt to online pirates Kodi add-on fans have been put on alert as authorities look to land a heavy blow against online pirates. Research has suggested Kodi – which offers access to thousands of channels – is being used in more than five million UK homes.…
[ad_1] The Apple iPhone SE 2 is one rumoured smartphone that fans can’t wait to get hold off. The iPhone SE 2, while not officially confirmed, has been the subject to much speculation this year. It’s been rumoured that the iPhone SE 2 could retain the same shape and aluminium edges of the 2016 original…
[ad_1] At I/O 2018, Google had showcased its latest innovations and efforts in AI, AR, and more. The search giant had also detailed a major update to Google Lens that besides getting new features, it will no longer stay buried inside Google Assistant and Google Photos app and instead have direct integration with the camera.…
[ad_1] Many 90s kids will know the joys of flicking through that glossy book, drawing up wish lists for Christmas and their birthdays. But youngsters these days now have a whole new way of looking at toys they’re hoping of getting thanks to a brand new update for the Argos app. The high street retailer…
[ad_1] Chrome 67 for Android has started rolling out. The fresh development comes just after Google released the latest Chrome 67 for Linux, macOS, and Windows devices. The new version brings a list of APIs to help developers enable new virtual reality (VR) experiences. Also, there is an option to enable a horizontal tab switcher.…
[ad_1] The small Egyptian mummy has laid tightly wrapped in a British museum since 1925, adorned with the image of a hawk in gold leaf: “EA 493 – Mummified Hawk, Ptolemaic Period.” Except the artifact wasn’t a bird: it was actually a rare stillborn male fetus. And new scans from a Canadian-led team reveal that the fetus — just 24…
[ad_1] WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a ‘Predicted Upload’ feature to both Android and iPhone stable users. We were unable to replicate the feature in our testing however, despite running the proscribed latest stable versions on Android and iPhone. According to a report by WABetaInfo, a fan site that tracks changes in beta versions of…
[ad_1] Microsoft added the Windows Hello feature to its Windows 10 operating system to allow for biometric security, which can now be activated. That should mean that when using Windows Hello you can simply look at your machine and it will unlock upon recognising you. If your machine has the right front facing camera array…
[ad_1] Google is expected to announce its new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL Android smartphones this year which could come with a new notch screen design, for at least one of them. A set of leaked screen protectors, allegedly for the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, show one phone with a top notch…
[ad_1] The BBC has committed to airing 29 of the World Cup 2018 matches live in 4K UHD as well as HDR but not only that, it’ll be sharing coverage in VR too. The BBC iPlayer will be used to stream the content over the internet so those with a 4K and HDR enabled TV…
[ad_1] In recent months, Apple has been criticized for the addictive nature of its devices. Next week, the company plans to unveil software to help cure people of their iPhone habit. On Monday, Apple will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, where it will lay out its software strategy for the next year…
[ad_1] The future iPhone from Apple could feature a new type of display that wraps around the handset for a true edge-to-edge view. The new screen tech was spotted in an Apple patent which shows off the wrap-around screen with no side bezels at all. Apple has been filing patents for varying forms of a…
[ad_1] Apple has had plenty of leaks that suggest it is working on a budget version of its iPhone X, code named N84, and now that has received some solid support. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, commenting on a story about Apple’s N84 project, has said his sources confirm it is a new iPhone X with an…
[ad_1] Facebook is rapidly losing ground against rival internet platforms in attracting and keeping US teenagers, a survey showed Thursday. The Pew Research Center report confirms a trend seen in other surveys, showing a sharp drop in Facebook’s share of what had long been a core age segment for the huge social network. The survey…
[ad_1] With 460,000 square kilometres of ocean to survey, and only about 450 North Atlantic right whales left in the world, the people trying to spot the endangered giants from airplanes this summer have a very tough assignment. Jean-François Gosselin, a biologist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, is co-ordinating the marine mammal aerial surveillance…
[ad_1] A Sandy Cove, N.S., distillery hopes to display the skeletal remains of a minke whale found under the government wharf in Digby on May 25. Christopher Thibodeau, director and acting president of CövenHöven Distillery, said he happened to be in town the day the whale was found. “It was at the wharf, in whole underneath the wharf,” Thibodeau said. “The wharf…
[ad_1] Airbus faces an unprecedented challenge in ramping up production to meet 2018 delivery targets following engine delays and must eventually overhaul an outdated manufacturing system, the planemaker’s new president told staff on Friday. “We have a battle plan in place for this year and the engine manufacturers are working hard to meet their commitments.…
[ad_1] Which is the most innovative city in Canada? You might be surprised to know that Calgary has now taken the lead on that front, as measured by one of the most common ways of gauging innovation — patents. Calgary has now surpassed the likes of Ottawa and Waterloo in terms of patents per capita. And…
[ad_1] They’re here. Hundreds of Prussian carp — a female fish that can replicate itself using sperm from other species — have been found in Saskatchewan waters. Prussian carp are an aquatic invasive species in Canada in the same genus as goldfish. Their reproductive process, called gynogenesis, has made them prolific breeders. “That’s a fancy word to say that…
[ad_1] Google Assistant is getting smarter, which led one artist to program his Google Home to fire a gun remotely and share a video about it. He said it wasn’t a jab at Google, and that he could have used any AI platform such as Alexa or Siri, but he said he created the video…
[ad_1] Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will add up to 62,000 more cars to Alphabet Inc’s autonomous driving unit Waymo, the companies said on Thursday, as part of Waymo’s plan to roll out a robotaxi service in the U.S. later this year. The announcement comes on the day when Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp said it would invest $2.25 billion in General Motors…
[ad_1] A robot’s got to know its limitations. But that doesn’t mean it has to accept them. This one in particular uses tools to expand its capabilities, commandeering nearby items to construct ramps and bridges. It’s satisfying to watch but, of course, also a little worrying. This research, from Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania,…
[ad_1] Nadella talked about brain technologies as an example of how Microsoft could empower different groups of people. He referred to Seeing AI, an app Microsoft developed that can help the blind understand what’s in front of them. He also said the company is working to assist people with locked-in syndrome, a rare neurological disorder…
[ad_1] Scientists have detected another exotic feature on one of the solar system’s most wondrous worlds: a large field of dunes on the surface of the distant, frigid dwarf planet Pluto apparently composed of wind-swept, sand-sized grains of frozen methane. The dunes, spotted on images taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its 2015 flyby, sit…
[ad_1] Health Canada is sticking with its proposal to phase out most outdoor and agricultural uses of a common pesticide, even though a recent study found bees are only affected by the substance in certain circumstances. The recommendation comes the same day as more than 200 scientists published an open letter asking international governments to…
[ad_1] But still, the losses are mounting. In the first quarter, Sears reported it had a loss of $424 million, or $3.93 per share. Revenue fell more than 30 percent to $2.89 billion from $4.2 billion a year ago. Same-store sales, a key metric used to monitor a retailer’s health, were down 11.9 percent overall.…
[ad_1] Once a month or so, I’m reminded that my phone has a front-facing camera when I accidentally hit the toggle button, only to be greeted with a closeup image of my own, dumb face. Honestly, I can’t remember the the last time I used the thing — not intentionally, at least. I tried scrolling…
[ad_1] General Motors said Thursday that SoftBank Vision Fund plans to invest $2.25 billion in GM Cruise Holdings, further boosting the automaker’s efforts with autonomous vehicle technology. GM shares were up nearly 11 percent midmorning Thursday, on track for their best day since the company went public again in November 2010. GM also will make…
[ad_1] Facebook feels confident it can address San Francisco‘s high-priced housing problem — and chief policy officer Elliot Schrage says it has to “if we’re going to remain a company in Silicon Valley for the long term.” “Our position is that Silicon Valley has been this extraordinary engine of economic opportunity and if we can’t…
[ad_1] Box fell more than 7 percent on Thursday after a weaker-than-anticipated second quarteroutlook sparked fears the company’s growth would slow. But CEO Aaron Levie says the enterprise cloud storage company stands to benefit from cloud migration, and may even be in the market for some small acquisitions as growth picks up. “Wall Street had…
[ad_1] The price of oil was in free fall and a youthful population restive. So the government of Saudi Arabia turned in recent years to the parent company of the political data firm Cambridge Analytica for help, according to Western consultants who worked in the kingdom, company executives and a review of public documents. The…
[ad_1] There’s a new app coming out of Google’s Area 120 incubator that could help New York City subway commuters navigate the ever-growing number of delays. While the Pigeon app is already live on the Apple App store, it currently requires an invite code to access, so I wasn’t able to try it out myself.…
[ad_1] SYDNEY, Australia — Amazon’s decision to deny Australians access to its main website has set off a backlash in the country, with customers complaining they may face big price increases and a loss of access to sorely needed products. The e-commerce giant made the move, which it announced on Thursday, in response to changes…
[ad_1] This is a must-read for understanding the tech industry. We’ve distilled famous investor Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report down from its massive 294 slides of stats and charts to just the most important insights. Click or scroll through to learn what’s up with Internet growth, screen addiction, ecommerce, Amazon vs Alibaba, tech investment,…
[ad_1] Protesters in San Francisco blockaded several tech commuter buses with a pile of electric scooters on Thursday morning, according to local news reports. Bearing signs that read “sweep tech, not tents,” and “Techsploitation is toxic,” about 50 people gathered in a popular intersection in the Mission District, blocking the route of several buses, including…
[ad_1] Waymo, formerly known as the Google self-driving car project, is preparing to roll out more than 62,000 autonomous Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans. The mobility services company is expanding its partnership with Fiat Chrysler in a deal that may include licensing Waymo’s technology and services so they can be incorporated in FCA vehicles. “FCA is…
[ad_1] Microsoft is launching an update to its Android launcher today that gives parents the ability to track their kids’ location. This is one out of a number of parent- and kid-focused announcements the company made today. Others include the ability to block sites in Microsoft Edge on Android and the launch of MSN Kids,…
[ad_1] If you’ve ever been in a pointless meeting at work, odds are you’ve spent part of the time responding to messages or just putzing around on the Internet — but Klaxoon hopes to convert that into something a bit more productive with more interactive meetings. The French startup today said it’s raised $50 million…
[ad_1] A Cayman Islands start-up has raised $4 billion as of Thursday, eclipsing the world’s biggest initial public offerings on stock exchanges this year. But its flagship product is not even live yet. Block.one is funding its blockchain platform called eos.ios through a process known as an initial coin offering, or ICO. Its multi-billion dollar…
[ad_1] Amazon QuickSight, the company’s business intelligence tool for AWS, launched back in 2015, but it’s hard to say how much impact the service has made in the highly competitive BI market. The company has far from given up on this project, though, and today, it’s introducing a new pay-per-session pricing plan for access to QuickSight dashboards…
[ad_1] Thousands of lottery players in South Carolina thought Christmas was their lucky day. Starting at 5:51 p.m. last Dec. 25, gas stations and convenience stores across the state dispensed a steady stream of what appeared to be winning tickets. Some customers caught on to the anomaly and bought as many as they could. Nicole…
[ad_1] Next Monday during its developer conference Apple will introduce a new feature for iPhones and iPads called “Digital Health,” Bloomberg said on Thursday. Digital Health — said to launch as part of Apple’s new iOS 12 operating system — will reportedly help users manage how much time they spend on their iPhones and iPads…
[ad_1] The App Store has seen over 170 billion downloads over the past decade, totaling over $130 billion in consumer spend. This data was shared this morning by app intelligence firm App Annie, which is marking the App Store’s 10th Anniversary with a look back on the store’s growth and the larger trends it’s seen.…
[ad_1] An increasing number of tech companies offer high-quality employee meals as a perk. Companies are hiring chefs from Michelin-starred restaurants and offering farm-to-table cuisine in order to recruit and retain talent. CNBC explores which tech companies have the best cafeterias and food offerings. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Another approach ShiftLabs is taking is to identify and redirect workers toward professions that are less likely to be affected by automation. This includes jobs that have more of an emphasis on personal skills, communication, caregiving, empathy and creativity. Another area of growth right now is in technical jobs creating artificial intelligence, such as…
[ad_1] At MWC, ZTE promised that its Tempo Go would be the first device to bring Android Oreo (Go Edition) to the States. But, well, stuff happened, and the company’s had a lot bigger things to deal with the intervening months. Alcatel, however, is on the case with the 1X. TCL announced this morning that…
[ad_1] Twitter’s board couldn’t agree on anyone else, so Dorsey was given the full-time gig at Twitter just a month before Square’s IPO. Analysts were relieved to see the process come to an end, but had plenty of concerns. “As a product guy, Dorsey is a good fit, although we thought an outsider was the…
[ad_1] Apple has prevented the Telegram messaging service from updating globally ever since Russia ordered Apple to remove the service from its stores, Telegram’s CEO and founder said on Thursday. Two protest rallies were organised in Russia’s capital this month, with the demonstrators chanting anti-government slogans and carrying signs against what they called internet censorship,…
[ad_1] Amazon founder Jeff Bezos‘ personal ownership of The Washington Post makes him a “lightning rod” for attacks by President Donald Trump, internet analyst Michael Graham told CNBC on Thursday. “It’s probably not the greatest thing for Amazon shareholders” for Bezos to own the paper, said Graham, who covers Amazon at financial firm Canaccord Genuity.…
[ad_1] Nokia said on Thursday it had sold its small digital health business, including activity trackers and smartwatches, and the executive who wound down the company’s consumer ventures will leave Nokia after less than a year in the job. Digital health was one of the areas the Finnish company had been counting on for future…
[ad_1] One Wall Street firm disagrees with Elon Musk’s view on Tesla’s funding requirements. UBS reaffirmed its sell rating for Tesla shares, predicting the company will need to raise capital by year-end. In April Tesla said in a statement it did not require an additional capital raise this year apart from credit lines. Later that…
[ad_1] Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched three Indian mobile payment apps in Singapore at a business event aimed at internationalisation of the country’s digital payment platform. At the ‘Business, Innovation and Community Event’ here where digital platform was the main feature, PM Modi launched India’s BHIM, RuPay and SBI app. India’s RuPay digital…
[ad_1] Google has partnered with with French telecommunications firm Orange through its corporate venture fund to invest in start-ups in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Orange said Thursday that its 350 million euro ($409 million) venture capital fund, called Orange Digital Ventures, would jointly assess investment opportunities in industries like network connectivity, cybersecurity, cloud,…
[ad_1] Nokia has closed the books on its unlucky foray into digital health devices and services, and with it, a business is marking its return to the world of startups. Today, the Finnish telecoms giant announced that it has closed the sale of its digital health division, along with 200 employees, to Eric Carreel, the…
[ad_1] Ride-sharing company Uber on Wednesday said it was committed to its business in Turkey despite being hit with tough new regulations there. Uber has been locked in a bitter dispute with the traditional Istanbul taxi cabs who accuse the app of taking away business without a proper legal basis for its work. Under a…
[ad_1] Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Senseable City Lab in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) have designed a fleet of 3D-printed autonomous boats. In the future, the driverless boats could eventually taxi people and deliver goods. The four-by-two meter boat can be printed in about…
[ad_1] Pinterest is continuing its push into video as a potential avenue for advertisers by today saying that it will offer advertisers a promoted video tool that takes up the width of the entire screen. While Pinterest normally offers users a grid that they can flip through — compressing a lot of content into a…
[ad_1] Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, lining up for a $10 billion (roughly Rs. 67,000 crores) IPO, held a rock concert-style launch on Thursday to unveil its latest flagship smartphone and a virtual reality headset developed with Facebook’s Oculus. The smartphone and connected device maker is looking to rev up excitement levels with its fans –…
[ad_1] One top Wall Street firm is getting less bullish on Micron after the stock’s stunning performance so far this year. Morgan Stanley lowered its rating to equal-weight from overweight for the chipmaker, citing the company’s fully priced valuation. “After being bullish on memory for the last two years, we are moving to a neutral…
[ad_1] The UK has announced new stop-gap laws for drone operators restricting how high they can fly their craft — 400ft — and prohibiting the devices from being flown within 1km of an airport boundary. The measures will come into effect on July 30. The government says the new rules are intended to enhance safety, including the…
[ad_1] Patanjali Ayurved Limited, a company promoted by Baba Ramdev, has launched an instant messaging app named Kimbho as a “swadeshi” alternative to WhatsApp. However, the Kimbho app – which surfaced on Android and iOS sometime late Wednesday – has been derided as a security nightmare by well known French security researcher who goes by…
[ad_1] Anindito Mukherjee | Getty Images Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive officer of Uber, looks on following a 2018 event in New Delhi, India. Uber is in discussions with Alphabet’s Waymo to add the latter’s self-driving cars to its platform, Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said Wednesday. Speaking at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California,…
[ad_1] Xiaomi’s very-iPhone-X-looking Mi 8 smartphone was the highlight of its Shenzhen press event today, but the company did also unveil a number of other notable products, including an updated version of its popular fitness band. The Mi Band has always offered a solid performance at around $30 — to the point that I’ve bought…
[ad_1] The Europas Unconference & Awards is back on 3 July in London and we’re excited to announce more speakers and panel sessions as the event takes shape. Crypto and Blockchain will be a major theme this year, and we’re bringing together many of the key players. TechCrunch is once again the key media partner,…
[ad_1] BHIM apps for Android and iOS have now been updated to support in-app bill payments. Developed by National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), BHIM was launched as a simple UPI-enabled payment interface, as a part of the Digital India initiative. Until now, it has essentially been a no-frills digital payments app that only allowed…
[ad_1] The Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society is used to rescuing, rehabilitating, then releasing strays, but the two baby great horned owlets who just moved in are a little younger than what they’re used to. “We got these guys fresh out of the egg, which is not normal for us,” said Jenna McFarland, the animal care operations manager. She spoke…
[ad_1] Mining hardware is weird stuff. Either it’s commodity hardware used – inefficiently – for complex computation or specifically-designed, expensive boards that can be used to bring in Bitcoin and little else. Asus, a motherboard maker of some renown, is now helping bridge the gap. The H370 Mining Master is a basic motherboard that supports…
[ad_1] “That’s why we take a hard stance, especially when you consider this impacts many ordinary people, for whom if they can’t meet the requirement, they are shut out of an economic opportunity,” Blecharczyk said. “And when we feel particularly strongly is when we feel we have an obligation to stand up for the wellbeing…
[ad_1] An Alibaba co-founder alleged on Wednesday that many Americans want to stop China from upgrading its technology and from becoming more innovative. Joe Tsai, who co-founded the tech juggernaut and is an executive vice president there, made that claim at a conference in California in response to a U.S. senator saying earlier at the…
[ad_1] Google on Thursday unveiled a new social app called Neighbourly in India, at an event in Mumbai. The tech giant’s Next Billion Users team has developed the app to help people source local information from their neighbours. With an increased focus on India, Google has been releasing several initiatives in the country, including Tez…
[ad_1] The stick bug has used nature to its advantage by looking like a stick to avoid being eaten. And researchers have discovered that this cleverly disguised insect may be using another bit of nature to its advantage: getting eaten by birds. Stick bugs, or phasmids, have developed their stick-like characteristics to conceal them from predators,…
[ad_1] Three-quarters of Canadians who access music, TV, movies and other content online claim to only do so legally, while a solid five per cent claim they consume all of their online content illegally, a new survey on digital copyright infringement suggests. The figures come from a federally-commissioned survey of 3,301 Canadians over the age of 12, carried out…
[ad_1] A Canadian scientist is calling for action to protect significant geological and historical features on the moon, Mars, and other planets. Jack Matthews of Memorial University of Newfoundland says as nations and private companies increasingly explore and develop outer space, there’s a growing threat to extraterrestrial environments. “A global agreement to protect the most important…
[ad_1] Uber is talking with Alphabet’s autonomous driving unit Waymo about using its technology on Uber’s ride-hailing app, Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said on Wednesday, signaling a possible thaw in relations between the firms. Khosrowshahi said on stage at the Code Conference that Uber’s relationship with Waymo was “getting better” since Uber in February…
[ad_1] Richard Kinley remembers very well when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to the monumental deliberations for the 2015 Paris Agreement. Kinley has been called the No. 2 man behind the agreement that saw 196 countries agree to set targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the planet from warming up more than two…
[ad_1] Microsoft surpassed Google’s parent company Alphabet in market value Tuesday, becoming the third most valuable company in the world. At the end of trading Wednesday, Microsoft’s market value was $760 billion (roughly Rs. 5.13 lakh crores), holding off Google’s parent company Alphabet, whose market value was $746 billion (roughly Rs. 5.03 lakh crores). Only…
[ad_1] Vivek Prakash | Bloomberg | Getty Images Xiaoou Tang, founder of SenseTime, speaks at the Jumpstarter start-up pitch event in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. Investors are pouring funds into Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime. The image recognition firm said Thursday that it raised $620 million in fresh funds from prominent…
[ad_1] Alphabet’s Google has launched a file managing tool in several Chinese app stores as it looks for fresh inroads into the world’s biggest smartphone market, where most of the internet giant’s top products remain banned. The US firm on Thursday released a China-specific version of ‘Files Go‘, a storage management tool for smartphones, the…
[ad_1] More than two-thirds of people around the world work away from the office at least once every week, according to researchers. A study released Tuesday by Luxembourg-based serviced office provider IWG found that 70 percent of professionals work remotely — a phenomenon known as telecommuting — at least one day a week, while 53…
[ad_1] E-scooter start-up Bird is the burgeoning industry’s first unicorn, with a recent funding round that values the company at $1 billion, according to a Bloomberg report. The start-up is raising $150 million in a round led by Sequoia Capital, the business news site said citing anonymous sources. Bird may raise more money in the…
[ad_1] Facebook has come under fire multiple times this year, both for mishandling user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and for failing to control malicious players who used the platform to “wage information warfare” in the U.S. “The Facebook executives I have talked to really have taken this to heart. They feel guilty, they…
[ad_1] During Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday, CEO Jeff Bezos acknowledged the e-commerce giant has come under a lot of scrutiny this year. But the billionaire said he didn’t take it too personally, and he seemed open to increased inspection, as he addressed shareholder questions. “Large entities deserve to be inspected and scrutinized. Inside Amazon…
[ad_1] Despite competition from e-commerce giant Amazon, Stitch Fix is committed to remaining independent. And at Recode’s 2018 Code Conference in California, CEO Katrina Lake said the young clothing subscription company has never seriously discussed a buyout from Amazon. “We haven’t had any serious discussions about combining the companies,” she said on Wednesday. Amazon has…
[ad_1] Apple released iOS 11.4 for iPads and iPhones yesterday, and it includes a new feature that makes it easier to keep iMessages in sync between your iPhone and iPad. The feature is called “Messages in iCloud,” and it relies on Apple’s iCloud storage to not only back up your messages but keep an identical…
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[ad_1] Randall Stephenson, the CEO of AT&T, said he was not surprised when the federal government sued to stop the company’s attempted acquisition of Time Warner. “We saw it coming,” Stephenson said on Wednesday at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. “It was obvious that when Mr. Delrahim had been confirmed by the…
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[ad_1] The music business has been a crowded space for a while, said Pandora CEO Roger Lynch. To compete, the media streaming company added yet another subscription service to its platform: the Pandora Premium Family plan. Lynch told CNBC’s Julia Boorstin on Wednesday that subscriptions are “the fastest growing part of our business.” Over the…
[ad_1] Warren Buffett held talks with Uber, the legendary investor confirmed to CNBC Wednesday. “I’m a great admirer of [Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi],” Buffett said. “Some of the reported details are not correct but it’s true that Berkshire had discussions with Uber.” Buffett’s comments were in response to a Bloomberg report that said Buffett’s firm…
[ad_1] Technology companies could soon drive down healthcare costs, according to Mary Meeker, a partner at venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers. As people in the U.S. increasingly struggle to make ends meet, the “consumerization” of healthcare and rising data availability could be on the cusp of reducing healthcare spending, Meeker predicted during her…
[ad_1] AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said Sprint and T-Mobile will have “a tough hill to climb” to get merger approval from U.S. regulators. “It’s a classic horizontal merger where they are taking a competitor out of the marketplace,” Stephenson said. “Power to them if they get it done.” The comments are Stephenson’s first on the…
[ad_1] Box investors came into Wednesday’s quarterly report with high expectations after the stock’s 32 percent rally this year. Even though the company’s fiscal first-quarter results topped estimates, the shares dropped in extended trading. Box will hold a conference call with analysts at 5 p.m. Eastern time. Here are the key numbers from the report:…
[ad_1] Nvida launched a monster box yesterday called the HGX-2, and it’s the stuff that geek dreams are made of. It’s a cloud server that is purported to be so powerful it combines high performance computing with artificial intelligence requirements in one exceptionally compelling package. You know you want to know the specs, so let’s…
[ad_1] More than half of the top American tech companies were founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants, Mary Meeker revealed in her annual report on the future of the internet. Industry giants Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook — accounting for a combined market valuation of roughly $3 trillion — were all founded by…
[ad_1] Consumer Reports said Wednesday it now recommends the Tesla Model 3, reversing an earlier decision over the car’s long stopping distance and other issues. The group said Tesla’s ability to fix the issue with a remote software update was a first for a carmaker. Tesla improved the car’s braking distance by about 20 feet…
[ad_1] Facebook may have lost its customer trust, but it can turn things around, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told Jim Cramer on CNBC’s “Mad Money” on Tuesday. “Today I talk to so many CEOs, and if I were to give them one piece of advice, it is there’s nothing more important than trust that you…
[ad_1] Want to understand all the most important tech stats and trends? Legendary venture capitalist Mary Meeker has just released the 2018 version of her famous Internet Trends report. It covers everything from mobile to commerce to the competition between tech giants. Check out the full report below, and we’ll add some highlights soon. Then come…
[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk have a testy history of disagreeing about the potential for artificial intelligence, with Zuckerberg as the optimist and Musk as the prophet of doom. But on Thursday in Paris at the Viva Technology conference, Zuckerberg ducked an opportunity to disagree with the Tesla and SpaceX boss, instead focusing on…
[ad_1] Mary Meeker, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and technology investing luminary, presented her annual report on internet trends Wednesday at Recode’s Code Conference. Meeker’s manifesto on the tech industry has become an annual event. Previous reports have called out burgeoning geographic regions, the rise of voice assistance and the increasingly consolidated…
[ad_1] Facebook looks “less like an ad business and more like an attack surface,” James Murdoch, the CEO of 21st Century Fox, said at Recode’s Code Conference this week. “You can have neo-Nazis or foreign governments or political actors or whatever [on the platform,]” Murdoch said at the conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. “It’s…
[ad_1] Project Fi, Google’s wireless service, is getting support for a number of new phones today. Until now, if you wanted to switch to Fi, the only officially supported phones were Google’s own Pixel and Pixel 2 phones, the Nexus 5X and 6P, as well as the Moto X4 and its Android One variant. Today,…
[ad_1] Gas prices are the highest they’ve been in four years, and Uber and Lyft drivers are feeling the pinch. Ride-share drivers are responsible for operating expenses like car maintenance and gas. CNBC spoke with drivers, who say that higher costs at the pump are an increasing concern. Fernando Felicio moved to San Francisco from…
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Fei-Fei Li is among the brightest stars in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence, somehow managing to hold down two demanding jobs simultaneously: head of Stanford University’s A.I. lab and chief scientist for A.I. at Google Cloud, one of the search giant’s most promising enterprises. Yet last September, when nervous company officials…
[ad_1] Former Walmart U.S. chief Bill Simon on Wednesday slammed Amazon for using cloud and ad revenues to support what he called meager retail profits. Walmart “went out head to head, knuckle to knuckle and won market share in retail by executing a business model that customers wanted,” said Simon, in an interview with CNBC’s…
[ad_1] Salesforce just keeps on growing revenue. In another remarkable quarter, the company announced 3.01 billion in revenue for Q1 2019 with no signs of slowing down. That puts the CRM giant on a run rate of over $12 billion with the company’s most optimistic projections suggesting it could go even higher. It’s also the first…
[ad_1] Qualcomm recently announced its XR1 “extended reality” platform that will allow companies like Facebook to make more advanced portable virtual reality headsets that you can take anywhere. Facebook‘s new portable Oculus Go headset, for example, is the best portable virtual reality solution on the market right now. But it uses an older Qualcomm Snapdragon…
[ad_1] Vulcan Cyber, a Tel Aviv-based security startup that helps enterprises quickly detect and fix vulnerabilities in their software stack and code, is coming out of stealth today and announcing a $4 million seed round led by YL Ventures with participation from r a number of other cybersecurity investors. The general idea behind Vulcan Cyber…
[ad_1] Nicholas Asfouri | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. The Trump administration plans to shorten the length of validity for some visas issued to Chinese citizens, the State Department said…
[ad_1] At CES in January, TechCrunch broke the news that media software maker Plex was planning to expand its service with the addition of new media content, starting with podcasts. Today, it’s making good on that promise by launching support for podcasts into beta, along with a whole new look and more customization options for its…
[ad_1] The optimism over Apple’s services opportunity is overblown, according to one Wall Street firm. Maxim Group lowered its rating to hold from buy for Apple shares, predicting the company’s subscription businesses will disappoint investors. “Prior survey data indicates attach rates for [Apple’s] subscription services will be at best 30%, likely lower given ecosystem centric…
[ad_1] HP has announced the Omen 15 gaming laptop refresh for 2018, and it comes with some significant upgrades. The Omen 15 gets a slimmer frame, thinner bezels, and the latest specification upgrades. The HP Omen 15 gaming laptop for 2018 is powered by the latest 8th generation Intel Core i5+ and Core i7+ processors…
[ad_1] Walmart has been churning out a lot of ideas behind the scenes. The big box retailer recently published a slew of patent filings that could reshape the shopping experience as we know it. While there’s no guarantee any of these ideas will actually be brought to life, they offer a glimpse into Walmart’s vision…
[ad_1] iOS 11.4 is out now for Apple iPhones and iPads. Any Apple fan running iOS 11 on their iPhone or iPad should see the update in Settings right now. The latest iOS update follows hot on the heels of the release of iOS 11.3, so there aren’t lots of new emojis or app updates…
[ad_1] Moscow-based Internet firm Yandex launched a $160 (roughly Rs. 10,800) smart speaker on Tuesday to work with its digital assistant ‘Alice’, becoming the latest challenger to take on the leading voice-activated home helpers from Silicon Valley. Yandex is targeting the Russian-speaking market with its Yandex. Station speaker, as well as a platform on which…
[ad_1] The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is looking set to become the best phone for this year, if rumours are to be believed. The latest leak has revealed that the Galaxy Note 9 should come packing in an impressive 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. The information comes from an industry insider Chinese source,…
[ad_1] Thailand is a new dumping ground for scrap electronics from around the world, say police and environmentalists, the latest country to feel the impact of China’s crackdown on imports of high-tech trash. Police at Laem Chabang port, south of Bangkok, showed on Tuesday seven shipping containers each packed with about 22 tonnes of discarded…
[ad_1] Taxify, a European competitor to Uber, has raised $175 million in a funding round led by German automaker Daimler. The Tallinn, Estonia-based start-up secured a $1 billion valuation after the investment, helping it enter the ranks of Europe’s unicorn companies. Korelya Capital, a French venture capital fund, Taavet Hinrikus, the co-founder of U.K.-based money…
[ad_1] Apple’s ARKit received a lot of attention when it launched with iOS 11 as it encouraged developers to build augmented reality apps and games. There are some amazing AR apps on the App Store with more coming every month. The latest to catch our eye is a game called Spacewar Uprising. Developed by Tresreis…
[ad_1] WhatsApp has begun releasing a brand new update for the Facebook-owned chat app. WhatsApp users over the past few days have reported that audio and video calls have finally begun making its way to the chat app. Earlier this month, at the annual F8 developer conference, the social networking giant revealed new features coming…
[ad_1] Google has rolled out the stable version of Chrome 67 for Linux, macOS, and Windows. The update for desktop users comes with new features for improving AR and VR experiences, support for Generic Sensors API has been added, and other fixes and improvements. The new version updates the browser to Chrome 67.0.3396.62, and it…
[ad_1] Apple has rolled out the latest iOS 11.4 update with a new feature that makes the £319 HomePod do even more for the money, namely multi-room and stereo playback. Apple will now compete more directly with the likes of Sonos which has offered wireless multi-room speakers for some time and more recently added Amazon…
[ad_1] European startup studio eFounders is slowly but surely building a portfolio of successful software-as-a-service startups. The company is behind some of the most promising enterprise startups in recent years. Over the past six months, six eFounders startups have raised $120 million in total, with Front and Aircall leading the pack with a $66 million…
[ad_1] Facebook is set to offer its WhatsApp payment services to the whole of India as early as next week in an attempt to win market share, even though its partners aren’t all ready, said people familiar with the matter. The messaging app will partner HDFC Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd. and Axis Bank Ltd. to…
[ad_1] Malicious hackers claimed to have breached the security of two major Canadian banks this week — and then threatened to release the financial information of 90,000 customers if their million-dollar ransom demand wasn’t met. Whether the threat is real isn’t clear (sample customer data released so far appears to be). Either way, customers generally aren’t…
[ad_1] Hitting out at Facebook again, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel has told the social networking giant to not only copy Snapchat but also its data protection policies. During a Recode event in California on Tuesday, the Snapchat chief said Facebook has failed to sufficiently overhaul its user privacy protections. “We would really appreciate it if…
[ad_1] A B.C. marine mammal expert is throwing cold water on an idea to repatriate a southern resident killer whale to the waters off the West Coast, where it was was born. “I think this could be a very cruel and inhumane thing to do,” said Andrew Trites, who is the director of the University of…
[ad_1] Aside from lifting the lid on Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee, Nintendo also announced Pokemon Quest. It’s a free-to-start action game for the Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS. It’s available on the Nintendo Switch as a download via the eShop right now – May 29. Pokemon Quest download size is…
[ad_1] It was a sad sight that led to a happy ending. A tiny bear cub was spotted on an island near Tofino, B.C., on Friday afternoon, attempting to suckle from its dead mother. Fortunately, after a whale watcher spotted the lonely animal en route to Hot Springs Cove, fellow tour operator John Forde and his…
[ad_1] Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee for the Nintendo Switch get a new Joy-Con accessory called the Poke Ball Plus. Nintendo revealed the Poke Ball Plus release date as November 16, the same day as the games. It can also be used with Pokemon Go. While Nintendo is yet to announce…
[ad_1] Reduce, Reuse and Rethink is a CBC News series about recycling. We’re exploring why our communities are at a turning point and exploring ways to recycle better. You can be part of the conversation by joining our Facebook group. For anyone who doesn’t want their old shirts, pants or dresses to end up in…
[ad_1] India’s central bank is standing firm on a directive to compel global payment firms to store customer data in India, resisting calls from U.S. companies to dilute an order they say would cost them millions of dollars, people familiar with the matter said. The payment companies are worried India’s data onshoring move could set…
[ad_1] They’re creepy. They’re crawly. And they’re back for another year. Billions of tent caterpillars will be making northern Ontario their home and feasting on trees over the spring and summer. The caterpillars have a decade-long cycle, ending with a population surge that can last as long as five years. Even though they are a…
[ad_1] HP reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and raised its full-year profit forecast on Tuesday, helped by strong demand for its notebooks and desktops. The company also named Steve Fieler as its chief financial officer, succeeding 32-year HP veteran Cathie Lesjak. Fieler, whose appointment is effective July 1, currently leads HP Inc’s treasury and corporate finance…
[ad_1] Perched in a sun room overlooking Toronto’s waterfront, Tim and Nicky Egan observe in comfort with a glass of wine in hand as unsuspecting pedestrians walking below duck suddenly in fear. “Innocent people walking along the sidewalk and all of a sudden a bird descends and pecks them on the top of their head,” Tim Egan says with…
[ad_1] A Halifax woman is frustrated with what she calls an excessive use of plastic bags after trying Atlantic Superstore’s new online order and pickup service. Colleen Turlo said she was shocked to find her 21 items were packed in 16 single-use plastic bags — even after she tried to request bringing her own reusable ones. “It…
[ad_1] The Canadian data expert whose allegations set off an international uproar about the inappropriate use of private Facebook data says there was nothing at all nefarious about his work in early 2016 for the federal Liberal caucus research bureau. Testifying before a parliamentary committee, Chris Wylie says his work for the bureau had nothing…
[ad_1] “We always had ways for people to control your data,” he said, but now Facebook put it at the top of everybody’s news feed and made it easy to delete it. “All of those controls existed, they were just harder to find for people, we just made them easier.” Addressing the reports of Russians…
[ad_1] Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said he isn’t worried that Facebook’s Instagram continues to imitate its core features. “Snapchat is not a bunch of features,” Spiegel said on Tuesday at the Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. “It has an underlying philosophy that runs counter to traditional social media.” Spiegel characterized Facebook’s core mission…
[ad_1] Brad Smith, Microsoft‘s president and chief legal officer, said on Tuesday that he fears a “tough summer” is ahead, with respect to immigration issues like the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The Trump Administration has sought to end DACA, an Obama-era policy that provides legal protection for young immigrants brought to the U.S.…
[ad_1] Salesforce stock rose 4 percent on Tuesday after the company delivered better-than-expected results for the first quarter of its 2019 fiscal year. Earnings: Excluding certain items, 74 cents per share. Revenue: $3.01 billion vs. $2.95 billion as expected by analysts, according to Thomson Reuters. In terms of guidance, Salesforce said in a statement that…
[ad_1] Source: Laguna Beach Police Department A Tesla sedan driving outbound on Laguna Canyon Road in “autopilot” collides with a parked Laguna Beach Police Department vehicle. Authorities say a Tesla sedan in Autopilot mode has crashed into a parked police cruiser in Southern California. Police Sgt. Jim Cota says the officer was not in the…
[ad_1] Excluding certain items, the company reported 74 cents per share. Revenue came in at $3.01 billion versus the $2.95 billion expected by analysts. Salesforce is also raising its guidance to $13.125 billion for this year, up from $10.5 billion last year, Benioff explained. He’s also bullish about his long-term goals. Benioff said it is…
[ad_1] David A. Grogan | CNBC Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft, speaks at the 2017 Cambridge Cyber Summit on October 4, 2017. Tech history repeats itself, and nobody knows that better than Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief counsel. Smith was deeply involved in Microsoft’s antitrust battle against the federal government in…
[ad_1] Leak says Snap will finally embrace developers Josh Constine @ / 7 hours Snapchat is secretly planning the launch of its first full-fledged developer platform, currently called Snapkit. The platform’s prototypes indicate it will let other apps offer a ‘login with Snapchat’ options, use the Bitmoji avatars it acquired, and host a version of…
[ad_1] Branson said Tuesday he could imagine the pilots’ reaction as he watched the spaceship blast skyward “straight up in front of us.” “When you are talking about going from naught to 3,500 mph in 8 seconds straight up — there will be no ride anywhere in the world that will be like it,” Branson…
[ad_1] Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the new Amazon Spheres opening event at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters in Seattle, Washington, U.S., January 29, 2018. Amazon‘s share price jumped more than 60 percent over the past year, but some stakeholders say the company is in need of better governance measures.…
[ad_1] Whether it’s surveilling or deceiving users, mishandling or selling their data, or engendering unhealthy habits or thoughts, tech these days is not short on unethical behavior. But it isn’t enough to just say “that’s creepy.” Fortunately, a course at the University of Washington is equipping its students with the philosophical insights to better identify…
[ad_1] By 2020, Brazilian mobile giant, Movile, wants to improve the lives of more than one billion people through its apps. The company began its mission in 1998 selling gaming, news and SMS messaging services to mobile operators in Brazil. After receiving its first investment from South African-based global investor Naspers 10 years ago, Movile…
[ad_1] Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk has been especially vocal about the potential negative implications of the development of artificial intelligence. Musk has said AI poses “vastly more risk than North Korea,” that “competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3,” that “AI is a fundamental risk to the existence…
[ad_1] Microsoft’s HoloLens has an impressive ability to quickly sense its surroundings, but limiting it to displaying emails or game characters on them would show a lack of creativity. New research shows that it works quite well as a visual prosthesis for the vision impaired, not relaying actual visual data but guiding them in real…
[ad_1] They say you can’t predict the weather. Acquisitions are often the same way. If you had told me yesterday, for instance, that adorable weather app Poncho was about be acquired and effectively shuttered by a direct-to-consumer beverage company, I’d have told you that’s about as plausible as a cat who’s also a meteorologist. And…
[ad_1] Apple sometimes — but not always — uses WWDC to introduce new hardware. Last year, for example, Apple unveiled its HomePod smart speaker, the iPad Pro 10.5, new iMacs and versions of the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with new processors. Apple probably doesn’t have a new iPad ready for WWDC, since it introduced…
[ad_1] Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pedestrians ride an escalator near the Jin Mao Tower, center left, and the Shanghai Tower, center right, in the Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China. Ms Li has a day job in the marketing department of one of China’s biggest tech firms. At night, she has a…
[ad_1] When Google first passed Microsoft in terms of stock market value six years ago, it looked like the companies were headed in opposite directions. But over the past 12 months, Microsoft has surged 40 percent, more than five times Alphabet’s gain, and has again become the more valuable of the two. As of mid-day…
[ad_1] Imgur is the internet’s best time sink, where 250 million monthly users silently consume an endless community-curated collection of absurd GIFs, inspiring tales, pop science explainers, and giant meme dumps. But what it’s never had is video. That was a differentiator that made it ideal for quiet browsing in class, on public transit, or in…
[ad_1] Critics immediately slammed Barr’s remark as racist. Likening black people to apes is an attack commonly used by racists. The Muslim Brotherhood, meanwhile, is an Islamist political group. In an earlier tweet, the actress appeared to defend her statement. “ISLAM is not a RACE, lefties. Islam includes EVERY RACE of people,” she wrote. ROSEANNE…
[ad_1] Getty Images Tyra Heman (R) a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, holds a sign that reads, ‘Enough No Guns,’ as she is hugged in front of the school where 17 people that were killed on February 14, on February 19, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Lawmakers and parents of school shooting victims are…
[ad_1] A prominent researcher is calling for the creation of an independent body to monitor the claims of alternative health professionals, following a series of public complaints and media reports about naturopaths and chiropractors in B.C. Timothy Caulfield, Canada research chair in health law and policy at the University of Alberta, told CBC he’s not…
[ad_1] Virgin Galactic took another step on Tuesday toward beginning commercial operations with its latest test flight, only 54 days after its first went supersonic. Richard Branson’s space tourism company completed the second rocket-powered flight of its Unity spacecraft — launching and landing from the Mojave Air and Space Port in the California desert. Virgin…
[ad_1] Nvidia is preparing a new, massive building in Santa Clara, CA and this is it. Called Voyager, it will be larger than the building Nvidia just finished constructing by 250,000 square feet. And just like the other building, Endeavor, Voyager will share the same wild design that’s distinctly Nvidia. Nvidia opened the first building,…
[ad_1] Malaysian sovereign fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd has also joined as a major investor, one of the people said. The funding round also brought in private equity firm Carlyle Group LP and venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, which typically invests in early-stage start-ups, three of the people said. The amount and investor line-up are finalized…
[ad_1] If you’ve always wanted recreate the fighting scenes in Big Hero 6 with your own little fighting robots, now is your chance. Super Anthony is a rocking, socking robot that can punch, kick, roll, and jump and has enough torque to knock any other little robot off its little robot legs. Super Anthony costs…
[ad_1] Russian search giant Yandex has launched its own home assistant smart speaker as it looks to take on the likes of the Amazon Echo and Google Home. The company unveiled a $160 smart speaker called Yandex.Station on Tuesday. It is designed to work alongside the Russian-speaking intelligent assistant called Alice, unveiled in October last…
[ad_1] Apple this afternoon will officially release the latest version of its iOS software for your iPhone and iPad, iOS 11.4, which at last adds support for Messages in iCloud, along with other new features, including most notably, AirPlay 2 and an update that allows two HomePod speakers to work together as a stereo pair.…
[ad_1] Car companies battling for their share of $2 trillion in annual global auto sales increasingly lean on shiny tech that takes over some of the driving from humans. Boasting names such as Autopilot, Super Cruise and ProPilot Assist, these systems — whose radar and cameras are the building blocks of self-driving cars — are…
[ad_1] US ride-hailing company Uber Technologies is in talks to resume services in Abu Dhabi after a nearly two-year suspension, a transport official said on Tuesday. Services of Uber and Middle East rival Careem were suspended in Abu Dhabi in August 2016 after some drivers were detained over regulation violations, an Abu Dhabi source familiar…
[ad_1] Chinese and U.S. envoys sparred at the World Trade Organization on Monday over U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims that China steals American ideas, the subject of two lawsuits and a White House plan to slap huge punitive tariffs on Chinese goods. U.S. Ambassador Dennis Shea said “forced technology transfer” was often an unwritten rule…
[ad_1] Movable Ink has always prided itself on providing marketers with a way to deliver highly customized emails, but today the company decided to take that one step further. It announced an SDK that enables developers to build custom applets to add their own unique information to any email. The company has always seen itself…
[ad_1] Google is making ARCore apps for augmented reality (AR) experiences available in China starting with Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 2S smartphones via the Xiaomi App Store, the company tweeted on Monday. It added more partners are coming soon. “Initially, the technology will be available for Xiaomi’s Mix 2S devices via an app in the Xiaomi…
[ad_1] There can be some downsides to OLED panels, however. Price is the biggest one that consumers might face, which means Apple’s iPhones could potentially cost more than they have in the past. The iPhone X, the only phone with an OLED panel to date, already costs about $1,000. Apple will also need to source…
[ad_1] The family of the young boy saved by “Spiderman” Mamoudou Gassama in a daring rescue that won him global acclaim and a promise of French citizenship has thanked the Malian youth for his quick thinking. Gassama, 22, scaled four storeys of an apartment bloc in France on Saturday to rescue the four-year-old who was…
[ad_1] Wang He | Getty Images Jack Ma, founder of the Alibaba Group attends the 2017 forum on rural headmasters on July 12, 2017 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China. Alibaba on Tuesday said it has led a consortium of investors to buy about 10 percent of Chinese courier ZTO Express (Cayman) for $1.38 billion,…
[ad_1] Kobo has announced a new e-reader, the Clara HD, which won’t set the world on fire but will be a perfectly good option for e-book readers who don’t want to spend a fortune. It basically revives the well-liked but discontinued Glo HD with a better frontlight and more memory. The screen is 6 inches…
[ad_1] Skyfire co-founder Nitin Bhandari is working on a new approach to cutting our addiction to social media and reducing screen time with a startup called ZenScreen. The startup has raised $700,000 in funding from Opera (now Otello) and assorted angel investors. It launched iOS and Android apps last month, as well as a Chrome…
[ad_1] Amazon India on Tuesday announced the rebranding of its grocery offering Amazon Now to Prime Now as it looks to offer more benefits to Prime members. With Prime Now, Amazon will provide exclusive Express 2-hour delivery to Prime members anytime between 6am to 12am (midnight). Also, same-day and next-day delivery will remain available for…
[ad_1] Brendan McDermid | Reuters People pass by a video sign display with the logo for Roku Inc, a Fox-backed video streaming firm, that held it’s IPO at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York, U.S., September 28, 2017. The worst is over for Roku shareholders this year, according to one Wall Street firm. Morgan Stanley…
[ad_1] Snapchat has rolled out its first Lens that reacts to sound. “It’s a cute animal mask overlay for your face, with ears that pulse and glow, and eyes that move based on the sounds it hears. Snapchat says it’s just the first of many,” Engadget reported late Monday, citing the company. The report says…
[ad_1] Investment firm KKR will buy enterprise software provider BMC Software from an investor group, the companies said on Tuesday. The group includes Bain Capital Private Equity, Golden Gate Capital, GIC, Insight Venture Partners and Elliott Management. Citing a single source familiar with the deal, the New York Post reported last week BMC could be…
[ad_1] Netgear on Tuesday launched the new Nighthawk Pro Gaming WiFi Router (XR500) at an event in Bengaluru. The company had unveiled the gaming-oriented router in January, at CES 2018. The new product leverages its software to optimise network connections by stabilising ping, reducing lag spikes, and keeps users “always on” with it wired and…
[ad_1] “Fortnite” developer Epic Games is facing a copyright violation lawsuit from PUBG Corp, the creator of “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds,” according to a report. PUBG Corp, a subsidiary of South Korean developer Bluehole, is suing Epic Games to determine whether “Fortnite” was copied directly from its own game, The Korea Times reported, citing an unnamed PUBG…
[ad_1] Jack Guez | AFP | Getty Images An Israeli woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli NSO group, on August 28, 2016, in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. Apple iPhone owners, were urged to install a quickly released security update after a sophisticated attack on an Emirati dissident exposed vulnerabilities…
[ad_1] Criticisms of the OECD include perceived narrowness of its membership; it excludes major market players like China, and critics point to an overarching like-mindedness of its members as hindering more effective outreach and engagement. Some call the OECD a “rich man’s club,” although it has succeeded in bringing once-undeveloped countries under its umbrella, including…
[ad_1] The manifesto Mitchell Baker wrote for the free software community Mozilla declared the Internet to be a global public resource and privacy a fundamental right that “must not be treated as optional.” Twenty years later, as executive chairwoman and “chief lizard wrangler” of the Mozilla Foundation, Baker says she’s on a mission to reassert…
[ad_1] Apple may be planning to use high-end technology in the screens for all of its new iPhone models next year, according to a report from South Korea’s Electronic Times. The American tech juggernaut is reportedly looking at organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, panels, which make images appear brighter and sharper compared to another technology…
[ad_1] Russia’s communications watchdog said Monday it had requested Apple help it block the popular messaging app Telegram which has been banned in the country for refusing to give the security services access to private conversations. Roskomnadzor said it had requested that Apple both block push notifications for Telegram users in Russia, which would mean…
[ad_1] A new robot created in Nova Scotia may mean farmers could get some help tackling troublesome weeds in their fields. This month, Nexus Robotics, a technology startup based in Dartmouth, N.S., won the weed-and-feed competition at the agBOT Challenge, an international showdown between agricultural robots in Rockville, Ind. Dubbed R2 Weed2 or Hal-Bot, the autonomous…
[ad_1] The Atlantic Salmon Federation has reached an agreement with Greenland and Faroe Islands fishermen to stop commercial fishing of salmon. Salmon from more than 2,000 rivers converge on Greenland and Faroe Islands waters. Some are healthy, but others are endangered salmon from the St. John River and Penobscot River in Maine. “It’s a huge win for wild Atlantic…
[ad_1] The FBI warned that foreign cybercriminals had compromised “hundreds of thousands” of home and small office router devices around the world that direct traffic on the internet by forwarding data packets between computer networks. In a public service announcement Friday, the FBI said it has discovered that the foreign cybercriminals used VPNFilter malware that can collect peoples’ information, exploit their devices and…
[ad_1] Trump’s announcement last week underscored the meteoric rise of commercial ventures, and the commensurate decline in NASA’s public profile. It also broadly reflects a society ambivalent at best about the government’s role in pioneering the next phase of space exploration. A 2015 Pew Research Center poll showed that nearly half of adults say the…
[ad_1] The folks at Spectrum have found a truly cool project for quadcopter pilots. It’s a spinning sensor that will stop the rotors if your finger gets too close to the blades, thereby preventing you – or your kids – from getting cut. Researchers at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia created so-called Safety…
[ad_1] WhatsApp users are being warned about a free Ryanair flights scam. The budget airliner took to their official Twitter account to warn customers about the latest WhatsApp scam. The hoax message, which is being circulated on the Facebook-owned chat app, features the Ryanair logo right at the top of it to make it seem…
[ad_1] The secret to the best integrations is all about who you know, according to Lyft director of entertainment marketing Ari Avishay. “At its core, it’s a relationship-based industry,” he explained. “People want to work with people they know and trust.” Avishay, who was previously a marketing executive at CAA, heads up Lyft’s efforts to…
[ad_1] Some residents of the southern Gulf Islands are worried too many whale-watching boats are chasing too few killer whales — stressing the already at-risk species. “It’s the Wild West out here on a Sunday and the orcas come by,” says Susie Washington-Smyth, 75, of Saturna Island. Fellow resident Mairead Boland, 65, agrees. “Increasingly, they are…
[ad_1] Director Robert Lepage first saw Norman McLaren’s short animated films as a child, when they aired as part of Hockey Night in Canada. He was moved by their simplicity and emotional impact. “There is something very pure about his vocabulary and very accessible and very universal,” says Lepage. “I’ve always related to that because I am desperately looking for…
[ad_1] They’re like co-starring leads in one of North America’s best known and researched predator-prey shows. Now the lynx and the snowshoe hare are about to become stars of an ambitious new project — to sequence the genomes of 150 of Canada’s most notable and significant species. They’ll be the first two. “This was just a no-brainer project,”…
[ad_1] Google on Monday said it will host its first-ever Demo Day for Asian startups in China’s Shanghai city on September 20. Since 2014, Google for Entrepreneurs has organised Demo Days in the US and Europe for startups to connect with investors and scale globally. “As our CEO Sundar Pichai announced earlier this year, this…
[ad_1] Warnings of artificial intelligence (AI) posing a threat to humanity are “not helpful,” a top executive at IBM has said. While critics like Tesla CEO Elon Musk have warned about the risks of developing AI, David Kenny, IBM’s senior vice president of Watson and Cloud, said the technology is already proving to be beneficial.…
[ad_1] Nvidia is selling its GPUs at a discount compared to other OEMs. The company’s India website now hosts a store that lets you purchase some of its GPUs such as the GeForce GTX 1060, GTX 1070, GTX 1080, and GTX 1080 Ti among others at prices lower than current market rates. A quick check on Amazon…
[ad_1] Google Chrome fans need to be aware of fake ‘free movies’ links that are spamming the Chrome Web Store. The Chrome Web Store is the place to go for Google Chrome users looking to download apps and extensions for the world’s most popular browser. These extensions have a wide variety of uses, from being…
[ad_1] Last week Valve claimed that its Steam Link app for iOS was rejected by Apple due to “business conflicts”. Now it seems that Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller has weighed in on the matter in an email that made its way to Reddit. In it he stated that the company cares “deeply about…
[ad_1] Zuckerberg also received questions on anti-trust issues, an area where Europe has become increasingly proactive in recent years. On whether Facebook is a monopoly, he responded that there are plenty of new competitors in the space with “tens of millions of users.” Incidentally, Facebook has 1.6 billion active users which puts it in a…
[ad_1] Christian Hartmann | Reuters The Swiss Re building in Zurich is shown in this Feb. 19, 2009 photo. Insurance company Swiss Re and Softbank have agreed to end discussions about a potential minority investment by the Japanese technology conglomerate. Swiss Re didn’t give reasons for the move in a brief statement Monday. The companies…
[ad_1] Europe implemented a sweeping overhaul of digital privacy laws on Friday that has reshaped how technology companies handle customer data, creating a de-facto global standard that gives Americans new protections and the nation’s technology companies new headaches. These major changes underscored the extent to which the European Union has emerged as the most powerful…
[ad_1] After Steven Yang left his coveted job at Google, he asked his mother whether he should take venture-capital money to fund his business idea. If his online consumer-electronics enterprise was a risky bet, she told him, go with the venture capitalists. But if building the business into something great was his destiny, he instead…
[ad_1] Qualcomm’s top executives will be eligible to receive cash severances if they’re fired after a change in control of the firm, reversing a long-standing policy of not providing such payments for senior managers. Executive vice presidents and higher-ranked employees are entitled to 1.5 times their salary and annual bonus, and a payment to cover…
[ad_1] Egypt’s top administrative court ruled on Saturday that regulators must block the video file-sharing site YouTube for one month over a video that denigrates the Prophet Mohammad, a lawyer who filed the case told Reuters. A lower administrative court had ordered that the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology block YouTube, owned by Google,…
[ad_1] BC Ferries has no plans to go electric with its ships anytime soon despite the worldwide movement toward greener battery-powered ferries using technology made right here in B.C. From Norway to Washington state — ferry fleets are cutting fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions by launching vessels that run largely — and some entirely…
[ad_1] Granny gets the idea that their act is a big hit – though she calls every platform Facebook, Smith noted. However, she didn’t really realize how big of a following the two of them had the first four years until Smith got her an iPad for Christmas. After that, he couldn’t hide their videos…
[ad_1] Women represent just 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs and less than 10 percent of the top tech VCs. But don’t worry ladies, we’ve got the virtual assistant gig locked up. Siri, Alexa, Cortana and their growing list of peers are designed to serve. They’re designed to take orders and never ask for a…
[ad_1] As Toyota knows, it’s a lot easier to make a reliable car with tried-and-true bits than try to ride the cutting edge. That philosophy, while sometimes necessary, has been deployed to a fault in the Yaris. It feels years behind its competitors and its fellow Toyotas. In the past five to ten years, we’ve…
[ad_1] Over the past three weeks, Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has spewed out molten rock shooting toward the sky, lava oozing from the ground and ash clouds rising high into the air. You can also add “vog” to the mix. Scientists say higher sulfur dioxide emissions recorded at the volcano’s summit in recent days…
[ad_1] We all know that the most successful entrepreneurs and CEOs have a great appetite for reading. But what books do they remember? Which ones do they recommend? With help from software company Sage’s “By the Book” interactive infographic, CNBC Make It rounded up all-time favorites of today’s tech leaders, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos…
[ad_1] You’ll be able to see all of the commands Alexa has heard. In my case, I saw all of the commands I’ve issued, including asking Alexa to turn off the living room lights, to play classical music and more. If you select a recording, you can choose the option to delete it. I didn’t…
[ad_1] Animated GIFs have gained popularity recently. So much so that Google recently acquired GIF platform Tenor, which creates easy-to-share GIFs. But it’s actually quite easy to build customized animations from your own photos, especially if you have an iPhone 6S or newer device. Here’s how. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Currys PC World customers could get a free 4K TV thanks to a promotion the leading retailer are running – here’s how it works. Currys are right now holding their second Bank Holiday sale for May 2018, with savings on top tech and gadgets. Customers can save money on smartphones such as the Apple…
[ad_1] Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86. Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969. He spent 31 hours on the…
[ad_1] Argos have a May 2018 Bank Holiday sale on at the moment with money off 4K TVs and top tech. The Argos Big Red event offers bargain hunters money off TVs from big name brands such as Samsung, LG and Sony. While the Argos 7 Day Deals promotion, which is also running now, has…
[ad_1] Samsung kickstarted this week in tech with the India launch of its Galaxy J6, Galaxy J8, Galaxy A6, and Galaxy A6+ smartphones. The Galaxy J6 and Galaxy J8 are affordable handsets with plastic unibody design, Super AMOLED screens, and 18.5:9 displays, while the Galaxy A6 and Galaxy A6+ sport metal unibody designs, along with Super…
[ad_1] The OnePlus 6 finally arrived in stores last week with the phone offering flagship specs on a much lower budget. The feature-packed phone includes features you’d usually only find on devices costing almost twice as much. For your money, you get a 6.3-inch edge-to-edge display, fast Qualcomm 845 processor and a dual-lens camera which…
[ad_1] Facebook has added a new feature to the social media platform that now allows users to share information across to WhatsApp. Facebook owns the messaging service WhatsApp and has reportedly being looking for ways to monetise it since buying it in 2014 for $19 billion. The new feature has appeared for some beta users…
[ad_1] Samsung looks set to reveal its rumoured Galaxy X foldable smartphone soon to help start a whole new trend in the world of folding phones. Samsung won’t be the only one to jump on the foldable phone trend as Google, Apple and more are also rumoured to be working on their own foldable phones for 2019.…
[ad_1] China is gaining quickly in technological innovation by several significant indicators: research and development spending, new patent applications and scientific academia. China’s R&D coffers weighed in at $409 billion in 2015, nearing $497 billion for the United States and increasing at a far faster rate of 18 percent annually versus 4 percent for the…
[ad_1] GETTY Champions League free live stream: How to watch Real Madrid v Liverpool online CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL FREE LIVE STREAM – UPDATE ONE: The Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool has kicked off now. Liverpool’s trio of star forwards Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane have all started the match as…
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[ad_1] Ezequiel Pereira was about a month shy of 17 when he first got paid for exposing a Google security flaw through its bug bounty program. Pereira got his first computer when he was 10, took an initial programming class when he was 11 and then spent years teaching himself different coding languages and techniques.…
[ad_1] Big brands like Toys R Us and Bon-Ton liquidating their businesses might paint a gloomy picture for the retail industry, but smaller brands say there couldn’t be a better time to grow. Direct-to-consumer businesses like Bonobos and Warby Parker have paved the way from online stores to brick-and-mortar ones. Others are following — in…
[ad_1] Vancouver Island’s Tsawout First Nation now has a presence among the stars. After years of work, Victoria astronomer Dave Balam has pinpointed and named a minor planet in honour of the First Nation. Tsawout, also known as 402920, is about two kilometres in diameter and is located in our solar system’s asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.…
[ad_1] If you seek out Ontario election coverage on YouTube, you’ve no doubt come across a recommended list of material the video-sharing service suggests you watch next. A CBC News investigation found that a YouTube channel devoted to putting misleading headlines on TV stories from other stations is getting recommended more often than many mainstream news…
[ad_1] Hard rock fans, get ready to empty your wallets. On June 29, Guns N’ Roses will commemorate the 30th anniversary edition of the group’s landmark album, “Appetite for Destruction” – and it will cost a whopping $999. In 1988, the original album topped the Billboard charts, buoyed by hit singles like “Sweet Child O’…
[ad_1] Volans-i’s drones are able to travel for up to 500 miles carrying 20 pounds of cargo at a time at a top speed of 200 miles per hour. (A delivery from Los Angeles to San Francisco would take three to four hours.) They are able to do this by employing fixed wings along with…
[ad_1] Amid rumours of the Mac ecosystem coming a step closer to iOS, Apple is now reportedly building a hybrid computer that is said to use ARM processors. The new device, codenamed ‘Star’, is likely to support 4G LTE through a dedicated SIM card slot and come with a water-resistant build. The Cupertino giant is…
[ad_1] KODI New research suggests illegal streams are getting past the block Illegal streaming, via Kodi-style add-ons, continues to be a major issue for copyright holders and the authorities. Over the past year, there have been a number of campaigns targeting streams which are aimed at stopping people watching content illegally online. The most recent…
[ad_1] EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS OnePlus 6 review ONEPLUS 6 REVIEW FOR • Nice design – Edge-to-edge display – Incredibly fast – Low price AGAINST • No wireless charging – Screen notch won’t please everyone – No IP68 rating With the new iPhone X making a £1,000 dent in your wallet, owning a feature-packed smartphone has never been so…
[ad_1] The Samsung Galaxy S9 is currently available for a great price and the money-saving offer may be the incentive Galaxy S8 fans need to upgrade. The Galaxy S9 was first released by Samsung back in February with the Galaxy S8 successor priced at £739 for the SIM free base model. But Mobiles.co.uk has a…
[ad_1] After a brief absence and some extremely early morning appearances, the International Space Station (ISS) returns to the night sky, and you can watch as it crosses the stars. The orbiting science platform is home to, on average, six people at a time. As it orbits roughly 400 kilometres above Earth, depending on its location,…
[ad_1] Currys PC World are right now running a mega deals promotion in their pay day flash sale which coincides with the second May Bank Holiday of 2018. Customers can save up to 40 per cent on hundreds of products such as the Apple iPhone, Sony Xperia smartphones and the Huawei P20. Currys PC World…
[ad_1] WhatsApp for iPhone is said to have started receiving group audio calls functionality. This means that you’ll soon be able to make voice calls to your multiple contacts directly through the instant messaging app. For Android users, on the other hand, WhatsApp has added a ‘Select All’ option that lets you easily mark all…
[ad_1] The Kodi crackdown continues as a court in Britain has issued a hefty jail sentence to scammers that profited from illegal Kodi add-ons. Research has suggested Kodi – which offers access to thousands of channels – is being used in more than five million UK homes. Kodi software is not illegal, but developers can…
[ad_1] Online security is more important than ever with many personal details stored in the cloud, so Google has included a Chrome browser password feature to help keep you safe. Google’s Chrome browser has a built-in password generator tool which will allow you to create a super secure password when signing up to websites. Chrome…
[ad_1] Facebook is calling on British users to send in naked photos in an effort to stop revenge porn. The photos will get its own unique digital fingerprint and if anyone tries to upload it to Facebook, Instagram or Messenger it will be blocked. Facebook tested the technology out previously in Australia and it’s now…
[ad_1] GETTY Password alert – Security experts release list of commonly used logins Security experts are warning about the common missteps people make when setting up or changing their passwords. Analysts from password manager app Dashlane looked at more than 61million passwords and discovered some simple mistakes that are commonly made. The research found common…
[ad_1] Apple has reportedly begun producing its new processing chips for the latest generation of iPhones for 2018, dubbed the A12 CPU. The new chips should not only offer more speed than the current models but better battery efficiency too. The A12 processors, according to sources familiar with the matter, are currently being churned out…
[ad_1] Amazon fans are in for a treat this week as the US retail firm has slashed the prices of a series of its smart devices. Included in the sale is a terrific discount on all four of the Amazon Echo variants available in the UK — the Echo, the Echo Dot, the Echo Spot…
[ad_1] Good news for those with 4K UHD televisions, there’s more high resolution content coming in the form of the French Open tennis tournament. Sky Q and Virgin TV will both offer Eurosport in 4K which is the channel that will broadcast the tennis event live in ultra high definition. This will be the first…
[ad_1] The new iPhone X from Apple could come with a larger 6.1-inch OLED display which has been leaked in a new photo. According to Twitter’s Mr White, this is the new larger iPhone X as snapped inside what appears to be the production line, suggesting it’s close to being ready. The Chinese account’s other…
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[ad_1] The battle is on to stop the invasive Japanese beetle from leaving downtown Vancouver where it has been found. People in several areas of the city can no longer remove plants and soil, while removing yard trimmings is restricted all summer. A program to spray a larvacide will also begin in June. “This is a very serious pest,”…
[ad_1] The federal government is getting mixed reactions to its plan to protect southern resident killer whales by protecting the orcas’ primary food: Chinook salmon. On Thursday, Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced plans to cut the allowable catch of Chinook salmon by 25 to 35 per cent. The number of southern resident killer whales has fallen…
[ad_1] Science Minister Navdeep Bains has announced an investment of more than $26.7 million in space technology that will benefit 33 Canadian companies. Bains says the new money will support 46 projects and create or secure 397 jobs. He made the announcement Friday at the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue facilities of MDA on the western tip of the island of Montreal. The minister…
[ad_1] Mobile Virtual Player’s (MVP) $8,000 football robots cost a whole lot less than hiring a professional athlete, but MVP President and CEO Joe McLaughlin doesn’t see these robots replacing players anytime soon. “When you run kickoffs, running 11 players down over and over again, it wears guys out,” McLaughlin said on CNBC’s “Closing Bell.”…
[ad_1] Best Buy is expanding its tech support options with an eye toward keeping its older customers healthy. On the retailer’s earnings call this week, company executives said that they see opportunities to make money in the health space. “We already assort a variety of health-related products and technology products designed for seniors like specially…
[ad_1] America’s Office of Management and Budget was aiming to to save $2.7 billion in technology costs by the end of the year — but amid a sizeable shortfall, agencies are looking at adopting more cloud contracts instead. Bean-counters have been trying to get the government to cut down for years on investing in new…
[ad_1] Elon Musk has registered the domain name “Pravduh.com” days after fiercely criticizing the media and saying he would build start a website to rate the “core truth” and “credibility” of articles and reporters. It is another move suggesting the CEO of electric car maker Tesla may be moving forward on such a project. Musk…
[ad_1] The stories seem as tall as the lake is deep. For hundreds of years, visitors to Scotland’s Loch Ness have described seeing a monster that some believe lurks in the depths. But now the legend of “Nessie” may have no place left to hide. A New Zealand scientist is leading an international team to…
[ad_1] Sequoia is arguably Silicon Valley’s most successful venture capital firm, having invested in giants like Apple, Google, Oracle, YouTube and Yahoo over its nearly five decades. Vernal joined in 2016 from Facebook, where he spent more than eight years, most recently leading its search group. In the early days of Facebook, the company resented…
[ad_1] A rare, exotic plant known for its putrid bouquet has bloomed inside the pyramids of Edmonton’s Muttart Conservatory. The corpse flower bloomed overnight Thursday, emitting a putrid odour of discarded diapers, rotting meat and hot garbage. And with its new, massive bloom, the flower has been given an official name, Gagnes. “Gagnes the corpse…
[ad_1] Instead of framing Apple’s self-driving car ambitions around vehicle design, investors could view Apple‘s new Volkswagen partnership as another investment in the hardware giant’s growing services business, venture capitalist Gene Munster said in a note. Apple is providing software for automaker partner Volkswagen, according to report this week in The New York Times. The…
[ad_1] Mobility is one of the most rapidly advancing technologies going, and we’re searching for the rising stars of early-stage mobility startups to apply as a TC Top Pick for Disrupt San Francisco 2018 on September 5-7 at Moscone Center West. It’s a competitive application process, but if TechCrunch editors designate your company as a…
[ad_1] President Donald Trump‘s administration is telling Congress it has come to an agreement to boost Chinese telecommunications company ZTE, The New York Times and Reuters reported. As part of the deal, ZTE would pay a financial penalty, revamp its management and hire American compliance officers, the Times reported, citing a person familiar with the…
[ad_1] French startup Snips has been working on voice assistant technology that respects your privacy. And the company is going to use its own voice assistant for a set of consumer devices. As part of this consumer push, the company is also announcing an initial coin offering. Yes, it sounds a bit like Snips is…
[ad_1] YouTube Music is best for people who want to listen to music and enjoy music videos. I like that it has all the basics, like the ability to download music offline, search by artists, create playlists and has a visually appealing user interface. I already pay for YouTube Red (soon to be YouTube Premium),…
[ad_1] Privacy activist Max Schrems has wasted no time making use of Europe’s new data protection law to target the giants of Silicon Valley. The Austrian lawyer’s non-profit organization NOYB filed complaints against Google, Facebook and Facebook-owned services WhatsApp and Instagram on Friday. The complaints could result in penalties worth up to 7 billion euros…
[ad_1] A publicity stunt encouraging “crypto enthusiasts” to climb Mount Everest and bury a hard drive holding $50,000 worth of cryptocurrency reportedly indirectly led to a man’s death, the Financial Times said Friday. Ukrainian social network ASKfm, which is planning to raise money through an initial coin offering, or ICO, sponsored four people to climb…
[ad_1] Earlier this week, it came to light that Apple had removed a number of VoIP-based calling apps from the App Store, at the request of the Chinese government. The apps had been using CallKit, Apple’s new developer toolset that provides the calling interface for VoIP apps, freeing up developers to handle the backend communications.…
[ad_1] An Apple patent application has surfaced that shows the company is exploring ways to make declining a call on an iPhone a more “pleasant experience” in the future. According to the patent published by the US Patent and Trademark Office, the tech giant is reportedly working to make its digital assistant Siri to help…
[ad_1] Police in Shanghai have busted what they say is gang who duped websites into deleting negative reviews by posing as government censors and media personnel. The gang made 3 million yuan (US$470,000) from the activity before the bust, according to Chinese news site ThePaper.cn. In late 2016, the gang started advertising its services to…
[ad_1] Facebook on Friday announced that it is rolling out privacy review in 11 Indian languages, starting with Facebook for Android users in the country. This comes in the wake of the company’s updated privacy policies in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will be put into action in Europe starting May…
[ad_1] The stakes are high as Wyoming struggles with low prices for oil and natural gas and weak demand for coal. The fossil fuels account for 20 percent of Wyoming’s economy, more than any other state, and the industry’s recent weakness has saddled the state with a $500 million deficit. Other states hoping to lure…
[ad_1] A group that campaigns for data protection rights in Europe says it’s filed legal complaints against Google, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp over the way they obtain users’ consent under new EU privacy rules – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Starting Friday, companies that collect or process the personal information of EU residents must comply…
[ad_1] Chances are you’ve heard of a video game called “Fortnite.” It’s a massively popular game that is generating hundreds of millions of dollars each month in revenue. But unlike other popular online games like Activision Blizzard’s “Call of Duty” franchise, “Fortnite” is free to play. How is it that a free game is on…
[ad_1] Adult entertainment site PornHub has launched its own VPN service with free and unlimited bandwidth. Aptly named VPNhub, the virtual private network is meant to encrypt and secure data connections to protect users’ personal information. It essentially keeps your browsing data confidential and makes it easier to bypass censors. The new VPN service works…
[ad_1] Companies that offer apps and services in Europe — every firm from Spotify to Google — have to update their guidelines and even the core structure of their apps so that they’re meeting these new privacy rules. Users in the United States and other parts of the world will begin to benefit, at least…
[ad_1] Already under fire for misuse of users’ data after the Cambridge Analytica scandal came to light, a new filing in a California lawsuit now alleges that Facebook collected information on users and their friends through its apps. The filing is part of a suit brought against Facebook in 2015 by now-defunct startup Six4Three, CNET…
[ad_1] “We believe PayPal is well-positioned to benefit from eCommerce growth and the digitization of payments and is broadening its leadership position through its global scale and controlling the end-to-end experience. PayPal is still in the early stages of its transformation from a button/online checkout company to a global payments platform with a sizable addressable…
[ad_1] Silicon Valley companies for months have been rewriting their privacy policies to make them clearer in time for a Friday deadline – the day Europe ushers in sweeping new privacy laws that could affect users worldwide. The new law could spell the end of legalese – of an era of signing away your rights…
[ad_1] Apple has blocked the plans of the biggest distributor of PC-based video games to extend its reach into iPhones, according to the game distributor, a sign that Apple is serious about protecting its ability to take a cut of digital purchases made inside games on its mobile devices. Steam, the dominant online store for…
[ad_1] China’s top social media app WeChat has removed “sugar daddy” dating website SeekingArrangement from its platform, after a recent surge in the popularity of the U.S.-founded service attracted scrutiny from state media. A money-for-love dating platform, launched in the United States in 2006, SeekingArrangement puts young women in touch with rich older men. “At…
[ad_1] Uber said it will provide more information in the coming weeks on how it plans to stop diesel using cars in London and of a proposed scrappage scheme, as the court date nears for the taxi app to defend its right to operate in London nears. The Silicon Valley firm said in September it…
[ad_1] Several major U.S. media websites were blocked to Europeans on Friday as the European Union’s new data protection law kicked in. The websites of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News and other publications owned by Tronc were down, showing the message: “Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European…
[ad_1] Apple’s Mac App Store is speculated to get the editorial-driven treatment of the iOS 11 App Store this year. This new change could be showcased at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. Interestingly, the Mac App Store hasn’t received any major interface-level changes since January 2011 – the time when Apple introduced its presence…
[ad_1] Autodesk forecast second-quarter profit on Thursday below Wall Street expectations, sending the AutoCAD software maker’s shares down nearly 4 percent in extended trading. The company’s forecast overshadowed a beat on both first-quarter revenue and profit. Autodesk forecast second-quarter adjusted profit between 13 cents and 16 cents per share. Analysts on average were expecting a…
[ad_1] Areas off the B.C. coast used for farming shellfish are becoming highly polluted by plastic microbeads, new research has found. According to a release from Simon Fraser University, researchers analyzed dozens of sediment samples from 16 sites around Lambert Channel and Baynes Sound off Denman Island — where 130 shellfish farms are located —…
[ad_1] Read Story Trancsript Being good at Fortnite, the wildly popular video game, might land you a university scholarship. Ashland University in Ohio is actively recruiting players, offering them up to $4,000 US if they join its collegiate esports team. Joshua Buchanan, the coach of Ashland’s esports team, told The Current’s Anna Maria Tremonti that there…
[ad_1] The European Union’s new data protection laws came into effect on Friday, with Brussels saying the changes will protect consumers from being like “people naked in an aquarium”. The EU’s so-called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been blamed for a flood of spam emails and messages in recent weeks as firms rush to…
[ad_1] The goal of a new laboratory on the outskirts of Calgary is to not only capture harmful greenhouse gas emissions, but find a way to make money from the carbon dioxide. The $20-million centre will be a testing ground for leading edge technologies to turn carbon dioxide gases into something valuable, such as consumer goods,…
[ad_1] The chairman of one of the largest ad firms in the world believes that major upheavals in the media landscape will see consumers soon share the wealth of large technology companies. Maurice Levy, the former CEO and now chairman of Publicis Groupe, a $15.8 billion French ad giant, predicted that a third party will…
[ad_1] It will be an active Atlantic Ocean hurricane season this year, with up to 16 major storms predicted to develop, a Canadian Hurricane Centre meteorologist said Thursday. The forecast calls for 10 to 16 named storms, with five to nine hurricanes, said Bob Robichaud, warning preparedness meteorologist. One to four hurricanes could be “major” with sustained winds of at…
[ad_1] Dawn Harp and Lars Androsoff were fully confident flooding didn’t threaten their home near southern British Columbia’s Kettle River. Then the couple awoke at 1:30 a.m. PT on May 11 to the sound of floodwaters flowing beneath their Grand Forks home’s floorboards. “I never thought this would happen in a million years,” said Androsoff,…
[ad_1] After nearly five days of deliberations, a U.S. jury on Thursday said Samsung Electronics Co Ltd should pay $539 million to Apple Inc for copying patented smartphone features, according to court documents, bringing a years-long feud between the technology companies into its final stages. The world’s top smartphone rivals have been in court over…
[ad_1] Apple has rejected the Steam Link app for iOS twice. Announced earlier this month, the app lets you stream games from your Steam library on PC over to your iPhone or iPad. Steam Link has been available on Google Play for the better part of the week, albeit in beta. With it, you can play…
[ad_1] A sweeping data privacy law known as the General Data Protection Rule (GDPR) goes into effect across the EU today. While businesses have had two years to prepare for the new rules, a recent survey from data analytics firm SAS found only 49 percent of companies worldwide said they will meet the deadline to…
[ad_1] Uber had disabled an emergency braking system in a self-driving vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Arizona in March even though the car had identified the need to apply the brakes, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report released on Thursday. The report into the first fatal crash caused by…
[ad_1] Canada’s next man in space doesn’t have his official liftoff date until the end of this year, but David Saint-Jacques says he’s ready if called into action in the coming weeks. Saint-Jacques is serving as a backup to European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, who is part of a three-person team scheduled to launch…
[ad_1] Diagnosing the cause of stomach pain could soon be as simple as swallowing two small pills that work together to report back about what is happening in your body. This technology uses biosensors, an analytical device that converts a biological response into an electrical signal. The biosensors harness the abilities of bacteria—and their incredible…
[ad_1] Imagine walking out to your backyard, setting up a telescope, pointing it at Pluto and being able to see something the size of a flea on its surface. That’s the equivalent of what astronomers from the University of Toronto have done. In a new study published in Nature, researchers using data collected from the Arecibo Observatory in…
[ad_1] Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during a meeting with European Parliament members on Tuesday that the company doesn’t want users to “just, you know, click ‘OK’ or ‘no’ on a bunch of stuff” so they can “get to what they were trying to do.” GDPR, which will become law on Friday, gives consumers more…
[ad_1] A start-up called Bowery Farming is putting an urban twist on agriculture, raising leafy greens and herbs in a high-tech warehouse a few miles outside of New York City, and celebrity chefs are starting to invest. Using a mix of software, cameras, lights and robotics, Bowery can control precisely how plants grow. CEO and…
[ad_1] Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gave a philosophical response Thursday to the major challenges that are currently being faced by tech companies, underling the guiding principles that he and his firm follow. Speaking in front of an audience at the VivaTech conference in Paris, he said artificial intelligence (AI) is the “defining technology of our…
[ad_1] Netflix briefly passed Disney in market value Thursday as the most valuable media company in the world. Shares of Netflix rose 1.8 percent Thursday, reaching a market value of $152.6 billion, according to FactSet. Disney’s stock fell 1 percent and now has a market value of $151.8 billion. Netflix closed off its highs, up…
[ad_1] When you close the red ring you’ve met your daily calorie burn goal. When you close the green ring you’ve exercised for 30 minutes, and when you close the blue ring you’ve stood up once an hour throughout the day. Activity can be a whole lot more fun if you compete with people. It’s…
[ad_1] Harder said in an interview that he’s been focusing his campaign locally, but the competitive nature of the race has spurred individual contributions from across the state. “This is a focus-magnet district for everybody,” Harder said. Other than the seats that are already blue, “it’s the only winnable election we have in Northern California,…
[ad_1] U.S. tech companies would be forced to disclose if they allowed American adversaries, like Russia and China, to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military under proposed legislation, Senate staff told Reuters on Thursday. The bill, approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, comes after a year-long Reuters…
[ad_1] A patent case that began back in 2011 has reached a conclusion, with Samsung ordered to pay about $539 million to Apple over infringements of the latter’s patents in devices that are now long gone. The case has dragged on for years as both sides argued about the finer points of how much was…
[ad_1] For Intuit Chairman and CEO Brad Smith and his company, the parent of TurboTax, Mint and other financial planning aids, the ability to evolve with the times is key to success. That’s why Intuit rolled out TurboTax Live in the face of the Trump administration’s new, reportedly simplified tax code, which will offer a…
[ad_1] Snapchat is taking another shot at location after its always-on coordinate-broadcasting Snap Map proved a bit invasive for some users. Snapchat now lets you send your on-going real-time location to a friend, or request theirs, which show up on the Snap Map and within your message thread. Essentially, this is location sharing built for…
[ad_1] “Modern agriculture’s really built on technologies that were created decades ago: synthetic fertilizer, synthetic chemicals, GMOs and plant breeding. We’re taking an entirely new approach,” Perry told “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer in an exclusive interview. “I think this is an opportunity to see a revolution in agriculture using naturally discovered microbes to improve…
[ad_1] Essential, the smartphone company helmed by Android co-creator Andy Rubin, is trying to sell itself and has cancelled development of its next phone, Bloomberg reports. The report states that Essential has hired Credit Suisse Group AG to advise them on potentially selling itself. The company raised $330 million from investors, including Rubin’s own Playground…
[ad_1] Essential Products, the smartphone and gadget startup founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, is exploring a potential sale, Bloomberg reports. The company has also cancelled the development of a new phone, the report says. The appeal of Essential’s first device was that it gave users a “pure” Android experience, meaning that it didn’t come…
[ad_1] The Amazon Echo and Google Home are amazing devices and both have advantages over the other. In my home, we use the Amazon Echo and have them around the house and outside. I have the original in the living room, a Dot in bedrooms, my office and outside, a Tap in my woodworking workshop…
[ad_1] OpenStack is one of the most important and complex open-source projects you’ve never heard of. It’s a set of tools that allows large enterprises ranging from Comcast and PayPal to stock exchanges and telecom providers to run their own AWS-like cloud services inside their data centers. Only a few years ago, there was a lot…
[ad_1] Data center infrastructure company Nutanix dropped about 5 percent in extended trading on Thursday after losing more money in the fiscal third quarter than analysts expected. While revenue beat estimates, Nutanix also gave a forecast for the current quarter that disappointed investors. Earnings: Loss of 21 cents per share, excluding certain items, vs. loss…
[ad_1] The Echo device in your room could be secretly recording your conversation — and in some cases, could send it to a random person, according to a report from local Seattle TV network KIRO7. That’s what happened to a family in Portland, who had their conversation at home recorded and sent to a random…
[ad_1] A Twitter user has crafted the exact search needed to send your feed back 10 years — and it’s resurfacing some early, silly tweets. The specific search, shared by early Kickstarter executive Andy Baio, will show you what everyone who you follow now was tweeting about 10 years ago. (You can adjust the date…
[ad_1] Netflix’s market cap is now larger than Comcast, which is pretty much just a symbolic thing given that the companies are valued very differently but is like one of those moments where Apple was larger than Exxon and may be some kind of watershed moment for technology. Or not. A couple notes on this…
[ad_1] In fact, there’s an entire industry devoted to being accurate and not intentionally misleading. It’s called journalism. A lot of material in the upper right quadrant — high truth, but intentionally misleading — poses as journalism. Ariño de la Rubia gives examples like cherry picking statistics or propaganda, and says that Facebook has to…
[ad_1] A Portland family tells KIRO news that their Echo recorded and then sent a private conversation to someone on its list of contacts without telling them. Amazon called it an “extremely rare occurrence.” Portlander Danielle said that she got a call from one of her husband’s employees one day telling her to “unplug your…
[ad_1] The United Auto Workers say Tesla CEO Elon Musk allegedly broke national labor laws by tweeting. A complaint dated Wednesday and filed with the National Labor Relations Board says Musk violated the National Labor Relations Act when he sent out a tweet the union alleges threatened to take away stock options from any employees…
[ad_1] In a blog post, Harbath and Facebook public policy director Steve Satterfield said the company didn’t ban political advertising altogether because that would benefit politicians with large budgets who can rely on more expensive television, radio and newspaper ads. “Digital advertising is typically more affordable than TV or print ads, giving less well-funded candidates…
[ad_1] The initial report by the National Transportation Safety Board on the fatal self-driving Uber crash in March confirms that the car detected the pedestrian as early as 6 seconds before the crash, but did not slow or stop because its emergency braking systems were deliberately disabled. Uber told the NTSB that “emergency braking maneuvers…
[ad_1] Avast has found that many low-cost, non-Google-certifed Android phones shipped with a strain of malware built in that could send users to download apps they didn’t intend to access. The malware, called called Cosiloon, overlays advertisements over the operating system in order to promote apps or even trick users into downloading apps. Devices effected…
[ad_1] The third iteration of Boeing’s popular 777 airliner series will be able to retract part of its wings. The FAA recently signed off on the proposed designs. Folding wings have been employed for some military planes on aircraft carriers, but this will be the first instance on a commercial plane. The upcoming 777X aircraft…
[ad_1] Justin Tallis | AFP | Getty Images Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square, Chairman of Twitter and a founder of both, holds an event in London on November 20, 2014. Twitter is improving the social experience for sports fan, CEO Jack Dorsey said, and it’s apparently got more changes in store. Twitter will start suggesting…
[ad_1] Rover, a dog-walking and dog-boarding service that merged with DogVacay around this time last year, is now the second of such startups this year to raise a massive new round of funding with its announcement of a $155 million financing round. While competitor Wag has become a juggernaut, there seems room for both room…
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[ad_1] Facebook has always shared the principles of a strict data protection law being introduced by the European Union this week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. Zuckerberg said that Facebook provided control, accountability and transparency about how data is used, referring to values enshrined in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). “These are values…
[ad_1] [The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Mark Zuckerberg is speaking at the Viva Technology conference amid heightened concerns over how Facebook handles user data. The social network’s co-founder and chief executive is speaking to Maurice…
[ad_1] Uber will begin reminding riders to wear seat belts when using its ride-hailing service, regardless of whether the passenger is sitting in front or back of the vehicle, company officials said. The company will also use its app to ask drivers to pause after picking up passengers to allow them to buckle up before…
[ad_1] Uber has taken steps to improve its business model and is hopeful it will regain its license to operate in London, the firm’s head of EMEA said Thursday. “London is a very important and strategic market for us, obviously,” Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty told CNBC’s Karen Tso. “I think the situation in London is a good…
[ad_1] Microsoft Garage team’s SMS Organizer app, made only for Indian Android users, essentially caters to an audience that likes to keep their SMS inbox de-cluttered. The app uses machine learning to pick out messages and classify them based on priority. It also comes with some nifty features like the option to delete OTP messages,…
[ad_1] “They continue to partner with folks like us who specialize in this, and I think that’s what a lot of the larger companies have done. They are focused on the infrastructure and making it all work, and they look to companies like Crowdstrike.” Amazon, he said, “is a big partner. We actually supply some…
[ad_1] D-Link has brought its Covr Dual Band Whole Home Wi-Fi System to India with the launch of the COVR-C1203. Originally announced at CES 2018 in Las Vegas back in January, the new Wi-Fi system is powered by Qualcomm’s Mesh Networking platform and is based on AC1200 standard to offer high-speed, seamless Wi-Fi in home…
[ad_1] Jeff Swensen | Getty Images An Uber driverless Ford Fusion drives down Smallman Street on September, 22, 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Federal investigators say the autonomous Uber SUV that struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March spotted the woman about six seconds before hitting her, but didn’t stop because emergency braking was disabled.…
[ad_1] After the first quarter analysis of the wearable segment, Canalys now takes a look at the relatively new but disruptive smart speaker market globally. The total number of shipments reached 9 million in the first quarter of 2018, with year on year growth of 210 percent. Last year, the smart speaker segment managed to…
[ad_1] The Chinese tech company posted a hefty loss in its latest financial results on Thursday. It reported a loss attributable to shareholders of $189 million in its fourth fiscal quarter, compared to a $535 million profit it had achieved the previous year. Lenovo, primarily known for its personal computers, has been facing challenges to…
[ad_1] InVision, the startup that wants to be the operating system for designers, today introduced its app store and asset store within InVision Studio. In short, InVision Studio users now have access to some of their most-used apps and services from right within the Studio design tool. Plus, those same users will be able to…
[ad_1] Uber plans to offer all its European drivers an upgraded version of the health insurance it already provides in France in a drive to attract independent workers and fend off criticism over their treatment. The San Francisco-based taxi app, which tied up with insurer AXA last year to offer French drivers accident cover, said…
[ad_1] Earlier in the week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared before European lawmakers to apologize for the social media giant’s role in a massive data leak. However, his testimony did not satisfy all members of the European Parliament, with some feeling Zuckerberg had dodged a number of their questions. Ahead of Tuesday’s grilling, Zuckerberg had…
[ad_1] WhatsApp for Android has received a new beta version (2.18.159) that brings a Media visibility feature. The feature, as its name suggests, allows you to hide or show the WhatsApp media content in the gallery. The latest beta version also has a New contact shortcut that makes it easy to add a new contact…
[ad_1] Getty Images Customers check the new iPhone X upon its U.K release in the Apple store, on November 3, 2017 in London, England. The vast majority of Apple’s future revenue growth will be generated by its services, according to Morgan Stanley. The firm reiterated its overweight rating for Apple shares, saying investors are underestimating…
[ad_1] At $3,700, Trek’s Commuter+ 7 is a hard sell in a world of commodity e-bikes. But, thankfully, Trek has added superior components, great styling, and surprising durability to the package, making this pedal-assist ebike one of the best I’ve ridden. The bike has a matte black finish, fenders, and a motor guard to keep…
[ad_1] When Box announced Zones a couple of years ago, it was providing a way for customers to store data outside the U.S., but there were some limits. Each customer could choose the U.S. and one additional zone. Customers wanted more flexibility, and today the company announced it was allowing them to choose to multiple…
[ad_1] MobiKwik on Wednesday announced the launch of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its platform via its own virtual payment address (VPA) handle @ikwik. MobiKwik users can by default use their mobile number as their own VPA which will be @ikwik. They will also be able to link multiple bank accounts with just one VPA and…
[ad_1] Best Buy, the No. 1 U.S. consumer electronics retailer, reported a forecast-beating rise in same-store sales in the first quarter, helped by strong customer demand, sending its shares up 2 percent in premarket trade. The retailer said same-store sales, or stores open at least a year, rose 7.1 percent in the first quarter ended…
[ad_1] The city’s zoning map, publicly available, shows the areas in Miami Beach where short-term rentals are clearly allowed and prohibited. Lehane said about 1,000 of the 5,000 hosts in Miami Beach are doing short-rentals on a full-time basis. “So Miami Beach is certainly not part of our economic model in terms of its impact…
[ad_1] Apple is heavily rumoured to be working on a new iPhone SE 2 which will still remain the small affordable member of the iPhone family but now with some killer new specs. The current iPhone SE keeps the form factor of Apple’s older iPhone models, meaning a home button and large bezels on the…
[ad_1] The U.S. Department of Justice opened a criminal probe into the possibility that traders are manipulating the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, according to a report from Bloomberg. The investigation surrounds the practice of spoofing — where an investor places orders that are intended to manipulate the price of an instrument — and…
[ad_1] Google at I/O 2018 had showcased its latest innovations and efforts in artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and more. The search giant also detailed a major update to Google Lens, which is an image recognition tool that can provide contextual suggestions for objects that you scan with the camera. Google had announced the most significant…
[ad_1] The start date for the construction of Canada’s only commercial spaceport has been pushed back. Stephen Matier, president of Maritime Launch Services, had hoped to break ground this month on the $200-million project on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore. But Matier now says the rocket launch site in Canso likely won’t start being developed until…
[ad_1] WhatsApp users were in a dizzy when the viral ‘Black Dot’ message was causing their apps to crash earlier this month. Now, a new bug is plaguing the messenger app, with user reports of blocked parties still being able to message them. Not only that, they are able to see their profile and Status…
[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe must avoid making the same mistakes as the U.S. and China if the region is to successfully tackle some of the world’s biggest tech giants. Macron is currently spearheading efforts for Europe to adopt tougher regulations on digital companies. On Wednesday, the French leader said that while he…
[ad_1] YouTube is the world’s biggest video sharing platform, and among the most popular websites in India and the rest of the world. In 2014, YouTube launched the feature that allows users to download videos to watch on their mobile devices, giving them a respite from spotty Internet that used to ruin their video viewing experience. Many…
[ad_1] Chances are, over the past few days you’ve been getting emails from the apps and mailing lists you subscribe to, alerting you to their new privacy policies. That’s because on Friday the European Union will bring into effect some of the world’s strictest online privacy rules — new regulations that some experts say will…
[ad_1] Klevio, a smart home startup out of the U.K., is officially launching its first product: a smart intercom system that lets you control your front door lock via an iOS and Android app on your phone and remotely. Dubbed “Klevio One,” the device is designed to be retrofitted to existing electric strike-enabled locks, and…
[ad_1] Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group swung to its biggest annual loss in nine years as higher component costs, an expected tax writedown and lower income from asset disposals overshadowed growth in revenue. The company, which lost the world’s largest PC maker crown to HP in 2017, has seen its core PC business suffer from a…
[ad_1] Research on a mysterious star, believed by some to be a mining site for an alien race, is earning a group of Edmonton high school students a place in the annals of science. A paper penned by six students at Jasper Place High School has been peer-reviewed and published in the national journal of…
[ad_1] While Google is working hard to bring a smarter keyboard option, it has been discovered the spell checker feature on Gboard isn’t working fine for many users. Several affected users have complained about the issues with Gboard’s text correction functionality on Google product forums and Reddit. However, the search giant hasn’t responded to any…
[ad_1] Indigenous fishermen in the Maritimes are getting ready to test the internet at sea this fall. It’s part of a Transport Canada pilot project that will provide fishing vessels with web-based data on weather, vessel traffic and other information. The Enhanced Maritime Situational Awareness initiative is being installed on selected boats across the country,…
[ad_1] Netflix has set a premiere date for The Simpsons creator Matt Groening’s first new show in nearly two decades – an adult fantasy animated series called Disenchantment – and provided a first look of the central trio: a hard-drinking young princess Bean, her elf friend Elfo, and her “personal demon” Luci. The first 10…
[ad_1] China’s ambition to soft-land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon later this year faces considerable challenges, but if successful would propel the country’s space program to the forefront of one of the most important areas of lunar exploration, experts say. China hopes to be the first country to complete such a…
[ad_1] Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group said Wednesday that it remains committed to its $10 billion (roughly Rs. 68,000 crores) Wisconsin manufacturing facility, rejecting a report that it’s considering reducing its initial investment by making display screens for smaller electronics, like phones, rather than large screens for televisions. The Tokyo-based Nikkei Asian Review reported that Foxconn…
[ad_1] Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Uber application on a smartphone during an Uber ride in Washington, D.C. Uber has teamed up with French insurer AXA to provide insurance protection for its drivers across Europe. The partnership expands on a scheme the two companies announced last year, offering French drivers insurance for…
[ad_1] Apple still makes the bulk of its money selling iPhones. But in trying to show investors that it can thrive in high-margin software, the company has built a services unit that’s now approaching $40 billion in annual revenue. But it’s leaving money on the table by failing to embrace the biggest trend in the…
[ad_1] Uber has shut down its self-driving car operation in Arizona two months after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, the company said on Wednesday. Uber Technologies is not shuttering its entire autonomous vehicle programme and will focus on limited testing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and two cities in California, a spokeswoman said. The ride-hailing…
[ad_1] Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the proposed budget for FY2019 for the FBI in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 16, 2018. The FBI reportedly overstated encryption threat figures to both Congress and the…
[ad_1] The US government said late on Wednesday that it would seek to wrestle hundreds of thousands of infected routers and storage devices from the control of hackers who security researchers warned were planning to use the “botnet” to attack Ukraine. A federal judge in Pennsylvania gave the FBI permission to seize an Internet domain that…
[ad_1] Netflix may be worth a lot more than HBO owner Time Warner, but HBO creative consultant Frank Rich says HBO has Netflix beat as far as quality of content and transparency for creators. “Our point about HBO is, we don’t dump everything out there,” Rich said on CNBC’s “Squawk Alley.” “And a lot of…
[ad_1] Google is putting a dent into Amazon’s share of the smart speaker market, and Canalys even says Google Home now has the lead. Amazon dominated the market early by introducing several iterations of the Amazon Echo, which can be used to tell users about the weather and news, or even place deliveries. Google entered…
[ad_1] Stephen Lam | Reuters Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. Google is taking legal action against scammers that target small business owners. The company said in a blog post on Wednesday that it’s going after three companies including PointBreak…
[ad_1] Justin Sullivan | Getty Images An Uber self-driving car drives down 5th Street on March 28, 2017 in San Francisco, California. Cars in Uber’s self-driving cars are back on the roads after the program was temporarily halted following a crash in Tempe, Arizona on Friday. Uber is ending its operation of self-driving cars in…
[ad_1] Indonesia’s massively popular ride-hailing start-up Go-Jek is expanding abroad. It will invest about $500 million to move into four new markets in Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines over the next several months, the company said in a Thursday announcement. Initially, Go-Jek will start with ride-hailing before introducing additional services. Go-Jek started off as…
[ad_1] The U.S. government said late on Wednesday that it would seek to wrestle hundreds of thousands of infected routers and storage devices from the control of hackers who security researchers warned were planning to use the “botnet” to attack Ukraine. A federal judge in Pennsylvania gave the FBI permission to seize an internet domain…
[ad_1] In Aldie, Virginia, about an hour’s drive from downtown Washington, the biggest name in retail and the biggest name in homebuilding are test-driving a collaboration that could benefit both in a very smart way. Amazon is opening “experience showrooms” in Lennar smart homes. It’s a show-and-sell strategy for the home, the smart home products…
[ad_1] The biggest competition it may face is from the tech giants: Alphabet, Amazon and Apple. Williams noted that Apple Pay is secure, but you can’t use it everywhere. “Imagine adding NFC to every parking meter. It’s expensive to do that.” Williams pointed out that Alphabet’s Google is experimenting with technology similar to Lisnr but…
[ad_1] Top U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced it would acquire trading platform Paradex in the start-up’s latest attempt to stay ahead in an increasingly competitive crypto economy. The San Francisco-based company, which landed at the No. 10 spot on the 2018 CNBC Disruptor 50 list, is also overhauling its flagship trading platform GDAX designed for…
[ad_1] Square, the company that provides payments and other business services to merchants, is today taking another step in its gradual expansion outside of the U.S. Stand — one of Square’s key pieces of hardware, turning an iPad into a point of sale system — is launching in the U.K. It will sell for £64…
[ad_1] In an emotional market where investors struggle to process the White House newsflow, CNBC’s Jim Cramer likes to fall back on the technicals to find actionable opportunities. “In the stock market, emotional decisions tend to be bad decisions,” the “Mad Money” host warned. “So we need to do everything we can to check our…
[ad_1] Apple had already curtailed its grand vision for disrupting the automotive industry by building its own self-driving car. Now the tech giant has narrowed its auto aspirations even further. For the past several years, Apple sought partnerships with the luxury carmakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz to develop an all-electric self-driving car, according to five people…
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. Elon Musk is not happy with Tesla’s recent media coverage, to put it mildly. The Tesla CEO said on Twitter on Wednesday that the public no longer respects “big media companies” because they “claim to the…
[ad_1] However, Thinx was plagued by controversy last year when co-founder and then-CEO Miki Agrawal was accused of sexual harassment by a former employee. She denies the charge but stepped down from the top spot. Selby took over last July. “The business had a really strong foundation and that’s a testament to just a great…
[ad_1] Anindito Mukherjee | Getty Images Dara Kowsrowshahi, chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc., looks on following an event in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Ride-hailing company Uber claims strong revenue growth and reduced losses in the first quarter, while also announcing a tender offer from new and existing investors that…
[ad_1] Video game consoles hold their value better than most home electronics. As long as it works, someone likely wants to pay you for it. Many collectors willing to shell out for older game systems will buy multiples of the same console so that they have “backups” in case something breaks. After all, nobody is…
[ad_1] Somebody has a lot of explaining to do. Yes, officials in Lake Worth, Fla., a city next to Palm Beach, are trying to find out who sent out a cellphone alert warning of a zombie attack. Lake Worth spokesman Ben Kerr told the Palm Beach Post that an independent investigation is underway to determine…
[ad_1] DraftKings is setting its sights on its future now that the Supreme Court is allowing states to legalize sports betting, CEO Jason Robins told CNBC on Wednesday. That could mean an initial public offering, but he’s not ruling out a possible merger. “My preference has always been to IPO, but we’re open to different…
[ad_1] Charles Platiau | AFP | Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron (C) poses for a family picture with Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame (3rdR), Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (2ndR) and IMB’s President and CEO Ginni Rometty (2ndL) as he hosts the ‘Tech for Good’ summit over lunch with tech companies CEOs at the…
[ad_1] Samsung’s AR Emojis were met with a…lukewarm reception when they launched alongside the Galaxy S9. The augmented reality avatars were regarded as a me-too response to Apple’s Animojis — and more to the point, were downright creepy. But at launch, the company brought one key element to the offering that Apple hasn’t: a content…
[ad_1] Apple said on Wednesday that it is giving a $50 credit to customers who had to pay for a battery replacement if their iPhone 6, or a later model, was out of warranty before Apple began offering discounted battery replacements in store. The credit is available to owners of iPhone 6 or newer models…
[ad_1] If you bought a battery replacement for an out-of-warranty iPhone last year, you may be eligible for a $50 credit from Apple. The company issued a new support page post this week, announcing the rebate policy, which applies to purchases made at authorized locations. The move is part of on-going restitution in the wake of an…
[ad_1] Facebook is improving its two-factor authentication feature by introducing two new functionalities. The two-factor authentication tool essentially facilitates additional layers of security for online accounts. In its regular incarnation, it connects accounts to a mobile device and sends time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) for additional authentication. With the new 2FA feature update, Facebook has made…
[ad_1] Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise plunged more than 10 percent on Wednesday, after CEO Antonio Neri prepared investors for a more “challenging second half” of the year, overshadowing the company’s better-than-expected earnings report. Neri was hardly downbeat in offering up his forecast, which met analysts’ expectations. “We expect the growth rate to moderate,” he…
[ad_1] Disrupt SF is set to be the biggest tech conference that TechCrunch has ever hosted. So it only makes sense that we plan an agenda fit for the occasion. That’s why we’re absolutely thrilled to announce that Ring’s Jamie Siminoff will join us on stage for a fireside chat and Jason Mars from Clinc…
[ad_1] Acer on Wednesday unveiled a varied range of gaming devices at its next@acer global press conference. At the event held in New York, the company launched several new notebooks, chromebooks, gaming laptops, and other accessories for gamers, creators, families, students, and professionals. The latest gaming products from Acer include Predator Helios 500, Predator Helios…
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[ad_1] The all-screen smartphone is an inevitability. The question at this point, really, is who will get there first and how they’ll accomplish that feat. I spoke to a LG rep at the G7 launch, who suggested that the notch is going to be fact of life for the next couple of years, but a…
[ad_1] Acer on Wednesday unveiled a new range of products at its next@acer global press conference. At the event held in New York, the company announced new notebooks, Chromebooks, gaming laptops, and other accessories for gamers, creators, families, students, and professionals. While there were several launches aimed at gamers, the company also introduced the Chromebook…
[ad_1] Foley said it’s not weird to him that Peloton is profitable, rather it’s unusual for a four-year-old company to already be making money. He describes Peloton as a fitness, technology and media company. It was founded in 2012 and sold its first spinning bike in 2014. The company is more than doubling the size…
[ad_1] CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that he wouldn’t count out Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts on a successful bid for Twenty-First Century Fox assets just yet. “What Brian Roberts wants he tends to get,” Cramer, whose charitable trust owns shares of Comcast, said on “Squawk Box.” He added that he hopes a Fox…
[ad_1] Amazon’s decision to market a powerful face recognition tool to police is alarming privacy advocates, who say the tech giant’s reach could vastly accelerate a dystopian future in which camera-equipped officers can identify and track people in real time, whether they’re involved in crimes or not. It’s not clear how many law enforcement agencies…
[ad_1] If you’re in a new city on a business trip, riding in the back of an Uber or stuck in traffic, you can share your location with loved ones and colleagues so they know where you are and that you’re OK. I use these tools to avoid the “text me when you get home,”…
[ad_1] Because politics and entertainment are inextricably intertwined these days, it felt inevitable rather than surprising when Netflix announced it had signed a deal with Barack and Michelle Obama that will see the former president and first lady produce (and possibly appear in) content for the streaming service. It’s a smart pairing for the Obamas,…
[ad_1] Lyft has self-driving partnerships with seven companies, including Ford, Waymo and General Motors. Like its archrival Uber, Lyft is expanding its definition of transportation. In February the company announced it was teaming up with Baltimore Bike Share to transform five bike-share stations in the city into Lyft pickup and dropoff spots. Separately, Lyft announced…
[ad_1] French startup Tempow has raised a $4 million funding round. Balderton Capital led the round, with C4 Ventures also participating. The company has been working on improving the Bluetooth protocol to make it more versatile. Smartphones, speakers and connected devices all use Bluetooth in one way or another. There are only a handful of…
[ad_1] Consider that there are millions of Okta users out there using the service to sign into their company applications with a single set of credentials. Yet getting customers to work together using Okta authentication was an enormous task for developers. Okta wanted to simplify it, so they created a service they are calling it…
[ad_1] Paytm has announced that it has acquired Orbgen Technologies, the firm that operates online ticketing platform TicketNew. The latest acquisition by the Noida-based company is aimed to expand its presence in South India and ultimately make its ticket booking platform a stronger competitor against BookMyShow that is widely popular in the online ticketing space.…
[ad_1] Facebook is rolling out an update that lets you book people to come fix things at your house. You can hire a plumber, a contractor, an electrician and house cleaning services. It’s an addition to Marketplace — its built-in Craigslist-style tool for selling and buying goods. Facebook said it’s working with three firms, Handy,…
[ad_1] D-Link has brought its Covr Dual Band Whole Home Wi-Fi System to India with the launch of the COVR-C1203. Originally announced at CES 2018 in Las Vegas back in January, the new Wi-Fi system is powered by Qualcomm’s Mesh Networking platform and is based on AC1200 standard to offer high-speed, seamless Wi-Fi in home…
[ad_1] Foxconn Industrial Internet, a subsidiary of the world’s largest contract manufacturer Foxconn, announced plans to raise up to 27.1 billion yuan ($4.26 billion) in what will be mainland China’s biggest IPO in almost three years. The Foxconn unit, which is known as FII and makes electronic devices, cloud service equipment and industrial robots, is…
[ad_1] Instagram has added a feature to let you mute anyone whose posts you no longer want to see on your feed. The new feature, which works similar to the Mute function on WhatsApp, gives you a way to personalise your feed without unfollowing any of your followers. It is rolling out over the coming…
[ad_1] Alberto E. Rodriguez | Getty Images Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. The deluge of recent negative media coverage on Tesla is missing the real story, according to one Wall Street firm. Baird reiterated its outperform rating for Tesla shares, predicting the electric car maker will make significant progress in…
[ad_1] John Thys | AFP | Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives at the European Parliament on May 22, 2018. Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s meeting with European lawmakers in Brussels on Tuesday has been criticized by political representatives for being too short and providing “no answers.” Zuckerberg’s appearance in the European Parliament was…
[ad_1] Earlier this year, Dropbox went public and after its IPO listing, the company has now revamped its Android and iOS apps with many new features and a sleek new centralised layout. The new features include file activity, teamwork, and a centralised Home Screen. The updated apps are already available on Google Play and the…
[ad_1] Committees in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to approve bills aimed at tightening oversight of foreign investment to slow China’s acquisition of sensitive U.S. technology. The Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee approved laws that would strengthen the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United…
[ad_1] Apple has long prided itself on the safety and security of personal data. The US technology firm has a strong belief about how it stores and uses people’s private information and continues to push the message that everything users do on their devices is kept totally secure. “At Apple, we believe privacy is a…
[ad_1] Edge Sense has always been a gimmick — but who can blame HTC for embracing a gimmick. The company’s mobile division has been struggling in recent years, so why not embrace the novelty of a squeezable side input? The tech got a bit more support when Google embraced it for the Pixel 2, renaming…
[ad_1] From a tree to an orangutan to bacterium, the annual top 10 new species list has the newest stars of Earth’s biodiversity. The list is compiled by the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry and its International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE), which first began their list in 2008. In order…
[ad_1] It’s not enough in this day and age that we have to deal with fake news, we also have to deal with fake prescription drugs, fake luxury goods, and fake Renaissance-era paintings. Sometimes all at once! IBM’s Verifier is a gadget and platform made (naturally) to instantly verify that something is what it claims…
[ad_1] Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise New server racks in the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Executive Briefing Center feature the new branding. Hewlett Packard Enterprise reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit and raised its full-year earnings forecast on Tuesday, helped by higher demand for its servers, storage and networking equipment. The company, created in 2015 from the breakup…
[ad_1] Excited to announce that this year’s The Europas Unconference & Awards is shaping up! Our half day Unconference kicks off on 3 July, 2018 at The Brewery in the heart of London’s “Tech City” area, followed by our startup awards dinner and fantastic party and celebration of European startups! The event is run in…
[ad_1] In the past 24 hours the Taiwanese company have accidentally leaked the U12+ on their own website twice, so we now know all about the coming flagship device. German tech writer Roland Quandt spotted that HTC had been testing an online store page which featured the U12+, a price and its spec, and that…
[ad_1] Twitter on Wednesday announced improvements to its mobile website, Twitter Lite app, and Twitter for Windows app, including night mode and a new tweet compose box. Separately, after killing off apps used by a small number of users, including the Twitter for Mac app, the micro-blogging site is shutting down its TV apps on…
[ad_1] This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Who knew that our closest animal relatives, the great apes — specifically chimpanzees — keep tidier bedrooms than we humans do? A group of researchers…
[ad_1] There’s some good news for Virgin Media customers. The broadband and TV firm has just announced a couple of new deals which will save users over £130 off their yearly bill. The cuts come to those who are happy to take out a new 12-month contract and subscribe to the Full House and VIP…
[ad_1] Xiaoice, translated to “little Bing” in Chinese, is the name of Microsoft’s ambitious AI-based chatbot that the tech giant has been testing for a while in China. The company, in a blog post on Monday, announced new features for this relatively unknown chatbot. These include enabling full duplex capabilities for Xiaoice for partners and…
[ad_1] Samsung is launching a new version of its Galaxy S8 and this one arrives without the usual flagship price. Called the Galaxy S8 Light Luxury, the device offers trimmed-down specs at a much cheaper cost. In fact, this new phone will set you back less than £500. For your money, you get a 5.8-inch…
[ad_1] Apple has invited the media for this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote address, which will be held at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, on June 4 at 10am PT (10:30pm IST). The venue is the same place where a large number of developers will come together to see the new…
[ad_1] The Bay of Fundy may soon be known for more than its powerful tides. Instead, the plants and mud in the coastal ecosystem have the potential to hold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of carbon-offset credits. Environment and Climate Change Canada is studying how much “blue carbon” is stored along the Bay of Fundy coastline.…
[ad_1] New research has found some carnivores in Kananaskis Country have altered their behaviour in response to the presence of humans. The results come from a University of Victoria master’s student, who studied data from motion-triggered cameras in Kananaskis and the more remote Willmore Wilderness Park north of Jasper. Sandra Frey says she noticed wolves…
[ad_1] Xiaomi, the Chinese electronics giant, has launched its latest Mi Router 4 in China. The latest iteration in the company’s lineup of smart routers has been priced at CNY 199 (roughly Rs. 2,100) and can currently be pre-booked in a White colour variant at a price of CNY 10 (roughly Rs. 110); shipping will…
[ad_1] Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant arrived in the Arctic port of Murmansk over the weekend in preparation for its maiden mission: providing electricity to an isolated Russian town across the Bering Strait from Alaska. The state company behind the plant, called the Akademik Lomonosov, says it could pioneer a new power source for remote…
[ad_1] The American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy activists are asking Amazon to stop marketing a powerful facial recognition tool to police, saying law enforcement agencies could use the technology to “easily build a system to automate the identification and tracking of anyone.” The tool, called Rekognition, is already being used by at least…
[ad_1] One of Facebook‘s most senior executives, Naomi Gleit, believes so deeply in the social media company and her colleagues that she’d agree to “cleaning the toilets” if asked, Gleit told Recode in an interview. “I would kind of do anything with them,” Gleit told the news site. “If they told me … to work…
[ad_1] Paul Tweed made his name suing news organizations like CNN, Forbes and The National Enquirer on behalf of Hollywood movie stars, winning high-profile cases for celebrities like Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake by hopscotching among Belfast, London and Dublin to take advantage of their favorable defamation or privacy laws. So it was telling last…
[ad_1] In addition to the top 25 firms (see full list below), the Handshake report revealed that the current generation of college students are rewriting the rules on resume writing, and seeking new types of jobs across an increasing number of cities. 1. Quantified skills are in, traditional soft skills are going away These terms…
[ad_1] Pure Storage reported a first-quarter loss and revenue on Monday that beat Wall Street expectations. But a weak second-quarter outlook pushed shares of the flash storage company down 7 percent on Tuesday CEO Charles Giancarlo isn’t too concerned about the setback, or behemoths, like Amazon, Google and Microsoft moving in on the cloud industry.…
[ad_1] Chinese and Taiwanese people have been victims of telecommunication scams like this for decades. Crime syndicates would provide notes to their members, teaching them how to mask their caller IDs and what to say. The criminals usually collect personal information such as the student’s name, birthday, university attended and where they are originally from.…
[ad_1] Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and ASU Tech have come up with an idea for a projector watch that turns your arm into a touchscreen. The LumiWatch prototype uses a built-in, 15-lumen laser projector to display a smartphone-sized interface on the user’s arm. It can be swiped and tapped like a traditional touchscreen. The…
[ad_1] The FBI seems to have been caught fibbing again on the topic of encrypted phones. FBI director Christopher Wray estimated in December that it had almost 7,800 phones from 2017 alone that investigators were unable to access. The real number is likely less than a quarter of that, The Washington Post reports. Internal records…
[ad_1] “But for everything else, you should just have that on rotation and have the ability to take risks and constantly have newness and variety,” she continued. “And that’s a subscription [to Rent the Runway].” More from CNBC Disruptor 50: How we chose the 2018 CNBC Disruptor 50 innovators How Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX…
[ad_1] So in 2016, Krawcheck co-founded Ellevest, an investment group focused on serving female investors. This year, the company made CNBC’s 2018 Disruptor 50 list of start-ups that are changing traditional ways of doing business. “All of those articles … that are about mistakes investors make — over-trading, falling in love with the winners, panicking…
[ad_1] After U.S. crude oil prices hit a three-and-a-half-year high on Tuesday, CNBC’s Jim Cramer drilled down on why investors should’ve seen it coming. The “Mad Money” host pointed to an April conference call at oil giant Schlumberger led by its CEO, Paal Kibsgaard. On the call, Kibsgaard said that supply and demand were in…
[ad_1] With U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin admitting on CNBC that there are still some “significant” issues hindering a new NAFTA deal, CEOs like Union Pacific’s Lance Fritz are concerned. “I am worried about NAFTA just overall,” Fritz told “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer on Tuesday. “What concerns me right now is there seems to…
[ad_1] Formerly the chief operating officer of Twitter, Noto stepped in to his role at SoFi after co-founder and CEO Mike Cagney was forced out amid sexual harassment allegations. According to Noto, SoFi has a big year planned, which starts with continuing to invest in core lending products, like student and personal loans products and…
[ad_1] Amazon has vast potential to expand in the financial services field, but it’s unlikely to build a “standalone” banking operation anytime soon, according to Goldman Sachs, In a note published Tuesday, analysts at Goldman Sachs wrote that Amazon’s base of over 100 million Prime customers and its vast amount of shopping data puts the…
[ad_1] Salesforce just celebrated the official opening of the tallest office building on the West Coast by having a woman with a huge city landscape on her head sing a song. Seriously. CEO Marc Benioff tweeted about it: Tweet: Marc Benioff – Salestower Tower Opens! The dancer was affiliated with Beach Blanket Babylon, a long-running…
[ad_1] After the Feb. 22 launch from Vandenberg, Musk tweeted that the boat missed catching the fairing “by a few hundreds meters,” adding that the fairing slowed down enough to land “intact” in the Pacific Ocean. Musk has noted that the fairing returns to Earth “at about eight times the speed of sound.” SpaceX announced…
[ad_1] As digital assistants improve, we’re learning new things to expect from them, but the tasks that a real-life assistant may have handled before can still be a bit of a challenge to home assistants. Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is gaining functionality to help it get smarter about working with your calendar. The new abilities…
[ad_1] Consumer Reports will re-evaluate Tesla‘s Model 3 if the electric car maker improves the vehicle’s braking distance, the publication’s director of automotive testing told CNBC on Tuesday. Tweets from Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday morning appear to show the automaker may take some steps to address the issue within days. It was was…
[ad_1] ReutersTV | Reuters Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg answers questions about the improper use of millions of users’ data by a political consultancy, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, in this still image taken from Reuters TV May 22, 2018 Mark Zuckerberg failed to answer a lot of questions from members of the European…
[ad_1] ZTE was not a name many Americans would’ve recognized until very recently. Most of us, if we knew the Chinese brand at all, viewed it as a maker of low-end smartphones sold by AT&T and Verizon. According to Counterpoint Research, ZTE captured 11 percent of the U.S. smartphone market in the first quarter, behind…
[ad_1] China’s move to lower tariffs on imported autos and vehicle parts is a step in the right direction, but it’s a tiny one. The news China would lower tariffs on some imported vehicles by 10 percent drove shares of U.S. automakers Ford, GM and Tesla higher in Tuesday morning trading. The decision is encouraging…
[ad_1] As Slack tries to graduate beyond a Silicon Valley darling to the go-to communications platform within a company, it’s had to find ways to increasingly pitch itself as an intelligent Swiss Army knife for companies — and not just a simple chat app — and it is trying to continue that today once again with…
[ad_1] However, the muted person’s regular Instagram content will still appear in the main feed unless you completely unfollow them. Instagram is also testing a feature that will let people know when they have seen all the posts from their network posted during the last 48 hours. The notification, which was first reported by TechCrunch,…
[ad_1] Right on the heels of launching its concierge service Hooch Black, Hooch announced today that it has raised $5 million in seed funding. The company’s basic subscription of $9.99 gets you one free drink per day from a variety of partner bars and restaurants. Hooch Black (which you have to apply for, and which…
[ad_1] Leon Cooperman, chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, shared his market views Tuesday on CNBC’s “Halftime Report.” “A lot of these FANG stocks with the exception of Amazon support very very reasonable valuations relative to their growth rates,” he said. “The biggest concern I have frankly is government intervention. The government looking at their…
[ad_1] Circle Invest is one of the easiest products when you want to get started with cryptocurrencies. When Circle first launched the app, I compared it to Coinbase. And Circle is making it even easier to get started as you can just “buy the market” now. Circle Invest started with just a handful of cryptocurrencies…
[ad_1] Dropbox announced several enhancements today designed to beef up its mobile offering and help employees on the go keep up with changes to files stored in Dropbox . In a typical team scenario, a Dropbox user shared a file with a team member for review or approval. If they wanted to check the progress…
[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with European Union leaders Tuesday in his third appearance before regulators to address Facebook‘s Cambridge Analytica scandal. He’s likely to face harsh questioning about widespread abuse on the platform and foreign meddling in world elections. The meeting will be lived streamed on CNBC starting at 12:15 p.m. ET. Europeans make…
[ad_1] People really love getting their coffee more quickly. Starbucks, which has operated its own mobile payments service since 2011, is the market leader in terms of mobile payments users, beating out Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay, according to a new reporter from eMarketer out this morning. However, Starbucks’ lead over Apple Pay…
[ad_1] As sensors become cheaper and easier to install, the whole process of maintaining equipment and assets is starting to shift from just scrambling to fix problems to getting a hold of issues before they get out of control. That’s opened the door for startups like Fiix, which are creating workflow software that helps companies…
[ad_1] The American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy activists are asking Amazon to stop marketing a powerful facial recognition tool to police, saying law enforcement agencies could use the technology to “easily build a system to automate the identification and tracking of anyone.” The tool, called Rekognition, is already being used by at least…
[ad_1] As companies start to gather more and more data on their users and customers, including a firehose of information from a nigh-endless flow of tests, managing and maintaining that data isn’t the only place companies are hitting a wall — and figuring out who can actually access it is becoming just as big of…
[ad_1] Amazon bans customers who return too many products, according to The Wall Street Journal. This is a practice that’s used by traditional retailers, but Amazon shouldn’t act like its brick and mortar competitors. Amazon customers speaking to The Wall Street Journal described being banned for returning all sorts of products, from clothing to cell…
[ad_1] While knowledge workers are handling increasingly difficult tasks — ones that may be much easier to handle with just a Python script — Alex Yaseen thinks that in the future not everyone will actually need to learn how to code. Instead, he hopes that tools like the one he’s building, called Parabola, will bridge that…
[ad_1] WhatsApp for iPhone has been updated with the ‘Request Account Info’ feature. The feature, which debuted on Android devices through a beta version last month, allows users to download the data that has been collected by WhatsApp, including their account information and settings – but not any personal messages. It debuts just ahead of…
[ad_1] Streaming numbers for R. Kelly have remained intact a week after Spotify announced it had removed the R&B singer’s music from its playlists, citing its new policy on hate content and hateful conduct. Spotify made the bold declaration on May 10, but R. Kelly’s streaming numbers are relatively the same with some small growth:…
[ad_1] Google Photos has received the ability to let you mark favourites among your precious memories. There is a dedicated Favourite feature to enable the new experience and collect all the favourite images under one roof. Also, Google is adding a heart icon, which appears to be inspired by the like button on Twitter and…
[ad_1] Sen. Marco Rubio said Tuesday he would push for “veto-proof congressional action” to check the Trump administration’s reported deal to save Chinese telecommunications company ZTE. Washington and Beijing have discussed the framework of a deal for the U.S. to lift the ban on American companies selling goods to the firm in favor of possible…
[ad_1] Readdle, the company behind popular email client Spark, is releasing a major new version of Spark on iOS and macOS. Spark is expanding beyond a personal email client. You can now work on emails with your team. While some of the features made me think about Front, the company says that it wasn’t the…
[ad_1] On the issue of missing emoji characters on Twitter, the micro-blogging platform has rolled out updated versions of its Twemoji designs for its Android users. This update appears to target users using the Twitter app on Android 4.4 KitKat to Android 7.1 Nougat, tech website Emojipedia reported late on Monday. Over one-third of the…
[ad_1] BP has invested $20 million in Israel’s StoreDot, a start-up that claims its batteries can charge electrics cars in five minutes. The oil giant said Tuesday that its venture capital arm BP Ventures was investing in the Tel Aviv-based firm as it looks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its operations. “Ultra-fast charging is…
[ad_1] Adobe Systems said on Monday it would buy e-commerce services provider Magento Commerce from private equity firm Permira for $1.68 billion (roughly Rs. 11,400 crores) in cash, its biggest deal in nearly a decade. Shares of Adobe rose about 1 percent in extended trading after the Photoshop maker also said it would buy back up…
[ad_1] A former software engineer at Uber Technologies filed a lawsuit on Monday against the ride-hailing service on Monday, claiming she was subjected to years of sexual harassment there and subjected to retaliation for complaining about it. The lawsuit by Ingrid Avendano provides an early test of Uber’s new policy allowing people claiming sexual harassment…
[ad_1] Following successful launches in the cities of Perth, Sydney, and Melbourne, Ola is now available in Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Canberra. To celebrate its launch in these cities, Ola is offering discounted rides from Tuesday. “As we continue to expand across Australia, we have seen that customers and driver-partners are choosing Ola over competitors…
[ad_1] He added: “Especially, we want to know why he did not warn customers, knowing about the malpractices since 2015. We would like to know, of course, what he changed in his business model and in the relevant technological practices to lift up to European standards and it will be a very vivid conversation.” Facebook…
[ad_1] WhatsApp for iPhone has been updated with the ‘Request Account Info’ feature. The feature, which debuted on Android devices through a beta version last month, allows users to download the data that has been collected by WhatsApp, including their account information and settings – but not any personal messages. It debuts just ahead of…
[ad_1] Justin Sullivan | Getty Images An Uber self-driving car drives down 5th Street on March 28, 2017 in San Francisco, California. Cars in Uber’s self-driving cars are back on the roads after the program was temporarily halted following a crash in Tempe, Arizona on Friday. Self-driving cars are scaring more Americans than they used…
[ad_1] Uber announced Tuesday it would start its first taxi-hailing pilot programme in Japan this summer, as it bids to break into a tough market in the world’s third largest economy. The US firm has found it difficult to penetrate the Japanese market, where risk averse passengers prefer to stick to their high-quality traditional taxi…
[ad_1] Shotwell has been a member of SpaceX since shortly after its founding in 2002. She now serves as the lieutenant to CEO Elon Musk, spending her day-to-day implementing Musk’s vision of building the first company transporting humans to and from Mars. While Shotwell emphasized that it will take time to achieve this otherworldly goal,…
[ad_1] Microsoft launched its big Windows 10 April 2018 update at the end of last month but since then it has been hit by a number of issues. Soon after the Windows 10 update was launched it was revealed that some PC users were having trouble with Google Chrome and the Cortana assistant. Those affected…
[ad_1] Days ahead of the implementation of a sweeping European privacy law, debate is swirling on whether the measure will have negative consequences for cyber-security. The controversy is about the so-called Internet address book or WHOIS directory, which up to now has been a public database identifying the owners of websites and domains. The database…
[ad_1] Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 9 will be released in the coming months and we may now know about one of its biggest new features. The Korean company is updating its Bixby AI personal assistant and is first appearance looks set to be on the new Note 9. According to an interview with the Korean…
[ad_1] Security experts at Microsoft and Google say they have discovered a new form of the Spectre and Meltdown bug which hit PCs earlier this year. Spectre is a wide-reaching vulnerability that, alongside the Meltdown issue, affects a host of major CPUs. The bugs could allow hackers to steal sensitive information stored on affected devices…
[ad_1] When an asteroid from outside our solar system was observed zipping through for the first time last year, it caused a lot of excitement. Now, a new study suggests another interstellar asteroid has actually been hiding here all this time. This alien asteroid — named 2015 BZ509 — formed in another star system, but is now a permanent resident of our solar system,…
[ad_1] Calvin Stein likes to help people, even if it means putting himself in danger to protect complete strangers. His altruism kicked into high gear on on July 9, 2016, when he ran straight into the path of runaway ponies to pick up a little girl and toss her to safety, only to get trampled himself.…
[ad_1] 1967 patent sketch by Douglas Engelbart courtesy of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In the mid-1980s, the idea of using a computer mouse to click around — instead of typing text commands — was still nascent. The mouse was first patented by Douglas Engelbart in 1967, and was described as an “X-Y…
[ad_1] Kai Pfaffenbach | Reuters A booth of Micron Technology at an industrial fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Micron shares are rising as the company said its financial results will be better than expected. The chipmaker increased its guidance on Monday for its fiscal third quarter ending in May. Micron now expects sales for the quarter…
[ad_1] Microsoft promised Monday to give users worldwide the same data and privacy rights Europeans will get under new regulations there. That’s in contrast to some of its tech rivals, who are hedging on how much privacy protections will change for Americans and other non-Europeans. Microsoft’s move means no matter where you live, you’ll be…
[ad_1] Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Monday joined the growing chorus of government officials concerned about tech monopolies. When asked if Google is a monopoly, Mnuchin told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that “these are issues that the Justice Department needs to look at seriously — not for any one company — but obviously as these technology…
[ad_1] Uber was hit with a lawsuit Monday alleging sexual harassment and discrimination against female employees, apparently the first case in court since the ride-hailing giant scrapped a requirement for arbitration of such claims. Former Uber software engineer Ingrid Avendano’s suit filed in California superior court contends the company work culture was “permeated with degrading,…
[ad_1] In the span of two years, Aaron Traywick, who was 28 when he died, went from a virtual unknown to a notorious personality in the biohacking community. At the time of his death, he was estranged from many of his closest collaborators. He had remained close with his adoptive family, though they knew little…
[ad_1] Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on May 1, 2018 in San Jose, California. When Facebook Chief Mark Zuckerberg meets with European officials on Tuesday, he is set to testify that the social networking giant did not do enough to prevent its tools from causing “harm.” “It’s…
[ad_1] The stores will be more akin to the sleek, interactive spaces pioneered by tech titan Apple, designed as much around experiencing gadgets as they are to selling them. “We’re opening . . . next to the Apples and Sephoras and Ultas ,” Tom DeVito, Comcast’s senior vice president of retail sales and service said.…
[ad_1] EMI Music Publishing owns or administers over two million songs. Those include classics by Queen and Carole King, as well as contemporary songs from Kanye West, Drake, Sam Smith and others. Sony, meanwhile, owns more than 2.3 million copyrights through its wholly owned subsidiaries Sony/ATV and Sony Music Entertainment. “This is one area where…
[ad_1] Meanwhile, several thousand Alphabet employees have reportedly signed a petition protesting the company’s willingness to provide AI technology to a Defense Department drone initiative called Project Maven. About a dozen employees quit, according to Gizmodo and sources familiar. Google Cloud CEO and Alphabet board member Diane Greenereportedly defended Google’s decision to participate in Maven.…
[ad_1] Comcast today is officially launching its own Wi-Fi extender devices called xFi Pods that help to address problems with weak Wi-Fi signals in parts of a customer’s home due to things like the use of building materials that disrupt signals, or even just the home’s design. The launch follows Comcast’s announcement last year that…
[ad_1] Siri didn’t explain what sort of upgrades will be implemented, but Apple has some catching up to do with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Siri isn’t as accurate in deciding what I’m asking when compared to other assistants, for example, and isn’t as good at carrying an ongoing conversation. Also, Siri often offers to…
[ad_1] Shopify, which went public in 2015, is one of the most valuable publicly-traded cloud software companies, with a market capitalization of over $15 billion at Monday’s close. The stock, which is up 43 percent this year, slumped as much as 4.8 percent to $137.60 in extended trading after the announcement. A Shopify representative did…
[ad_1] One analyst says “there’s zero empirical evidence” that Google acts as a monopoly and does real harm, even though “60 Minutes” put the search engine back in the antitrust crosshairs. “We need to be extraordinarily careful before we think about heavily regulating them — breaking them up,” James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute…
[ad_1] Comcast has just been caught in a major security snafu: revealing the passwords of its customers’ Xfinity-provided wireless routers in plaintext on the web. Anyone with a subscriber’s account number and street address number will be served up the wi-fi name and password via the company’s Xfinity internet activation service. Security researchers Karan Saini…
[ad_1] When you’re trying to build apps, there is a very tedious point where you have to stare at a wireframe and then laboriously turn it into code. Actually, the process itself is highly repetitive and ought to be much easier. The traditional software development from front-end design to front-end html/css development to working code…
[ad_1] After news that the United States and China reached a momentary truce on trade pushed stocks higher on Monday, CNBC’s Jim Cramer broke down some of the side effects of better relations. “Right now, many of our companies are forced to have these 50-50 joint ventures with local Chinese affiliates if they want to…
[ad_1] Epic Games’ “Fortnite” has taken the world by storm, slashing gaming giant Activision Blizzard’s market value by billions and becoming the biggest esport on the planet. But if you ask Strauss Zelnick, the chairman and CEO of video game developer Take-Two Interactive Software, the free-world, survival-based mega-hit is actually helping the industry. “There seems…
[ad_1] Without a chronological feed, it can be tough to tell if you’ve seen all the posts Instagram will show you. That can lead to more of the compulsive, passive, zombie browsing that research suggests is unhealthy as users endlessly scroll through stale content hoping for a hit of dopamine-inducing novelty. But with Instagram’s newest…
[ad_1] Micron Technology shares spiked nearly 4 percent in after-hours trading after it announced a deal with Intel to make and ship the next generation of chips used in flash drives and digital cameras. And then came news that Micron would buy back $10 billion in shares. It was already a good day for Micron.…
[ad_1] Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that the standard version of the Model 3 — priced at $35,000 — is still a long way off. Making them today would be a money-losing proposition and pose an existential crisis for Tesla, he suggested on Twitter this weekend. tweet When Tesla first unveiled its Model 3 in…
[ad_1] The term was coined more than 2,000 years ago by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, who believed we learn more by understanding a subject’s fundamental principles, those “things better known and clearer to us,” according to Terence Irwin’s 1989 book “Aristotle’s First Principles.” Hastings used first principles thinking to scale Netflix from a DVD-rental…
[ad_1] Epic Games is not fooling around. The game publisher just made “Fortnite” the biggest global esport by a significant margin in terms of prize money. On Monday Epic Games announced it will provide $100 million to fund prize pools for “Fortnite” tournaments during the first year of competition. “Grab your gear, drop in and…
[ad_1] Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters A woman gets in a self-driving Chevy Bolt EV car during a media event by Cruise, GM’s autonomous car unit, in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 28, 2017. General Motors is a leader in the future autonomous vehicle network space, according to Citigroup, spelling a “raging bull” case for the…
[ad_1] I had a great time last year with Sony’s catchily named DPT-RP1, an e-paper tablet that’s perfect for reading PDFs and other big documents, but one of my main issues was simply how big the thing is. Light and thin but 13 inches across, the tablet was just unwieldy. Heeding (I assume) my advice,…
[ad_1] After announcing Fortnite Android will have a summer release date, Epic Games has revealed a $100 million prize pool for the first year of Fortnite e-sports tournaments. To put that into perspective, the year one prize pool for Fortnite is more than every major e-sport put together in 2017. This includes the likes of…
[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s administration may be considering easing penalties on Chinese phone maker ZTE amid broader trade negotiations, but White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow insisted Monday the company won’t get off “scot-free.” “They broke the law on several occasions after being warned,” Kudlow said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” Kudlow said the…
[ad_1] If something similar happened at a bank, especially a smaller one, regulators asked, would it be able to recover? Those in the room for the drill came away uneasy. “There was a recognition that we needed to add an additional layer of resilience,” said John Carlson, the chief of staff for the Financial Services…
[ad_1] Carl Icahn revealed the size of his stake in VMware on Monday. “I wish I had a bigger position than I have, but it’s a sizable position. … It’s in the hundreds of millions of dollars, but it could be more but the stock just got away from me,” he said Monday on CNBC’s…
[ad_1] Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty Images Tesla’s new Model 3 car on display is seen on Friday, January 26, 2018, at the Tesla store in Washington, D.C. Tesla‘s Model 3 sedan fell short of a recommendation from Consumer Reports on Monday. The vehicle has many attributes that could make it a…
[ad_1] Facebook’s been talking Terragraph since way back during its 2016 F8 keynote. The social media giant’s ambitious plan to bring fast Wifi to cities is taking another key step toward real world trials with the addition of Qualcomm. The chipmaking giant announced today that it will add the 60Ghz tech to its future chipsets,…
[ad_1] Barack and Michelle Obama are headed to Netflix. Netflix announced the Obamas have signed a multi-year agreement to produce films and series for the company. The deal can include scripted and unscripted series, as well as documentaries and features. The content will be produced by Higher Ground Productions. “One of the simple joys of…
[ad_1] There are few open source projects as complex as OpenStack, which essentially provides large companies with all the tools to run the equivalent of the core AWS services in their own data centers. To build OpenStack’s various systems the team also had to develop some of its own devops tools, and in 2012, that…
[ad_1] A group of left-leaning advocacy groups has launched an initiative to ask the Federal Trade Commission to break up Facebook’s major social platforms. Freedom from Facebook is a movement asking the FTC to force Facebook to split its core platform, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger into competing networks. The effort is being led by MoveOn,…
[ad_1] A JetBlue-backed private-jet company is making a bet on electric planes. JetSuite, which offers private charter flights, and semi-private scheduled service on its JetSuiteX planes, said Monday it will become the launch customer for up to 100 hybrid-to-electric planes from start-up Zunum Aero. Zunum Aero, which is backed by venture arms of both JetBlue…
[ad_1] HMD Global has been one of the mobile world’s biggest surprise hits in recent years. Founded by former Nokia execs, the Finnish company has made a name for itself reviving the dearly departed brand on Android smartphones to great effect. And it just managed to raise another $100 million, led by Ginko Ventures’ Alpha…
[ad_1] This is to say that, while we might not be setting foot on Mars any moment soon, there have been huge, wonderful changes in technology. The launches of iPhone in 2007 and Facebook back in 2004 might have been big, but its the smaller changes over a longer period of time — processing power,…
[ad_1] George Rose | Getty Images People crowd into the Qualcomm booth to view a series of new products during the annual Consumer Electronics Show on January 4, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Easing U.S.-China trade tensions will likely help chipmakers’ stocks the most. Among companies in the S&P 500, Skyworks Solutions, Qualcomm, Qorvo, Broadcom…
[ad_1] Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast Britain’s government says it does not intend to refer U.S. media conglomerate Comcast‘s 22 billion pound ($30.7 billion) takeover offer for London-based Sky to competition authorities, saying the proposed merger doesn’t raise concerns on public interest grounds. Culture Secretary Matt Hancock says he’s “reviewed…
[ad_1] The worst is over for Snap shareholders, according to one Wall Street firm. MoffettNathanson raised its rating to neutral from sell for Snap shares, saying the social media company’s app design reversal may help its user metrics. “We worry that as Snap reverses that ill-conceived redesign, user growth will improve which could help the…
[ad_1] Google’s new AI-based software called Duplex has drawn a lot of criticism for being more human than it should have been. Now Google is aiming to correct what it has constructed. Google Assistant will now reportedly alert users who are interacting with Duplex AI technology that their calls are being recorded. This will be…
[ad_1] Matt McClain | The Washington Post | Getty Images Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has agreed for his meeting with European officials Tuesday to be livestreamed. Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament, said on Twitter Monday he had personally raised the possibility of webcasting the meeting with Zuckerberg. “I…
[ad_1] Apple could be about to launch a fresh attack on the Amazon Echo with latest rumours suggesting a lower priced HomePod might be coming soon. According to a supply chain source in Taiwan, Apple is allegedly in talks to create a smart speaker with a much lower cost. In fact, this next generation speaker…
[ad_1] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it was referring reports that a website flaw could have allowed the location of mobile phone customers to be tracked to its enforcement bureau to investigate. A security researcher said earlier this week that data from LocationSmart, a California-based tech firm, could have been used to…
[ad_1] TeenSafe, an app that lets parents monitor their children’s text messages, social media, and phone location, is found to have leaked data related to thousands of its users that include both parents as well as children. The data, which was reportedly stored on two of the vulnerable servers backed by Amazon Web Services, compresses…
[ad_1] Microsoft has bought Semantic Machines, an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, as it looks to boost its efforts in developing conversational AI. Berkeley, California-based Semantic’s approach to AI is using machine-learning to add context to conversations with chatbots. This means taking information received by the AI and applying it to future dialogue. The firm’s speech…
[ad_1] Germany’s federal cyber agency called on chip and hardware-makers to address new vulnerabilities discovered in computer central processing units, but said no complete fix was possible at the moment. The BSI agency said its analysis showed the new flaws, dubbed Spectre-Next Generation, resembled the Meltdown and Spectre bugs discovered in January and could allow…
[ad_1] At the F8 keynote, it was announced that the Facebook-owned WhatsApp is getting the group calling feature soon. Now, a few users are reporting that they are seeing the feature in their Android and iOS app, and are able to use it. Mind you, very few users are reporting this update, and it doesn’t…
[ad_1] You’ve heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the island of mostly plastics that’s grown to three times the size of France. But new research published in the journal Marine Policy shows that humanity’s garbage isn’t just floating on the ocean surface where there might be some hope of cleaning it up. Video footage has…
[ad_1] Bitcoin miners will guzzle more electricity this year than some countries do, according to new numbers from a leading researcher. And while some critics take issue with these figures, few disagree that the digital currency’s energy use is a problem that’s only getting bigger. Economist Alex de Vries studies bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which were…
[ad_1] Flipkart is back with yet another edition of Apple Week, under which exclusive discounts and offers are available on select iPhone models, iPad models, Apple Watch, MacBook, and more Apple products. The Apple Week sale on Flipkart will run from May 21 to May 27. Under the sale, users can also avail discounts on…
[ad_1] The number of initial coin offerings, or ICOs, has skyrocketed in the past two years as more companies flock to the new and controversial way to raise capital. In an ICO, companies create a digital token or coin, then sell it to investors in exchange for cash or more commonly, cryptocurrency, usually bitcoin or…
[ad_1] There is no federal law against location tracking, but such monitoring can violate state laws on stalking. Spying on communications can break statutes on wiretapping or computer crime. And knowingly selling illegal wiretapping tools is a federal crime. But it’s not illegal to sell or use an app for tracking your children or your…
[ad_1] China launched a relay satellite early on Monday designed to establish a communication link between earth and a planned lunar probe that will explore the dark side of the moon, the official Xinhua news agency said. Citing the China National Space Administration, Xinhua said the satellite was launched at 5:28 a.m. (21:28 GMT Sunday)…
[ad_1] In the country of the Holocaust, the commitment against hate speech is as fierce as the commitment to free speech. Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” is only available in an annotated version. Swastikas are illegal. Inciting hatred is punishable by up to five years in jail. But banned posts, pictures and videos have routinely lingered on…
[ad_1] We’re talking about a Hyundai, which means it isn’t priced in the same tier as the true hot hatches like the Volkswagen GTI. Our tester came with blind-spot monitoring, heated seats, dual-zone climate control and an infotainment system that supports Apple CarPlay and Android Auto all for $24,260. There is a technology package available…
[ad_1] There’s an emotional game ahead at the Nou Camp as Barcelona say goodbye to Andres Iniesta, one of their most-loved and influential players. The last match of the season sees Barcelona play Real Sociedad with the home side hoping to give Iniesta the perfect send-off as he ends his time at the club. Iniesta has won…
[ad_1] A newly discovered bee with a silly grin has been named after the Manitoba researcher who found it. Called Epeolus gibbsi, the black and white insect bears the name of Jason Gibbs, University of Manitoba Assistant Professor of Entomology, who discovered the new species a few weeks ago. “I’ve been working as a bee taxonomist for about…
[ad_1] There’s a big week ahead for Android fans as the new OnePlus 6 finally goes on sale. This latest Google-powered smartphone looks set to shake-up the market with it offering flagship specs at a much lower price than it’s premium rivals. The OnePlus 6 will be available from May 22 and includes a 6.3-inch…
[ad_1] If there was any concern that Apple’s iPhone X was a flop it seems the latest sales figures are showing that may not be the case. Industry analysts Counterpoint has published research on global smartphones sales for March 2018 and the iPhone X appears to be well out in front. According to the report, Apple’s…
[ad_1] You might want to capture part of the screen on your Mac — maybe a menu from a restaurant you want to visit or a part of a website — to share with someone else. Or, maybe you want to record video of your Mac’s screen. Both tasks are really easy, so we’ll show…
[ad_1] “Fortnite” from Epic Games is the hottest game on the internet, surpassing “Minecraft.” Epic said in January that the game had more than 45 million players, including rap stars like Drake, top Twitch streamers and ordinary gamers. CNBC compiled tips and tricks from the top Fortnite players like Ninja, Dakotaz and Zaccubus on how…
[ad_1] Netflix’s DVD business, DVD.com, is still alive and profitable, by a small margin. Netflix split the DVD division from the streaming service in 2011. The company has barely more than 3 million DVD subscribers, compared to 125 million streaming subscribers. But the company has no reason to kill that business yet, as it still…
[ad_1] The Galaxy S9 arrived earlier this year with it bringing a swathe of improvements over the Galaxy S8. Now it seems Samsung is working hard on its next Galaxy S smartphone and it could arrive with one big new feature. Reports suggest Samsung is giving the all-new Galaxy S10 a display with a resolution…
[ad_1] The iPhone SE has been a hugely popular product for Apple and it’s not hard to see why. With prices starting from under £350, this device makes buying a new iPhone much more affordable. However, the SE is long overdue an upgrade with Apple’s cut-price call maker not seeing a refresh in over two…
[ad_1] MotoGP 2018 enters the latest round of the new season today with the world’s best riders lining up for the French Grand Prix. The MotoGP 2018 season has so far been full of drama and excitement, with the last race providing a huge talking point. Marc Marquez managed to take the championship lead after…
[ad_1] There’s no question that the Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers are two of the best gadgets of the past year. Both of these intelligent devices use the power of speech to search for music, answer questions, plan your week, set timers and even turn on the lights. It’s clever stuff and, with…
[ad_1] With over 1.5 billion monthly active users there’s no question that WhatsApp is the biggest and best messaging service on the planet. It was recently revealed that over 60 billion messages are sent every day across WhatsApp and a big new update is about to make one of its most popular features much more…
[ad_1] A few weeks ago I was at a restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the annoyingly pretentious kind that’s given an ironic Hebrew name because its menu mainly consists of pork and shellfish dishes. Usually I Instagram Story my experience — after all, how can one enjoy their meal unless everyone else they know can see…
[ad_1] Elon Musk hinted on Saturday at working on new bells and whistles for the Model 3, the car billed as Tesla’s ticket to mainstream auto manufacturing, but one that’s been dogged by a production backlog. On Twitter, Tesla’s CEO said that he was working on two separate versions of the car, and called its…
[ad_1] Virtual reality, or VR, is the futuristic scenario you’ve seen in sci-fi movies where someone puts on a headset and then enters another environment: a digital world with movie-like scenes, immersive games, maybe a web browser. The recent hit movie “Ready Player One” was all about virtual reality, and in fact Facebook reportedly gave…
[ad_1] The Spanish La Liga season comes to an end this weekend, as Real Madrid travel to Villarreal. And Real Madrid could still finish the season in second place, but only if they win and Atletico Madrid lose. Real Madrid are three points behind their local rivals, but have a vastly superior goal difference. Neither team…
[ad_1] “VCs could easily just write a check, but giving their time is oftentimes a lot more valuable,” said Lee, who lured many of the investors to the fundraiser by telling them about Krawitt’s story. “This is clearly something deeply personal to me.” It’s an idea popularized by Warren Buffett, who’s held an annual auction…
[ad_1] Yeshwant came up with the idea while practicing medicine. He soon realized that his own patients, many of whom are lower-income and struggling with complex health problems, wouldn’t adopt the same solutions as the tech workers in his Google network. He also learned in the clinic that social needs shouldn’t be divorced from medical…
[ad_1] A group of iOS developers has called on Apple to commit to allowing free trials for all apps in the App Store by July, while adding that it would eventually demand a “reasonable revenue cut”. Apple currently receives a 30 percent cut of what revenue developers earn from the App Store. The group, which…
[ad_1] “When we invest in a company we have a thesis on what will drive its growth, and then we lean on Google to help drive that growth,” Duramy says. As Google sees machine learning and AI as the secret sauce for its own products, so too does CapitalG see it as an important tool…
[ad_1] Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel approved a controversial major redesign that plunged the company’s growth even after receiving warnings from engineers and a mediocre performance result during pre-launch tests, claims a new report in The Information. “Some current and former employees told The Information that the overall goal – to make the app easier to…
[ad_1] The first of the two big cup games gets underway at Hampden Park as Celtic face Motherwell. This will be the fifth time the two clubs have come face-to-face in the Scottish Cup Final with Celtic winning all of the previous clashes. Motherwell know they are going into today’s game as the underdogs but…
[ad_1] Asus has launched the ZenBook Pro 15 (UX550GD) laptop – the premium variant of which comes with the latest Intel Core i9 processor and a 4K display. The laptop has a thickness of 18.9mm and a weight of just about 1.86kg making it one of the lightest PCs to sport the Core i9 chipset.…
[ad_1] Jack Dorsey has become one of the most influential techology entrepreneurs in the world, joining the ranks of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk. He boasts the unique distinction of running not just one but two major companies, Square and Twitter. The dual role has earned Dorsey a net worth more than $4 billion, according…
[ad_1] Google is reportedly working on a standalone Augmented Reality (AR) headset, codenamed Google A65, according to documents obtained by German news site. The Mountain View firm is said to be working with Taiwanese manufacturer Quanta on the AR headset, the same company that was involved in the production of the Pixel C tablet that…
[ad_1] The OnePlus 6 was unveiled earlier this week with the company boasting that this new device will bring users the “Speed you need”. Along with a new edge-to-edge screen, dual-lens camera and glass design there’s some pretty powerful specs tucked under the hood. This includes Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 845 processor, an Adreno 630 GPU…
[ad_1] Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 looks set to be next on the list of major smartphone launches. This phablet is expected to bring all of the usual upgrades we’ve come to expect including a better screen, more power, improved dual-lens camera and new S Pen stylus. Rumours are rife that this could also be the…
[ad_1] Do you know how long you spend on Instagram? The photo-sharing app is set to launch a new tool that will let you know exactly how many minutes you spend using it. After computer science student Jane Manchun Wong, who has form for discovering new features well before they’re announced, spotted the new feature…
[ad_1] EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS Fitbit Versa review FITBIT VERSA REVIEW • FROM £199 PROS • Light and comfy design – Incredible battery life – Works with Apple and Android – Simple to use CONS • Heart rate monitoring is inaccurate – Smartwatch features can’t match rivals – Interchangeable straps can be fiddly Apple may have the…
[ad_1] Lu Qi, who oversaw Baidu’s shift to artificial intelligence (AI) after a damaging ad scandal in 2016, is stepping down as Chief Operating Officer, China’s biggest search engine said on Friday. Lu, a former Microsoft executive and AI expert who joined Baidu in late 2016, is currently responsible for day-to-day operations in its AI…
[ad_1] Google has paid its own very special tribute to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on their wedding day today. The search engine giant has paid their tributes to the royal couple in celebration of their wedding day today with a cute Google Doodle to mark the occasion. The sweet image shows a bride and…
[ad_1] Kodi fans are fearing the Premier League will soon be getting hold of their names and addresses as the online piracy crackdown continues. The Kodi surge continues without any sign of stopping as users continue to ditch paid TV services for the online player. Research has suggested Kodi – which offers access to thousands…
[ad_1] Samsung’s Galaxy S8 was recently superseded by the all-new Galaxy S9 and that means prices for last year’s flagship are tumbling. We’ve already seen a range of retailers, including Amazon, Argos and even Samsung, slashing prices but a new deal may be one of the lowest contact prices ever. Mobiles.co.uk has just released a…
[ad_1] Windows 10 fans have been put on alert about malicious software that can slow their computers to a snail’s pace and is invisible to them. The adware was discovered by analysts from Bleeping Computer who revealed it can drain CPU resources by up to 80 per cent. The malware has been dubbed FileTour and…
[ad_1] Google Chrome fans have been warned about a new strain of malware that can steal saved credit card details from the hugely popular internet browser. Security experts from Proofpoint are putting Google Chrome fans on alert about a malware researchers have dubbed Vega Stealer. The malware is a variant of the August Stealer strain…
[ad_1] Fujifilm Holdings said it plans to challenge Xerox’s termination of a $6.1 billion (roughly Rs. 41,500 crores) takeover by the Japanese company, signaling that tensions between the joint venture partners won’t be coming to an end soon. Xerox plans to file a lawsuit as soon as possible, President Kenji Sukeno said Friday in his first…
[ad_1] Millions of British households are paying too much for their broadband and getting much lower speeds than are on offer on their streets. That’s the news from communications regulator Ofcom, who have announced that around four million homes are getting a poor deal. According to Ofcom many broadband users are currently outside of their…
[ad_1] Read Story Transcript Human activity is having a huge impact on how wet the earth is — so much so that it’s affecting the planet’s gravitational field, according to researchers at NASA. A myriad of factors is affecting where water can be found around the world, from massive ice loss in the Arctic, to bloating…
[ad_1] A species of fish that lived 350 million years ago has been discovered in Nova Scotia, casting new light on a little-understood time period. The discovery was made in 2015 by Jason Anderson, a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Calgary, at Blue Beach, N.S., and announced Wednesday. Chris Mansky, fossil researcher and curator…
[ad_1] Northern sea otters, once hunted to the brink of extinction along Alaska’s Panhandle, have made a spectacular comeback by gobbling some of the state’s finest seafood — and fishermen are not happy about the competition. Sea otters dive for red sea urchins, geoduck clams, sea cucumbers — delicacies in Asia markets — plus prized Dungeness crab. They…
[ad_1] There are now so few endangered Atlantic whitefish alive in Nova Scotia that researchers are capturing every juvenile they can find this year and whisking them from the wild to a federal fish hatchery for safekeeping. It’s part of the latest effort by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to prevent what is widely seen as…
[ad_1] With plastic bags no longer accepted in Saskatoon recycling bins, and the city aiming for 70 per cent waste diversion by 2023, the average resident may be left scratching their heads about what to do with all the plastic. Saskatoon resident Meg Dorwart, who has been plastic-free since September 2015, says it’s all about…
[ad_1] Google’s Duplex, which calls businesses on your behalf and imitates a real human, ums and ahs included, has sparked a bit of controversy among privacy advocates. Doesn’t Google recording a person’s voice and sending it to a data center for analysis violate two-party consent law, which requires everyone in a conversation to agree to…
[ad_1] Getty Images Then-president-elect Donald Trump shakes the hand of Peter Thiel during a meeting with technology executives at Trump Tower, December 14, 2016 in New York City. Venture capitalist Peter Thiel hasn’t made a significant financial mark during the early stages of the 2018 congressional midterm election cycle, leading some allies of President Donald…
[ad_1] A valuation of $16 billion makes the business worth more than 170 companies in the S&P 500, including Clorox, Macy’s and Tiffany & Co. May reiterated his $1,900 price target for Amazon shares, representing 20 percent upside to Thursday’s close. The analyst noted Amazon has committed to spending $5 billion to build its business…
[ad_1] A group of people that makes apps has banded together to ask Apple to allow more free trials and better revenue from the App Store. The cadre calls itself the “The Developers Union,” according to its website, and includes over 100 people as of Friday afternoon. The group doesn’t have dues and says it’s…
[ad_1] In the fight to control CBS, former NBCUniversal CEO Bob Wright has placed all bets on Les Moonves, who he called one of “two really, really good media executives in this country.” He says CBS’ ongoing resistance to a merger with Viacom will put an end to dual share structures at companies, once and…
[ad_1] When you hear about beer vending machine BeerBox, you might wonder: Why don’t we have machines like this already? Founder Robert Gaafar explained that there are actually several reasons why beer vending machines haven’t made sense in the past. For one thing, there’s the obvious legal necessity of ensuring that people are 21 years…
[ad_1] The complexity and cost of packing an array of sensors and power inside a small amount of space has opened the door to a wider and wider variety of use cases for internet-connected devices beyond just smart thermostats or cameras — and also exposed a hole for getting those ideas into an actual piece…
[ad_1] Former head of J.P. Morgan’s blockchain arm is no longer on Wall Street. But the former insider says major banks like her former employer could get into the cryptocurrency business imminently. “I think it’s coming sooner than people probably think,” Amber Baldet, Former head of J.P. Morgan’s blockchain arm told CNBC’s “Power Lunch” Friday.…
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — A funny as Lord Carpenter Rover of Sunnyside might sound, please don’t reply to a Facebook prompt asking you to create your royal wedding guest name using details from your past. Facebook is always awash in sharable quizzes and prompts (remember ‘Tell us your first 10 rock concerts‘ last year?) and…
[ad_1] Square customers are treating the payment company’s Cash app more like a bank account than the company intended, CEO Jack Dorsey said this week. While that wasn’t a goal, he said Square plans to capitalize on the trend. “People are using this as their primary banking account, and in some case it’s their only…
[ad_1] President Donald Trump has directly pressured the U.S. Postal Service’s chief to double the rates charged to e-commerce giant Amazon and other companies, the Washington Post reported Friday, citing three people familiar with the conversations. The president has personally pushed the postmaster general, Megan Brennan, to make the move, which could potentially cost Amazon…
[ad_1] Source: Scott Eklund/Red Box Pictures/Microsoft Qi Lu, in blue shirt, at a 2014 Microsoft event. Baidu on Friday said its operating chief, former Microsoft executive Qi Lu, will be stepping down in July, less than two years into his tenure there. Baidu stock was down more than 9 percent after the announcement. The move…
[ad_1] Edgar Su | Reuters A woman pays for her coffee with cryptocurrency at Ducatus cafe, the first cashless cafe that accepts cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, in Singapore December 21, 2017. Just over a month ago, the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) took home ETF.com’s “ETF Of The Year” award for delivering on its purpose of…
[ad_1] Dell has begun talking to holders of its VMware-tracking stock, DVMT, to gauge their interest on a merger with VMware, according to people familiar with the matter. Dell remains bullish on VMware’s future and wants to own as much of the stock as possible, and also wants to clean up the virtualization pioneer’s capital…
[ad_1] In my endless quest to get geeks interested in watches I present to you the Bell & Ross BR V2-93 GMT 24H, a new GMT watch from one of my favorite manufacturers that is a great departure from the company’s traditional designs. The watch is a 41mm round GMT, which means it has three…
[ad_1] Netflix will be able to generate strong membership growth for many years, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The firm reiterated its buy rating for Netflix shares, citing the rising number of broadband internet users in international markets. “We believe Netflix still has a considerable opportunity ahead if it can achieve reasonable penetration…
[ad_1] Fornite is finally coming to Android…in a matter of months. After dominating the iOS gaming charts since March, the wildly popular sandbox survival game will be hitting the world’s top mobile operating system at some point this summer. Creator Epic Games buried the news in the middle of a larger blog post titled, “The…
[ad_1] Dutch semiconductor company NXP is jumping on a report that its proposed deal with U.S. chip giant Qualcomm is “looking more optimistic.” Shares jumped roughly 4 percent on the update, attributed to an anonymous Beijing official and included in a WSJ report about broader U.S.-China trade talks. The proposed merger has been waiting for…
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO – Love your electronic devices all you want, but please, please, please don’t throw them in the trash when you’re done with them. That’s a plea from makers of the lithium-ion batteries that typically power our phones, laptops and even power tools. Thrown into the trash or even the recycling bin, they…
[ad_1] Patterson, who initiated coverage on Spotify with a strong buy rating, told clients that Wall Street is underappreciating the company’s advantages, including a team of over 1,400 engineers, over 200 petabytes of data and a presence in 65 countries worldwide. He also said that while subscribers will likely prove a key metric for Spotify…
[ad_1] After introducing new features meant for businesses, a simplified Inbox, and more action buttons, the social networking app has now introduced a new feature that will let you share public posts to your Stories. This ability will help you share posts of different public accounts in your Stories feed directly. The ability has been…
[ad_1] Grammy-award winning rapper and founding member of the Fugees Pras Michel is launching a blockchain-enabled smartphone that lets users earn dividends on every purchase. The phone is part of Michel’s digital platform Blacture, which was announced in a 2018 Super Bowl ad, and celebrates black culture through content and technology. The first retail move…
[ad_1] Fujifilm Holdings Corp is planning to sue Xerox Corp soon deeming that the US photocopier company has no legal right to unilaterally scrap their $6.1 billion (roughly Rs. 41,500 crores) merger, a senior Fujifilm executive said on Friday. “We are currently in talks with lawyers on the schedule for filing the lawsuit and plan to…
[ad_1] Payments firm Square is set to open roughly 3.5 percent lower Friday, the day after news of a PayPal-iZettle tie-up. The $2.2 billion merger will launch U.S. fintech giant PayPal into hundreds of thousands of brick-and-mortar retailers around the world through iZettle’s mobile card readers. That stands as a direct threat to Square, which…
[ad_1] Sam Yeh | AFP | Getty Images A chip the size of a coin, used in central processing units and a graphic processing units developed by the US-headquartered Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). AMD and Nvidia shares will rise as the two chip companies benefit from promising secular growth technology trends, according to a Wall…
[ad_1] Steam Link is now available in beta on Google Play, following Valve’s announcement earlier this month that its in-home game streaming service would be available as a mobile app for both Android and iOS. With it, you can play your collection of Steam titles on your smartphone, provided you’ve a powerful computer to run…
[ad_1] Cambridge Analytica, the political consultancy at the center of Facebook Inc’s privacy scandal, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the United States late on Thursday. This past March allegations surfaced that Cambridge Analytica, hired by President Donald Trump‘s 2016 U.S. election campaign, improperly used data of 87 million Facebook users beginning in 2014. Cambridge…
[ad_1] Earlier this week, Google introduced a new Nudge feature on its revamped Web client, and now the feature is showing up on mobile as well. Gmail for Android and iOS now have the Nudge feature enabled by default, and forgotten emails are showing up on top of the list. This feature seems to have…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images An Uber signage is displayed outside the company’s headquarters building in San Francisco, California, on June 21, 2017. Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade on Friday officially launched an investigation into the takeover of Uber Technologies’ Southeast Asia business by rival Grab, the ministry said. The…
[ad_1] Months after revealing the availability of Bixby 2.0 on the Galaxy Note 9, Samsung has now confirmed that the new version of its artificial intelligence (AI) powered personal assistant will come with enhanced natural language processes. The new Bixby model is also touted to offer improved noise resistance and deliver quicker response times than…
[ad_1] Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk detailed the Boring Company’s plans to build mass transit tunnels beneath Los Angeles on Thursday. The Boring Company CEO, speaking alongside Steven Davis, a former SpaceX engineer and Boring’s project leader, said that the fare for the up-to-150 mph “Loop” system would be $1. It will carry people from downtown…
[ad_1] Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Thursday defended his decision to kill Obama-era net neutrality rules a day after the Senate voted to nullify the rules change. “The best approach is the light-touch approach,” Pai said as he faced criticism from Democratic members of the Senate appropriations committee considering the FCC’s budget. They…
[ad_1] The OnePlus 6 is here and it’s as feature-packed as all the rumours suggested. This new flagship from the Chinese firm arrives with a giant 6.28-inch edge-to-edge display, fast Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and all-glass design. There’s also a dual-lens rear camera, fast charging battery and improved waterproofing. “With the OnePlus 6, we challenged ourselves…
[ad_1] Amazon and Google accounted for 70 percent share of the global smart speaker shipments in the first quarter of 2018, with Apple selling 600,000 HomePods in the period, a new report said on Friday. According to market research firm Strategy Analytics, global smart speaker shipments reached 9.2 million units in the first quarter. With…
[ad_1] The OnePlus 6 was unveiled earlier this week with the device packed with flagship features at a very reasonable price. Three styles were revealed at launch, including white and black variants, but fans can now get their hands on a very exclusive version of the phone. The OnePlus 6 Avengers Limited Edition has just…
[ad_1] Uber Technologies Chief Product Officer Jeff Holden is leaving the ride-hailing company, an Uber spokesman told Reuters on Thursday, the latest of more than a dozen senior executives to depart since last year. Holden oversaw Uber Elevate, the company’s flying car operation, which is now headed by Eric Allison, the spokesman said, but declined to…
[ad_1] A joint venture between Canada’s three largest telecom companies has been selling the real-time location of its subscribers to third parties — as long they have your consent, the company says. EnStream, a joint venture between Rogers, Telus and Bell, isn’t new. It was originally formed in 2005 to develop ways for subscribers to make purchases…
[ad_1] Starting September, Google Chrome will begin phasing out of the green “Secure” badge for all HTTPS sites. The latest development will not affect sites that are currently using the HTTP standard. This means that as announced previously, with version 68 in July, Chrome will begin marking all HTTP sites as “Not secure” in the…
[ad_1] President Donald Trump twice asked Bill Gates the difference between HPV and HIV, the Microsoft founder told an audience at a recent Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation meeting. The footage of Gates, aired on MSNBC late Thursday, shows the billionaire philanthropist responding to questions from staff members and describing his first exchanges with the…
[ad_1] PayPal on Thursday announced a deal to buy Swedish online commerce startup iZettle for $2.2 billion (roughly Rs. 15,000 crores), a deal that came as the young company was poised for a stock market debut. US-based PayPal, a unit of eBay, said that its biggest acquisition to date would strengthen its platform for handling…
[ad_1] Some YouTube users have spotted the option being tested on the Account Settings menu. According to blog AndroidPolice, the setting will make it simple for users to turn off data collection relating to their viewing session. This setting is an expansion of Incognito mode which is currently available on other Google products, most notably Chrome.…
[ad_1] With an aim to offer students with disabilities an opportunity to learn the language of technology, Apple is bringing an accessible coding programme to schools serving the visually-challenged and deaf communities, first to the US and then to more schools around the world. Beginning this autumn, US schools supporting students with vision, hearing or…
[ad_1] It’s been a long time coming but the OnePlus 6 has finally been unveiled. In a room packed with journalists and 1,000 lucky fans, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, revealed the firm’s new flagship to the world. And what a phone this is. The OnePlus 6 is the most feature-packed smartphone OnePlus has ever made…
[ad_1] Embattled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba on Thursday said Chinese regulators have given approval for its plan to sell its prized chip unit – the final hurdle to complete the deal. Toshiba agreed in September to sell its memory chip business to a consortium led by US investor Bain Capital, which was seen as crucial to…
[ad_1] Britain’s broadband is about to get a major speed boost with BT and EE set to launch a new hybrid service. This latest technology will harness the power of EE’s 4G network and BT’s fixed fibre to offer customers fast speeds and a more reliable connection. “The UK’s first truly hybrid home broadband combines…
[ad_1] YouTube is introducing a $10-a-month music-streaming service, a strategic concession to record labels that analysts say could struggle to find an audience. The new YouTube Music, rebranded as part of a shake-up of YouTube Red, will charge users a monthly fee to watch ad-free music videos. To differentiate itself from the leading music-streaming apps,…
[ad_1] The iPhone SE 2 is likely to be the next big phone launch from Apple. This device hasn’t been updated in over two years and, with budget Android rivals arriving by the day, it’s unlikely Apple will want to wait too long before fighting back with its own cheaper device. Rumours are rife that…
[ad_1] Alphabet’s Google has said an Indian antitrust ruling that found it was guilty of search bias could cause “irreparable” harm and reputational loss to the company, according to a legal document reviewed by Reuters. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in February fined Google $20 million (roughly Rs. 136 crores) for abusing its position…
[ad_1] Last week at the Google I/O developers conference the California giant unveiled plans to update Google Maps and now some exciting new features have made it into test versions of the app for a select group of users. Most obviously the new design looks set to remove the full-screen location information page which appears…
[ad_1] The OnePlus 6 launched to great fanfare yesterday. Now we finally know the facts about the Shenzhen company’s latest flagship smartphone, thoughts inevitably turn to how to get your hands on one of these much-desired devices. At least initially, getting hold of a OnePlus 6 will take a little effort. The OnePlus 6, complete…
[ad_1] After being announced back in February the Nokia 8 Sirocco is finally going on sale in the UK. With a curved edge-to-edge display this new smartphone is attempting to steal some sales from Samsung and its brilliant Galaxy S8 and S9. Along with this new design the Nokia 8 Sirocco also includes a dual-lens…
[ad_1] Two young students from Newfoundland made such a good impression on Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk during a recent internship that the tech magnate personally hired them to come work for his company. Mark Comeau and Matthew Lane studied engineering at the College of the North Atlantic and Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s…
[ad_1] The first right whale of the season has been seen in Canadian waters after an unprecedented winter in which not a single calf was spotted. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said in a tweet on Tuesday that the whale was spotted off the coast of eastern Cape Breton during an aerial survey. In…
[ad_1] The Canadian Armed Forces has slammed the brakes on its downtown Hamilton military training because it worried it was disturbing a nest of falcons. Helicopters flew low over the Stelco Tower for routine training Tuesday, and were scheduled to continue the exercises Wednesday and Thursday. But the forces got word that a citizen had complained that…
[ad_1] Spacewalking astronauts carried out a high-flying, high-tech version of musical chairs Wednesday, rearranging pumps outside the International Space Station. Popping out early, NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold quickly swapped the positions of two spare ammonia pumps that are part of the space station’s critical cooling system. One pump got too cold because…
[ad_1] The CBC is warning more than 20,000 of its past, present and contract employees that their personal and financial information may be at risk after a break-in and the theft of computer equipment. “An intruder recently broke into a secure area of CBC/Radio-Canada, stealing a piece of computer equipment,” Judith Purves, executive vice-president and CFO…
[ad_1] What’s worse than companies selling the real-time locations of cell phones wholesale? Failing to take security precautions that prevent people from abusing the service. LocationSmart did both, as numerous sources indicated this week. The company is adjacent to a hack of Securus, a company in the lucrative business of prison inmate communication; LocationSmart was…
[ad_1] Vancouver has voted to ban the distribution of plastic straws as well as foam take-out containers and cups as part of its zero-waste strategy. The ban will be introduced on June 1, 2019. The move is part of the city’s Zero Waste 2040 strategy, which was approved by councillors in a vote on Wednesday. Foam take-out containers and cups…
[ad_1] Normally skittish male northern map turtles are coming out of their shells with the help of some nifty 3D printing. Carleton University biologist Grégory Bulté studies the breed and has been wondering for years whether male northern maps are attracted to larger females. But the turtles don’t do well in captivity, have nervous characters and mate at…
[ad_1] National Defence is looking for a few good instructors to show its technicians how to protect military vehicles from hackers. A call was issued recently on the federal government’s tendering website looking for experts in a field defence officials say is a growing area of concern for the Canadian Forces — particularly as more and…
[ad_1] The bizarre recent tale of ZTE is getting another wrinkle. Earlier today, a bipartisan House Appropriations Committee unanimously voted to accept an amendment to uphold sanctions against the company. The amendment to the 2019 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill is, of course, being viewed as a rebuke of the president, whose tweets over…
[ad_1] A team of University of Waterloo researchers have started using wearable technology to flag whether a person might be experiencing the onset of a respiratory or cardiovascular disease. The lead investigator, Thomas Beltrame, and his team are looking at chronic illnesses that have symptoms of declining aerobic fitness. The team used sensors embedded in…
[ad_1] YouTube’s global head of music, Lyor Cohen, told CNBC Thursday that he isn’t focused on the competition in the music streaming industry but instead sees a “great opportunity” ahead. YouTube announced this week it will launch on Tuesday a new music streaming service, YouTube Music. “I don’t think it’s a winner-win-all category. YouTube music…
[ad_1] Fintech giant PayPal confirmed on Thursday it’s reached a deal to buy payments start-up iZettle for $2.2 billion — the biggest acquisition in its history. U.S.-based PayPal already operates in more than 200 countries around the world but is working to expand its offerings. IZettle provides mobile card readers and other digital payment products…
[ad_1] Walmart on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that beat expectations on the top and bottom lines, as its e-commerce business rebounded. After a disappointing e-commerce performance last quarter, Walmart said U.S. online sales grew 33 percent. The rise implied its investment, namely in online grocery and its website design, is paying off. Here’s how…
[ad_1] The surging popularity of Epic Games’ “Fortnite” is attracting competition from a big game publisher. On Thursday Activision Blizzard announced it will include a battle-royale game mode called “Blackout” in “Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.” The title is slated for release on Oct. 12. “The Black Ops community means everything to us, so…
[ad_1] Top proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services on Wednesday recommended Facebook investors withhold support from five directors including Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and vote in favor of shareholder proposals aimed at improving the social media company’s response to problems like election interference and harassment. Facebook has come under scrutiny over the way it handles personal…
[ad_1] Every gamer with a disability faces a unique challenge for many reasons, one of which is the relative dearth of accessibility-focused peripherals for consoles. Microsoft is taking a big step towards fixing this with its Xbox Adaptive Controller, a device created to address the needs of gamers for whom ordinary gamepads aren’t an option.…
[ad_1] Rackspace today announced that it has acquired RelationEdge, a Salesforce implementation partner and digital agency. The companies did not disclose the financial details of the acquisition. At first, this may sound like an odd acquisition. Rackspace is still best known for its hosting and managed cloud and infrastructure services, after all, and RelationEdge is…
[ad_1] “For sure, we would be very naïve to believe that we’re not going to be criticized. That’s just part of the terrain. You have to accept that,” says Bezos. Bezos encountered doubters even before he launched Amazon. “I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago,” Bezos said in the commencement speech he…
[ad_1] After 14 months of silence since launching, Facebook Stories has finally announced a 150 million daily active user count for its Snapchat Stories clone. And now it’s time to earn some money off it. Facebook Stories will start testing its first ads today in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil. They’re 5- to 15-second video…
[ad_1] Investors have sent $1 billion into digital coin projects that flash warning signs for fraud, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing its own analysis. In a review of 1,450 digital coin offerings, the Journal said it found 271 bore red flags such as plagiarized documents or fake executive information. Investors have already claimed…
[ad_1] The worst thing about Spectacles is how closely tied they are to Snapchat. The proprietary circular photo and video format looks great inside Snapchat where you can tip your phone around while always staying full screen, but it gets reduced to a small circle with a big white border when you export it to…
[ad_1] The London Metal Exchange will begin offering contracts in metals used in batteries within 18 months to capture the huge opportunities created by the rise of the electric car, according to its chief. Demand for metals including lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and manganese has surged with the growth in electric vehicles, particularly in China,…
[ad_1] Spotify and Apple Music are simple to understand — you go there for music — which is probably why they’re so attractive to customers. Google’s products can be more complicated. When the new services roll out it will offer the following products: YouTube, YouTube Premium, Google Play Music, YouTube Music, and YouTube Music Premium.…
[ad_1] It’s been about two years since Build.io launched Contentstack, a headless content management system for the enterprise. Contentstack was always a bit of an odd product at Build.io, which mostly focuses on providing integration tools like Flow for large companies (think IFTTT, but for enterprise workflows). Contentstack is pretty successful in its own right, though, with…
[ad_1] Shares of online learning company Pluralsight began trading on the Nasdaq at an opening price of $20 per share Thursday, roughly 34 percent above the $15 price at which Pluralsight priced shares in its initial public offering. The arrival of Pluralsight on public markets suggests that public investors are still eager to invest in…
[ad_1] Data from the computer brain of a Tesla Model S that crashed in Utah last week confirms that the $100,000 sedan was in Autopilot mode, police in South Jordan said Wednesday. Information recovered by Tesla engineers and shared with South Jordan police confirms many of the details the driver, a 28-year-old woman from Lehi,…
[ad_1] But the health-care industry is a unique beast. Charges for records vary from state to state, and requests can come into hospitals in person, over email, by snail mail, through a fax, over the phone or via a proprietary online portal. Privacy must be ensured every step of the way. Also, medical centers are…
[ad_1] Sprinklr, the unicorn startup best known for helping customers interpret social signals has been moving into the broader customer experience market in the last year. Today it announced is was hiring a heavy hitter as Chief Operating Officer, bringing in former federal CIO and Salesforce executive Vivek Kundra. He began working at his new…
[ad_1] YouTube Music Premium is included in YouTube Premium but can also be purchased as a standalone product for $9.99 a month. It includes music playlists, music videos, remixes and live versions of songs. Subscribers of Google’s Spotify competitor, Google Play Music, get this as part of that subscription. Google Play Music costs $9.99 a…
[ad_1] RED’s Hydrogen One handset is one of those devices we’ll believe when we actually see. The company’s been promising up the $1,200 smartphone for a while now, only to be hit with delays and outright admit, “We have no idea whatsoever what we are doing.” Consider this some small vote of confidence, however. AT&T…
[ad_1] In terms of technology, Lonsdale wants to invest in tools that can help patients achieve better outcomes. That means algorithms that can help health providers figure out “this action at this time to help the patient get better,” he said. For example, oncologists with better information about their cancer patients could make more informed…
[ad_1] After YouTube’s Take a Break feature started rolling out, Instagram will also be showing you the amount of time you spend (or waste) scrolling endlessly on the platform. Instagram’s Android app has a code buried inside for Usage Insights feature. It will show you the time spent on the platform, TechCrunch reports. It is…
[ad_1] Marine Atlantic is getting ready to take action if a significant number of endangered right whales are spotted in the Cabot Strait. Spokesperson Darrell Mercer said Marine Atlantic has received confirmation that the right whales have left their wintering area off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., and are expected to move through the Cabot Strait to…
[ad_1] Two mutliplayer online battle games are among the six selected for the 2018 Asian Games where e-sports will make its debut as an official sport, the Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) announced on Thursday. League of Legends and Arena of Valor, where one team of players battle with another in an online arena, and…
[ad_1] Today, Steve Jobs is regarded as the brilliant mind behind Apple, the most valuable company in the world. But in 1976, when Jobs was in his early 20s, he made a much different impression: He seemed to be “flaky,” and a “joker.” That’s according to letters written by Mike Rose, a Silicon Valley advertising…
[ad_1] Rivalling Google Assistant and Apple’s Siri, Amazon is upgrading Alexa with the ability to speak in not just one or two but eight different voices. Developers can utilise the new development to easily give distinct voices to their Alexa skills. The new voices are available through text-to-speech service called Amazon Polly that the Seattle,…
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats narrowly won a vote on Wednesday to save so-called net neutrality rules that ensure unobstructed access to the internet. The Senate passed a resolution in a 52-47 vote to overturn a decision last December by the Federal Communications Commission to dismantle Obama-era rules that prevented broadband providers like Verizon and…
[ad_1] Ocado shares have surged more than 60 percent after the U.K.-based online retailer signed an exclusive deal to provide its grocery delivery service to U.S. retailer Kroger. Kroger, which had sales of $122 billion in its last fiscal year, will take a 5 percent stake in the British online delivery firm as part of…
[ad_1] Microsoft has unveiled a new Xbox controller with customizable features for disabled gamers. The company’s new accessible device is targeted at users with a range of physical disabilities, and is set to launch later this year. Tailor-made controllers for disabled people are near non-existent in the gaming world. Several charities have been set up…
[ad_1] Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank, has finally added Apple Pay to its mobile-only current account. The just over three year-old fintech says it has been one of the most requested features for its banking app, with over 2,000 mentions of Apple Pay on Monzo’s forum, whilst its customer support team have been asked about…
[ad_1] In 1971, the first vehicle drove on the moon. And in 2018, the first car began cruising our solar system. Next up? The first helicopter to take flight on another planet. NASA announced last week that as part of the next Mars mission, a tiny, lightweight helicopter will zip around the Red Planet on a…
[ad_1] Anindito Mukherjee | Getty Images Dara Kowsrowshahi, chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc., looks on following an event in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Uber is deploying its top executive Dara Khosrowshahi in a series of national commercials — a rare Silicon Valley CEO spot appearance — to improve its…
[ad_1] North Carolina lawmakers are preparing a bid for a new Apple campus, according to a report in the Triangle Business Journal. Separately, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has also floated areas near Washington D.C., like Crystal City and Tysons, as locales for Apple. Citing unnamed sources in real…
[ad_1] Microsoft said it’s secured a lucrative cloud deal with the intelligence community that marks a rapid expansion by the software giant into a market led by Amazon.com. The deal, which the company said Wednesday is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, allows 17 intelligence agencies and offices to use Microsoft’s Azure Government, a cloud…
[ad_1] One nanometer equals one billionth of a meter. Smaller nanometer chip-making technologies allows companies to create faster more power efficient chips. “We believe Intel’s delay will help to maintain/improve AMD’s competitiveness for their next generation of Epyc and Ryzen products,” analyst Christopher Rolland said in a note to clients Wednesday. “A more competitive process…
[ad_1] PUBG Mobile has received the new 0.5.0 update that brings a host of new features to the game on iOS and Android. The PUBG 0.5.0 patch brings to the game the Miramar map, improved performance, easier options to play with your friends (by using six digit codes to pair up with those near you), and a…
[ad_1] The process of taking an idea from inception to implementation in the tech space is easier than some might think, according to the creator of Google Photos. Speaking to CNBC’s Matthew Taylor on Thursday, Vice President of Product at Google Anil Sabharwal said it’s “really a very simple formula” to bring ideas to life.…
[ad_1] At Google I/O 2018, CEO Sundar Pichai had unveiled a host of new features including some impressive Google Photos elements that leverage the company’s AI prowess, and it looks like the company has quietly released some of the features this week. One of the key announcements was the arrival of Suggested Actions on Google…
[ad_1] Tencent shares in Hong Kong surged over 5 percent Thursday after reporting earnings that topped analyst expectations. The Chinese technology giant saw its market capitalization, or value, rise over $22 billion as shares traded at 416.4 Hong Kong dollars ($53) during afternoon trade. At the open, Tencent shares were at 424 Hong Kong dollars,…
[ad_1] Google’s YouTube said on Wednesday it will launch a new music streaming service, YouTube Music, next week and unveil soon a premium service that will charge more for its original shows. YouTube Music, which will be launched on May 22, comes with extra features like personalised playlists based on individual’s YouTube history and other…
[ad_1] Google’s YouTube said on Wednesday it will launch a new music streaming service, YouTube Music, next week and unveil soon a premium service that will charge more for its original shows. YouTube Music, which will be launched on May 22, comes with extra features like personalized playlists based on individual’s YouTube history and other…
[ad_1] Microsoft Corp. is planning to release a line of lower-cost Surface tablets as soon as the second half of 2018, seeking a hit in a market for cheaper devices that Apple dominates with the iPad, according to people familiar with the matter. Microsoft has tried this before. The software giant kicked off its consumer-oriented hardware…
[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. Mark Zuckerberg declined an invitation to testify before U.K. officials, but he’s agreed to meet with the…
[ad_1] The US Senate voted Wednesday to restore so-called “net neutrality” rules aimed at requiring all online data to be treated equally, the latest step in a years-long battle on Internet regulation. The 52-47 vote is likely to be symbolic, however, since the measure faces an uphill battle in the House of Representatives and would…
[ad_1] Lachlan Murdoch will become chairman and CEO of the new Fox company that will be formed if the Disney merger is approved, 21st Century Fox said Wednesday. But missing from the plans is James Murdoch, the current CEO of 21st Century Fox. A source told CNBC James, 45, is planning to lead the company…
[ad_1] Prince Constantijn explained that the Netherlands, which is positioning itself as a center for innovation, has many advantages that could attract potential companies and investors looking to expand into Europe. Those include good tax rules, an open economy and availability of talent and capital. The prince is also a special envoy to a Dutch…
[ad_1] The FCC in December repealed rules set under Democratic President Barack Obama that barred internet service providers from blocking or slowing access to content or charging consumers more for certain content. The 2015 rules were intended to ensure a free and open internet, give consumers equal access to Web content and bar broadband service…
[ad_1] “I love working for Elon. I’ve been doing it for 16 years this year, actually,” Shotwell says in an TED talk in April. “I don’t think I’m dumb enough to do something for 16 years that I don’t like doing. He’s funny and fundamentally, without him saying anything, he drives you to do your…
[ad_1] Amazon is closing in on the site of its new headquarters after visiting all 20 finalist locations, NBC News reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources close to the process. The report didn’t indicate whether the list has been narrowed or whether there is a leading contender, but officials from several cities told NBC they…
[ad_1] Dara Khosrowshahi, who took over as Uber CEO in August after the ouster of co-founder Travis Kalanick, said of the hack, “none of this should have happened.” In Wednesday’s blog post, Sullivan likened cybersecurity to real-world security, comparing a prevention-first approach online to establishing safer streets and sidewalks. “You have two rewarding but very…
[ad_1] Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch League, the first franchised esports league, kicked off its inaugural season earlier this year. Twelve teams from around the world compete every week in Burbank, California, at an arena that housed the stages for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Jay Leno. Blizzard is entering a well-established market. Revenue in…
[ad_1] Pluralsight priced the shares in its IPO at $15 this afternoon, above its previously set target range of between $12 and $14, and will raise as much as $357 million ahead of its public debut tomorrow morning. Pluralsight offers software development courses, specifically ones targeting employees that are looking to advance in their careers…
[ad_1] Aaron Schlossberg, a New York-based lawyer, became internet famous on Wednesday for the worst of reasons: a racist rant that went viral. Schlossberg was captured on a smartphone video yelling at employees in the restaurant Fresh Kitchen in midtown Manhattan. His complaint was that the workers were speaking Spanish to customers. “And my guess…
[ad_1] It may be old-fashioned, but I find dedicated MP3 players wonderful little devices. I’ve used tons over the years (the Zune HD is still the best) and I’m glad to see they live on in some fashion, even if it’s as an objet d’art jammed with audiophile knick-knacks a $700 price tag: Astell&Kern’s A&norma…
[ad_1] Jim Cramer breaks down why stocks are taking a pause, and it’s not due to the negative stories. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Miss your mother’s home-made soup? There’s an app where you can “rent a mum” to cook some for you. Need someone to courier a package at 2.30am? Looking for a pet dog for an Instagram project? There are apps for those too. The sharing economy has moved well beyond ride sharing and renting spare…
[ad_1] Cornell researchers have made a little robot that can express its emotions through touch, sending out little spikes when its scared or even getting goosebumps to express delight or excitement. The prototype, a cute smiling creature with rubber skin, is designed to test touch as an I/O system for robotic projects. The robot mimics…
[ad_1] Here in the States, ZTE has been content with a kind of quiet success. The Chinese smartphone maker has landed in the top five quarter after quarter (sometimes breaking the top three, according to some analysts), behind household names like Apple, Samsung and LG. Suddenly, however, the company is on everyone’s lips, from cable…
[ad_1] The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Wednesday confirmed it had launched an investigation of a Tesla crash in South Jordan, Utah. “Consistent with NHTSA’s oversight and authority over the safety of all motor vehicles and equipment, the agency has launched its special crash investigations team to gather information on the South Jordan, Utah,…
[ad_1] When Jim Freeman, the Alexa VP in charge of messaging products, told Amazon he’s leaving for the German e-commerce company Zalando earlier this year, the higher-ups asked him to stay, according to a person familiar with the matter. Freeman didn’t budge, and in April he ended up joining the Berlin-based company. Freeman, who first…
[ad_1] It’s been an uncharacteristically busy week for Eric Jackson, a public information officer at the Lee County Mosquito Control District in southwestern Florida. U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Wednesday afternoon named Lee County‘s mosquito control outfit one of only 10 state, local and tribal government entities to be selected for the Federal Aviation…
[ad_1] Cisco stock fell more than 4 percent in after-market trading on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its fiscal third quarter, which ended on April 28. The company will hold a conference call with analysts at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. Earnings: 66 cents per share, excluding certain items, vs. 65 cents per…
[ad_1] Artists have to produce a lot more content to keep up in today’s streaming music industry, Grammy Award-winning singer Ashanti told CNBC on Wednesday. “You have to continue to put out new records. It’s way faster pace now. You can’t really wait because there are so many other artists dropping different things, the consumer…
[ad_1] Nvidia is down more than 5 percent from its recent high, but the charts suggest the hot chip stock’s rally is about to resume. According to Todd Gordon, founder of TradingAnalysis.com, Nvidia is one of the few stocks in the market right now worth a buy. He pointed to two bullish technical indicators that…
[ad_1] Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on May 1, 2018 in San Jose, California. The smart money is betting Facebook will not suffer lasting effects from its Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Some of the biggest names in hedge funds bought Facebook shares in the March quarter, according…
[ad_1] Square CEO Jack Dorsey wants his company to be at the forefront of getting cryptocurrency accepted as legitimate means of global payment. “The internet is going to have a native currency so let’s not wait for it to happen, let’s help it happen,” Dorsey said on stage at the Consensus blockchain conference in New…
[ad_1] But Tripp told CNBC in a statement that he’s committed to staying on as CEO of Grand Rounds. “To the extent we can be part of their solution as their mission sharpens, we’d be glad to pitch in — just as we would assist any organization that wants to improve clinical outcomes,” Tripp said.…
[ad_1] The fund also holds shares of Square and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices. It has an expense ratio of 0.88 percent. “I get asked all the time on how to invest in blockchain technology without dealing with storage, the fears of hacking, hedge funds, etc. My hope is the BKC ETF can provide this desired…
[ad_1] In this 2010 interview with CNBC, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about overhauling privacy controls on the social network. “This is a big misperception that people have about the site,” Zuckerberg told CNBC on May 26, 2010. “They think the more openly that people share information with everyone that that somehow helps us make…
[ad_1] This is a tricky one for Microsoft. Apple sells several versions of its iPads, including those equipped with just Wi-Fi and those that also offer Wi-Fi and cellular connections that let you access the internet anywhere Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint have a signal. Microsoft has a version of Windows for tablets that run…
[ad_1] People willing to learn about the new technology, blockchain, are likely to be in high demand among employers. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] GIFs offer a way to compress a ton of information into a small amount of space, and while Gfycat has positioned itself as more of a short-form video centric platform, it’s going to take a step further to see what a step beyond a standard GIF looks like. The company today said it would…
[ad_1] Google has added a new feature to its Wifi router that lets users measure how each individual device is performing on their wireless Internet network. The new feature will essentially run a speed test on each device and inform the users which devices need to be kept within a closer router range for a…
[ad_1] Microsoft and Google continue to invest in new email applications — Google just released a new version of Gmail, for example — but personal email is basically dead. I can think of two times in the last several years where I relied on using a personal email account: When I was buying a house…
[ad_1] Facebook’s future rests on convincing the developing world to adopt Stories. But just because the slideshow format will soon surpass feed sharing doesn’t mean people use them the same way everywhere. So late last year, Facebook sent a team to India to learn what features they’d need to embrace Stories across a variety of…
[ad_1] As we increasingly hear about automation, artificial intelligence and robots taking away industrial jobs, Parsable, a San Francisco-based startup sees a different reality, one with millions of workers who for the most part have been left behind when it comes to bringing digital transformation to their jobs. Parsable has developed a Connected Worker platform…
[ad_1] Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled the next generation of its giant conference room displays, called Surface Hub 2. The company had launched the original Surface Hub three years ago in 1080p 55-inch and 4K 84-inch variants. Meanwhile, the Surface Hub 2 will sport a 50.5-inch display with 4K+ resolution, 3:2 aspect ratio, and minimal bezels.…
[ad_1] Microsoft is preparing to take on Apple‘s iPad with a line of low-cost tablets, according to a Bloomberg report. The new $400 tablets will feature 10-inch screens and rounded edges — closely mimicking the iPad — and could hit shelves as early as the second half of 2018, the news site said, citing anonymous…
[ad_1] Micron shares will thrive this year as its diversified customer base allows to ride out any downturn in the memory chip market, according to one Wall Street firm. RBC Capital Markets initiated coverage on Micron shares with an outperform rating, citing additionally the memory industry’s consolidation to just a few players. “Our bullish bias…
[ad_1] WhatsApp on Tuesday announced new features for groups, and said they are now rolling out to both Android and iPhone users with the latest versions of the stable apps. Most of these new WhatsApp group features have been seen in prior Android beta builds, stable builds on either platform, or have been spotted in…
[ad_1] With its new funds, Lulus plans to support growth initiatives like building out its East Coast fulfillment center, going into new categories like shoes, and building out headcount. It has no short-term plans to build out brick-and-mortar stores, but the company isn’t ruling out the idea either. “We do think it might make sense…
[ad_1] In an attempt to improve user experience on sites with autoplay media, Google had launched Chrome 66 for desktops last month. Chrome had started to block audio and video that automatically played on certain websites. Earlier in May, the company modified the policy that it used to block unwanted autoplays as well. However, the policies…
[ad_1] Chinese ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing has announced new safety measures for one of its carpooling services following the murder of a passenger. The digital taxi service said on Wednesday that it would hide the personal data and profile pictures of passengers and drivers on “Didi Hitch,” a ride-sharing facility that let passengers traveling in…
[ad_1] You can now catch up on a conversation in which your name was mentioned but you haven’t been following for a while. A new “@” button on the bottom right corner of the group chat will let users see when they have been mentioned. This is similar to a feature offered by workplace messaging…
[ad_1] Sometimes I think of spreadsheets as the dirty secret of the IT world today. We’ve seen a huge explosion in the number of productivity tools on the market tailored to help workers with different aspects of doing their job and organising their information, in part to keep them from simply dumping lots of information…
[ad_1] A Toronto–based app connecting restaurants and bars to temporary workers will soon be expanding to the city’s retail market, adding a new dimension to the growing gig economy — and raising questions about how to protect the workers who depend on it. Hyr launched in February 2017. About 300 Toronto restaurants now use it…
[ad_1] Teatime Games, a new Icelandic “social games” startup from the same team behind the hugely popular QuizUp (acquired in by Glu Mobile), is disclosing $9 million in funding, made up of seed and Series A rounds. Index Ventures led both, but have been joined by Atomico, the European VC fund founded by Skype’s Niklas…
[ad_1] Climate change is on the mind of many in B.C. as they swelter in record-breaking heat and bail out from destructive floods, but scientists say it’s not easy to connect extreme weather events to global warming. It’s the second year in a row that parts of the Interior have been hit by massive floods. Last…
[ad_1] Comparison of medium-sized and giant oviraptorosaurs nesting. The smaller one distributes its weight over both the eggs and the central opening of the nest during incubation. The giant individual likely rested most of its weight on the large central opening of the nest. (Masato Hattori) They were heavier than hippos, but dinosaurs like gigantoraptor…
[ad_1] Today is the last day of Flipkart Big Shopping Days sale. In case you’re joining in late, the sale kicked off on May 13 and features offers on smartphones, laptops, tablets, accessories, and more. There are still 12 hours more to go before these Flipkart offers expire. We’ve rounded up some of the best…
[ad_1] After dumping its entire holding of Amazon stock in the fourth quarter of 2017, Soros Fund Management bought 51,200 shares in the e-commerce and cloud giant in the three months ended March 31. The Amazon stake was worth $74.1 million. Amazon has been one of the best-performing technology stocks this year, up over 34…
[ad_1] French startup Aircall has raised a founding round of $29 million for its cloud based call center solution. Draper Esprit led the round with NextWorld Capital, Balderton Capital and Newfund also participating. The company has raised $40.5 million in total. Aircall participated in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt SF a few years ago.…
[ad_1] Flipkart Big Shopping Days sale in on its last day now. While some of the best Flipkart sale offers have already expired (or sold out), most of them are still available. In case you missed out, you should see all the top deals from our handpicked list of the best deals from the Flipkart…
[ad_1] If you’re planning to go to Japan by yourself, fear not, RoBoHon is here. This humanoid robot can hold short conversations with humans and is marketed in Japan as a device that could possible replace your cellphone. Now, it’s available for tourists, too. CNBC recently went to Tokyo, Japan, where the robot is available…
[ad_1] Tesla may be on the verge of a pretty big leap in Model 3 production this week, reported electric car blog Electrek, citing a leaked email from CEO Elon Musk to employees. The email said it is “quite likely” Tesla will make more than 500 Model 3 cars per day this week. If Tesla…
[ad_1] YouTube for Android has been spotted to have added an Incognito mode for some users. The latest change brings the YouTube app to the series of Android apps that are offering the dedicated mode to abandon recording of history and offer a secret experience. All the popular browser apps have it, as does Gboard.…
[ad_1] Tolga Akmen | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Original robot used in filming ‘Terminator Salvation’ is seen at the Science Museum in London on February 7, 2017. If there are any concerns, it’s that humans should be worried about beings “that are similar to yourself” and share goals. Cooperation could result, or it could…
[ad_1] WhatsApp on Tuesday announced new features for groups, and said they are now rolling out to both Android and iPhone users with the latest versions of the stable apps. Most of these new WhatsApp group features have been seen in prior Android beta builds, stable builds on either platform, or have been spotted in…
[ad_1] Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018. Mark Zuckerberg likely won’t testify before Parliament, according to UK officials. Members of Parliament had previously said they would summon the Facebook CEO to testify on the…
[ad_1] The next phase of Amazon‘s union with Whole Foods has begun. Starting Wednesday, Amazon Prime members in Florida will get an additional 10 percent off Whole Foods products that are already discounted. The grocer typically has hundreds of products on sale at a time. It is also offering weekly deep discounts on some of…
[ad_1] Walmart and Hudson’s Bay’s Lord & Taylor are preparing to roll out a new shopping experience on Walmart.com. Set to launch in phases in the coming weeks, the “store within a store” on Walmart’s website will feature more than 125 brands sold at Lord & Taylor, including Tommy Bahama, Vince Camuto and Lucky Brand.…
[ad_1] MoviePass, a U.S. movie ticket subscription service owned by data company Helios and Matheson Analytics, offers a cautionary tale of the dangers of a disruptive company caught too soon in the unforgiving glare of the public markets. Investors loved it when Helios and Matheson bought a majority stake in MoviePass, led by former Netflix…
[ad_1] Sue Kawczynski | Eclipse Sportswire | Getty Images Exaggerator #6, ridden by Kent J. Desormeaux, wins the betfair.com Haskell Invitational Stakes at Monmouth Park on July 31, 2016 in Oceanport, New Jersey. The Supreme Court’s ruling on sports gambling Monday will significantly boost the sales of several gaming-related companies, according to Bank of America…
[ad_1] Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty Images Tesla’s new Model 3 at the Tesla store in Washington, D.C. Tesla has been struggling to find solutions to manufacturing bottlenecks on the new assembly line that produces the Model 3, a sedan intended for volume production. An over-reliance on robots has complicated that task,…
[ad_1] Seeing Engineered Arts‘ Mesmer humanoid robots will likely make you do a double take. Mesmer robots can sense people’s body language, age and mood and react accordingly. They can even maintain eye contact. Engineered Arts specializes in making robots for entertainment, education and research. Recently, the company made a Mesmer robot for Madame Tussauds…
[ad_1] Making something fly involves a lot of trade-offs. Bigger stuff can hold more fuel or batteries, but too big and the lift required is too much. Small stuff takes less lift to fly but might not hold a battery with enough energy to do so. Insect-sized drones have had that problem in the past…
[ad_1] In an industry that’s constantly changing, it can be difficult to pin down exactly what it takes to succeed. Yet, being able to embrace that uncertainty and use it to your advantage could be half the battle won, according to tech experts. Doniel Sutton, global head of people at digital payments company PayPal, says…
[ad_1] Noto, who was head of finance and then operations at Twitter during his three-and-a-half-year stint at the company, joined SoFi during a period of rapid growth but internal crisis. Cagney, who co-founded SoFi in 2011, stepped down in September, following sexual harassment allegations by a former employee and reports of a toxic culture and…
[ad_1] FilmMagic | HBO | Getty Images Elon Musk speaks on stage during the Westworld Featured Session during SXSW at Austin Convention Center on March 10, 2018 in Austin, Texas. Tesla’s energy unit lost two executives after CEO Elon Musk announced a “thorough reorganization” of the company, Bloomberg reported. Stationary storage unit product director Arch…
[ad_1] A few weeks ahead of its latest flagship announcement, HTC just revealed another piece of hardware. While the Taiwanese company has consolidated much of its mobile offerings in recent years, it announced today at the Consensus 2018 blockchain conference in New York that its upcoming Exodus handset is embracing everyone’s favorite tech buzzword. So,…
[ad_1] While CNBC’s Jim Cramer is confident about the future of FANG, his acronym for the stocks of Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, now Alphabet, he knew concerns would arise after Tuesday’s market pain. All four major indices declined after the closely watched 10-year Treasury yield rose to its highest level since 2011 and home…
[ad_1] The Insight launch earlier this month had a couple stowaways: a pair of tiny CubeSats that are already the farthest such tiny satellites have ever been from Earth by a long shot. And one of them got a chance to snap a picture of their home planet as an homage to the Voyager mission’s…
[ad_1] Alex Frommeyer comes from a family of dentists. Now, he has a start-up that sells dental insurance, but with a twist. The Columbus, Ohio, company, called Beam Dental, started out by selling Bluetooth-connected toothbrushes, meaning that their product communicates with an app. Once they got people using it, the founders saw an opportunity to…
[ad_1] Stanley Druckenmiller made big bets on semiconductor stocks during the first quarter, according to a regulatory filing released Tuesday. Duquesne Capital initiated positions in Intel, Micron Technology and Qualcomm. The fund bought 2.46 million shares of Intel, 2.19 million shares of Micron and 411,000 of Qualcomm. In total, Duquesne invested $273.8 million in those…
[ad_1] If there’s one thing I envy in the global spirit and character its the appreciation of a fine bidet. Hygiene being close to godliness, one can imagine the huddled scientists at CERN and KAUST and Tokyo University creating scientific marvels, secure in the knowledge that their posteriors were as clean and crisp as their…
[ad_1] VCG/VCG | Getty Images A Tesla Model 3 car is on display during the Auto China 2018 at China International Exhibition Center on April 25, 2018 in Beijing, China. Tesla had previously warned of 10 days of temporary shutdowns this quarter to address issues that have delayed volume production of its new Model 3…
[ad_1] Earlier this month Warren Buffett said at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting he made a mistake by underestimating Jeff Bezos and not investing in Amazon. But this wasn’t the first time the billionaire investor shared his positive view on the founder of Amazon. In a 2017 interview video clip found using CNBC’s Warren Buffett…
[ad_1] Fintech company Circle is looking make a better, faster, digital version of the U.S. dollar. The Goldman Sachs-backed start-up announced a new cryptocurrency pegged to the dollar, and a $110 million investment round led by profitable crypto mining company Bitmain, which brings Circle’s value near $3 billion, the company announced Tuesday. “It unlocks an…
[ad_1] Basketball may be the most profitable sport in FanDuel’s fantasy sports game now, but CEO Matt King bets tennis could benefit most from legalized sports betting. “The beauty of tennis is that you could literally bet on every single hit in the match — every single point — and so it creates a lot…
[ad_1] If you’ve ever been hiking or skiing, gone to a music festival or state fair, you know how easy it is to lose track of your friends, and the usually ridiculous exchange of “I’m by the big thing”-type messages. Lynq is a gadget that fixes this problem with an ultra-simple premise: it simply tells…
[ad_1] With a valuation of $69.6 billion, San Francisco-based Uber is the most valuable venture-backed company in the world. That’s according to recently released data from private financial market database PitchBook. Just behind Uber is the ride-hailing giant’s Chinese rival, Beijing-based Didi Chuxing, the world’s second most valuable venture-backed company at $56 billion. In fact,…
[ad_1] Kesey studied (and participated in LSD tests) at Stanford, which is also the alma mater of seemingly half of Silicon Valley today, including the founders of Google, Yahoo and countless other tech companies. Stewart Brand, who created the hippie bible “Whole Earth Catalog” was instrumental in some of the first online message boards, and…
[ad_1] French premium cable television company Canal+ is slowly moving away from building its own set top boxes. As Next INpact spotted, you can now subscribe to Canal+ and get an Apple TV 4K with Canal+’s myCanal app already preloaded. Canal+ has been around for decades and was the first premium TV channel in France.…
[ad_1] MemSQL, a company best known for the real-time capabilities of its eponymous in-memory database, today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series D round, bringing the company’s overall funding to $110 million. The round was led by GV (the firm you probably still refer to as Google Ventures) and Glynn Capital. Existing…
[ad_1] The US Senate will vote on Wednesday on whether to reverse a decision by the Trump administration to roll back Obama-era “net neutrality” rules, Democratic senators said on Monday. Advocates of keeping the 2015 open-Internet rules have the backing of 50 US senators, including Republican Susan Collins. And with the absence of Senator John McCain because…
[ad_1] Amazon Web Services is loading up on engineers at a semiconductor unit in Portland, Oregon, where the cloud business is focused on improving video processing speeds. Chips are becoming more important to AWS as the company aims to control more of the hardware in its giant data centers and strengthen itself against growing competition…
[ad_1] Just days after Google announced that it would acquire Velostrata to help customers migrating more of their operations into cloud environments, HPE under its new CEO Antonio Neri is also upping its game in the same department. Today the company announced that it would acquire Plexxi, a specialist in software-defined data center solutions, aimed…
[ad_1] Just last month, Google revamped Gmail to introduce a new layout, new features like confidential mode, priority notifications and much more. Now, the company is adding another feature to the mix, and it’s called ‘Nudge.’ The Nudge feature will essentially remind users to respond to emails in their Inbox. This feature will put emails…
[ad_1] The hedge fund did not immediately respond to a CNBC request for comment. In January, Jana Partners and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CALSTRS) sent an open letter to Apple asking the tech giant to create software that would allow parents more control of what their children can access through an iPhone. “It…
[ad_1] Auth0, a startup based in Seattle, has been helping developers with a set of APIs to build authentication into their applications for the last five years. It’s raised a fair bit of money along the way to help extend that mission, and today the company announced a $55 million Series D. This round was…
[ad_1] The Dutch government said on Monday it had decided to phase out the use of anti-virus software made by Kaspersky Labs “as a precautionary measure” and was advising companies involved in safeguarding vital services to do the same. In a letter to parliament, Justice Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus said the decision was made because the…
[ad_1] As Comcast and Disney ratchet up bids for 21st Century Fox assets, Verizon says it’s staying out of the fight. CEO Lowell McAdam said Tuesday the company has “no interest” in being a traditional TV network, focusing instead on digital media assets and investment in 5G wireless service. Verizon was previously reported to have…
[ad_1] Facebook just installed its VP of Internet.org as the new head of WhatsApp after its CEO Jan Koum left the company. And now Facebook is expanding its mission to get people into “meaningful” groups to WhatsApp. Today, WhatsApp launched a slew of new features for Groups on iOS and Android that let admins set…
[ad_1] WhatsApp on Tuesday announced new features for groups, and said they are now rolling out to both Android and iPhone users with the latest versions of the stable apps. Most of these new WhatsApp group features have been seen in prior Android beta builds, stable builds on either platform, or have been spotted in…
[ad_1] Zach Gibson | Getty Images Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 10, 2018 in Washington, DC. Despite Facebook’s aggressive stance on improving identification and removal inappropriate content, the company admitted its artificial intelligence…
[ad_1] Do you remember the Surface Hub? Chances are you forgot it even existed. And yet, Microsoft just announced a second version of the Surface Hub. The company hasn’t shared any specifications or price, but it won’t be available before 2019 — selected customers will test the Surface Hub 2 starting this year. The Surface…
[ad_1] Uber Technologies’s growth has slowed as a series of scandals has allowed the ride-hailing company’s chief US competitor, Lyft, to grab more market share, digital research firm eMarketer said in a report on Monday. The research firm has lowered its forecasts for Uber’s growth for the next several years. It projects 48 million US adults will use…
[ad_1] Christophe Morin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Attendees stand near Amazon.com Web Services signage during the Station F startup campus launch party in Paris, France, on Thursday, June 29, 2017. Amazon‘s cloud computing arm is looking to make it easier for customers to use blockchain with a new partnership announced Tuesday. The cloud computing…
[ad_1] 23andMe, Color, and other genomic sequencing startups have exposed demand from consumers for cheap ways to test for potential problems they may have — and Amir Trabelsi hopes to bring that mentality to medical institutions around the world. That’s the hope for Genoox, a genomic analysis startup that’s geared toward doctors, clinicians and researchers that…
[ad_1] Adobe has launched Adobe XD or Adobe Experience Design – the software giant’s all-in-one UX/ UI solution for websites and apps – bringing it out of beta. “Adobe XD will be as big as Photoshop, if not bigger,” said Andrew Shorten, Senior Director, Product Management at Adobe XD’s recent global press conference. The software…
[ad_1] Intel said on Tuesday it had submitted plans to expand its production operations in Israel, with the government saying the U.S. chipmaker would invest about $5 billion. Intel is one of the biggest employers and exporters in Israel, where many of its new technologies are developed. The new investment will upgrade its Kiryat Gat…
[ad_1] China’s drive-sharing company Didi Chuxing Technology Co. was approved by California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to test its self-driving vehicles. A newest list posted on DMV’s website showed 53 pieces of Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permits (with a driver) had been permitted as of last Thursday, Xinhua reported on Monday. Didi was the latest…
[ad_1] The second major technological barrier is immunology, or how to keep the head from rejecting the body and vice versa. “You have to visualize it where the body is the donor organ and the head is the recipient. It’s not a head transplant; its a body transplant,” Hardy said. The body rejecting the head…
[ad_1] Veridium Labs has been trying to solve a hard problem about how to trade carbon offset credits in an open market. The trouble is that more complex credits don’t have a simple value like a stock, and there hasn’t been a formula to determine their individual value. That has made accounting for them and…
[ad_1] The European Union’s new data protection rules, which take effect on May 25, will give people more control over the way their personal information is used online. They follow scandals involving lax personal data protection procedures such as at Facebook where US-British political research firm Cambridge Analytica was able to harvest the data of…
[ad_1] Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk says rocket technology will “enable anyone” to move to Mars and beyond. And gas-powered cars will be relics, “like steam engines,” he says. This according to a recent series of tweets from the Tesla and SpaceX boss. On Friday, SpaceX launched and landed the Falcon 9 Block 5, the newest…
[ad_1] Russian anti-virus software firm Kaspersky Lab, which is suspected by US authorities of helping the Kremlin’s espionage efforts, said Tuesday it was moving its core infrastructure and operations to Switzerland. The transfer “includes customer data storage and processing for most regions, as well as software assembly, including threat detection updates,” said Kaspersky, whose software…
[ad_1] Zach Gibson | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump, right, speaks as Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., listens during the American Technology Council roundtable hosted at the White House in Washington, D.C. Apple CEO Tim Cook is not a fan of President Donald Trump’s trade policy with China. The technology…
[ad_1] A data set of over 3 million Facebook users collected via a personality app was available to download freely for anyone for almost four years, New Scientist reported. The data set was collected via the personality quiz app “myPersonality” by academics at the University of Cambridge. “The data was highly sensitive, revealing personal details…
[ad_1] Morgan Stanley is getting more negative over profitability of Tesla’s Model 3 electric car. The firm’s analyst Adam Jonas slashed his price target to $291 from $376 for Tesla shares, roughly flat to the stock’s Monday close. “We are making material reductions to our earnings estimates to reflect lingering manufacturing issues with the Model…
[ad_1] The Facebook scandal has laid bare the urgency of protecting personal information in a digital “jungle,” the EU’s justice minister said before new European data rules become law. In an interview with AFP, Vera Jourova said the scandal was a wake-up call for critics who had seen the European Union as too quick to…
[ad_1] Eugene Kaspersky, chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, answers a question during an interview in New York March 10, 2015. Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab plans to open a data center in Switzerland by the end of next year to help address Western government concerns that Russia exploits its anti-virus software to spy on customers. Opening…
[ad_1] The EU’s new data protection rules that enter into force later this month are having an impact around the world as firms, including in the United States and China, move to comply. While all firms globally are required to comply with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when it comes to…
[ad_1] Uber on Tuesday announced steps to bring “transparency, integrity, and accountability” to its handling of workplace complaints. The ride-sharing company said it’s rolling back the use of forced arbitration agreements for employees, riders and drivers. People who allege sexual assault or sexual harassment against Uber will now have the option of settling their claims…
[ad_1] When deciding what laptop to buy, one of the first decisions you’ll have to make is whether or not you want a touchscreen. For a lot of people, the idea is pretty pointless – after all, we’ve been using laptops for decades now, and we’ve been doing fine with just keyboards and trackpads. That’s…
[ad_1] King said declining trust in the platform among users, and growing wariness over how personal data is being used, has become a growing concern. “If we see the level of engagement or people deleting Facebook, if that becomes a trend over the coming months, then absolutely it will have a causation and effect on…
[ad_1] Opera for Android v46 with Light, Dark, and Red themes Opera for Android has been updated to version 46. The new version has tons of new features that are designed to please users and take on the likes of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and UC Browser. The updated Opera browser includes themes, night mode,…
[ad_1] Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Skyscrapers including the Lloyd’s of London headquarters; the Leadenhall building, also known as ‘the Cheesegrater’; and 30 St Mary Axe, also known as ‘the Gherkin’ in London, U.K. I know I don’t look old enough but this summer will mark my thirty years in the City of…
[ad_1] HP has added a range of new notebooks, All-in-One (AiO) PCs, and desktops to its Elite and Envy portfolios. The new models have impressive design aesthetics, sharp and bright display panels, and all new hardware. One of the AiO models even has Amazon Alexa integrated. The new HP Elite series include the HP EliteBook…
[ad_1] A University of Calgary entomologist recently participated in a landmark study that revealed just how much we don’t know about the number and variety of species that inhabit our planet. John Swann was one of 59 biologists who spent one year collecting flies from a four-hectare patch of cloud forest in Costa Rica. The “fly…
[ad_1] A natural anti-tick spray created by a Mahone Bay, N.S., woman has yielded some encouraging results from its first round of scientific tests at Acadia University. Lisa Ali created AtlanTick after her two sons developed Lyme disease from ticks on the South Shore in 2016. She said the ticks were so small that they didn’t see…
[ad_1] It looks, feels and sounds like the real thing. A team at the University of Victoria is developing a virtual reality game based on data from a real tsunami that slammed into Port Alberni, B.C., in 1964. The technology could eventually be used to help emergency officials prepare for the next big wave. “It’s actually a…
[ad_1] Gretchen Spreitzer, who studies coworking as faculty director for the Center for Positive Organizations at the University of Michigan, says the rise of corporate coworking behemoths like WeWork shows how big these businesses can grow. The challenge is providing specialized services that continue to attract members. “These companies aren’t cheap to run,” she said.…
[ad_1] Flipkart Big Shopping Days sale has now entered its third day. While some of the best Flipkart sale offers have already expired (or sold out), most of them are still available. In case you missed out, you should see all the top deals from our handpicked list of the best deals from the Flipkart…
[ad_1] Chili’s is the latest restaurant chain to be affected by a data breach. The casual dining chain’s parent company, Brinker International, announced Saturday that customer credit and debit card information had been compromised at some Chili’s locations between March and April. However, the company is still assessing the scope of the incident. “We sincerely…
[ad_1] Thousands of people are using their smartphones to experience the devastation of urban conflict through an augmented reality app which aims to raise awareness of the suffering faced by millions trapped by war, the app’s developer said on Monday. Launched by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in March, “Enter the room”…
[ad_1] Google is under investigation in Australia following claims that it collects data from millions of Android smartphones users, who unwittingly pay their telecom service providers for gigabytes consumed during the harvesting, regulators said on Tuesday. Responding to the latest privacy concerns surrounding Google, a spokesman for the U.S. based search engine operator said the…
[ad_1] Flipkart Big Shopping Days sale has now entered its third day. While some of the best offers have already expired (or sold out), most of them are still available. In case you missed out, you should see all the top deals from our handpicked list of the best deals from the Flipkart sale day…
[ad_1] Tesla CEO Elon Musk hit back Monday at a report that said Tesla ignored engineers who urged the company to add more sensors to its vehicles. “This is false,” Musk said Monday on Twitter, referring to The Wall Street Journal’s report that Tesla refused calls from its engineers to add more safeguards into its…
[ad_1] Software maker Symantec recouped some of its losses from last week, gaining nearly 10 percent Monday. Shares closed at $21.40, after shedding 33 percent and roughly $6 billion in shareholder value Friday. The company announced during its quarterly earnings report last week it had launched an internal audit that could delay the company’s annual…
[ad_1] Waymo is telling police in California exactly how to break into its autonomous cars in the event of an emergency, according to documents reviewed by tech news site IEEE Spectrum. Among the instructions: “Open one door to prevent the self-driving car from moving. Break a window if doors are locked and immediate entry to…
[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow states to legalize sports betting is great news for investors in the sports and gambling industries, billionaire investor Mark Cuban told CNBC on Monday. “I think everyone who owns a top four professional sports team just basically saw the value of their team double,” the owner of…
[ad_1] Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on May 1, 2018 in San Jose, California. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg turns 34 today, capping one of the more difficult years of his career at Facebook, as the company deals with fallout around privacy and fake news concerns. But because…
[ad_1] Amid hardships at Tesla, CEO Elon Musk has taken heat for recent behavior some have called “bizarre.” But billionaire investor Mark Cuban defended Musk’s quirks and said he trusts and respects his leadership. “Unlike other founders…who have their lives all built up into one company, he puts his heart out there — and he…
[ad_1] Growing gross profits is important because it gives the company more room to invest and expand. Amazon has been expanding rapidly into new areas such as groceries (through its acquisition of Whole Foods), hardware, A.I. and health tech. It can also use this margin expansion to reinvest in its core businesses by hiring more…
[ad_1] Monday’s statement did shed some light on the announcement. The “employee concerns” that kicked off the audit involved Symantec’s commentary on historical financial results, and certain reporting measures that could impact executive compensation programs, forward-looking statements, stock trading and retaliation, according to the statement. “For anyone concerned about executive compensation at this time, all…
[ad_1] Victor Chavez | Getty Images Netflix content executive director, Ted Sarandos attends the Vive Netflix 2017 at Museo Casa de la Bola on August 2, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico. Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, said one of the ways the company was able to lure screenwriter Ryan Murphy is by showing him…
[ad_1] A Tesla Model S that crashed into a stopped fire truck at high speed was operating in Autopilot mode, the driver of the car told Utah police officials Monday. Tesla says it continues to work with South Jordan police on the investigation, and has not yet released details of the incident based on the…
[ad_1] Former head of J.P. Morgan’s blockchain arm Amber Baldet has finally announced her next move. The former bank executive started a new blockchain company called Clovyr. “It’s a way to help people think differently about decentralized application design,” Baldet said Monday at the Consensus blockchain conference in New York. Baldet’s post-J.P. Morgan plans have…
[ad_1] Amazon will now include women and minority candidates in its board search going forward, following shareholder complaints about the company’s lack of diversity. In a public filing Monday, Amazon pledged to include “women and minority candidates” in the pool from which the company’s board committee selects director candidates. The company’s committee charter has been…
[ad_1] In June 1999, Jeff Bezos sat down with CNBC to announce a deal between Amazon and Sotheby’s to start a collectible bidding site. Within a few years, the failed venture would be seen as one of Amazon’s early mistakes as a company. Amazon wasn’t always the e-commerce powerhouse it is today. In its early…
[ad_1] Tesla is showing signs of financial distress. The automaker ended 2017 with $3.4 billion in available cash, and $9.4 billion in outstanding debt. That debt will come due as Tesla needs more capital to increase Model 3 production, and start work on new products including an updated Roadster, a new Model Y vehicle and…
[ad_1] Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale said Monday he “wouldn’t mind” if the start-up were to go public in the next two or three years. “I think it’s probably the right thing to do at some point,” Lonsdale told CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” “I think they’re really focused on the really hard problems they’re solving and not…
[ad_1] Billionaire investor Mark Cuban thinks Apple will probably make it to a market cap of $1 trillion — but that doesn’t mean he’s investing now. The Dallas Mavericks owner says he is content with his current positions in tech giants Amazon and Netflix. “We can talk about Apple going to a trillion, and there’s…
[ad_1] Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled states can legalize sports betting, DraftKings is ready to take bets from its users. The company had been working on a sports betting product that would let people gamble on the outcome of games or point totals — options it wasn’t allowed to offer before Monday’s…
[ad_1] Getty Images Workers pack and ship customer orders at the 750,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Romeoville, Illinois. With the S&P 500 not likely to do much the rest of the year, Goldman Sachs says there is still an investment strategy that can outperform. The firm recommended companies with strong prospects for sales growth next…
[ad_1] Japanese gamers and manga aficionados and every combination thereof will get a treat this summer with the release of a NES Classic Edition loaded with games from the pages of Weekly Jump. The beloved manga mag is celebrating its 50th anniversary and this solid gold Famicom is part of the festivities. There’s basically no…
[ad_1] “We do a lot of this for a lot of companies all the time,” Nouri said. “It’s an attention grabber. It’s for the people walking in. They all say once you make money in crypto, you buy a lambo.” “I never made money with crypto but I have ten lambos,” Nouri said. His company…
[ad_1] “Whilst we apologize for any delays, Consensus 2018 has received overwhelming interest and is the largest blockchain-focused event ever held in the United States,” Jacob Donnelly, director of marketing at CoinDesk, said in a statement. “We are working to reduce the wait time.” During last year’s conference, bitcoin accelerated its gains above $2,000. The…
[ad_1] “Last year was pretty hard, I’m not gonna lie” says Peter Deng, Uber’s head of rider experience. But as part of new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s push to rebrand Uber around safety, “we’ve seen the company shift to more listening”. That focus on hearing users’ concerns prompted today’s change. Have a bad Uber ride when you’re…
[ad_1] When Amazon introduced AWS Lambda in 2015, the notion of serverless computing was relatively unknown. It enables developers to deliver software without having to manage a server to do it. Instead, Amazon manages it all and the underlying infrastructure only comes into play when an event triggers a requirement. Today, the company released an…
[ad_1] The digital currency conferences this week in New York City present an attractive trading opportunity in AMD, according to J.P. Morgan. “Over the last three years, AMD has staged significant rallies following the blockchain technology summit, Consensus,” J.P. Morgan equity derivatives strategist Shawn Quigg wrote in a note to clients Monday. “We like the…
[ad_1] When Apple introduced its completely redesigned App Store last fall, one of its goals was to improve app discovery by placing a larger emphasis on editorial content – including things like “app of the day” picks, lists, how-to’s and even interviews with app developers, among other things. Now, a new study from Sensor Tower…
[ad_1] Security researchers claim to have discovered a set of vulnerabilities (collectively called Efail) that affect users of certain email clients that utilise PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) and S/MIME (Secure/ Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) – two widely used methods for encrypting emails. The security loopholes are claimed to expose the plaintext of encrypted emails to…
[ad_1] Tesla CEO Elon Musk Monday told employees the company plans to “flatten” its structure as it works to improve communication and trim activities “that are not vital” to its success. “To ensure that Tesla is well prepared for the future, we have been undertaking a thorough reorganization of our company,” Musk said in a…
[ad_1] Researchers have discovered a new malware called Vega Stealer that is said to have been designed to harvest financial date from the saved credentials from Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers. The malware is another variant of crypto-malware that steals credentials, sensitive documents, cryptocurrency wallets, and other details stored in the two browsers. As…
[ad_1] Apple CEO Tim Cook‘s commencement speech to college graduates may have been a pitch to future employees on why his company is more trustworthy than Facebook, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday. “One of the things that Apple is priding itself in, is they’re trying to get the best and the brightest,” said Cramer, whose…
[ad_1] As old-school industries like oil and gas increasingly network entities like oil platforms, they become more vulnerable to hacking attacks that were impossible when they were stand-alone. That requires a new approach to security and Xage (pronounced Zage), a security startup that launched last year thinks it has the answer with a concept called…
[ad_1] Worth almost $133 billion, Jeff Bezos is currently the richest person in the world, according to Forbes. As the boss of both the e-commerce behemoth Amazon and the aerospace company Blue Origin, Bezos is a tech titan whose businesses will very likely shape the future. Despite relying on technology to build his fortune online,…
[ad_1] Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday criticized President Donald Trump‘s pledge to help Chinese technology company ZTE, saying he hopes the president is not “backing down” from his hawkish stance on China. The Florida Republican’s criticism marks the first backlash to the president’s effort from a notable lawmaker within his own party. Trump’s reversal on…
[ad_1] Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker and supplier to Apple, posted a 14.5 percent fall in first-quarter net profit on Monday, lagging estimates despite a strong quarter for the US iPhone maker. Net profit for the first three months of 2018 for the company known formally as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co reached…
[ad_1] Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment isn’t a household name in most places. Known as ZTE, it is probably best known for making cheap smartphones that are mostly sold in developing countries, though it also sells them in the United States. But in the telecommunications world, the ZTE name carries significant weight. It is one of two…
[ad_1] Paytm on Monday announced the unification of bank transfers for its customers with the new ‘My Payments’ feature on its app. This will enable Paytm users to make recurring, high-value payment and other monthly expenses in an instant. Using the Paytm app, bank transfers can be done from and to any bank account, making…
[ad_1] Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker and supplier to Apple, posted a 14.5 percent fall in first-quarter net profit on Monday, lagging estimates despite a strong quarter for the U.S. iPhone maker. Net profit for the first three months of 2018 for the company known formally as Hon Hai Precision Industry reached…
[ad_1] Uber appointed a new boss for its UK business on Monday, as the taxi-hailing app fights to keep its drivers on the streets of London, its most important European market. Uber said Jamie Heywood would join as Uber’s new regional general manager for northern and eastern Europe from Amazon next month, a remit which…
[ad_1] Buy and hold billionaire Ron Baron on Monday defended his investment in Tesla, saying he doesn’t care that he hasn’t made very much money from the electric-car maker yet. “I think we’re going to make 20 times our money because the opportunity is so enormous,” the 75-year-old founder of Baron Capital told CNBC’s “Squawk…
[ad_1] Lenovo has teased a new arrival that might top Apple’s iPhone X in a bid to deliver a true all-screen smartphone. Apple’s iPhone X goes very close but for a tiny bezel and its distinctive notch, but Lenovo’s Z5 seems like it might go a step further, according to a teaser sketch (above) shared by Lenovo…
[ad_1] Facebook has so far suspended around 200 apps in the first stage of its review into apps that had access to large quantities of user data, a response to a scandal around political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. The apps were suspended pending a thorough investigation into whether they did in fact misuse any data, said…
[ad_1] “The need for paper reconciliation is removed because all parties are linked on the platform and updates are instantaneous,” Vivek Ramachandran, head of growth and innovation at HSBC, said in a statement. “The quick turnaround could mean unlocking liquidity for businesses.” HSBC and ING said that the exchange was performed in 24 hours, compared…
[ad_1] Reduce, Reuse and Rethink is a CBC News series about recycling. We’re exploring why our communities are at a turning point and exploring ways to recycle better. You can be part of the conversation by joining our Facebook group. Confused about what can — and can’t — go in your blue box? Certain kinds of packaging are just…
[ad_1] But analysts believe the two firms are inextricably intertwined and that Fujifilm is not without bargaining power, while also doubting that talk of other buyers is that substantial. “It wouldn’t be good if it goes elsewhere. But are there really other potential buyers? Icahn and Deason say there are because they want a higher…
[ad_1] Symantec has found two new sets of malicious apps on the Google Play store. The first set of seven apps seems to have been re-uploaded, after being pulled down for being malicious, just by merely changing their names. The other set of 38 apps seems to trigger links in the background, aiming to drive…
[ad_1] Reduce, Reuse and Rethink is a CBC News series about recycling. We’re looking at why our communities are at a turning point and exploring ways to recycle better. You can be part of the conversation by joining our Facebook group. The recycling bin behind the cremation chamber is the first tip-off that Elgin Mills Crematorium, north of…
[ad_1] Google Photos has started receiving a new update that brings the advanced Color Pop feature to Android devices. As demonstrated at Google I/O 2018 last week, the feature uses artificial intelligence (AI) to transform background into black and white while continuing to show colours on the subject of the photo. The update is rolling…
[ad_1] Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing has been given a permit to test self-driving cars in California. The company is allowed to test autonomous vehicles in the state as of May 10, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ website. Didi was not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC. Didi, which bought…
[ad_1] A big feature is now rolling out for Gmail users on the Web. Gmail for Web is now getting native offline support. This means that you can use Gmail’s specific features even when you run out of Internet connectivity. This native offline support requires Chrome 61, and needs to be enabled in the Settings…
[ad_1] Nintendo is bringing back its retro NES Classic Edition console in June, the company announced Monday. The NES was first released in the mid-1980s. At the end of 2016, Nintendo re-released the console which was pre-loaded with 30 retro games such as “Super Mario Bros” and “Donkey Kong.” It was in very short supply…
[ad_1] Margrethe Vestager is an avid Twitter user who likes to post photos of flowers and cityscapes from her native Denmark. Her account is also a means of tracking her travels as Europe’s chief antitrust cop and a scourge of big technology companies. Here she is at the European Parliament. Here she is speaking in…
[ad_1] “People who go in at the beginning in North Korea, given this combination of North and South, should do very well,” he added. Mobius’ comments come ahead of a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12. Relations between the two countries had been…
[ad_1] New European Union data protection laws take effect on May 25 to protect users’ online information, in what Brussels touts as a global benchmark after the Facebook scandal. The laws will cover large tech companies like Google, Twitter and Facebook that use personal data as an advertising goldmine, as well as firms like banks…
[ad_1] It’s relatively easy these days to find critics of Skype, the popular online calling service that Microsoft acquired in 2011 for $8.5 billion (roughly Rs. 57,100 crores). Former devotees routinely gripe on social media that the software has become too difficult to use. On the Apple App Store and Google Play store, negative reviews…
[ad_1] People hold signs reading “Today in jail for a repost – tomorrow for a like” during the rally Hundreds of people rallied in Moscow on Sunday to demand the unblocking of the Telegram app, the second protest in the Russian capital since the authorities blocked the popular messaging service last month. Demonstrators chanted anti-government…
[ad_1] US photocopier and printer maker Xerox on Sunday announced it was terminating a merger with Fujifilm and appointing a new chief executive after entering into a settlement with activist shareholders who had contested the takeover. In a statement on its website, Xerox cited “material deviations” in the audited financials of an existing joint venture…
[ad_1] Cook, who has previously called data privacy a human right and a civil liberty, hasn’t been shy about his criticism of Facebook. When asked in March how he would handle the situation if he was Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, he told Recode’s Kara Swisher and MSNBC’s Chris Hayes that he “wouldn’t be in this…
[ad_1] DraftKings’ fastest growing fantasy sport last year was esports, in which people create fantasy leagues of professional video gamers, showing yet another example of how gaming is inching its way into the mainstream. Though esports are still a small part of DraftKings’ overall business, it’s growing rapidly. Last year, entry fees for its League…
[ad_1] Aukey’s Latitude Wireless headphones offer three different sound modes that cater to different styles of music, but I found that the default mode was best and balanced high and low notes pretty well. They come with “wings” that are supposed to help them stay in your ears, but I found they actually fell out…
[ad_1] There could be some radical changes coming to Apple’s flagship iPhone X. According to reports in Asia, Apple is working on a triple-lens rear camera design which could feature on the company’s devices from 2019. This three camera design would see the Californian giants go toe-to-toe with Huawei, whose recently-launched P20 showed that a…
[ad_1] Joan Cros | NurPhoto | Getty Images New ZTE Blade V9 at ZTE stand during the Mobile World Congress Day 2 on February 27, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping are working to give Chinese telecom company ZTE Corp “a way to…
[ad_1] A lot of people are worried that voice assistants like Amazon‘s Alexa, Apple‘s Siri or the Google Assistant are spying on us at home. All three companies have said the assistants are not listening all the time, but only listen for a wake word — or perhaps hidden commands humans can’t hear. So I…
[ad_1] So why are we still using passwords? They are easy to use and there is no perfect solution, according to Henderson. “Until we get to that realization that we’re never going to find the perfect form of authentication, but that we have to take multiple forms and use them in tandem, we’re never going…
[ad_1] Major health care players are increasingly using virtual care, or telehealth, for primary care. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Hana Heraaki lives in Jordan’s Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees. She doesn’t use cash or a credit card to purchase groceries. Heraaki and other refugees based in Zaatari instead pay with their eyes. Here’s how WFP’s blockchain-backed iris scanning device works: Refugees are registered into the UN’s online biometric database, which includes iris scans,…
[ad_1] Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bill Barhydt, founder and chief executive officer of Abra, speaks during the Consensus: Invest event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Cryptocurrency conferences are still a massive business, even if bitcoin‘s price has plunged this year. When it kicks off this week, one ticket…
[ad_1] Tesla board members are facing shareholder scrutiny as the company struggles to contain costs while ramping up production of its Model 3 electric sedans. Last week, a pension fund adviser called the CtW Investment Group sent a letter to Tesla shareholders urging them to vote against the re-election of three of its board members.…
[ad_1] Formula One is back in Europe and it looks set to be another classic race from Barcelona. This season has already produced some of the most exciting Grand Prix in years and the title is close with just four points separating Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Yesterday’s qualifying saw Mercedes lock out the front…
[ad_1] OPINION Every year it seems things get more expensive but it’s worth remembering that bills can often be reduced by a simple phone call. I was recently checking my direct debits and suddenly noticed my Virgin Media broadband bill had shot up by over £5 per month. My existing deal had come to end…
[ad_1] It may be a cliché, but Canadians do like to talk about the weather. Every month, the website for Environment Canada’s weather service gets about 14 million hits. Soon, those people won’t need the website. They’ll have an app. Documents obtained by CBC News through the Access to Information system show Environment Canada is developing a…
[ad_1] The Liberal government has signed a $500-million deal with IBM Canada Ltd. without any competitive bidding — a move being slammed by Canada’s home-grown technology firms. “This is yet another example of how the government’s procurement process favours large, multinational companies and doesn’t give highly-qualified companies even a fair shot to bid for these…
[ad_1] There’s just a few days to go until the OnePlus 6 is finally revealed to the world. This next generation device looks set to give its Android rivals a serious headache with rumours and speculation suggesting plenty of flagship features at a much lower cost. So, with OnePlus revealing all on Wednesday here are…
[ad_1] Inside the Pentagon’s cyberwarfare unit, analysts have been closely monitoring internet traffic out of Iran. Six thousand miles away, Israel’s elite cyber intelligence Unit 8200 has been running war games in anticipation of Iranian strikes on Israeli computer networks. Government and private-sector cybersecurity experts in the United States and Israel worry that President Trump’s…
[ad_1] Google has revealed the latest Android P mobile operating system to the world and with it comes lots of new information about what Android users can expect soon. Details were announced at the Google I/O 2018 developer conference keynote on May 8. You can already opt to be part of the tester program and…
[ad_1] The Mazda 3 was created by the same design team as the rest of Mazda’s modern family of cars. It looks gorgeous for the segment. Despite working with a short, front-wheel drive platform — terrible for proportions — the wizards at Mazda HQ managed to create an athletic and svelte hatchback shape. The Mazda…
[ad_1] Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini robot was the star attraction at TechCrunch Robotics Sessions conference at U.C. Berkeley, California, on Friday. The four-legged machine strutted in front of the marveling crowd of robot enthusiasts, looking for or presenting the next big thing in the robotics industry. Founder Marc Raibert said at the conference that the SpotMini…
[ad_1] There isn’t a software company out there worth its salt that doesn’t have some kind of artificial intelligence initiative in progress right now. These organizations understand that AI is going to be a game-changer, even if they might not have a full understanding of how that’s going to work just yet. In March at…
[ad_1] If you or someone in the family is constantly losing their keys, phone or wallet, a device called Tile can help solve that problem. Tile uses Bluetooth technology to keep track of your stuff. “They’re like a second brain,” said Chase in an interview. Users attach a device, about a quarter of the size…
[ad_1] VentureBeat reporter Evan Blass yesterday claimed that a “reliable source” confirmed to him that the tech giant is finally releasing a Google Pixel watch. Now German site WinFuture are claiming that there are actually three models in development by the Californian firm’s hardware division. These would be the first forays into smartwatch production from…
[ad_1] Apple appears to be working on an affordable iPhone SE 2 after numerous leaks, the latest of which appears to show off the new handset’s iPhone X style top-notch screen and a release date. Apple was already rumoured to be working on an iPhone SE 2 but it was thought to offer the same…
[ad_1] Millions of WhatsApp users face a disappointing weekend as new rules have begun coming into force. This now means that anyone aged under 16 will be blocked from using the app. The changes will be made official from May 25 but it seems some users have already started being asked to prove their age.…
[ad_1] Middlesbrough host Aston Villa in the first leg of this huge Championship semi-final. Boro manager Tony Pulis and Villa boss Steve Bruce both have top flight experience, and also know what it’s like to get teams promoted. Pulis names Britt Assombalonga in the starting XI alongside the experienced Stewart Downing and the lightning fast Adama Traoré.…
[ad_1] For $1,200 a month, Patricia Torres and her family were renting a bedroom, a share of time in the bathroom, one vegetable drawer and one shelf in the fridge, and two cupboards over the stove. They rented not so much a home as a fraction of one. Karen Calderon had even less: a single…
[ad_1] Even with all the competition, the mattress sector is expected to see staggering growth — expanding to over $43 billion by 2024, according to Transparency Market Research. That explosive growth is attributed in part to the fact that consumers, on average, replace their mattress every 7 to 8 years, according to data from the…
[ad_1] It is hard to say how much the G6 system will cost you, as it will vary under different insurance plans. Dexcom also accepts out-of-pocket payments, and while the company hasn’t revealed the price yet, my G5 costs around $800 up front plus $35 for each sensor, so you can expect to spend a…
[ad_1] Microsoft showed how a drone made smart with AI can recognize anomalies in pipes as it flies above them. It said that the Visual Studio app for writing code will provide AI-powered suggestions, and that Cortana will help plan meetings and surface relevant documents in the Microsoft Teams chat app. Cortana also chimed in…
[ad_1] Google Chrome’s popularity continues to grow with latest figures revealing the browser now has over one billion users across the globe. With so many people accessing the web via Chrome it seems it’s become a major target for cyber criminals. This year has already seen Chrome hit by a number of attacks but a…
[ad_1] If you own a Galaxy S8 and have been considering an upgrade to the new Galaxy S9, now might be a very good time. This new flagship from Samsung is beginning to drop in price with some very good deals now making this device much more affordable. To remind you, the Galaxy S9 features…
[ad_1] At the Google I/O developer conference Google announced that the Google Photos app is to get a slew of upgrades that make it even more useful. The San Francisco giant is using machine-learning and groundbreaking AI in order to make interacting with photos easier than ever. These three new features are the highlights that…
[ad_1] Microsoft has already rolled out the Windows 10 April update, shown off new Insider program features and is now getting ready for its next update with Redstone 5. Expected to appear later this year, Redstone 5 should give Windows 10 users some useful updates to enhance their OS experience. Here’s everything you need to…
[ad_1] For the last few months rumours had suggested that the new fingerprint tech would feature on the South Korean giant’s next phablet, but IceUniverse — who has a solid track record of breaking Samsung news — is claiming that this feature will be held back for now. There is more bad news for those…
[ad_1] In Iran, use of the messaging app Telegram has officially been banned. For some 40 million Iranians, Telegram has been an integral part of daily life, a place to talk with friends and family beyond the reach of government censors. Which is why, after anti-government protests broke out in the final days of 2017,…
[ad_1] YouTube is kicking off Google’s plans to help users balance technology and life. At Google IO 2018, the search giant had announced a Wellbeing initiative to help users understand their digital habits and curb device addiction. Video streaming platform YouTube is also a part of the initiative, under which users will be able to…
[ad_1] Research suggests even underground oilsands mines have profound effects on the forest community that vary from animal to animal. “What you’re seeing in the oilsands is a change in how that landscape works,” said University of Victoria ecologist Jason Fisher, who works for the Alberta government agency Innotech. The fact we found these consistent…
[ad_1] After receiving complaints regarding a screen flicker defect in some Surface Pro 4 devices, Microsoft has offered to replace the eligible devices free of charge. The faulty Surface Pro 4 units qualified for replacement should be less than three years old (by date of original purchase), Microsoft said in a post on its support page late Friday. Microsoft…
[ad_1] As part of the deal, Walmart will initially appoint five directors to Flipkart’s board, two directors will be named by minority shareholders while Bansal will take one board seat, according to the filing. Walmart said it may, in future, appoint a sixth board member with the approval of the majority of the Flipkart directors.…
[ad_1] Frogs around the globe are dying because of a fungus that can affect all amphibians and is said to be the worst infection of any vertebrate anywhere. According to a new study published in the journal Science, the deadly fungus originated in the Korean Peninsula and only spread to other regions in the last 50…
[ad_1] As Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques prepares for his journey to the International Space Station, the Canadian Space Agency is making sure his appetite is well taken care of when he climbs aboard. The standard menu for most astronauts is provided by NASA, but the CSA tries to supplement it with a few items of its own. CBC…
[ad_1] All across the country, from Nunavut to British Columbia to Newfoundland, people are invited to participate in hands-on science during this year’s Science Rendezvous taking place this weekend. The annual events are held at locations — primarily universities — across Canada as part of Science Odyssey, a celebration of science by the Natural Sciences, Engineering Research…
[ad_1] The 2.7-mile L.A. tunnel would be first to be completed of four such projects. It’s billed as a “proof-of-process” tunnel in the company’s large-scale plans for reducing transportation congestion and travel times. The company is also working on projects along the East Coast and in Chicago. The tunnels will eventually be a paid alternative…
[ad_1] AT&T, its fact sheet released with the apology, said Cohen had approached the external and legal affairs unit soon after Trump’s election and “said he was going to leave the Trump Organization and do consulting work for a few select companies that wanted his opinion on the new President and his administration — the…
[ad_1] The idea that an artificially intelligent overlord will make humans its minions is "overhyped." [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Tesla’s senior vice president of engineering, Doug Field, is leaving the company for what the auto maker is characterizing as a leave of absence. Late Friday, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reported that Field wasstepping back from his duties at Tesla, amid ongoing production problems with its Model 3 sedan. A Tesla spokesperson…
[ad_1] Chinese ride-hailing start-up Didi Chuxing said Friday it is suspending one of its carpooling services, called “ride-hitching,” for a week after a passenger was murdered. Didi said that a woman, identified only as “Ms. Li,” was killed after the son of a driver registered with the company accessed his father’s app, allowing him to…