[ad_1] The 13 Canadians detained include Michael Kovrig, Michael Spavor and Sarah McIver, a Canadian government official who declined to be identified, said on Thursday. McIver, a teacher, has since been released and returned to Canada. Kovrig and Spavor remain in custody. Canadian consular officials saw them once each in mid-December. Overall, there are about…
[ad_1] Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Netflix CEO Reed Hastings gives a keynote address, January 6, 2016 at the CES 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. After a sell-off cut its value by a third, Netflix represents one of the most compelling investments available in the internet space, according to Goldman…
[ad_1] Megadeals will take a breather this year after 2018 marked massive consolidation. With Disney expected to finalize its Fox deal shortly, Comcast focused on Sky and AT&T integrating Warner Media, the new group of giants has its hands full. Amazon, as it quickly scales its Hollywood presence, is likely to look at the remaining…
[ad_1] The National Football League (NFL) has launched voice-recognition content for Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa that will teach fans about players, rules and the history of American football. Rolled out on Thursday, “The Rookie’s Guide to the NFL” will allow users to ask Alexa-enabled devices questions about the sport. The Alexa skill – a downloadable…
[ad_1] After a tough 2018, Jessica Caldwell, executive director of industry analysis at data service Edmunds, is one of the bears, warning that “Tesla is starting the year with a bitter dose of reality of what it means to be a grown-up car company.” At first glance, that viewpoint might seem hard to understand. After…
[ad_1] The warehouse sector is booming as online shopping, particularly during the holiday season, boosts the amount of items returned to retailers every year. Warehouses have experienced surging demand since 2012 as e-commerce continues to grow. Construction in the sector is thriving. Now, “reverse logistics,” a fancy term for dealing with e-commerce returns, is the…
[ad_1] The electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has announced that some customers in left-hand drive European countries can now configure and buy its Model 3 car. The U.S. firm announced the change via its Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/Tesla/status/1081117088662450177 The cheapest Model 3 option in Germany is priced at 60,000 euros ($68,000.) Deliveries in right-hand drive markets, such…
[ad_1] Google Chrome is getting a dark mode UI for Microsoft’s Windows 10, as per the latest developments. The news makes its way to headlines weeks after Google was spotted preparing a Chrome browser dark theme for Apple’s macOS Mojave. Now, a senior Chrome engineer has revealed Windows 10 will be getting a dark mode…
[ad_1] Elon Musk is fighting to keep his ex-girlfriend from being dragged into an investor lawsuit over the Tesla CEO’s now infamous take-private tweet. Musk’s attorney, Dean Kristy, argued in a motion filed Thursday in a U.S. district court that the proposed subpoena of Canadian musician Grimes, who was dating Musk in August when he…
[ad_1] In June 2018, Bethesda Softworks alleged that Behavior Interactive, the co-developer of Fallout Shelter, had used copyrighted code to make the Westworld mobile game for Warner Bros. Entertainment. It sued Warner Bros. and Behavior Interactive, alleging that Westworld was a “blatant rip-off” of Fallout Shelter. Now it seems that the lawsuit has been resolved. Bethesda…
[ad_1] GameStop shares surged 12 percent Friday on a report from the Wall Street Journal that a deal for the struggling retailer could come as soon as mid-February. Private equity firms interested in buying GameStop include Sycamore Partners and Apollo Global Management, people familiar with the matter told the Journal. The video game and electronics…
[ad_1] Dell has announced its new Latitude 7400 2-in-1 laptop ahead of CES 2019. Aimed at business users, the Latitude 7400 is claimed to be the world’s smallest commercial 14-inch 2-in-1 laptop. Dell says that the laptop is completely new from the ground-up and boasts of features such as Dell’s ExpressSign-in, Cat. 16 Gigabit LTE,…
[ad_1] Adam Jeffery | CNBC Larry Kudlow, Director of the National Economic Council, speaking at the New York Economic Club in New York on Sept. 17th, 2018. Larry Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Council, said Friday that Apple‘s technology may have been stolen by the Chinese. “I don’t want to surmise too much…
[ad_1] In February 2010, two commuter trains carrying hundreds of people collided outside Brussels. It was the worst train crash in Belgium in decades, killing at least 19 people and injuring many more. Nearly a decade later, victims got an unwelcome reminder of the crash when footage from the disaster apparently showed up in a…
[ad_1] Apple was up roughly 1.6 percent Friday morning, paring losses from its worst day since 2013. The stock fell nearly 10 percent Thursday after Apple cut its forecast for its fiscal first quarter, blaming weak iPhone sales and a slowing Chinese economy. Apple lost tens of billions of dollars in market value Thursday, ending…
[ad_1] Google has acquired a start-up named Superpod that built an app allowing users to post questions and receive answers from experts quickly – a move that will help boost Google Assistant’s ability to accurately answer users’ questions. According to a report in Axios late Thursday, Google paid nearly $60 million (roughly Rs. 420 crores)…
[ad_1] Dr. Steven Klasko, the president of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and CEO of Jefferson Health, says that medical schools have the recruiting process all wrong. In an age of advanced technology, they’re still choosing students who can reel off organic chemistry compounds, rather than screening for qualities like critical thinking, entrepreneurship and empathy.…
[ad_1] CES is just around the corner and like every year, the tech industry will be present in Las Vegas next week to give us a glimpse at what to expect over the 2019 and in the coming years. Even though the big tech names like Apple, Google, and Samsung prefer to show their wares…
[ad_1] Ember temperature control mugs allow you to set your drink to a specific temperature and keep it that way for at least an hour, whether you’re at home or on the go. After setting up an account, you control the mug via a smartphone app, which lets you adjust its temperature and track how…
[ad_1] Rising suicide rates and depression in US teens and young adults have prompted researchers to ask a provocative question: Could the same devices that some people blame for contributing to tech-age angst also be used to detect it? The idea has sparked a race to develop apps that warn of impending mental health crises. Call…
[ad_1] Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Intel logo is displayed outside of the Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. Bank of America upgraded Intel to buy from neutral on Friday, saying the chipmaker is slated to outperform its large-cap peers in 2019. “Trading at just 10 times price to earnings, Intel is a compelling…
[ad_1] In more bad news for Apple, the company’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models are not currently on sale in its own retail stores in Germany. This follows an injunction issued by a Munich court last month related to patent litigation brought by chipmaker Qualcomm that’s being enforced from today. The patent dispute concerns smartphone power…
[ad_1] Xiaomi Mi Power Bank 3 Pro Edition comes in China with a price tag of CNY 199 (roughly Rs. 2,000) Xiaomi Mi Power Bank 3 Pro Edition has been launched in China. The new Mi Power Bank model has 20000mAh battery capacity and comes with two-way fast charging technology. Xiaomi has also provided a…
[ad_1] Windows 10 is Microsoft’s PC software that is hugely-popular across the globe. In fact, Net MarketShare has confirmed Windows 10 is now more popular than Windows 7 based on monthly users. Windows 10 typically receives two substantial updates every year; one in April and the other in October. Such upgrades usually introduce a host…
[ad_1] A Russian e-commerce website has published detailed specifications and prices of what seem to be AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 3000-series processor lineup. There appear to be at least seven models, codenamed ‘Matisse’ in keeping with AMD’s new artist-inspired naming scheme. Most interestingly, AMD seems to have decided to adopt a new tier in its naming…
[ad_1] The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 launched in 2017 and at the time were Samsung’s top-tier devices. Although both have since been succeeded by the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9 respectively, the duo are still incredibly capable. Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 still have some of the best displays on the…
[ad_1] If you’ve been experience lag in PUBG Mobile, it appears that a fix is on the way. Tencent is investigating and working on a PUBG Mobile lag fix. As it’s being developed, the company has put out survey to understand more about the issue from users before releasing it. The PUBG Mobile lag fix survey…
[ad_1] Pokemon Go, released in July 2016, proved to be a major hit worldwide, and became the top-grossing app on Apple’s U.S. App Store shortly after its release. The augmented reality game lets users walk around and capture creatures from the video game series Pokemon. A report published by Sensor Tower on Wednesday said that…
[ad_1] With a low price and an abundance of smart features, it’s no wonder the Amazon Echo remains hugely popular. This intelligent internet-connected speaker comes packed with a swathe of features which allows it to control your home, read you the news and fill your home with music via simple voice commands. Amazon recently refreshed…
[ad_1] Asus has unveiled four new Chrome OS machines just before CES 2019 kicks off. The new devices are a part of Asus’ new Chromebook Education series laptops that feature a rugged and classroom-ready design. The four devices include the company’s first Chrome OS-based tablet, two 11.6-inch convertible Chromebooks, and a 14-inch Chromebook. The lightweight…
[ad_1] Food delivery service DoorDash on Thursday announced it is teaming up with General Motors to test using self-driving cars to deliver meals and groceries in San Francisco. A pilot program with the US automaker’s Cruise Automation division will start in March, according to the San Francisco-based startup launched in 2013 by Stanford University students.…
[ad_1] Galaxy Note 8 released back in 2017 and at the time was one of the best phones on the market. The Note 8 arrived with a gargantuan 6.3-inch AMOLED display that is still one of the best around. Moreover, the device retained the product line’s signature S Pen that allows users to jot down…
[ad_1] Wang Zhao | AFP | Getty Images A man is reflected on a screen showing the iPhone XR at an Apple store in Beijing on January 3, 2019. A national Chinese anti-counterfeit alliance called on Apple on Thursday to comply with a court order banning sales of some iPhones in the country. The order…
[ad_1] Samsung is fully expected to reveal its shiny new Galaxy S10 flagship in the next few months and it could offer fans some pretty radical upgrades. Although nothing has yet been confirmed it seems Samsung could bring a better screen, more power and improved camera to its next phone. Rumours are rife that this…
[ad_1] Huawei P20 Pro was one of the best phones to debut last year thanks to a staggering list of exciting features. The handset boasted a great display, huge battery and was the first to tout three cameras on its rear. Since its debut the P20 Pro has tumbled in price, making it even more…
[ad_1] Android 9 Pie was unveiled by Google back in August and brings a number of drastic changes for fans. The software introduces gesture navigations that Google claims should make navigating larger phones easier for owners. Moreover, the latest and greatest operating system also has two prominent features designed to enhance user battery life. The…
[ad_1] Apple’s App Store had a bumper end to 2018 with the US technology firm revealing over $1billion was spent by customers over the festive period. According to Apple, App Store spending topped $1.22 billion between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Customers also spent over $322 million on New Year’s Day 2019 alone, setting…
[ad_1] CES has served as the stage for cutting-edge consumer tech for 50 years and this year’s Consumer Electronics Show is expected to be bigger than ever. The world’s premiere tech companies will converge on Las Vegas next week for the biggest tech show of the year. And anticipation is already beginning to build about…
[ad_1] 5G smartphones are set to be one of the biggest tech stories in 2019, with most major manufacturers readying to roll-out 5G-capable models. 5G represents significant progress for both networks and smartphones, by tapping into a wide range of currently unused radio frequencies. And among the swirling rumours is the apparent news LG’s first…
[ad_1] Samsung has something special planned for gamers in 2019. We’re starting to find out what some of the big tech companies have planned for 2019, as well as what new gaming tech is being cooked up for the PC platform. And this includes some pretty nifty-sounding monitors that could help push gaming resolution even further…
[ad_1] Samsung always has a huge presence at CES, but it isn’t the giant TVs and flashy next-generation gadgets that have my attention this year; it’s this simple, flexible monitor that looks like it would be right at home in any workspace. It’s called the Space Monitor, presumably because it gives you space, not because…
[ad_1] Canada’s inclusion of Huawei technology in 5G network infrastructure would pose a risk to the U.S., a senior American senator said Thursday in an interview with CBC News Network’s Power & Politics. “There are no two countries that are closer connected than the United States and Canada,” said Democratic Sen. Mark Warner. “Our telecom networks are…
[ad_1] Sometimes being energy conscious can mean geeking out on gigawatts, or studying the latest heat exchanger technology. But in this case, it involved splurging on a $2,000 cat door. The super-insulated, radio-frequency-controlled designer cat passageway is one of many energy saving features in a super energy efficient house being built in West Vancouver. “I…
[ad_1] When you’re an endangered species and your partner just isn’t in the mood, drastic measures are called for, as Ginni, one of Prague Zoo’s Asiatic lionesses, found out on Thursday when she underwent an artificial insemination procedure. The attempt was a last-ditch effort after failed hopes the zoo’s three cats, male Jamvan and females Ginni and Suchi brought from India…
[ad_1] Scientists say NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, as seen from Earth, goes almost directly behind the sun on Friday, so there will be a pause in downloading images of an object known as Ultima Thule in the outer reaches of the solar system. They held a briefing on Thursday describing the distant red object, which is 6.5 billion kilometres from Earth.…
[ad_1] Overpriced iPhones, anemic innovation and market saturation forced Apple on the first trading day of the year to take a bite out of its revenue guidance, analysts and investors told CNBC on Thursday. After cutting fiscal first-quarter guidance by about 8 percent on Wednesday, CEO Tim Cook heaped much of the blame on China’s…
[ad_1] When the former president was reassigned, CEO Barra took over responsibility for managing both the automaker’s global regions, as well as its “captive” finance subsidiary, GM Financial. Chief Financial Officer Dhivya Suryadevara, meanwhile, assumed control over GM’s corporate development operations. Reuss will take on one new role, overseeing GM’s quality control operations which, the…
[ad_1] Verily, the life sciences arm of Alphabet, raised $1 billion in fresh capital in a funding round led by private equity firm Silver Lake. Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat is also joining Verily’s board along with Egon Durban from Silver Lake, according to a statement on Thursday. The announcement comes two years after…
[ad_1] Naya Health, the maker of a $1,000 breast pump that was supposed to be “revolutionary,” has shut its doors after the company was unable to find an investor or buyer. The start-up emailed its users on Wednesday about the decision and took down its website. The email was forwarded to CNBC. “We are sorry…
[ad_1] Payments company Square has tapped Amrita Ahuja as its new CFO. Ahuja is currently CFO at Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Activision Blizzard. Ahuja replaces former Square CFO Sarah Friar who announced she was leaving the CFO post in October. Friar’s departure stunned investors and the stock is down about 30 percent since Friar…
[ad_1] Well, what have we here? If it isn’t the Samsung Galaxy S10, courtesy of perennial smartphone outer, EVLeaks. This marks one the first good looks we’ve got at the phone, which is likely due out in a couple of months at Mobile World Congress. It’s a pretty rough photo — the icons are all…
[ad_1] Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting of the American Technology Council on June 19, 2017. Apple‘s lowered revenue outlook is more than just the latest bad headline out of Silicon Valley — it’s another example of President Donald Trump‘s impact on the tech…
[ad_1] The State of Texas has indicted Cody Wilson, a 3D printed gun rights activist who fought to allow makers post and print guns, of sexual assault after he had sex with a 17-year-old girl. The affidavit noted that he met the girl on a website for finding “sugar daddies.” The indictment, posted on Ars,…
[ad_1] John Gress | Reuters Tim Cook, Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc., takes a selfie with a customer and her iPhone as he visits the Apple Store in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 27, 2018. In an interview with CNBC’s Josh Lipton on Wednesday, Cook said, “Our shortfall is over 100 percent from iPhone and…
[ad_1] Noah Berger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Apple’s downgraded revenue guidance dragged its stock down more than 8 percent Thursday, and brought its suppliers and partners down with it. Guidance cuts from some of Apple’s suppliers gave investors the first whiff of bad news regarding the…
[ad_1] Apple‘s slowdown in China could mean bad news for Best Buy, according to one analyst. The iPhone maker cut its sales forecast Wednesday — a rare move by the tech giant — calling out weak sales in China and a trade war that’s levied high tariffs over the last several months across hundreds of…
[ad_1] Social media has become a primary conduit for getting the word out, in some cases proving to be an even stronger force for publicity than more traditional media outlets and paid advertising, and so today, a company that has grown its business around public relations services has acquired a social media management company to…
[ad_1] Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters Two self-driving Chevy Bolt EV cars are seen during a media event by Cruise, GM’s autonomous car unit, in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 28, 2017. Food delivery service DoorDash is partnering with General Motors‘ self-driving unit Cruise to test autonomous technology for meal and grocery deliveries, the companies said…
[ad_1] The only kids programming language worth using, Scratch, just celebrated the launch of Scratch 3.0, an update that adds some interesting new functionality to the powerful open source tool. Scratch, for those without school aged children, is a block-based programming language that lets you make little games and “cartoons” with sprites and animated figures.…
[ad_1] Cloudera and Hortonworks, two of the biggest players in the Hadoop big data space, today announced that they have finalized their all-stock merger. The new company will use the Cloudera brand and will continue to trade under the CLDR symbol on the New York Stock Exchange. “Today, we start an exciting new chapter for…
[ad_1] Fred Dufour | AFP | Getty Images This picture taken on November 22, 2018 shows vehicles at a Hongqi car dealer in Beijing. Auto sales in China fell 3 percent in 2018 — their first decline in about two decades and a mild introduction to even more pain coming for automakers doing business in…
[ad_1] Apple stock was down over 9 percent overnight and continued the downward trend in trading this morning. In fact, the company’s stock price is down a total of 38 percent since October. This, after the company halted trading yesterday afternoon to provide lower guidance for upcoming earnings. As the iPhone upgrade market softened, it was…
[ad_1] That’s because Apple isn’t just another American company that sells goods to China. It’s Huawei’s biggest American rival in the mainland. And while Apple’s suppliers are certainly feeling the crunch in their stock price from Apple’s lackluster business in China, — with big stock drops Thursday from Qorvo, Skyworks Solutions and Corning Thursday —…
[ad_1] Apple cratered as much as 10 percent Thursday, a day after slashing revenue guidance in a rare acknowledgement of waning sales. The plunge puts Apple on pace for its worst day of trading since January 2013, and it extends a painful year-end trend for Apple into 2019. The stock, which once traded above $230…
[ad_1] While Facebook continues to repair its image with consumers disenchanted with the social network’s role in disseminating misleading or false information and mishandling their personal data, it’s ironically been finding some traction for its enterprise-focused service, Workplace. Today, the company announced that it has added another huge company to its books today: Nestle, the coffee,…
[ad_1] Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook (L) takes a picture with David Casarez (R) who just purchased the new iPhone X at an Apple Store on November 3, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. After warning investors to expect lower revenue for Apple’s fiscal first-quarter earnings, CEO Tim Cook said he plans…
[ad_1] It’s not all horrible news in CEO Tim Cook’s letter warning of lower guidance for the first quarter. He also expects “a new all-time record for Apple’s earnings per share.” That happened last year, too, when Apple reported its fiscal first-quarter 2018 results with an all-time record EPS of $3.89, up 16 percent from…
[ad_1] Apple, under severe pressure after cutting its first-quarter revenue guidance, could eventually bottom out at $120 per share or about 16 percent lower than Thursday’s open, CNBC’s Jim Cramer predicted. However, Cramer, whose charitable trust owns shares of Apple, said on “Squawk on the Street” Thursday he likes the stock over the long term.…
[ad_1] They all are keeping a close eye on AWS. The leader in cloud infrastructure has successfully pulled companies’ core workloads into its data centers and is now adding new features, functions and services that are easy to use once a business is already on Amazon’s machines. Cloudera is particularly at risk because Amazon has…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Twitter/ David Buchanan David Buchanan claims that the Widewine L3 DRM is vulnerable to a DFA attack Widevine is a digital rights management (DRM) platform owned by Google that allows content providers like Netflix, HBO, etc., to stream video content to end users in a secure environment, in order to avoid unlawful…
[ad_1] Now that things look “as bad as can be” for Apple, there are no other reasons for the iPhone maker to underperform the broader market in 2019 and the equity looks cheap enough to upgrade, according to one Wall Street firm. “We see limited further relative downside to the stock,” New Street Research analyst…
[ad_1] A federal judge has dismissed lawsuits seeking to hold Facebook, Google and Twitter liable to victims of the December 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California for letting Islamic State flourish on their social media platforms. In a decision late Monday, US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco said the attack, which killed 14…
[ad_1] Apple lowered revenue guidance for the December quarter (Q1’19) to ~$84B vs the prior outlook of $89-93B and consensus at $91B. The guide down was largely attributed to weaker than anticipated iPhone sales in Greater China due to macroeconomic factors, including trade tensions with the U.S. … We have reduced our FY19E & ’20E…
[ad_1] Netflix said 45 million subscriber accounts worldwide watched the Sandra Bullock thriller Bird Box during its first seven days on the service, the biggest first-week success of any movie made for the company’s nearly 12-year-old streaming service. Netflix, which typically refuses to provide viewership numbers, made the rare disclosure in a recent tweet as movie…
[ad_1] “We have been flagging China demand issues since late September and Apple’s guidance cut confirms our view,” wrote Hall. “We do not expect the situation to get better in March and would remain cautious on the region.” But the analyst went further, comparing Apple to the fallen phone maker Nokia, which became reliant on…
[ad_1] Google Assistant has added a simple way to contribute to good causes by using your voice on all your smart devices, including smart speakers like the Home. Ask Google to “make a donation” in the US and it will let you pick a monetary amount and charity (from a group of recommended organisations). So…
[ad_1] Baidu’s chief executive Robin Li had a cold warning for employees as they started 2019. “Winter is coming,” Li warned in a letter sent to staff at the Chinese search engine Wednesday, according to a report in the South China Morning Post (SCMP). He counseled that economic restructuring is “as cold and real as…
[ad_1] Roku said on Wednesday it will begin offering premium video channels to customers for a subscription fee as it expands its free streaming video service. Premium channels from CBS Corp’s Showtime, Lionsgate-owned Starz and Noggin from Viacom Inc among others will be available to viewers of the Roku Channel, a free video service offered to…
[ad_1] ARis Oikonomou | AFP | Getty Images Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, speaks in Brussels, on October 24, 2018. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has blamed an economic slowdown in China, and the Sino-U.S. trade war, for its downgrade to its first-quarter sales guidance. That marks a dramatic change in tune from the leader…
[ad_1] Mozilla is working towards making some major changes to its Thunderbird desktop email client that includes a facelift to the User Interface (UI) and better support for Gmail. Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open-source cross-platform email client, news client, RSS and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The project strategy was modelled…
[ad_1] The decision drew outrage from Karen Attiah, Khashoggi’s former editor at the Post, and Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Human Rights Watch. Attiah slammed the move as “quite outrageous,” while Whitson said “Netflix’s claim to support artistic freedom means nothing if it bows to demands of government officials who believe in no freedom…
[ad_1] A Russian e-commerce website has published detailed specifications and prices of what seem to be AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 3000-series processor lineup. There appear to be at least seven models, codenamed ‘Matisse’ in keeping with AMD’s new artist-inspired naming scheme. Most interestingly, AMD seems to have decided to adopt a new tier in its naming…
[ad_1] Retailers are getting hit particularly hard on China-related news, even if the impact hasn’t quiet hit their bottom line. Tiffany’s shares fell 9.6 percent on Nov. 28 after the jeweler released disappointing third-quarter sales that were hurt by weaker spending from Chinese tourists in the U.S. and Hong Kong. The luxury jeweler’s earnings were…
[ad_1] Google Chrome is set to add a native dark mode for Windows desktops. The new development comes weeks after Google was spotted preparing a dark theme specifically for the Chrome browser for macOS Mojave. With native dark mode support, Google Chrome will bring a comfortable Web browsing experience on Windows machines especially in low…
[ad_1] European chip stocks tumbled on Thursday after Apple cut its first-quarter revenue guidance citing weaker-than-expected iPhone sales and slowing economic growth in China. Austrian chipmaker AMS nosedived 19 percent while Swiss firm STMicroelectronics dropped around 7 percent. Both companies are semiconductor suppliers for Apple devices. Shares of Anglo-German chip supplier Dialog Semiconductors plunged 7…
[ad_1] It is about to get safer to use USB-C chargers and accessories with your phones and laptops When USB Type-C (aka USB-C) arrived a few years ago, it looked promising. A single cable for your laptop, tablets, smartphones, and other gadgets. The reversible connector was probably its biggest highlight, apart from faster data transfer…
[ad_1] If you are looking to cut the cost of your TV and broadband bill this January then now is a good time to go shopping. Virgin Media has just announced that it’s cutting the price of its ultimate VIP bundle by £120. YOU CAN FIND THE DEALS HERE This offer features a swathe of…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Net Applications Windows 10 had a 39.22 percent share, while Windows 7 had a 36.9 percent share Windows 10 has finally overtaken Windows 7 in terms of market share, according to Net Applications. As of December 2018, 39.22 percent of Web traffic monitored by the company was coming from Windows 10 users,…
[ad_1] Apple — one of the world’s most valuable public companies by market capitalization and a bellwether for the technology sector — slashed its revenue guidance on Wednesday, highlighting just how vulnerable large American companies are to the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC’s Josh Lipton that the trade dispute between…
[ad_1] Netflix drew fire from human rights activists Wednesday after agreeing to block an episode of a satirical comedy show from its service in Saudi Arabia over comments critical of the kingdom and its crown prince. In the episode of “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj,” the American-born Muslim lashed out at the kingdom over the…
[ad_1] Outside of Greater China, Apple has done well in mature and wealthy Asian economies such as Japan, South Korea and Singapore. But in the rest of Southeast Asia and India, where per capita incomes remain relatively low, the going has been tougher. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme that was unveiled at the IFA conference back in September last year has now been launched in India. The ThinkPad X1 Extreme is designed with a list of multimedia and gaming capabilities. Lenovo has also provided discrete Nvidia graphics as well as features such as Dolby Vision HDR support as…
[ad_1] Several Wall Street analysts have been cutting their iPhone production forecasts in the last few weeks amid reports of lackluster demand for the latest models. In November, Apple also said it would no longer break out iPhone sales. Then came Wednesday’s announcement, when the California-based iPhone maker lowered guidance for fiscal first quarter revenue…
[ad_1] Spencer Neumann, who was abruptly put on leave by Activision Blizzard and then fired from his job as chief financial officer, had a provision in his contract that barred him from negotiating with other potential employers. Activision, the maker of Call of Duty and other video games, said on New Year’s Eve it was firing…
[ad_1] An economic slowdown in China may have a “chilling effect” on many companies that do business in the country, an analyst told CNBC on Thursday. On Wednesday, iPhone maker Apple slashed first-quarter guidance on revenue, partly blaming the revision on a weakening economy in China and lower-than-expected iPhone revenue “primarily in Greater China.” The…
[ad_1] Hotstar has updated its mobile applications for Android and iOS to include the ability to download premium content as well as bring support for watching videos in 18:9 aspect ratio. The update, which was released earlier this week and last week for the two platforms respectively, comes over two years after Hotstar had introduced…
[ad_1] Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are flagship smartphones offered by Google. The two devices run a stock version of Android, meaning there is no skin running on top of it. Moreover, the handsets come with arguably the best main camera sensor on the market. Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL also offer vastly-improved…
[ad_1] Britain’s FTSE 100 was seen down 18 points at 6,706, Germany’s DAX off by 46 points at 10,530, and France’s CAC 19 points lower at 4,662, according to IG index data. The biggest story for investors on Thursday was Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook’s letter to investors, in which he lowered the tech giant’s…
[ad_1] Netflix said on Wednesday it had appointed media finance veteran Spencer Neumann from Activision Blizzard as its chief financial officer. Reuters reported on Monday citing a source that the media streaming company had poached Neumann from the video game publisher. Netflix, which is making more of its own films and shows, would like its next…
[ad_1] Investor confidence in Samsung Electronics fell Thursday as a downward revision in Apple’s first-quarter guidance roiled stock prices of its suppliers. Apple on Wednesday lowered its revenue guidance and gross margin from previously projected figures, and blamed several factors including a weakening Chinese economy and lower-than-expected iPhone revenue “primarily in Greater China.” The region…
[ad_1] China News Service | Visual China Group | Getty Images Wu Weiren, chief designer of China’s lunar probe program, talks about the Chang’e-4 rover at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on August 15, 2018 in Beijing, China. China successfully landed the Chang’e 4 spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Thursday morning, Beijing…
[ad_1] Apple cut its revenue outlook for the latest quarter Wednesday, citing steeper-than-expected “economic deceleration” in China and emerging markets. The rare revenue warnings from Apple suggested weaker-than-anticipated sales of iPhones and other gadgetry, in part because of trade frictions between Washington and Beijing. Apple shares slid some 7.6 percent in after-hours trade on the…
[ad_1] Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC on Wednesday that he believed the ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and China “put additional pressure” on Asia’s largest economy. Hours after the publication of those comments, China’s overall tech sector fell slightly and shares of some Apple suppliers dove during Thursday’s mid-morning Asian trading. China’s tech-heavy…
[ad_1] Sony’s next flagship looks almost certain to be unveiled next month at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and it could be one of the most exciting updates in years. The Xperia brand was already getting back to best with the launch of the XZ3 last year but this next-generation phone could take things to…
[ad_1] There have been several reports pointing to weak iPhone sales in recent months. Some Apple suppliers cut their estimates last quarter, leading many to speculate consumers weren’t upgrading to the new models. Apple also took the unusual step of promoting discounted prices for iPhones on its website if customers traded in an older model.…
[ad_1] “I don’t know the circumstances of that, and I don’t need to know and shouldn’t know. But what I can tell you is I feel welcomed when I go there,” Cook said. Cook has spoken out against trade tensions for months, even discussing the matter with President Donald Trump. Apple’s supply chain has deep…
[ad_1] China may be Apple’s biggest problem right now, but a lack of innovation isn’t far behind, said Recode’s Kara Swisher. “Obviously, China’s at the top of the line,” Swisher told CNBC’s “Fast Money” in a phone interview on Wednesday, after Apple cut its first-quarter revenue guidance. “One of the successes of Apple was being…
[ad_1] Apple shed 7 percent postmarket. Shares of semiconductor stocks fell after the announcement. Industrial giant Caterpillar, which draws a substantial amount of business from the Asia Pacific region, also saw its shares fall 3 percent in after-hours trade. The tech executive’s comments come amid ongoing trade disputes between the Washington and Beijing governments. While…
[ad_1] Gene Munster is standing by his prediction that Apple will be one of the best FAANG performers this year despite a “dark day” for the company and its shareholders on Wednesday. The iPhone maker’s stock tanked more than 7 percent in after-hours trading after CEO Tim Cook announced a Q1 revenue guidance cut, but…
[ad_1] CEO Tim Cook told CNBC’s Josh Lipton on Wednesday the shortfall is “100 percent from iPhone, and it’s primarily in China.” “It’s clear that the economy began to slow there for the second half, and what I believe to be the case is the trade tensions between the United States and China put additional…
[ad_1] Apple had some bad news tonight. It was so bad in fact that it had to halt trading for a time while posting a grim report that its numbers would be lower than it had forecast at the last quarterly earnings report in November. Apple blamed faltering sales in Asia, particularly in China, for the…
[ad_1] On Wednesday, Tesla announced it had delivered 90,700 vehicles in the fourth quarter, falling short of analysts’ expectations. In response, shares of the electric car maker tumbled by as much as 10 percent, before rebounding slightly to end the day. Over the past five years, Tesla has suffered similar slides of at least 6…
[ad_1] It’s going to be a tough day for technology stocks on Thursday after Apple warned first quarter sales would be less than it previously expected. The Invesco QQQ Trust, which track the tech heavy Nasdaq-100 Index, lost 1.96 percent in after hours trading on Wednesday. Apple shares cratered by 7 percent. The S&P 500…
[ad_1] Google was warned of a bug in its Chromecast media streaming stick years ago, but did not fix it. Now, hackers are exploiting the bug — and security researchers say things could get even worse. A hacker, known as Hacker Giraffe, has become the latest person to figure out how to trick Google’s media…
[ad_1] It’s going to be a tough day for technology stocks on Thursday after Apple warned first quarter sales would be less than it previously expected. The Invesco QQQ Trust, which track the tech heavy Nasdaq-100 Index, lost 1.5 percent in after hours trading on Wednesday. Apple shares cratered by 7 percent. The S&P 500…
[ad_1] WhatsApp is a popular chat app, with 1.5 billion people regularly reaching for it to message friends and family around the world. However, the quantity of conversations can soon add up over the years. WhatsApp has introduced a feature to treasure your messages – archive. Archiving a WhatsApp chat makes it disappear from the…
[ad_1] It’s on like Donkey Kong! We’ll be seeing you next week, on January 9, 2019 at 6:00 PM, where we’ll mingle and run a full TC pitch-off with a bunch of great hardware companies. I’ve added 40 extra tickets, so hurry! The event will be held at Work In Progress, 317 South 6th Street.…
[ad_1] It’s on like Donkey Kong! We’ll be seeing you next week, on January 9, 2019 at 6:00 PM, where we’ll mingle and run a full TC pitch-off with a bunch of great hardware companies. I’ve added 40 extra tickets, so hurry! The event will be held at Work In Progress, 317 South 6th Street.…
[ad_1] Those cane toads pictured riding on the back of a python in Australia were actually blind with lust, says an amphibian expert. “You can see all of these male cane toads lined up along the snake sort of grabbing it, hoping, desperately hoping, that it is a female frog,” Jodi Rowley, a biologist at the…
[ad_1] Just over a day after NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zipped by Ultima Thule, scientists are ready to reveal their preliminary findings of the distant object. Ultima Thule, or more formally 2014 MU69, is a member of the Kuiper Belt, a ring-shaped region of icy objects orbiting the sun. The area begins just beyond the…
[ad_1] What initially appeared geeky quickly became trendy. Apple’s AirPods are the company’s most popular accessory ever, according to TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, and a new model is expected in 2019. Kuo, who has a good track record for accurately predicting Apple product launches, said in Dec. that Apple will launch a new…
[ad_1] Each year corporate governance changes with the times and the needs of investors. This year there are several trends corporate board should be looking at in order to stay ahead of the changes. 1. Diversity: This will be the year for gender diversity aiming towards 30 percent plus of public company board members being…
[ad_1] Fred Wilson, a venture investor known for early bets on Twitter, Zynga and Coinbase, is predicting the high-profile IPOs expected in 2019 will price “well below the lofty expectations they have in mind right now.” Uber, Lyft and Airbnb are all preparing to go public this year — each at valuations in the tens…
[ad_1] Thunderbird, Mozilla’s desktop email client, doesn’t have anywhere near the amount of mindshare of the organization’s Firefox browser, yet even in this age of web-based email services, it still has a sizable user community. For 2019, those users can look forward to a faster and more beautiful application, Thunderbird community manager Ryan Sipes announced…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., arrives on stage during an event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Apple, like most of the major technology stocks, endured a volatile 2018. But what lies ahead for Apple…
[ad_1] A federal judge has dismissed lawsuits seeking to hold Facebook, Google and Twitter liable to victims of the December 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, for letting the Islamic State flourish on their social media platforms. In a decision late Monday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco said the attack, which…
[ad_1] Shine, one of the many apps capitalizing on the growing self-care trend, has now brought its app used by 3 million people to Android devices. Originally launched as a simple messaging bot that doled out life advice and motivation, Shine has grown over the years to become a larger self-help platform aimed largely at…
[ad_1] Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Reed Hastings, chief executive officer of Netflix Inc. Netflix has hired Spencer Neumann as chief financial officer, the company said Wednesday, just days after the executive was fired as CFO at Activision Blizzard. Activision Blizzard said Monday the firing was unrelated to the company’s financial performance. Early…
[ad_1] WhatsApp is the most popular chat client in the world, surpassing the likes of Facebook Messenger, WeChat and Skype in terms of active monthly users. In fact, Statista claimed as of October last year the app had 1.5billion active users. In comparison, Facebook Messenger was said to have 1.3billion in the same period. One…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthony Wood, founder and chief executive officer of Roku Inc. Roku on Wednesday announced new changes that are coming to how its users watch premium TV shows and movies. It may help it boost ad revenue — hugely important for the company’s success — and it’s…
[ad_1] The Roku Channel – Roku’s home to free, ad-supported content like movies, TV, sports and news – is expanding to include subscriptions. Essentially Roku’s own take on Amazon’s Prime Video Channels, users can now opt to add on some 25 premium video subscriptions within the Roku Channel, centralizing their access to streaming services in…
[ad_1] Tesla disappointed investors Wednesday, announcing that it delivered 90,700 vehicles during the fourth quarter — short of Wall Street forecasts despite its efforts to ramp up production. Tesla also said it boosted production during the quarter, churning out 86,500 vehicles, up from 80,142 during the third quarter. The electric car maker’s shares fell by…
[ad_1] As we wake up in a new year, our focus turns from what has passed before us to what lies ahead. 2019 promises to be a year of major upheaval in the tech space, not only in terms of the devices we use every day, but also the infrastructure and culture around us. A…
[ad_1] Mason Trinca | The Washington Post | Getty Images A Tesla Model 3 is seen in the general assembly line at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Tesla is cutting the prices on all of its models by $2,000 to help offset a reduction in federal tax credits for…
[ad_1] If you’ve never driven an honest-to-God luxury car, the QX60 probably feels nice. You could probably buy one and be entirely satisfied. But some day, your friend is going to offer you a ride in their new Volvo XC90 or Audi Q7. And when you find out that you could have had one for…
[ad_1] Google has won US regulatory approval to go ahead with a radar-based motion sensor that could make touchscreens look obsolete in the coming years. Known as the Soli Project, the initiative began in 2015 inside Google’s the Advanced Technology and Projects unit, a group responsible for turning the giant’s cutting-edge ideas into products. We’ve…
[ad_1] We are creating more data than ever before, moving from merely computers and servers, to smartphones and connected devices that form what’s often termed the Internet of Things (IoT). Seagate is among the companies that see the growth of data as a beneficial development not just for its business in India but also for…
[ad_1] The Xiaomi Mi 8 is a mid-tier smartphone from the Chinese tech giant that comes in at a reasonable price of £459. The device packs a 6.21-inch AMOLED display that offers a density of 402-pixels-per-inch. The panel features a notch at the top that houses the hardware’s front-facing camera and facial recognition technologies. Mi…
[ad_1] Philippe Huguen | AFP | Getty Images Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is pictured on May 3, 2018 in Lille, northern France during the first edition of the TV Series Mania festival. Netflix shares slipped in premarket trading Wednesday after SunTrust Robinson Humphrey said the streaming giant added fewer subscribers than expected last quarter. “Our…
[ad_1] It’s been a long time in the making but it appears that Windows 10 has finally beaten Windows 7 to become Microsoft’s most popular operating system. The news comes via NetMarketShare which is reporting that during December this latest OS grew by 1.08 percent. Meanwhile, user numbers of the older Windows 7 software dropped…
[ad_1] Google Home is the Mountain View firm’s smart speaker solution that is highly-capable thanks to its built-in assistant functionality. Google Home comes in a number of varieties that differ in price and audio quality. The standard Google Home offers a great compromise between the two while the Google Home Mini offers the cheapest entry…
[ad_1] In December 2017, Nvidia released the Titan V GPU. Primarily targeting use cases such as machine learning, big data analysis, and artificial intelligence development. It turns out that the Titan V has other applications too. According to a recent report, the Titan V can run Battlefield V with ray tracing despite not having any…
[ad_1] WhatsApp has stopped working on the phones running the Nokia S40 operating system. To recall, WhatsApp announced the end of support for a slew of mobile devices a few years ago, and this includes devices that run on BlackBerry 10, BlackBerry OS, Nokia Symbian S60, Windows Phone 8.0, Nokia S40, Android versions 2.3.7 and…
[ad_1] Samsung Galaxy S9 and Note 9 owners are in for a treat at the start of 2019. The Korea technology firm has revealed more news on the rollout of its Android 9 Pie update and it seems there’s not too long to wait. Spotted by SamMobile, Samsung recently published a full list of Android…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Net Applications Windows 10 has finally overtaken Windows 7 in terms of market share, according to Net Applications. As of December 2018, 39.22 percent of Web traffic monitored by the company was coming from Windows 10 users, while Windows 7 had fallen to 36.9 percent. As of November, those figures were 38.14…
[ad_1] Over seven months ago, Microsoft announced in a blog post that it plans to introduce a new revenue share model for the developers publishing their apps on Microsoft Store. The new model was supposed to go into effect sometime in 2018, but we are already in 2019 and the new model is nowhere to…
[ad_1] Google Chrome is set to add a native dark mode for Windows desktops. The new development comes weeks after Google was spotted preparing a dark theme specifically for the Chrome browser for macOS Mojave. With native dark mode support, Google Chrome will bring a comfortable Web browsing experience on Windows machines especially in low…
[ad_1] Netflix has pulled an episode of “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” in Saudi Arabia after receiving a complaint from the country’s government, according to the Financial Times newspaper. The U.S. streaming service took down the episode, entitled “Saudi Arabia,” following a request from the country’s Communications and Information Technology Commission as it allegedly violated…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Twitter/ Jane Manchun Wong Facebook Messenger is expected to get the much-awaited dark mode soon Facebook had announced a massive redesign of its popular Messenger app back in May last year, during its annual developer conference F8. Since then, the company has been rolling out changes gradually across the world. Facebook Messenger…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: YouTube/ Google ATAP Alphabet’s Google unit won approval from US regulators to deploy a radar-based motion sensing device known as Project Soli. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in an order late on Monday that it would grant Google a waiver to operate the Soli sensors at higher power levels than currently allowed.…
[ad_1] 2018 has been full of ominous climate news. Record extreme weather across the country connected to our warming climate. The October IPCC report that said we have just twelve years to cut carbon emissions in half to avoid catastrophic climate change. A December study that found carbon emissions surging in the wrong direction. New research…
[ad_1] The last of the New Year’s Day football will see Cardiff taking on Spurs at the Cardiff City Stadium. The two clubs had a very different year in 2018 with the home side currently placed just outside of the relegation zone. Meanwhile, Spurs are sitting in third position with a win tonight taking them…
[ad_1] The iPhone v Android war will continue to rage on this year. Over the past 12 months, Apple has faced continued pressure from its Android rivals with new phones Google-powered devices launching on an almost monthly basis. Along with Samsung, Sony and LG there’s now even more choice for Android fans with OnePlus, Huawei…
[ad_1] The P20 Pro won a host of awards in 2018 with it picking up the gong for best smartphone of the year. This flagship was first unveiled by Huawei back in March and it set the bar with its clever triple rear camera, huge 4,000mAh battery and fast processor. Since it launched, this device…
[ad_1] WhatsApp had added stickers to its platform in October It’s that time of the year where your WhatsApp account is flooded with New Year wishes and greetings. Some prefer to write meaningful texts, some prefer to broadcast a forwarded message to their entire contact list, whereas the others look for new and creative ways.…
[ad_1] Everton and Leicester kick off an action-packed day of New Year’s football. And the good news for the Toffees is that forward Richarlison is back in the starting lineup, despite picking up a knock on the weekend. But it’s too soon for Ademola Lookman, who is absent from the squad for today’s visit of…
[ad_1] Less than a year after taking the helm as CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Brian Niccol is still scoring big with investors, fueling the burrito chain’s best year since 2013. Shares of Chipotle soared nearly 50 percent in 2018 — the stock’s best performance since its 80 percent surge in 2013. But it’s struggled…
[ad_1] Samsung Galaxy S10 release (Image: SAMSUNG) Samsung fans have plenty to look forward to in 2019. The Korean technology giant is expected to lift the lid on its new Galaxy S10 as soon as next month and it could be one of their biggest updates in years. Rumours are rife that this refreshed flagship…
[ad_1] Google is working towards bringing group calling feature as well as a new low light mode on its popular video chat mobile app Duo. Group calling has been one of the most requested Duo features since launch, something that competing apps like Apple’s FaceTime, Skype, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp already offer. It’s finally coming…
[ad_1] Nvidia will launch its mid-range GeForce RTX 2060 GPU on the 7th of January and it will be priced at $349 (approximately Rs. 24,337), according to some pretty detailed leaks. That purported launch date would line up with Nvidia’s scheduled press conference at CES 2019. GeForce RTX 2060 graphics cards have previously been rumoured…
[ad_1] The NASA spacecraft that yielded the first close-up views of Pluto opened the new year at an even more distant world. Flight controllers said everything looked good for New Horizons’ flyby of the tiny, icy object at 12:33 a.m. ET Tuesday. Confirmation was not expected for hours, though, given the vast distance. The mysterious,…
[ad_1] Almost exactly a year ago, we got our hands on some of WD’s first SSDs, the mid-range SATA Blue and high-end NVMe Black models. We’ve been fairly impressed with how the company has embraced the future, adding solid-state storage to its portfolio of traditional hard drives. The market is clearly shifting, and we are…
[ad_1] A NASA spacecraft has gone into orbit around an ancient asteroid, setting a pair of records. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft entered orbit Monday around the asteroid Bennu, some 110 million kilometres from Earth. It’s the smallest celestial body ever to be orbited by a spacecraft. Bennu is just 500 metres across. The spacecraft’s laps are barely just…
[ad_1] Snapchat is down for some users tonight who are trying to access the app’s core features. Problems started being flagged as Europe got closer to midnight on New Year’s Eve. Reports are coming in of problems using Snap map, a useful tool for those heading into tonight’s celebrations. The number of reports is at…
[ad_1] Patrick Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Attendees visit the Activision Blizzard Inc. display at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Activision Blizzard shares moved down 1 percent in after-hours trading on Monday after the company said that it has informed its chief financial officer, Spencer Neumann,…
[ad_1] Netflix will start to go head-to-head with two media giants when they launch rival video streaming services late next year, Los Angeles Times’ Stephen Battaglio told CNBC on Monday. “The test will begin in 2019, when you have Disney launching an over-the-top streaming service and WarnerMedia launching an over-the-top streaming service,” the media reporter…
[ad_1] Getty Images Reed Hastings attends Reed Hastings panel during Netflix ‘See What’s Next’ event at Villa Miani on April 18, 2018 in Rome, Italy. At the start of 2018, the so-called FAANG stocks — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google-parent Alphabet — were top picks. Four of the five tech stocks had gained roughly…
[ad_1] Facebook is bidding farewell to a year plagued by privacy scandals and internal turmoil. On the last trading day of 2018, the stock closed at $131.09 per share, down 25.7 percent for the year. The stock ended the year lower than the previous one for the first time since its debut on the public…
[ad_1] Four billion miles from Earth, the New Horizons probe that recently sent such lovely pictures of Pluto is drawing near to the most distant object mankind has ever come close to: Ultima Thule, a mysterious rock deep in the Kuiper belt. The historic rendezvous takes place early tomorrow morning. This is an encounter nearly…
[ad_1] Citi Research has joined a growing list of analysts to lower first-quarter production estimates for Apple’s iPhones amid weakening demand for the smartphones. Citi Research analyst William Yang cut the overall iPhone shipment forecast by 5 million, to 45 million for the quarter, reported Reuters. That’s a sting that falls in line with others…
[ad_1] Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Twitter Inc. account of U.S. President Donald Trump, @realDoanldTrump President Donald Trump‘s Twitter habit grew even more prolific in 2018. Trump sent more than 3,400 tweets this year — an average of nearly 10 tweets a day, and a sizable increase from the president’s first year…
[ad_1] During the November rout, FAANG stocks lost a combined $1 trillion in value, with Facebook, Apple and Amazon taking the bulk of the hit. The free fall led some, like Bleakley Advisory Group’s Peter Boockvar, to declare the FAANG trade “dead.” “Each of these stocks, going forward, are going to trade on their own…
[ad_1] “I think it’s important to have a future that is inspiring and appealing. I just think there have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Like, why do you want to live? What’s the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future?” so…
[ad_1] Mysteriously, Apple began pulling all mention of AirPower from its website after the Sept. 2018 iPhone event. Around that time, plugged-in Apple writer John Gruber, suggested that AirPower was facing overheating problems and may have been “scrubbed.” That means AirPower was getting too hot while trying to charge three devices at the same time.…
[ad_1] The recently introduced WhatsApp stickers feature is the perfect way of expressing your feelings on New Year’s Eve. WhatsApp stickers on iOS and Android devices let you send WhatsApp-made and third-party images to your friends and family with ease. WhatsApp currently offers around 13 sticker packs out of the box but there is also…
[ad_1] Uber has become hugely successful over the past few years with recent stats suggesting the app now has over 100 million customers. This popular service allows users to quickly book a taxi via the app on their phone with journeys often ending up cheaper than rival taxi firms. The app even gives upfront pricing…
[ad_1] Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Reusable shopping bag with logo at Whole Foods Market grocery store in Dublin, California. Amazon.com is planning to expand its Whole Foods Market portfolio by adding more stores to put more customers within its two-hour delivery service range, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing…
[ad_1] More than a dozen retailers — including major department store chains, mattress sellers and shoe companies — filed for bankruptcy protection in 2018, despite strong consumer spending that otherwise lifted the U.S. economy. The pace of closures slowed from 2017, when more than 20 retailers including Toys R Us, Hhgregg, and Gymboree went bust.…
[ad_1] It’s 2019. Team collaboration tools like Slack, DropBox and Google Docs are unifying communication. VR headsets and videoconferencing tools are allowing staff to work together face-to-face from virtually anywhere. So why are working moms and dads still having to decide between taking care of their children and earning an income? Why are we dealing…
[ad_1] Semiconductor stocks outperformed the broader market last week with the SMH, which tracks the sector’s biggest names, posting a more than 4 percent gain. But that only tells half the story. The ETF is currently down more than 18 percent since early October, and is on pace to post its worst quarter in a…
[ad_1] Airtel’s music streaming app Wynk Music on Friday introduced a feature through which users can track their choices of music and artistes they followed in 2018. The Wynk Music feature named Your Year in Music 2018 is personalised for each user, based on their on-app behaviour, Airtel said in a statement. Airtel said that…
[ad_1] Verizon customers can continue to watch ESPN, ABC, and other channels owned by Disney after the two companies announced a deal over programming fees. The telecommunications giant and the entertainment company said in a joint statement Sunday: “Verizon and The Walt Disney Company have reached a broad-based distribution agreement.” The statement said details would…
[ad_1] When Apple was last this far from its highs, it had a massive surge over the next year. In May 2016, the stock had fallen 33 percent from 52-week highs. Over the following 12 months, it rallied 75 percent. Apple begins this week exactly as far from its record peak hit in October: 33…
[ad_1] China on Saturday approved the release of 80 online video games after a freeze on such approvals for most of the year. However, the approved titles, listed on the website of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, did not include games from industry leader Tencent Holdings. China, the world’s biggest…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Android Police Google has begun rolling out its spam protection feature to its Messages app on Android after almost over six months of developing it. Based on reports from a handful of tipsters, that spam protection feature is now going live, though not everyone seems to have it just yet, the Android…
[ad_1] Microsoft Surface Go, the Redmond giant’s smallest and most affordable Surface device yet, started shipping in India on Monday exclusively through Flipkart at a starting price of Rs. 38,599. Aimed at taking on Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S4, the Surface Go is the lightest Surface device yet, weighing just 522g. The…
[ad_1] Amazon’s award-winning Echo smart speakers are now some of the most popular gadgets on the market. Powered by Alexa, these intelligent devices can answer a plethora of questions and perform numerous smart home tasks via simple voice controls. Owners can ask their Echo speakers to play music, turn on lights, ramp up the heating…
[ad_1] A bunch of popular apps on Android could be putting your privacy at risk, according to a study conducted by Privacy International. 61 percent of the apps that were tested were sending data to Facebook as soon as the user opened the app. The data was being shared even before the user was asked…
[ad_1] While the thought of a machine that can squirt out endless ropes of molten glass is a bit frightening, the folks at MIT have just about perfected the process. In a paper published in 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, researchers Chikara Inamura, Michael Stern, Daniel Lizardo, Peter Houk, and Neri Oxman describe a system…
[ad_1] Some WhatsApp users could start the New Year needing to buy a new smartphone. The popular chat app, which is now used by over 1.5 billion people across the world, is ending support for the Nokia S40 platform from midnight tonight leaving many fans unable to access the service. The Facebook-owned messaging app originally…
[ad_1] Instagram Best Nine 2018 pictures are all over Instagram right now, with plenty of profiles posting their #2018BestNine at the moment. It’s become an annual tradition, posting your Instagram Best Nine at the end of each year and the start of a new one. The Instagram Best Nine – or Instagram Top 9 – rounds…
[ad_1] A lawsuit filed against Google by consumers who claimed the search engine’s photo sharing and storage service violated their privacy was dismissed on Saturday by a US judge who cited a lack of “concrete injuries.” US District Judge Edmond Chang in Chicago granted a Google motion for summary judgment, saying the court lacked “subject matter jurisdiction…
[ad_1] Fight fans could be in for a treat this morning as boxing legend Floyd Mayweather takes on mixed martial arts star Tenshin Nasukawa in an exhibition bout live from Japan. The two champions are undefeated in their sports with Mayweather coming out of retirement to meet his opponent. Nasukawa competes in the RIZIN Fighting Federation in…
[ad_1] WhatsApp announced the end of support for a slew of mobile devices a few years ago, and this includes devices that run on BlackBerry 10, BlackBerry OS, Nokia Symbian S60, Windows Phone 8.0, Nokia S40, Android versions 2.3.7 and older, iPhone iOS 7 and older. WhatsApp no longer invests in developing its service for…
[ad_1] An Orlando clinic is using a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop virtual reality (VR) technology for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans and emergency services workers. The University of Florida’s RESTORES clinic has been testing VR therapy, which uses the tech to expose veterans to the scenes…
[ad_1] Artificial fingerprints have been developed by researchers who say they could one day be used to hack into everyday devices. Researchers from New York University and Michigan State University successfully generated what they call “DeepMasterPrints” earlier this year. These are machine-learning methods that act as a kind of “masterkey” which, the researchers claim, have…
[ad_1] Dell Technologies returned to public markets on Friday, nearly six years after the company’s founder and Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell took it private in what was then the biggest buyout since the financial crisis of 2008. The computer maker is trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘DELL’, after it bought…
[ad_1] Netflix has stopped offering iTunes billing as a payment method to its new or returning subscribers on iOS globally. The current subscribers, who use iTunes billing, can continue to use the option until they cancel their account. The change comes four months after the company had tested bypassing the iTunes billing option in 33…
[ad_1] Floyd Mayweather is coming out of retirement to face off against Tenshin Nasukawa in Saitama on New Year’s Eve. Both fighters go into the exhibition match undefeated, and today’s fight will be Mayweather’s first since August 2017. In his last fight Mayweather beat UFC star Conor McGregor in Nevada after a tenth round technical…
[ad_1] Earlier this year, Toby Cosgrove became an executive advisor to the Google Cloud health care team after a long and distinguished tenure at the Cleveland Clinic. He’s taking some of the lessons learned at the latter to help his new employer effect big changes to health care. He explained to CNBC that there was…
[ad_1] “Nothing rustles my jimmies more than wind chill,” says Wade Thoraug, a new transplant to Nunavut who describes himself as a defender of weather science. “I think the wind chill is only applicable when you’re outside, buck naked.” Wind chill is a subject of debate for some Nunavummiut, who say the number shouldn’t be used…
[ad_1] Bringing back late guitarist Jeff Healey as a hologram might seem like sacrilege to many of his fans, but the possibility intrigued one of his former bandmates. Tom Stephen, one-time drummer and manager of the Jeff Healey Band, says he was of two minds when an Australian entertainment company approached him several years ago…
[ad_1] Manchester United will face off against Bournemouth at Old Trafford in the Premier League this afternoon. The Red Devils have won both of their two matches since interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over from Jose Mourinho. And Man Utd have the opportunity to close the gap to sixth placed Arsenal after the Gunners…
[ad_1] Outlook is a radical new design of the Hotmail email platform. Outlook’s interface and integration with other Microsoft products has made it one of the world’s most popular email platforms, with 400 million regular users. But despite Outlook representing an upgrade to Hotmail, Microsoft is allowing people to continue using Hotmail. How to sign…
[ad_1] While many New Yorkers are dreading the day Amazon moves into its new “headquarters” in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens and crowds the subway with 25,000 new workers, there’s one group of people welcoming the company with open arms: Executives at other tech firms. It may seem counter-intuitive that smaller tech companies…
[ad_1] Some 60 billion media-rich WhatsApp messages are sent daily. However WhatsApp is not without its drawbacks, because pictures and video shared by your WhatsApp contacts are automatically saved to your Apple iPhone. But there is a way to prevent this and free-up valuable iPhone storage space with this clever trick. How to stop WhatsApp…
[ad_1] Instagram is the popular picture and video-sharing social networking platform enjoyed by a billion people. But Instagram last Thursday invited uproar after appearing to introduce an unpopular update. This saw users required to swipe side-to-side through their feed as opposed to the familiar up-and-down scrolling. The Instagram upgrade did not affect all users but…
[ad_1] If you fancy watching some final festive movies and entertainment over the next few weeks then there’s still time to grab a very good offer from Sky. The firm’s NOW TV streaming service has been giving customers the chance to get its Entertainment, Kids and Cinema bundle at a discounted price throughout December. YOU…
[ad_1] Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2018 • From £119 PROS • Now waterproof • Much-improved 6-inch high-resolution 300ppi screen • Thinner and lighter design CONS • Can get expensive • Unlike the Kindle Oasis there are no physical buttons Amazon’s mid-range Kindle Paperwhite is back with a few new modifications for 2018. With the latest Kindle Paperwhite, Amazon…
[ad_1] If you’re looking for a Samsung deal ahead of the New Year it seems now is a very good time to buy one of these smartphones. The Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9 flagships have both been dropped in price with the latest deals making these flagships much more affordable. YOU CAN FIND THE…
[ad_1] When it comes to space, 2018 was a pretty exciting year. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launched successfully — even to CEO Elon Musk’s surprise. NASA’s InSight spacecraft landed on Mars. Another NASA spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, arrived safely at the asteroid Bennu. And, of course, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is working away on the International Space Station until June. The year ahead should…
[ad_1] Huawei’s P20 Pro was one of the biggest hits of the year with this flagship phone winning a host of awards. However, this top-rated device could be about to get some serious competition with Huawei announcing a new phone which will launch in the UK early next year. The new P Smart 2019 is…
[ad_1] WhatsApp users could soon see a shock change be made to the chat app. WhatsApp is the world’s most popular chat app, with over 1.5billion users each and every month. This year alone WhatsApp users have seen plenty of changes, with the introduction of stickers and group video calling among other new features. And…
[ad_1] WhatsApp is now available on all smartphone platforms from Android to Apple. And a spike in smartwatch sales means customers now want WhatsApp available on their wrist. WhatsApp’s large file size means the app is unavailable on any smartwatch platforms, but there is a way of using the app on Apple Watch – albeit…
[ad_1] Robots are predicted to serve in more meaningful roles within business and society than the basic manufacturing jobs, online customer service and order fulfillment they already handle. We may even begin to see AI-driven robots sitting in the seats of boards of directors at Fortune 500 companies or on a judge’s bench. An AI-based…
[ad_1] Liverpool will take on Arsenal at Anfield in the Premier League this evening. Liverpool go into tonight’s game at the top of the table and having not lost a Premier League game all season. The last time Liverpool dropped points in the Premier League title race was back in November when they drew 1-1…
[ad_1] On a cold, sunny day in December, Jean-Michel Poutissou paused to admire the six apple trees that he once fought to save. Poutissou came to Vancouver in 1972 when the trees were mere saplings on the University of British Columbia campus. The trees — planted outside the TRIUMF physics laboratory — are descendants of the same tree that…
[ad_1] Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano island — which erupted and collapsed a week ago, triggering a deadly tsunami — is now only about one-quarter of its pre-eruption size, scientists say. Anak Krakatau now has a volume of 40 to 70 million cubic metres and lost 150 to 180 million cubic metres of volume since the Dec. 22 eruption and tsunami,…
[ad_1] Celtic will face off against Rangers at Ibrox in a mouthwatering Old Firm derby in the Scottish Premiership today. Celtic are currently top of the table with Rangers behind in second by just three points – but the Gers do have a game in hand. Rangers have only won two of their last six…
[ad_1] It’s the time of the year for New Year’s resolutions, and one of the most popular ones is to hit the gym. But fitness start-ups like Mirror are giving consumers an alternative to sweating it out at the gym: Exercising at home. A report by Global Market Insights predicts that the global fitness equipment…
[ad_1] Snapchat Lenses are one of the app’s biggest attractions, allowing users to augment their appearance in selfies. And hot on the heels of Snapchat’s cat face lenses comes the dog update. Dog selfies can feature fun Snapchat filters, with antlers, butterflies and pizza slices among the options. The pet-friendly lenses have a small paw-print…
[ad_1] Android users are being warned after nefarious, fake apps were found on the Google Play Store. Android is one of the most used pieces of software in the world, with the Google mobile OS used on more than two billion active devices each month. And its userbase are no strangers to being put on…
[ad_1] Here’s a help wanted ad for you: Hard-working, career-oriented cats being sought by the Ontario SPCA for a new program that aims to match unsocialized strays with farms, warehouses and breweries where they can work as mousers. “We’re looking for a cat who doesn’t like the in-house, on-the-lap lifestyle, who’s a little more adventurous,” said Dave Wilson,…
[ad_1] A koi-eating otter stole the show this past year when it came to animal stories in B.C., but there were others of a far more serious nature. Exotic animals went missing in unexpected places, a virus threatened rabbits, crows dive-bombed Vancouver residents, and a female killer whale took her dead baby on a tour of grief for…
[ad_1] So you want to keep that poinsettia alive and blooming for next year’s holiday season? It’s an uphill battle, but it can be done. “With the right care, poinsettias can stay alive for many years. The trick is to get them to bloom again,” said Anita McDonald, partner at Kuhlmann’s Greenhouse in Edmonton. The key bloom period…
[ad_1] Watching the birds he helped raise from hatchlings fly freely over a remote lake in northern Madagascar was one of conservationist Peter Cranswick’s proudest moments. He and his colleagues have successfully released 21 Madagascar pochards — the world’s rarest bird — into the wild this month. It’s the latest step in a years-long effort to save the…
[ad_1] Mark Brake | Getty Images Elon Musk speaks at the International Astronautical Congress on September 29, 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. Musk detailed the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved in order to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on Mars. Tesla and CEO Elon Musk agreed in September to…
[ad_1] Lucas Jackson | Reuters Blue Apron CEO Matthew B. Salzberg, center, celebrates with co-founders Ilia Papas, second from right, and Matt Wadiak during the company’s IPO on the New York Stock Exchange in New York, June 29, 2017. Blue Apron bounced back to over a dollar per share Friday as the stock skyrocketed for…
[ad_1] Sylvain Lefevre | Getty Images Netflix Co-founder, Chairman & CEO Reed Hastings attends Q&A during Transatlantic Forum as part of Series Mania Lille Hauts de France festival on May 3, 2018 in Lille, France. Netflix said Friday its latest original film Bird Box has been viewed by more than 45 million accounts — or…
[ad_1] Investors can start finding some buying opportunities in the market — as long as they have a strong stomach, Bespoke Investment Group co-founder Paul Hickey told CNBC. He still sees volatility in the weeks or months ahead and thinks the market has yet to hit bottom. However, conditions in the recent sell-offs seemed to…
[ad_1] It seems someone took Every Frame a Painting literally: The Very Slow Movie Player is a device that turns cinema into wallpaper, advancing the image by a single second every hour. The result is an interesting household object that makes something new of even the most familiar film. The idea occurred to designer and…
[ad_1] Stephen Lam | Reuters A man holds the Apple iPhone XS and XS Max during a product demonstration following the Apple launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, September 12, 2018. Citi Research on Friday slashed its first-quarter production estimates for Apple iPhones and nearly halved expectations on the costliest iPhone…
[ad_1] Many CenturyLink customers across the U.S. were without internet Thursday amid a lengthy outage that even affected some Verizon customers. The outage began early in the day but by late Thursday night, the company tweeted that its engineers had identified a “network element” that was affecting services and expected to fully restore services within…
[ad_1] That just might be set for a big change, however. Tesla is now rolling out more than 6,000 of its Model 3 sedans each week and still struggling to meet demand. Meanwhile, automakers ranging from Audi to Volvo plan to start rolling out new long-range BEVs, many of them at more affordable prices. And,…
[ad_1] Android users on Samsung smartphones have found out when the Android 9 Pie patch will be releasing on their devices. Samsung has this week begun rolling out the latest version of the Google OS on the Samsung Galaxy S9. And now the South Korean tech giant has published a roadmap of when the Android…
[ad_1] 911 emergency services in several states across the U.S. remain down after a massive outage at a CenturyLink data center. The outage began after 12pm ET on Thursday, according to CenturyLink’s status page, and continues to cause disruption across 911 call centers. Some states have seen their services restored. CenturyLink has not said what caused…
[ad_1] Amazon Echo Dot is much in demand right now. The pint-sized smart speaker has long been sold out on the official Amazon.co.uk website in the run up to Christmas. If you’re looking to purchase an Amazon Echo Dot speaker from the online retailer then you’ll have to be patient and wait until next month.…
[ad_1] Instagram Best Nine 2018 collages are now filling up feeds on the Facebook-owned social network. It’s that time of the year again when you’ll see #BestNine pictures all over Instagram. If you’re not familiar with what an Instagram Best Nine collage does, then it basically does what it says on the tin. A Best…
[ad_1] Virgin Media are offering a number of money saving deals over the Christmas period – but hurry, they won’t last. Right now the Virgin Media Sale is taking place, offering customers money off broadband, TV and phone deals. One of the most eye catching deals is the savings on The Player bundle. This offers…
[ad_1] Another year has flown by, but not without several tech purchases being added to the already long list of gadgets that various Gadgets 360 team members already own. We’re always looking for a chance to talk about gadgets, and the end of the year is a convenient excuse. Surprisingly, routers were a popular choice…
[ad_1] As an emergency room physician, Richard Zane often considers how software can help him their patients. The problem is that engineers and doctors are from different planets. Zane, who’s also the chief innovation officer at UCHealth in Colorado, said that most engineers he’s met have never seen the inner workings of a hospital and…
[ad_1] A survey by retail platform Teikametrics showed that 40 percent of the 500 Amazon shoppers surveyed said they are most likely to get last-minute holiday gifts from Amazon. This finding may have been bolstered by the fact that Amazon offered free shipping to all Amazon customers in the US for the first time this…
[ad_1] Tesla named Larry Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson to its board on Friday, in compliance with an SEC settlement. The appointments add needed business and human resources expertise to the board — though add to questions of CEO Elon Musk’s control. Wilson-Thompson is the global head of human resources at Walgreens Boots Alliance and a…
[ad_1] Google Pixel 3 fans who have held off buying the latest Android flagship from the search engine giant can take advantage of a great deal in the sales. The Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are two of the highest profile Android releases of 2018. The Android devices were widely praised for their…
[ad_1] We are living in an interstitial period. In the early 1980s we entered an era of desktop computing that culminated in the dot-com crash – a financial bubble that we bolstered with Y2K consulting fees and hardware expenditures alongside irrational exuberance over Pets.com . That last interstitial era, an era during which computers got…
[ad_1] A project by students at Carnegie Mellon could save lives. Called the HopeBand, the wristband senses low blood oxygen levels and sends a text message and sounds an alarm if danger is imminent. “Imagine having a friend who is always watching for signs of overdose; someone who understands your usage pattern and knows when…
[ad_1] “Black Mirror” stories often focus on fears associated with rapid tech adoption in the modern world. The latest “choose your own adventure” episode is called “Bandersnatch” and follows the tale of a young coder who helps create a computer game inspired by an adventure novel. “Bandersnatch” is also the title of a real-life 1984…
[ad_1] Unsuspecting Amazon Alexa customers were lured into downloading a fake Alexa setup app An app on Apple’s App Store has been disguising itself as an official setup app for Amazon’s Alexa smart speakers. The app called ‘Setup for Amazon Alexa’ even managed to climb the top charts for free apps on the App Store…
[ad_1] New Horizons, the spacecraft that provided the first glimpse of distant Pluto, is about to shed light on another world, a small icy body 6.5 billion kilometres from Earth. On New Year’s day at 12:33 a.m. ET, the spacecraft will fly by 2014 MU69, given the informal name Ultima Thule, a 30-kilometre-wide object that is part…
[ad_1] Samsung has announced Remote Access, a new feature for its upcoming 2019 smart TVs that promises to let users remotely access their PCs on their TV screens using a connected keyboard and mouse. According to the company, the feature will let people work on documents, play games, surf the Web, and even stream content…
[ad_1] Instagram said Thursday it accidentally rolled out a design change to a large number of users and quickly ended the test after complaints from users of the Facebook-owned social network. The redesign required users to swipe horizontally instead of the normal vertical scroll to see their feed, befuddling many members of the photo- and…
[ad_1] Marlene Awaad | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., listens during the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, on Thursday, May 24, 2018. Facebook’s thousands of content moderators rely on a series of PowerPoint slides that contain inaccuracies and outdated information to determine what content to…
[ad_1] There’s a lot of talk about the many potential uses of multi-legged robots like Cheetahbot and Spot — but in order for those to come to fruition, the robots actually have to go out and do stuff. And to train for a glorious future of sewer inspection (and helping rescue people, probably), this Swiss…
[ad_1] Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, is asking a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a British diver who helped rescue a boys soccer team trapped in a Thailand cave and said Musk defamed him by calling him a pedophile and child rapist. In a filing Wednesday with the U.S. District Court in Los…
[ad_1] Fitness trackers and heart rate monitors are all well and good, but if you want to track activity inside the body, the solutions aren’t nearly as convenient. Iota Biosciences wants to change that with millimeter-wide sensors that can live more or less permanently in your body and transmit what they detect wirelessly, and a…
[ad_1] UPDATE ONE: Further information has been provided on the recent launch of the new Instagram update. In a new tweet, Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, revealed that the December 2018 release was supposed to be a small test on a much more limited scale. “That was supposed to be a very small test that went…
[ad_1] Climate change is causing glaciers in Alberta, British Columbia and Yukon to retreat faster than at any time in history, threatening to raise water levels and create deserts, scientists say. David Hik, an ecology professor at Simon Fraser University, said the region is one of the hotspots for warming and the magnitude of change in…
[ad_1] This doesn’t just matter to lawyers. Engineering teams, developers, and inventors care too: companies that fight patent aggression are finding they’re more attractive to talent, particularly software engineers. Many software developers are instinctively opposed to patents: software engineers generally dislike patents, and believe in the open source community and collaboration unhindered by patents. Given…
[ad_1] The latest Apple software update, iOS12.1, added 157 new emoji to the ever-growing library. This brings the total number to 2,823, which includes all the variations for elements like skin tone and gender. It may be hard to imagine a world before these little icons, but it was only a decade ago that they…
[ad_1] As 2018 draws to a close, a panel of journalists met for an episode of “Fortt Knox” to look back at some of the defining controversies of the year. Digital data became a flashpoint as more people considered the implications of smartphone apps that literally track our every move. Digital fun came into question…
[ad_1] Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Matt Salzberg, co-founder and chief executive officer of Blue Apron Holdings Inc., smiles during the company’s initial public offering on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, June 29, 2017. The meal-kit delivery company Blue Apron spiked as much as 24 percent Thursday following the news…
[ad_1] Alexa wasn’t the only thing that crashed over Christmas due to an influx of new users. Apparently, Philips Hue has been having an outage as well. A multi-day outage, in fact. The company confirmed on Wednesday that customers were experiencing issues creating new accounts, logging in, and linking their account to third parties. It…
[ad_1] Instagram users found a surprising update when they went to check out some holiday photos Thursday morning: they now need to scroll or tap through their feed horizontally. Shortly after the release, Instagram’s Head of Product Adam Mosseri tweeted that it was meant to be “a very small test but we went broader than…
[ad_1] Instagram confirms that a bug this morning mistakenly rolled out a massive change to its feed that replaced the traditional scrolling with horizontal tap-to-advance like with Stories. In October, TechCrunch reported Instagram was testing tap-to-advance for browsing through Explore posts. But many users woke up to a shock this morning when their familiar vertical…
[ad_1] “Mobility needs are evolving and so are our customers’ expectation to access cars in an uncomplicated way,” said Henrik Green, vice president of product strategy and vehicle line management at Volvo Car Group. Volvo’s S90 makes even a key fob an option, the big sedan otherwise relying on the owner’s smartphone to serve as…
[ad_1] Rural operators in the United States are among the biggest customers of Huawei and ZTE, and fear the executive order would also require them to rip out existing Chinese-made equipment without compensation. Industry officials are divided on whether the administration could legally compel operators to do that. While the big U.S. wireless companies have…
[ad_1] Apple will begin assembling its top-end iPhones in India through the local unit of Foxconn as early as 2019, the first time the Taiwanese contract manufacturer will have made the product in the country, according to a source familiar with the matter. Importantly, Foxconn will be assembling the most expensive models, such as devices…
[ad_1] Google has scrambled to remove third-party apps that led users to child porn sharing groups on WhatsApp in the wake of TechCrunch’s report about the problem last week. We contacted Google with the name of one these apps and evidence that it and others offered links to WhatsApp groups for sharing child exploitation imagery.…
[ad_1] Lawyers for Elon Musk on Wednesday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against him related to tweets calling a British rescue diver a “pedo guy,” saying the comments were exaggerated and Twitter itself is “infamous for invective and hyperbole.” Diver Vernon Unsworth sued Musk in September for libel and slander and is seeking…
[ad_1] The last time Amazon suffered a more dramatic loss was the fourth quarter of 2008, when the company lost 30 percent of its value. The only quarters with bigger drops were during the dot-com collapse of 2000 and 2001, when Amazon suffered declines of 33 percent or more four times, according to FactSet. Amazon…
[ad_1] LazyPay on Thursday announced its partnership with Airtel and Flipkart. With the new development, customers purchasing through Flipkart will be able to avail EMI option at the time of checking out. Similar will be the case for Airtel subscribers as they’ll now get ‘buy now pay later’ option while paying their mobile and landline…
[ad_1] Most people don’t associate health plans with innovation. But the executives behind a growing crop of “Medicare Advantage” plans are hoping to change that. As baby boomers age into Medicare, many are opting to receive benefits through private plans approved by the government, known as Medicare Advantage. These plans have been among the fastest…
[ad_1] Oppo on Wednesday unveiled its Breeno digital voice assistant at a developer event in China. It is the first proper voice assistant from the company, which has thus far only offered a barebones feature called Smart Assistant in its smartphones. Additionally, the company introduced the Breeno voice skills platform and smart service platform, which…
[ad_1] James Chappell, co-founder and chief innovation officer at analysis firm Digital Shadows, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” Thursday that the EU would eventually be pulled into the debate. “As countries become manufacturers of devices and technologies themselves, those technologies get pulled into these geopolitical debates, so this will continue,” he said. “America exports a…
[ad_1] Zomato is going to organise a food carnival called ‘Zomaland’, a move that marks Zomato’s entry into the experiential events space. According to Zomato, Zomaland will feature top chefs and eateries from across India, interactive installations, and performances from well-known musicians. The company said the festival will also feature things we have seen at…
[ad_1] “And with the Qualcomm lawsuit, smartphone exhaustion and trade worries, we could easily test those historic lows, which would mean up to 25 percent downside from here,” he said, highlighting Qualcomm’s long licensing battle with Apple where the sale of some iPhone models has been banned in some jurisdictions. Still, as with robotic stocks,…
[ad_1] If you are a Netflix subscriber and have received a strange email, it is likely to be another phishing scam. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a warning for a reported email phishing scam targeted at users of the streaming service. In a phishing scam, scammers can use fake emails to pose…
[ad_1] In a blow to the Android brand, Google is planning to shift its Messages Web app – which allows users to manage SMS/ MMS messages on their phone from another device – from Android.com to Google.com, a media report said, citing changes to Chrome OS. The move is seen as Google’s plan to minimise…
[ad_1] A huge Mayan city with pyramids, a perfectly preserved horse from the last ice age and a microbe representing a whole new branch on the tree of life were some of the amazing scientific discoveries announced in 2018. It was also a year when we saw growing concern about the environment, and when CBC News…
[ad_1] YouTube Rewind 2018’s notoriety hasn’t even died down and the video streaming service has found itself in hot water again. The company on Wednesday was accused of exploiting the creators on its own platform after it used an edited version of a video by YouTuber Lily Hevesh to wish its Twitter followers ‘Merry Christmas’…
[ad_1] Since the Ontario government cancelled more than 738 solar rooftop projects earlier this year, the solar industry has been urging the government to create a new free-market regulatory regime in the province. All but the largest projects are on hold until the red tape that surrounds connecting to the grid in Ontario can be…
[ad_1] PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Japanese clothing brand A Bathing Ape — commonly known as BAPE — have announced a new collaboration that brings an exclusive BAPE outfit pack to PUBG Mobile. The pack is available in-game for 3,600 UC, short for ‘Unknown Cash’, the in-game currency in PUBG Mobile and consists of a hoodie, shoes,…
[ad_1] Multiple leaks appear to suggest that Nvidia is about to get very busy launching new gaming GPUs across product segments and price bands. First, we have a report of new mobile GeForce RTX graphics processors for laptops, which are the most likely to be real as the company nearly always offers mobile versions of…
[ad_1] Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air has got a new model, featuring an Intel Core i5 processor but retaining the 12.5-inch display. It looks similar in design when compared with 12.5-inch Mi Notebook Air powered by the Intel Core M3 processor variant, but sees a few upgraded specifications. The notebook is up for pre-sale on the…
[ad_1] In January, Nokia will become one of the first countries to enable the launch of commercial 5G networks. Telia, a Swedish telecom, is one of three operators that has won a license to offer commercial 5G. The licenses were granted in a spectrum auction through the Finnish government in October. “To us, 5G is…
[ad_1] Ride-hailing giant Uber on Wednesday said it entered into the second-phase of its partnership with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to set up kiosks in 50 more metro stations by the first half of 2019. The first phase of the partnership between Uber and DMRC, which is aimed at improving first-mile/last-mile connectivity for the…
[ad_1] Several information technology stocks have been “unfairly” hammered by investors in the recent sell-off in the U.S., but those companies are key to lifting overall sentiment on Wall Street in 2019, according to online brokerage TD Ameritrade Asia. “I think tech is going to drive the overall sentiment higher,” Christopher Brankin, CEO of TD…
[ad_1] Kelly Sullivan | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images LinkedIn Co-Founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman participates in a debate on August 23, 2017 at LinkedIn in San Francisco, California. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman apologized Wednesday for funding a group that allegedly had a hand in spreading misinformation during the 2017 Alabama Senate race.…
[ad_1] Joshua Roberts | Reuters Jeff Bezos, president and CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, speaks at the Economic Club of Washington DC’s “Milestone Celebration Dinner” in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2018. All five FAANG companies — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google parent company Alphabet — snapped their losing streak Wednesday…
[ad_1] SpaceX’s futuristic Starship interplanetary craft may embody the golden age of sci-fi in more ways than one: in addition to (theoretically) taking passengers from planet to planet, it may sport a shiny stainless steel skin that makes it look like the pulp covers of old. Founder and CEO Elon Musk teased the possibility in…
[ad_1] It’s the most expensive purchase many of us even consider: A place to live. As we head into 2019, a complicated landscape in real estate has emerged. For a decade in a rebounding U.S. economy amid cheap loans, home prices have marched steadily higher. When the market bottomed in February 2009, the median sale…
[ad_1] In the Estonian capital of Tallinn, three-day-old Oskar Lunde sleeps soundly in his hospital cot, snuggled into a lime green blanket decorated with red butterflies. Across the room, his father turns on a laptop. “Now we will register our child,” Andrejs Lunde says with gravity as he inserts his ID card into the card reader.…
[ad_1] Intel’s first quad-core desktop processor, the venerable Core 2 Quad Q6600, was released in early 2007 and instantly became a badge of honour and exclusivity for a whole generation of enthusiasts. Since then, we’ve been hoping for core counts to rise, as they have with smartphone processors, but four cores (with multi-threading) was the…
[ad_1] Amazon this morning said its Alexa devices were among the holiday season’s best-sellers, particularly the Echo and Echo Dot. But the influx of new users setting up their devices for the first time on Christmas Day appeared to be more than Alexa could handle. The service crashed briefly on Christmas, as thousands of new…
[ad_1] Huawei P20 Pro released back in March and has remained one of the best smartphones of 2018 despite growing competition. The device was most notable for its triple-camera system that was capable of capturing supreme images. P20 Pro arrived with a 40-megapixel main sensor that was accompanied by a 20-megapixel monochrome and an 8-megapixel…
[ad_1] ARSENAL VS BRIGHTON LIVE STREAM Arsenal will be hoping to achieve a vital away victory today in order to pile pressure on London rivals Tottenham and Chelsea who are currently above them in Premier League standings. Manager Unai Emery has decided to play Lucas Torreira today even though he is only one yellow card…
[ad_1] Apple’s latest iPhone models are attracting more Android users to the brand than in previous years, a new report by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) found. Signs have pointed to relatively weak demand overall for the iPhone X, XS and XR, like lowered guidance by some of its key suppliers and Apple’s announcement that…
[ad_1] Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty Images Tesla’s Model 3 at the Tesla store in Washington, D.C. Demand for Tesla’s Model 3 mid-size electric sedan “looks looks very strong into 2019 and beyond,” said one analyst Wednesday. Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives said in a note that underlying drivers for the electric…
[ad_1] Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., laughs during a discussion at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Customers worldwide ordered more items than ever from Amazon this holiday season, the…
[ad_1] JOHN LEWIS BOXING DAY DEALS 2018 John Lewis offers one of the most diverse product ranges out of any UK retailer. The outlet sells everything from electrical to home furnishings. Today gargantuan discounts have been applied to a deluge of products, presenting customers with tantalising offers. John Lewis is making 4K televisions cheaper than…
[ad_1] Google on Wednesday opened applications for the next class of its “Launchpad Accelerator” mentorship programme for startups using artificial intelligence (AI)/ machine learning (ML) in India which is scheduled to commence in March 2019. The last date for application to the programme is January 31, 2019, Google said in a statement. Under the Launchpad Accelerator…
[ad_1] Students at the University of British Columbia are hoping to build bus shelters with environmental benefits. Tabinda Shah, a final-year urban forestry student, said she and several other students are working to build a “tree canopy bus shelter”, which would not only shelter people from the rain as they wait for their ride, but…
[ad_1] ARGOS BOXING DAY SALE 2018 Argos has slashed the price of a number of 4K TVs, meaning you are slowly running out of reasons not to own a gorgeous panel. The retailer has a number of 4K models for those that do not want to break the bank this holiday, but also a number…
[ad_1] Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, while testing the “station keeping” functions of the glass knifefish, have created an augmented reality system that tricks the animal’s electric sensing organs in real time. The fish keeps itself hidden by moving inside of its various holes/homes and the researchers wanted to understand what kind…
[ad_1] AMAZON BOXING DAY SALE 2018 If Santa did not bring you a 4K television for Christmas, now is the perfect time to pick one up thanks to a stream of Amazon offers. 4K televisions have plunged in price since they first debuted and content for the resolution has increased exponentially, meaning you can consume…
[ad_1] Cisco continues to lead the India networking market which witnessed 67.1 percent year-over-year growth in the third quarter of this year, the International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Wednesday. Government and enterprise digitalisation initiatives are expected to drive future growth in the India networking market which includes Ethernet switch, routers and wireless local area…
[ad_1] Millions of teenagers seeking their 15 seconds of fame are flocking to TikTok, but many of their parents are only now learning about the express-yourself video app – often to their dismay. The social network became the most downloaded on Apple’s App Store in the first half of this year according to market analysis…
[ad_1] Microsoft has increased the price of Office 365 Home in India by around 15 percent. This is an annual subscription service that includes the following Microsoft apps: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, and Access. The last two apps are PC-only, while the rest can be accessed on desktops and mobile devices. It also includes…
[ad_1] Google Play – Google’s Android app and content store – is no stranger to malware, fake apps, and money grabbing schemes. The latest report claims that the app store had listed several fake apps that didn’t actually provide their listed offerings. Researchers at global IT security firm Quick Heal Technologies have discovered in the…
[ad_1] Two years ago, Apple killed the headphone port. I still haven’t forgiven them for it. When Apple announced that the iPhone 7 would have no headphone port, I was pretty immediately annoyed. I figured maybe I’d get over it in a few months. I didn’t. I figured if worse came to worse, I’d switch…
[ad_1] At the beginning of this year, I was using my iPhone to browse new titles on Amazon when I saw the cover of “How to Break Up With Your Phone” by Catherine Price. I downloaded it on Kindle because I genuinely wanted to reduce my smartphone use, but also because I thought it would…
[ad_1] If you bought the iPhone X, iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max, you'll need to get used to moving around an iPhone without a home button. Here's how to do it. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services around, but sometimes finding the right film or show can be extremely tricky. That is because the service has a deluge of offerings that can be somewhat overwhelming if you do not know how to sort everything. Thankfully, the service has a series of hidden…
[ad_1] Four years before Like Adler’s earthly debut, a baby girl named Vista Avalon Simser, named after the Microsoft Windows operating system, was born. Her dad, a software developer named Bil Simser, wrote at the time that if he and his wife had had a boy, his first name would have been Dev, for developer,…
[ad_1] An image of what seems to be a legal notice has been doing the rounds on Facebook stating that PUBG Mobile has been banned in India. It mentions how PUBG Mobile is “creating alot (sic) of nuisance and irrespective activities (sic) and many students spoiling their own lives”. If the poorly constructed sentences weren’t…
[ad_1] CURRYS BOXING DAY SALE 2018 Currys is making some of the best 4K OLED and QLED TVs more affordable than ever with prices slashed by up to £700. Here are some of the best 4K OLED and QLED TV deals: • SAMSUNG QE49Q6FNATXXU 49″ Smart 4K Ultra HD HDR QLED TV – £899 (was…
[ad_1] BOXING DAY DEALS 2018 Every year Boxing Day sees shoppers take to stores both physically and online to take advantage of discounts. Last year Argos, Currys, Amazon and John Lewis products all plunged in price, giving customers a legion of tantalising deals. Smartphones, 4K TVs, laptops and headphones are just some of the amazing…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Reddit Google is offering free credit to select users on Google Play Getting in on the festive spirit, Google is offering select users free credit to use in the Play Store. These users are selected by Google based on purchase history, and this credit is announced in the form of a yellow…
[ad_1] As of October 2018, WhatsApp was said to have 1.5billion people using it every month (Image: Getty • WhatsApp) WhatsApp is the most popular messaging service on the globe, meaning it surpasses rivals such as Facebook Messenger, WeChat and Skype in terms of active monthly users, according to Statista. As of October 2018, WhatsApp was…
[ad_1] Galaxy Note 9 released back in August and is certainly one of the best phones of 2018. That is because the device arrived with a deluge of flagship features and introduced laudable improvements to its S Pen accessory. Galaxy Note 9 comes with a 6.4-inch AMOLED display that is easily one of the best…
[ad_1] Merry Christmas! The year is about to end and app developers are offering discounts on some of their apps on Android and iOS. The deals are largely a part of ongoing Christmas promotions all across. It’s a chance you don’t want to miss as some of the coolest apps and games are a part…
[ad_1] Galaxy S10 is presumed to debut at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The technology show will take place from February 25 to February 28. Galaxy S10 is expected to come in at least three varieties, a move that would represent huge divergence from Samsung tradition. In addition to arriving in standard and “+”…
[ad_1] Just ahead of Christmas, Microsoft has rolled out a treat for users of its Microsoft Launcher. The treat comes in the form of a new update that brings a host of new features including Cortana voice assistant support in select markets, Sticky Notes support, and more. Most of these features were being tested in…
[ad_1] The iPhone XR and Xs were both launched earlier this year (Image: Apple • Getty) It was another big year for the iPhone with Apple launching a swathe of new devices and another huge iOS software update. The iPhone XR and Xs were both launched earlier this year with these phones adding extra speed,…
[ad_1] This online TV player has grown in popularity in recent years with some 30 million people now thought to be using it across the globe. It’s worth remembering the Kodi software is not illegal to use and the team behind it work tirelessly to push out regular updates to keep it safe. However, the…
[ad_1] Android 9 Pie is the newest version of Google’s software (Image: Google) Android is the software used on the majority of phones across the globe that are not manufactured by Apple Inc. The operating system is hugely-popular for its customisability that allows owners to truly make their device unique. Android 9 Pie is the…
[ad_1] Amazon Echo is the firm’s range of smart speakers that have its assistant, Alexa, built-in. However, it appears a number of smart speakers are not working as usual this morning. In fact, a number of owners have taken to Twitter to explain the Echo they received for Christmas is having trouble understanding them. One…
[ad_1] Google Play’s holiday sale has deals across categories until January 2, 2019 Google Play has deals going across categories this holiday season. There are deals on apps, games, book, comics, movies, and more. Though these deals are meant for your Android devices, audio books, which also have discounts running will also work on the…
[ad_1] Amid concerns over Central government’s powers to snoop into computers, the Electronics and IT Ministry has come out with draft IT rules focused on social media platforms. “The instances of misuse of social media by criminals and anti-national elements have brought new challenges to the ‘Law Enforcement Agencies’ (LEA),” the ministry said in a…
[ad_1] Paytm has upgraded its online train ticket booking experience by waiving off all transaction charges as well as the payment gateway and service charges on train ticket bookings through its platform. With the latest development, Paytm users can book their train tickets without paying any additional charges. The platform owned by Noida-based One97 Communications…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Twitter/ KJ George KJ George (left), Minister for Large & Medium Industries, Karnataka The Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) on Monday opened a fabless laboratory in Bengaluru to incubate early-stage startups for chip designing and make small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to access funds and enter the market. “The lab is…
[ad_1] This Christmas, Hollywood’s major film releases are competing for Americans’ entertainment time with a slew of new shows on Netflix – and all those television series that slipped through the cracks during the year. Yet many of those films – Aquaman, Bumblebee, Mary Poppins Returns – are projected to do big business in theatres, with…
[ad_1] The Indian government has asked Apple to provide information for 27 devices and 18 accounts in the January-June 2018 period, with the company providing data in most of the cases owing to an iTunes Gift Card fraud investigation. The number of government requests – in various formats such as subpoenas, court orders, warrants or…
[ad_1] The good times kept on rolling this year for Salesforce with all of the requisite ingredients of a highly successful cloud company — the steady revenue growth, the expanding product set and the splashy acquisitions. The company also opened the doors of its shiny new headquarters, Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, a testament to…
[ad_1] ‘Twas the night before Xmas, and all through the house, not a feature was stirring from the designer’s mouse . . . Not Twitter! Not Uber, Not Apple or Pinterest! On Facebook! On Snapchat! On Lyft or on Insta! . . . From the sidelines I ask you to flex your code’s might. Happy…
[ad_1] Despite the market turmoil in December, many of Wall Street’s top analysts remain bullish for 2019. A CNBC survey found that the average strategist sees the S&P 500 ending next year above 3,000. That move would be a gain of more than 20 percent from current levels. That would be welcome news to investors,…
[ad_1] With just hours to go until the big day, excited children can track the exact movements of Father Christmas using the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Google’s Santa trackers. He is travelling an estimated 510,000,000km on Christmas Eve, approximately 1,800 miles per second. Christmas Eve is the busiest time for Father Christmas…
[ad_1] Google’s Santa tracker has gone live and you can follow his journey as he delivers presents to eagerly awaiting children. At the time of writing, Santa’s current location was Hohhot, China, with more than 960 million presents delivered. The tracker tells you how long until Father Christmas arrives at your location and gives real-time…
[ad_1] With Fortnite Season 7 in full swing, Epic Games has released the Fortnite Frozen Legends pack. It’s a bundle of cosmetic items include Fortnite skins, back bling, and wings. The Fortnite Frozen Legends pack price is $25 (around Rs. 1,750) and is available on Fortnite for iOS, Android, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Like most…
[ad_1] The Mount Etna observatory says lava and ash are spewing from a new fracture on the active Sicilian volcano amid an unusually high level of seismic activity. The Etna observatory said a swarm of 130 tremors have been recorded by Monday midday, the most powerful registering a magnitude of 4.0. It reported lava flows…
[ad_1] For two decades experts have been carefully nursing a community of endangered northern leopard frogs in B.C.’s Kootenay region but invasive bullfrogs and fish threaten to muscle in, potentially swallowing years of work. Purnima Govindarajulu, a small mammal and herpetofauna specialist at B.C.’s Ministry of Environment, said disease and invasive fish already mean the…
[ad_1] Twitter made news of its own, permanently banning conservative commentator and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his publication Infowars. The move followed similar decisions from YouTube, Apple and Facebook, which removed content from Jones, citing restrictions on hate speech and harassment. The reactions from tech’s most influential companies marked a potential turning point for…
[ad_1] Tesla fell as much as 6.7 percent Monday after the company cut prices in China and said it would pay customers who missed a tax credit deadline due to the company’s production delays. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down about 1 percent on Monday morning. CEO Elon Musk tweeted Saturday that it would make…
[ad_1] Price as tested: $19,335 Let’s be clear about three things. One, I love a cheap and cheerful car. Two, Toyota makes some good cheap cars. Three, the Yaris is not one of them. Sure, $19,335 doesn’t sound like a lot of money, but the value proposition is nonexistent. The Yaris has a bad interior…
[ad_1] Researchers at global IT security firm Quick Heal Technologies have discovered in the Google Play store certain fake apps with over 50,000 installations that trick people to download and rate other sponsored apps. “These applications appear to be genuine as a PDF reader, PDF Downloader, PDF Scanner etc., but don’t have such functionality,” Rupali…
[ad_1] REUTERS/Jim Bourg Facebook policy head Joel Kaplan (circled) listens to testimony of Brett Kavanaugh before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 27, 2018. Facebook reportedly killed a feature meant to expose its users to different perspectives over fears of being seen as having a liberal bias, according…
[ad_1] Millions of users of Amazon’s Echo speakers have grown accustomed to the soothing strains of Alexa, the human-sounding virtual assistant that can tell them the weather, order takeout and handle other basic tasks in response to a voice command. So a customer was shocked last year when Alexa blurted out: “Kill your foster parents.”…
[ad_1] Dubai’s transport regulator is to launch a new taxi service with Careem, a ride-hailing rival to Uber in the Middle East. The emirate’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said the deal was the first in the world between a state transport authority and a private sector ride-hailing service, which have sometimes had testy relations…
[ad_1] Apple has removed a religious app from App Store after a petition by an LGBTQ rights organisation called for its removal as the app portrayed homosexuality as “sickness” and “sin”. According to a report in Fortune on Sunday, the app was created by Living Hope Ministries, a Texas-based religious group. The app sought lesbian,…
[ad_1] Galaxy S10 is expected to debut at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in February, meaning Samsung fans may not have long to wait to see what the phone has in store. However, in recently months rumours about the device have been severely heating up, offering a potential glimpse into features the device may showcase. Galaxy…
[ad_1] Just days after the government sent out a controversial notification reiterating its powers to snoop on any computer in the country, it is seeking responses from social media platforms on a proposed set of rules that will make it mandatory for them to identify or remove “unlawful” content. The move, which could have serious…
[ad_1] As the world’s biggest social network with over 2 billion monthly active users, Facebook has naturally become one of the biggest video sites — while apparently lying about its metrics to get more advertisers — in hoping to rival YouTube for the time people spend watching stuff on their phones, tablets, laptops or TV.…
[ad_1] Huawei Mate 20 Pro was eagerly anticipated by Android fans ahead of its October debut. That is because the Huawei P20 Pro had not only taken the smartphone market by storm, but it had shocked it with a cavalcade of innovations. Not only was the Mate 20 Pro able to build on the incredible…
[ad_1] Xiaomi has expanded its portfolio to introduce another 12.5-inch Mi Notebook Air variant, and this one is powered by aIntel Core i5 processor. It looks similar in design when compared with 12.5-inch Mi Notebook Air powered by the Intel Core M3 processor variant, but sees a few upgraded specifications. The notebook is up for…
[ad_1] NORAD Santa Tracker is one of the world’s favourite tools for following the progress of Father Christmas. Every year NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command) allow their technologically-advanced satellites to track Santa after he has filled his sack to the brim with presents and begins to deliver them. The tradition of NORAD tracking Father…
[ad_1] Challenging the constitutionality and legality of the Centres order empowering central agencies and the Delhi Police to snoop on all computers, a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed before the Supreme Court on Monday seeking quashing of the December 20 order. The order by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) authorised 10 central agencies,…
[ad_1] UPDATE TWO: Santa has left the North Pole and is currently heading over Russia. Google’s Santa Tracker will follow the progress of Father Christmas for the entirely of the day. UPDATE ONE: It is now less than 45minutes until Santa takes off from the North Pole. The tubby toymaker is surely putting the last…
[ad_1] Xiaomi has launched a brand new mobile browser for Android as its latest software offering. The browser is available not just for Xiaomi smartphones, but Android smartphones from other brands as well. Taking on a large number of browser makers such as Google, Mozilla, UCWeb, and Opera, Xiaomi has launched a mobile browser, called…
[ad_1] Galaxy S9 was released at the start of the year but has remained one of the best smartphones around. The device comes in a standard and “+” variant that are both appealing for different reasons. The regular Galaxy S9 comes with a 5.8-inch display with an incredibly high density of 570-pixels-per-inch. Samsung’s handset is…
[ad_1] They’re teeny, tiny plants and organisms but their impact on ocean life is huge. Phytoplankton and zooplankton that live near the surface are the base of the ocean’s food system. Everything from small fish, big fish, whales and seabirds depend on their productivity. “They actually determine what’s going to happen, how much energy is going to…
[ad_1] What does an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) do on a day off, orbiting 400 kilometres above the Earth? Canada’s newest space traveller, David Saint-Jacques, has this Christmas Day off — and if the past is any guide, he’ll fill the time with reading, movies, a telephone call and Earth-watching. Christmas is…
[ad_1] Google’s video chat app Duo has now been downloaded more than 1 billion times on Google Play. The company launched Duo in 2016 along with instant messaging app Allo with much fanfare. “Duo hit 500 million downloads just six months ago, so another 500 million in that time span is pretty impressive,” tech website…
[ad_1] Amazon Echo offers users a plethora of handy functionality thanks to its built-in Alexa virtual assistant. However, the tech giant has severely upped the ante for the Christmas period thanks to a deluge of fresh features that will ignite the festive spirit inside even the biggest Scrooge. First of all, Amazon has partnered with…
[ad_1] Takeaway.com and Delivery Hero have settled a costly struggle for supremacy in the German food delivery market, with Takeaway agreeing to buy its larger rival’s businesses there for EUR 930 million ($1.1 billion roughly Rs. 7,700 crores). Markets greeted the agreement as a win for both companies. Shares in Dutch-listed Takeaway jumped 23 percent, while…
[ad_1] Feng Li | Getty Images News | Getty Images A general view shows the headquarter of China Central Television amid the Beijing skyline at central business district on August 3, 2013 in Beijing, China. China is reportedly considering a new law on foreign investment that would emphasize the illegality of forced tech transfers —…
[ad_1] Luis von Ahn, the 40-year-old co-founder and CEO of popular language-learning app Duolingo, says one of the challenges of seeing his business grow is having to let go of doing everything. Motivating people and trusting them become important, he says. The Pittsburgh-based startup employs 150 people and has grown rapidly since its 2014 launch.…
[ad_1] One industry analyst has sounded the alarm on Facebook, calling the company the “biggest concern” among the so-called FAANG stocks. “The digital economy operates on trust, and they’ve broken trust on so many levels,” Ray Wang, principal analyst and founder at Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Monday. The FAANG stocks…
[ad_1] Lithuania’s central bank said Friday it has granted Google a pan-European e-money licence as the Baltic eurozone state seeks to attract firms concerned that Brexit may bar them from the EU market. Google Payment Lithuania “will be able to issue electronic money and provide payment services to ensure smooth operation of its marketplaces across…
[ad_1] According to some recent rumours, Intel is gearing up to launch versions of its 9th Gen desktop Core i5, Core i7 and Core i9 CPUs without integrated graphics. Now, retail listings for four new models with an ‘F’ suffix have appeared on the website of at least one well-known European retailer. Intel has been…
[ad_1] Xiaomi’s Mint Browser is now available for download through Google Play Taking on a large number of browser makers, Xiaomi has now launched a Mint Browser by uploading it to Google Play. The new Web browsing app weighs under 12MB and is touted to offer a safe, ad-free experience. Similar to other browsers such…
[ad_1] US game software firm Zynga said on Thursday it would buy a majority stake in Finland’s Small Giant Games, maker of the popular Android game Empires & Puzzles, for about $700 million (roughly Rs. 4,900 crores), in a move to strengthen its mobile game portfolio. It is the largest deal to date for Zynga, Chief Executive…
[ad_1] The term “social network” has become a meaningless association of words. Pair those two words and it becomes a tech category, the equivalent of a single term to define a group of products. But are social networks even social anymore? If you have a feeling of tech fatigue when you open the Facebook app,…
[ad_1] If you see a letter that doesn’t look quite right here, unfortunately there’s no back button, so you’ll have to make a whole new font if you want to redo it. The whole process doesn’t take a very long time, though, so don’t agonize too much over it. When you’re ready, hit Create. Save…
[ad_1] HQ’s expansion beyond trivia emerges from beta tonight, but the question is whether it’s different and accessible enough to revive the startup’s growth. HQ Words opens to everyone with today’s 6:30pm pacific broadcast within the HQ Trivia app after several weeks of closed beta testing of the Wheel Of Fortune-style game. The launch will…
[ad_1] Fantastic technology, lovely road manners and a price that undercuts rivals make the 2019 Acura RDX a good option for crossover shoppers. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Any business could be at risk, according to Brian Vecci, a “technical evangelist” at Varonis, which specializes in data protection. “A lot of the information that you would need to impersonate a businesses is publicly available,” Vecci told CNBC, including names of corporate officers, email addresses and phone numbers. In addition, the threat came…
[ad_1] For your next car, would you consider plugging it in instead of filling it up? “Electric vehicle sales are still under 2 percent of the new car sales every month, so it’s a very small number,” said Kelley Blue Book executive analyst Rebecca Lindland. But she said that’s beginning to change, especially in the…
[ad_1] Toronto marketing specialist Elaina Falcone laughs when she thinks back to about a year ago when executives at her company started walking around the office having phone conversations on headsets, resembling drive-thru employees. “I would be like, ‘Can I take your order?’ while walking by them,” recalls Falcone, who works at Accessible Media Inc.,…
[ad_1] Everton vs Tottenham LIVE STREAM Tottenham are currently third in Premier League standings and are only five behind Manchester City who are in second place. The London club have been in fine form so far this season and have amassed 13 victories out of their first 17 played. But it has not always been…
[ad_1] The name Dolby has become synonymous with entertainment. Since its founding more than 50 years ago, the company has outfitted movie theaters with its audio technology and played a major role in making stereo and surround sound technology ubiquitous in theaters and homes. Now Dolby is working to improve the audio visual experience on…
[ad_1] OnePlus 6T debuted back in October and continued the firm’s mantra of offering hardware with flagship specs at a cheaper price point than its rivals. The handset arrived with a Snapdragon 845 processor inside that was accompanied by up to 8GB of RAM. Moreover, the device flaunted a larger screen than its predecessor thanks…
[ad_1] When Leopa Akpalialuk laid out his seal nets on Wednesday in a fjord outside of Pangnirtung, he wasn’t expecting any surprises. But he got one. The 67-year-old pulled in his nets to discover a small, albino ringed seal with pink eyes, white claws and white fur. “The seal had perished before I could reach…
[ad_1] Windows 10 is Microsoft’s computer operating system that is hugely-popular across the globe. In fact, Windows itself far surpasses macOS, Chrome OS and Linux in terms of mostly users, according to NetMarketShare. The software is hugely-popular for its wide-range of customisability options and regular updates. Windows 10 fans are able to sign up to…
[ad_1] Android users have been sent a shock warning about the Google Play Store. Android is one of the most used pieces of software in the world, with over two billion active devices running it each and every month. And its huge user base has been sent a number of warnings from security experts about…
[ad_1] Huawei P20 Pro is still one of the best smartphones around thanks to its triple-camera system, sizeable battery and fast performance. P20 Pro comes with a 40-megapixel main camera lens that is accompanied by a 20-megapixel sensor and an 8-megapixel telephoto system. In addition to great photography hardware, the device also has great software…
[ad_1] WhatsApp is the most popular messaging application in the world thanks to its stream of loyal users. In fact, the application far surpasses the likes of Facebook Messenger, WeChat and Skype in terms of monthly users, according to Statista. WhatsApp is regularly updated by the firm, bringing new features and functionality on a regular…
[ad_1] Galaxy Note 9 has much in common with the Note 8; both share an incredibly similar aesthetic comprised of two glass panels and an aluminium frame. Although the newer Samsung handset has a marginally larger display than the Note 8, both offer incredibly vivid colours and laudable viewing angles. The Galaxy Note 9 has…
[ad_1] There’s very little that has come close to the Mate 20 Pro in 2018. Huawei’s flagship has stunned the world with its brilliant design, incredible triple rear camera and fast Kirin 980 processor. New technology such as reverse wireless charging has also added to the appeal of this smartphone with this unique feature allowing…
[ad_1] The Galaxy S10 is almost certain to be the first big launch from Samsung next year. This all-new phone could bring a swathe of upgrades to this popular brand with rumours suggesting the device will include a fully edge-to-edge screen which will stretch across the entire phone. With no bezels in sight, this will…
[ad_1] BT BROADBAND DEALS BT’s January sale kicked off on December 21 and will run until January 10 where its broadband, sport channel and mobile packages are all discounted. One of the firm’s best deals claims to be worth a whopping £220 and delivers “superfast fibre” to customers. The offer in question provides an average…
[ad_1] Sky customers have had a blockbuster year in 2018 with the satellite TV firm releasing a swathe of updates to their Sky Q platform. These upgrades have included more third-party content along with changes to the Sky menu and even a new piece of hardware. So, if you have Sky Q installed here is…
[ad_1] If you and your loved ones are watching a movie and want to decide where to go to dinner, you can all look together instead of crowding around a phone. All you have to do is speak to Alexa on your Fire TV. To do that: Hold the microphone button on your Alexa voice…
[ad_1] Tumblr has long housed some of the most self-expressive, marginalized communities of the internet. The site welcomed LGTBQ and sex-positive bloggers, artists and creators, self-proclaimed nerds and those in need of support. Now, with a strict and poorly executed ban on adult content, Tumblr is alienating power users and pushing some to other sites.…
[ad_1] Carl Frampton will go toe-to-toe with Josh Warrington at the Manchester Arena tonight. Warrington is defending his IBF featherweight title against Frampton – a former WBA featherweight belt holder. Frampton lost that title in 2017 and said he is prepared to show that he is “not over the hill” in tonight’s battle. He said:…
[ad_1] An Environment Canada report says that despite much talk on preserving caribou habitat, little progress has been made to close gaps in the protection of the threatened species. The agency says not much has changed since a coast-to-coast survey in April. “Despite the progress being made, the gaps in protection, as described in the…
[ad_1] A Juul is not a cigarette. It’s much easier than that. Through devilishly slick product design I’ll discuss here, the startup has massively lowered the barrier to getting hooked on nicotine. Juul has dismantled every deterrent to taking a puff. The result is both a new $38 billion valuation thanks to a $12.8 billion…
[ad_1] This was a bad year for the smartphone. For the first time, its seemingly unstoppable growth began to slow. Things started off on a bad note in February, when Gartner recorded its first year-over-year decline since it began tracking the category. Not even the mighty Apple was immune from the trend. Last week, stocks…
[ad_1] Elliot Lutzker, a former SEC attorney who works with companies preparing for public offerings and on SEC compliance matters at the law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, said a viable deal doesn’t mean a properly valued deal, or even close to it. That is important as the economic clock ticks closer to recession and…
[ad_1] All that twinkly, glittery garishness associated with Christmas wrapping makes for a flashy presentation but it’s most definitely not a gift to the environment, says Winnipeg-based Green Action Centre. So while we’re dreaming of a white Christmas, we need to think more green, the group says. “It’s quite crazy, actually, the statistics surrounding how how much waste we…
[ad_1] Barcelona take on Celta Vigo before the Spanish La Liga Christmas break. The current league leaders can break away from the chasing pack with a win at the Camp Nou. But it won’t be easy against a Celta Vigo team that are unbeaten in their last three league games. A shock victory for Celta…
[ad_1] Ketogenic dieting has become a favorite pastime of Silicon Valley techies who want to hack their bodies to improve energy levels and performance. The regimen involves eating foods that are high in fat and some protein, while keeping carbohydrates to a minimum. The goal of ketogenic diets is to get body to a state…
[ad_1] Rates of adolescent depression and suicide are on the rise, and many parents and psychologists alike are linking this trend to the prevalence of smartphones and social media. According to a report by Influence Central, the average kid gets their first smartphone at age 10.3, and opens their first social media account by age…
[ad_1] Although 2017’s “Transformers: The Last Knight” grossed more than $600 million worldwide, it pulled in a relatively slim $130 million of that domestically and was hit by dismal reviews from fans and critics alike. “The Last Knight” was eclipsed by the third and fourth “Transformers’” installments, both of which pulled in more than $1…
[ad_1] Dillian Whyte will take on Dereck Chisora in a long-awaited rematch that taking place at the O2. The British duo first met in 2016 where Whyte emerged as the victor. However, the 12-round marathon was somewhat contested by fans that claimed Chisora was the rightful winner. David Haye has teamed up to manage Dereck…
[ad_1] The GST Council on Saturday cut rates on 23 commonly used goods and services, including TV screens, video game consoles, digital cameras, video camera recorders, and power banks. Monitors and TV screens up to 32-inches and power banks will attract 18 percent GST, as against 28 per cent earlier. Same is the case with…
[ad_1] Android 9 Pie released back in August and was originally only available for Google Pixel handsets the Essential Phone but has since debuted on a number of other devices from the likes of OnePlus, Sony and more. The new software brings a number of substantial upgrades that were not available in Android 8, Oreo.…
[ad_1] The Huawei Mate 20 Pro released back in October and is arguably the most capable Android smartphone on the market right now. Mate 20 Pro comes equipped with a gorgeous 6.39-inch display, a gargantuan 4,200mAh battery and comes with Android 9 Pie pre-installed. The hardware also has a triple-camera system that produces some of…
[ad_1] 2018 was rather special and interesting, from a software point of view. While tech giants continued to deliver futuristic, mind-bending and impressive software and services, they also realised their own software was chewing away our brains, making us all sloppy. We took a good look around to see which software and services were introduced…
[ad_1] PIXEL 3 AND PIXEL 3 XL DEALS Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL released last month and are certainly one of the best Android devices on the market. Both feature much-improved designs over their respective predecessors, come with Android 9 Pie pre-installed and have an even better camera. Google’s Pixel series of smartphones has…
[ad_1] It’s been a pivotal year for tech, as more information has come to light about the dark side of the tools billions of people use on a daily basis. And perhaps no company better epitomizes the current relationship between consumers and the world of tech than Facebook. For the social media giant, 2018 has brought a…
[ad_1] Amazon Echo review (Image: AMAZON) The Amazon Echo range continues to grow in size and popularity. These intelligent speakers not only bring music to your living room but also offer the ability to make your home much smarter. With more of us investing in this technology Amazon has just refreshed, and even added to…
[ad_1] Best smartphone of the year (Image: GETTY) It’s been another blockbuster year for tech with a swathe of new devices giving gadget fans plenty to get excited about. We’ve seen a plethora of new smartphones, wearables, headphones and smart home devices arriving in stores with many offering new technology and refreshed features. Express.co.uk has…
[ad_1] Android fans that own a Samsung Galaxy S8 or Galaxy Note 8 have received some great news. The South Korean tech giant are busy getting their Android Pie update ready for the Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+ and Note 9. The Android 9 update is expected to drop on this trio of Samsung smartphones in…
[ad_1] Liverpool will face off against Wolves at Molineux in the Premier League this evening. Liverpool go into today’s game at the top of the Premier League table with a slender one point lead over Manchester City. The Reds will be hoping to continue their push for their first ever Premier League title by scooping…
[ad_1] Nvidia’s rapid sell-off is a reminder of how much speculation went into its earlier run-up, when the company played squarely into the hype surrounding artificial intelligence. Researchers flocked to the company’s GPUs to accelerate the training of their complex models, and Nvidia sought to capitalize on the craze. Executives started talking more about AI…
[ad_1] While the stock market may be facing volatile times and investors can’t run away from so many assets moving down together, there’s a creative way to find uncorrelated returns. Investing in baseball players. A company called Big League Advance has raised more than $150 million to buy equity stakes in minor league baseball players.…
[ad_1] Shares of Snap are now worth less than $5 each for the first time as of Friday’s close. The stock hit a new low of $4.99 per share as the entire market fell on fears of an impending government shutdown and the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes announced Wednesday. The stock has declined fairly steadily…
[ad_1] Bellabeat, the company behind a variety of health and wellness wearable devices aimed at women, is now selling its first smartwatch. The device, which is simply called “Time,” was announced earlier this month right in the midst of holiday shopping season. Like other fitness trackers, the watch is capable of basic tasks like counting…
[ad_1] Viola Pruss went (almost) plastic-free for one month, her experiment part of CBC Atlantic’s Waves of Change series. Pruss wanted to see how achievable a plastic-free lifestyle was and what she could learn about her own plastic use from cutting it out of her life. Here’s what she had to say. Q: How did you define single-use plastics…
[ad_1] Yukon conservation officers are seeing more bear activity further into the winter season this year, and they’re asking the public to stay vigilant. A grizzly was euthanized just last week after wandering into the village of Mayo. Officials say the animal was stressed and in extremely poor condition. They say the late bear activity can…
[ad_1] Zurich-based ANYbotics’ is testing its robot ANYmal in extreme places. A team of researchers from the University ETH Zurich are using the dog-like robot to perform tests in the underground sewage systems in Zurich. The researchers are determining if the robot could be deployed to autonomously inspect sewage systems. ANYmal is also undergoing trials…
[ad_1] Uranus is a lopsided oddity, the only planet to spin on its side. Scientists now think they know how it got that way: It was pushed over by a rock at least twice as big as Earth. Detailed computer simulations show that an enormous rock crashed into the seventh planet from the sun, said…
[ad_1] IBM today announced that it has developed a small sensor that sits on a person’s fingernail to help monitor the effectiveness of drugs used to combat the symptoms of Parkinson’s and other diseases. Together with the custom software that analyzes the data, the sensor measures how the nail warps as the user grips something. Because virtually…
[ad_1] China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday it is resolutely opposed to accusations from the United States and other allies criticizing China for economic espionage, urging Washington to withdraw its accusations. The United States should also withdraw charges against two Chinese citizens, the ministry said, adding that China had never participated in or supported any…
[ad_1] We will be holding a small event during CES in Las Vegas and we want to see you! We’re looking to meet some cool hardware and crypto startups so the good folks at Work In Progress have opened up their space to us and 200 of you all to hold a meetup and pitch-off.…
[ad_1] Meet Spot, a beautifully-designed mobile app to control your cryptocurrencies. Spot looks like a portfolio tracking app. But the company has built a strong foundation to add more features in the coming months. Spot wants to be your unique gateway to the world of cryptocurrencies. “Spot’s vision isn’t to build a portfolio tracker —…
[ad_1] Apple‘s Siri has struggled to seem as smart as voice assistants from Amazon and Google, but new data from Loup Ventures‘ Gene Munster and Will Thompson suggests that Siri has made large improvements over the last six months. Munster and Thompson found that Siri correctly answered 74.6 percent of the 800 questions asked during…
[ad_1] Apple shares are in the crosshairs. After hitting records in October, the stock has slumped 33 percent in one of the worst performances on the Dow. Its technical setup is pointing to more pain, says Bill Baruch, president of Blue Line Futures. “Apple has gone lower than I thought it would,” Baruch said on…
[ad_1] While Google’s parent company Alphabet is still undeniably an advertising company, Google’s hardware business is finally shaping up, according to RBC. The companies line of products, which includes its Home smart speakers, Chromecast streaming devices, Nest cameras and thermostats and line of Pixel smartphones have “gained critical success and are starting to gain material…
[ad_1] Earlier this week, a video that claimed to thwart thieves who took packages from doorsteps with a glitter bomb went viral. Now, the former NASA engineer and YouTube star who made the video has confirmed that some of the thieves’ reactions were faked. Following initial hype, some internet denziens pointed out discrepancies in the…
[ad_1] Stellar, one of the leading names in data recovery domain in India, on Thursday announced the launch of new versions of its four flagship software for consumers. The updated Stellar Data Recovery for Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Stellar Photo Recovery are now available to download from the company’s website. Stellar Data Recovery for Windows…
[ad_1] While consumers have been slow to adopt the often clunky and expensive virtual reality hardware, enterprise applications in the corporate world are on the rise. This augmented and virtual reality space is a key area to watch for Epic and its main game engine competitor Unity Technologies. “They’re the ones powering that technology –…
[ad_1] There was countless gadgets released in 2018. It’s the end of the year so Brian and I rounded up the best of the best and the worst of the worst.Some where great! Like the Oculus Go. Or the Google Home Hub. But some were junk like the revived Palm or Playstation Classic. CES 2019…
[ad_1] Tencent Holdings shares jumped by as much as 4.2 percent on Friday after a regulatory official said that some new games have been cleared for sale after a lengthy freeze in approvals. Feng Shixin, a senior official of the ruling Communist Party’s Propaganda department, said in a speech at a gaming conference in Haikou…
[ad_1] Can you take a vacation from your cellphone? A growing number of hotels will help you find out. Some resorts are offering perks, like snorkelling tours and s’mores, to guests who manage to give up their phones for a few hours. Some have phone-free hours at their pools; others are banning distracting devices from…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris |Bloomberg | Getty Images Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, left, speaks as Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook, listens during a town hall meeting at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. Facebook is reportedly working on a cryptocurrency for global payments. The social media…
[ad_1] Uber Technologies on Thursday is resuming limited self-driving car testing on public roads in Pittsburgh, nine months after it suspended the program following a deadly accident in Arizona. The return of testing comes days after the state of Pennsylvania granted Uber permission to resume testing. The relaunch is a significant reduction from Uber’s previous self-driving…
[ad_1] Athanasios Gioumpasis | Getty Images Passengers stranded at Gatwick wait for updates on their travel options on December 20, 2018. Technology that stops drones delivering contraband to prisons could be used to prevent chaotic flight disruptions like those seen at London’s Gatwick Airport this week, an industry expert told CNBC. A drone flying in…
[ad_1] SoftBank Group Corp is nearing a deal to invest $1.5 billion (roughly Rs. 10,500 crores) in Grab, three times a previously expected $500 million (roughly Rs. 3,500 crores), as Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing firm looks to expand, a person with knowledge of the matter said. Six-year old Grab has so far raised over $6.5 billion,…
[ad_1] Tesla is losing a battery manufacturing leader, Jens Peter Clausen, to Zymergen, a synthetic biology company funded by Softbank. Clausen’s move is the latest in a string of executive departures from Tesla. As CNBC previously reported, more than 40 executives have left this year as the company contended with a difficult production ramp-up for…
[ad_1] Dell India on Friday launched two new Inspiron 5000 series laptops with 8th generation Intel chips and Dell Cinema software for an immersive experience. The 14-inch Dell Inspiron 5480 laptop starts at Rs. 36,990 while the 15-inch Dell Inspiron 5580 will begin from Rs. 37,990, the company said in a statement. They will be available…
[ad_1] A trade war between the world’s two largest economies is likely to evolve into a dispute over intellectual property rights over the coming months, one analyst told CNBC Friday, with Apple set to bear the brunt of any further fallout. A long-running trade dispute between the U.S. and China has rattled financial markets in…
[ad_1] The Consumer Electronics Show, like Burning Man, is a massive event in the middle of the desert. Also like Burning Man it is populated by some of the greatest minds in technology. But, unlike Burning Man, these people are all dressed and only a few of them are on hard psychotropic drugs. Also CES…
[ad_1] Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is joining the ranks of billionaires pledging to donate the majority of their wealth for the greater good. Brian Armstrong on Thursday officially signed the Giving Pledge, started by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in 2010. Signatories are either billionaires, or would-be billionaires if it weren’t for their generosity, who…
[ad_1] Child pornography is being openly and widely shared on WhatsApp Messenger, a research from two Israeli NGOs claims. The messaging app, which was bought by Facebook in 2014, is failing hard to control the problem despite banning thousands of accounts every day. The revelation comes less than two years after a global operation led…
[ad_1] Google Home is the American tech giant’s smart speaker that comes in a variety of different models. The Google Home Mini is the smallest version of the smart speaker that is just as capable as its bigger brothers thanks to its built-in Google Assistant functionality. In fact, the hardware is currently being sold for…
[ad_1] The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a notification giving sweeping powers to 10 government agencies to snoop on any computer in the country. In the order dated Thursday, December 20, the ministry has enabled Intelligence Bureau, Narcotics Control Bureau, Enforcement Directorate, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Central Bureau of…
[ad_1] PIXEL 3 AND PIXEL 3 XL DEALS Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are one of the best Android phones of the year thanks to a legion of alluring features. Although neither phones feature industry-leading designs, they are first-in-class when it comes to smartphone photography and software. Both Google handsets run a stock version…
[ad_1] Apple has elevated John Giannandrea to the company’s executive team as Senior Vice President of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy. Giannandrea, who joined Apple from Google in April, oversees the strategy for AI and ML across products and services, as well as the development of Core ML and Siri technologies. His…
[ad_1] Galaxy S10 is set to succeed the Galaxy S9 and is presumed to arrive at Mobile World Congress (MWC), a technology show taking place in February. The hardware has been heavily rumoured to introduce a number of substantial innovations both aesthetically and internally to the product line. It has been claimed at least three…
[ad_1] A common refrain in our culture now is: plastic is evil. After all, plastics are harming marine life and might even be accumulating in our bodies. Canada’s governments have committed to some sort of action, but it remains to be seen whether they will use evidence and the lessons learned from today’s programs to get the best…
[ad_1] Swarm Technologies will pay a $900,000 (roughly Rs. 6.3 crores) fine for launching and operating four small experimental communications satellites that risked “satellite collisions” and threatened “critical commercial and government satellite operations,” the Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday. The California-based start-up founded by former Google and Apple engineers in 2016 also agreed to enhanced…
[ad_1] A coordinated offensive against Chinese cyber-espionage from the United States and its allies shows a different approach to countering what they call theft of commercial and government secrets. The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand joined Washington on Thursday in condemning cyber-espionage on the same day that Washington indicted two Chinese nationals, Zhu…
[ad_1] The UK’s second busiest airport, Gatwick, reopened its runway early this morning after a day of shutdown triggered after drones were repeatedly spotting flying nearby. In a media statement issued at 08:00 GMT this morning, the airport said it reopened the runway at 06:00 and that a “limited number” of aircraft are now taking…
[ad_1] Gboard and Google Photos have made headlines again this week. Google has announced that Gboard for Android now supports more than 500 language varieties. In the meanwhile, Google has also increased the limit of uploads to private albums. To recall, Google launched the virtual keyboard on Android in 2016 with support for nearly 100…
[ad_1] Outlook is Microsoft’s email client that replaced Hotmail back in 2013. The software received a huge makeover this year that introduced a more contemporary aesthetic overall. In fact, at the start of this month the Outlook app was updated for iOS platforms, bringing it up to speed with desktops and Android. During the announcement…
[ad_1] Security research firm SecureAuth has discovered multiple serious vulnerabilities in drivers distributed with various Asus and Gigabyte hardware components, which could give remote attackers the ability to execute code on a victim’s PC. The drivers are used by software utilities to let users control various features that these manufacturers implement, including RGB LED lighting…
[ad_1] An outage appears to be affecting the core services of the Facebook website, login and Facebook Messenger services. A surge of reports on sites like Downdetector suggests that servers may be down for a small group of users. Issues started to be flagged earlier tonight and appear to be connected with logging into accounts.…
[ad_1] The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a notification giving sweeping powers to 10 government agencies to snoop on any computer in the country. In the order dated Thursday, December 20, the ministry has enabled Intelligence Bureau, Narcotics Control Bureau, Enforcement Directorate, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Central Bureau of…
[ad_1] Beijing sees cyber espionage as necessary for China’s national progress and will not be ending the practice on current terms, an expert said on Friday after the U.S. Justice Department announced hacking charges against two Chinese nationals. “I think it is very fair to say that China sees this cyber espionage for economic purposes…
[ad_1] Google has released a new American holiday-season ad for its series of products — the Pixel 3 XL, the Home Hub, the Home Mini, and the Nest doorbell and thermostat — that brings back Macaulay Culkin as a much older version of his character Kevin McCallister from the 1990 movie Home Alone. It’s a…
[ad_1] Walmart may not be the first name that comes to mind when most consumers think about e-commerce, but the rapid rise of delivery services in China is pushing the U.S. retailer to new innovations in Asia’s largest economy. E-commerce accounts for more than 20 percent of retail sales in China, the highest and fastest…
[ad_1] WhatsApp is known to release new features for its users regularly, and today, the company is reportedly rolling out the Picture-in-Picture mode for WhatsApp Web users globally. The rollout is said to be gradual, and should be seen by all users in a few weeks. The PiP mode will work only on shared videos…
[ad_1] IBM is hard at work trying to disentangle the concepts behind artificial intelligence (AI) to clients, explaining to them how the technology makes decisions. Eighty-two percent of C-suite executives it researched said they wanted to use AI but were concerned about unconscious bias and the skills needed. It’s offering AI for a range of…
[ad_1] Facebook is working on making a cryptocurrency that will let users transfer money on its WhatsApp messaging app, focusing first on the remittances market in India, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is developing a stablecoin – a type of digital currency pegged to the US dollar – to minimise volatility, said the people,…
[ad_1] Snapping a screenshot across a plethora of various mobile and desktop devices can be confusing at times. Computer platforms like Mac and PC go about taking screenshots in completely different manners. Things get even more complicated when considering the hundreds of different phone models on the market. If you are struggling to remember all…
[ad_1] Apple on Thursday changed how it reports on US national security requests for user data, bringing its procedures more in line with those of technology rivals such as Microsoft Corp and Alphabet’s Google. In its first-half 2018 transparency report on government data requests to its website, Apple separated out National Security Letters and requests under the Foreign…
[ad_1] Two bear cubs that somehow managed to get stuck in a recycling facility dumpster had to be rescued by conservation officers in Sooke, B.C., on Monday. It’s not clear how the cubs climbed up and into the dumpster — but once in — they couldn’t get out. Sgt. Scott Norris with the B.C. Conservation Service says…
[ad_1] When people see Jim Maidment using his motorized skiing invention, they sometimes stop their cars to get a closer look. “I’ve had people traipse across frozen ponds with three feet [about a metre] of snow just to get to me,” said the Newfoundland and Labrador resident. The Skizee Woodsrunner is powered by a four-stroke…
[ad_1] Months after a self-driving Uber operating in autonomous mode struck and killed a woman in the U.S., the company is returning its test fleet to Toronto’s streets — but with humans at the wheel. Last March, Elaine Herzberg, 49, was struck and killed just outside Phoenix, Ariz. The death prompted intense scrutiny of the company’s technology and the safety…
[ad_1] If you’ve seen what looks like long, wet strips of toilet paper floating in the Bow River recently, don’t panic. It’s not an increase in litter, just an extremely ugly native algae that’s built up in the river right now, and one with an equally gross name: rock snot. “It is ugly, it’s not nice to see and…
[ad_1] Canada’s current climate-change plans leave it 79 million tonnes shy of its greenhouse-gas emissions targets but Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says most of that gap will be closed if Canadians switch to electric cars and public transit more quickly. Canada aims to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and similar gases to 513 million tonnes…
[ad_1] It is one of the most admired planets in our solar system: Saturn. But a new study suggests that the ringed beauty will lose its most stunning feature. According to the study published in the journal Icarus, Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun and the only one in our solar system with such…
[ad_1] Altria provided investors with some updated financial guidance in the announcement. It warned that its full-year adjusted earnings per share will be slightly below the low end of its long-term 7 to 9 percent adjusted earnings because of the debt it’s incurred from its investments in Juul and Canadian cannabis company Cronos. Altria invested…
[ad_1] Juul’s 1,500 employees are getting a $2 billion bonus from Altria, averaging about $1.3 million each, as part of the tobacco giant’s $12.8 billion investment in the e-cigarette maker, people familiar with the matter told CNBC. The bonus is being paid out as a special dividend as part of the deal, which was announced…
[ad_1] Bloomberg | Getty Images John Giannandrea, senior vice president of artificial intelligence and machine learning strategy at Apple, speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2017. Apple on Thursday said John Giannandrea, the company’s recently appointed senior vice president of artificial intelligence and machine learning strategy, is now part of the company’s executive team. He reports…
[ad_1] The Nasdaq Composite entered bear market territory Thursday as Wall Street sold off pricey technology stocks amid steep valuations, increased regulatory concerns and fears of slowing economic growth. The tech-heavy benchmark lost nearly 3 percent at its low of the day, bringing its losses to more than 20 percent from a record reached at…
[ad_1] GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and General Electric all made key announcements Wednesday signaling that health-care companies are shifting to focus their businesses on their greatest strengths and abandoning the diversification strategies that have characterized health care for the past two decades. First, a quick summary of their moves: GSK and Pfizer announced that they are merging…
[ad_1] Hackers working on behalf of China’s Ministry of State Security breached the networks of Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM, then used their access to hack into their clients’ computers, according to five sources familiar with the attacks. The attacks were part of a Chinese campaign known as Cloudhopper, which the United States and Britain…
[ad_1] Robinhood’s botched attempt to launch checking and savings accounts did not go over well with lawmakers. In a letter to regulators Thursday, U.S. senators said they were “concerned” that Robinhood and other fintech companies may be dodging regulatory scrutiny. They asked U.S. financial watchdogs how they plan to police start-ups that are moving into…
[ad_1] Criminals are currently exploiting a newly found flaw in several popular versions of Microsoft‘s Internet Explorer browser, according to the company, security researchers at Google and the Department of Homeland Security. Attackers can use the vulnerability to gain broad access to computer systems, according to the U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). The flaw…
[ad_1] If you’ve ever dreamed of being a sports commentator, it’s never been easier to get your voice out to the public, in a high-quality professional way. A new company called SportsCastr is allowing amateurs the chance to get behind the mic, broadcast games and offer their own sports commentary. Using a mobile phone, the…
[ad_1] Back in March came the surprising news that a satellite communications company still more or less in stealth mode had launched several tiny craft into orbit — against the explicit instructions of the FCC. The company, Swarm Technologies, now faces a $900,000 penalty from the agency as well as extra oversight of its continuing…
[ad_1] Software that originated at Microsoft is seeing major adoption at Google, a top Microsoft executive said on Wednesday. The open-source Visual Studio Code application works on many operating systems. It’s a manifestation of the new Microsoft that’s less centered on Windows and more willing to work with other technologies, and rivals. “The majority of…
[ad_1] Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2018 Holiday Gift Guide! Need more gift ideas? Check out our Gift Guide Hub. Buying the right stuff as a new parent is tough. Buying the right things for a new parent? Even harder. There’s just way, way too much junk out there marketed at new parents. A lot of it…
[ad_1] WhatsApp chat groups are being used to spread illegal child pornography, cloaked by the app’s end-to-end encryption. Without the necessary number of human moderators, the disturbing content is slipping by WhatsApp’s automated systems. A report reviewed by TechCrunch from two Israeli NGOs details how third-party apps for discovering WhatsApp groups include “Adult” sections that…
[ad_1] Coinbase has launched its cryptocurrency trading platform in more markets as the firm plans an “aggressive” international push next year. The company said Thursday it had expanded its product to several European countries and overseas territories, including Lithuania, Iceland, Andorra, Gibraltar, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Zeeshan Feroz, Coinbase’s U.K. CEO, said the…
[ad_1] If you’re a young investor, your rate of return typically matters less than your savings rate, said James Sweeney, a CFP and founder of Switchpoint Financial Planning in Lehi, Utah. He provided an example: If you’re 30 with $20,000 invested, whether you earn a 10 percent or a 5 percent annual return will only…
[ad_1] To pick a single pepper takes about 24 seconds, though the researchers say they purposefully slowed down the robot’s movements for safety reasons. Sweeper is also equipped with LED lights so that it can work regardless of the time of day, for about 20 hours/day. Still, the robot is far from perfect, with only…
[ad_1] A recurring complaint from cryptocurrency participants is the idea of applying a 72-year-old securities law to digital currencies. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission uses what’s known as the “Howey Test,” which comes from a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving a Floridian citrus farmer to determine whether or not a cryptocurrency is a…
[ad_1] Smart speakers that let you control services and other connected devices in your home will continue to be a popular gift choice during the holiday season and into next year, when usage is set to rise by 15 percent to 74.2 million people in the US, working out to 26.8 percent of the US…
[ad_1] Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. Twitter plunged nearly 12 percent on Thursday after a report from an investor group that called the company “toxic” to advertisers and investors. Citron Research, led…
[ad_1] Satellite startup Cloud Constellation closed a $100 million batch of funding. Based in Los Angeles, Cloud Constellation wants to launch Space Belt, a network of data centers built on satellites in orbit. “We’re eliminating the risk [of data breaches] associated with terrestrial infrastructure,” Dennis Gatens, Cloud Constellation chief commercial officer, told CNBC. “We’re bringing…
[ad_1] Apple has confirmed to The Verge that some iPad Pro models come slightly bent out of the box due to a manufacturing process. According to Apple, it shouldn’t impact your iPad in any way. But if you buy a new iPad Pro, please make sure that it’s not bent in case you want to…
[ad_1] Drew Angerer | Getty Images Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning foreign influence in use of social media platforms, on Capitol Hill, September 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. Citron Research set a new $20 a share price target for Twitter on Thursday after an eye-opening report…
[ad_1] Already this holiday season, a record $110.6 billion has been spent online, an increase of nearly 18 percent from a year ago, according to a new report. The surge in internet spending comes as retailers like Target and Walmart have been investing in their websites, adding more convenient delivery options or dropping shipping fees…
[ad_1] Mystery drone operator/s have grounded flights at the UK’s second largest airport, disrupting the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of people hoping to get away over the festive period. The BBC reports that Gatwick Airport’s runway has been shut since Wednesday night on safety grounds, after drones were spotted being flown repeatedly over…
[ad_1] How do you measure a chicken’s happiness? Is it in the way it runs for food? How much time it spends preening? To size up what might make chickens happy in their brief lives, researchers at the University of Guelph in Ontario are putting 16 breeds through physical fitness and behavioural tests. They’re watching how well birds scramble…
[ad_1] Apple will allow iOS users to gift in-app purchases, not just paid apps, according to a change to the company’s App Store Review Guidelines spotted this week. This means developers may soon have the tools to allow users to purchase virtual goods or even subscriptions through their app, which can then be gifted to…
[ad_1] Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein listens as US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attends the first day of his confirmation hearing in front of the US Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, on September 4, 2018. The Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against Chinese nationals…
[ad_1] JioMoney app for iPhone updated to version 3.17.9466 Reliance Jio’s Jio Money app for iPhone users has just received a big update, and it brings along the ability to recharge metro cards for users in Mumbai and Hyderabad. It now also allows users in select cities to pay their traffic challans via the digital…
[ad_1] Qualcomm was granted a second injunction against Apple Thursday, banning it from selling some iPhone models in Germany that use chips from Intel and parts from another supplier, Qorvo. Apple stock was up less than half a percent at the open. This is the second major win for Qualcomm against Apple after a Chinese…
[ad_1] Gboard for Android now supports more than 500 languages. Google launched the virtual keyboard on Android in 2016 with support for nearly 100 different language varieties and since then, it keeps on expanding and getting new languages. Separately, Google has upgraded the private album limit on Google Photos to 20,000 images. The search giant…
[ad_1] Similarly, Dr. Leslie Saxon, division chief for cardiovascular medicine at the University of Southern California, has publicly praised Apple for helping people take control of their health. The early days of Apple’s ECG are forcing a balancing act between democratizing health data and turning too many patients into untrained MDs. Apple has stressed that…
[ad_1] After a long year fighting underage use of its products, Juul Labs has today struck a deal with Altria Group, the owners of Philip Morris USA and makers of Marlboro cigarettes. The deal values Juul at $38 billion, according to Bloomberg, and injects the company with a fresh $12.8 billion in exchange for a…
[ad_1] 2018 has been an eventful year for WhatsApp. From the introduction of plethora of interesting and useful features to dealing with the spread of fake and bogus information, there was no dull day for WhatsApp executives in the country this year. With over 220 million users, India is currently the biggest market globally for…
[ad_1] Uber’s self-driving cars are back on the road Thursday, nine months after a fatal accident in Arizona stalled development and pushed the company into lengthy reviews. The company says it conducted a “top-to-bottom” audit of its safety policies. It previously vowed to improve operations before returning self-driving vehicles to the road. Uber pulled all…
[ad_1] Canada’s BlackBerry reported a quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates on Thursday, as the company’s focus on fast-growing areas, including autonomous cars, boosted billings in its technology solutions unit. BlackBerry’s US-listed shares were up 3 percent in early trading. The company has shifted to selling software to manage mobile devices, and more recently to driverless…
[ad_1] The saying goes: ask for forgiveness, not permission. But when it comes to Facebook there’s a common line of defense in response to persistent concerns over how it handles user data: We did it with permission. After the New York Times reported Facebook gave tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Netflix special access to…
[ad_1] Online food delivery service provider Swiggy said it has raised $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,000 crores) in its latest funding round, led by South African Internet giant Naspers. Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings, Hillhouse Capital and Wellington Management Company took part in the funding round, together with Swiggy’s existing investors, DST Global, Meituan Dianping…
[ad_1] A user of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant in Germany got access to more than a thousand recordings from another user because of “a human error” by the company. The customer had asked to listen back to recordings of his own activities made by Alexa but he was also able to access 1,700 audio files…
[ad_1] Bitcoin has surpassed $4,000 for the first time in two weeks, continuing to break away from a months-long rout. The price of the world’s best-known cryptocurrency climbed almost 8 percent to $4,032 on Thursday, according to CoinDesk’s index tracker. The last time the digital currency was trading at the $4,000 level was on Dec.…
[ad_1] One of the biggest providers of domain names and web hosting in Europe is changing hands today. One.com, which has around 1.5 million customers mainly across the north of the region, has been sold by private equity firm Accel-KKR to Cinven, another PE player that focuses on investments in Europe. Terms of the deal…
[ad_1] Uber has lost its latest court bid to stop its British drivers being classified as workers, entitling them to rights such as the minimum wage, in a decision which jeopardises the taxi app’s business model. Two drivers successfully argued at a tribunal in 2016 that the Silicon Valley firm exerted significant control over them…
[ad_1] Xiaomi has finally kicked off the beta testing of its Mi Pay digital payments platform in India. The Beijing-headquartered company has partnered with ICICI Bank and PayU to launch the Mi Pay platform in the country. Originally, Mi Pay debuted as an NFC-based payments service in China by partnering with China UnionPay. The India…
[ad_1] Every year, Environment and Climate Change Canada releases its top ten weather stories. And this year, there was no shortage of extreme weather events across the country. From coast-to-coast-to-coast, virtually nowhere was spared extreme weather in 2018. But people are most likely remember the raging wildfires that consumed British Columbia, the number one story…
[ad_1] If you are looking to save some money on your home broadband before the festive period then there’s some good deals from Virgin Media. The TV and internet firm has just launched a flash sale with customers able to save £120 off their bill. YOU CAN FIND THE VIRGIN MEDIA BROADBAND DEALS HERE The…
[ad_1] Three astronauts returned to Earth Thursday after more than six months aboard the International Space Station. A Russian Soyuz capsule with NASA’s Serena Aunon-Chancellor, Russian Sergey Prokopyev and German astronaut Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency landed on the snow-covered steppes in Kazakhstan, about 140 kilometres southeast of the city of Dzhezkazgan. They touched…
[ad_1] HUAWEI P20 PRO DEALS Huawei P20 Pro released towards the start of the year but has remained one of the best handsets on the market. The hardware comes with a gorgeous 6.1-inch AMOLED display that offers vibrant colours and excellent viewing angles. And the device is powered by Huawei’s own Kirin 970 chipset that…
[ad_1] GALAXY NOTE 9 DEALS Galaxy Note 9 is certainly one of the best phones of 2018 thanks to its legion of incredible features. The device offers one of the biggest displays on the market, has an enormous battery and has a built-in stylus support that you cannot find on its biggest rivals. Note 9…
[ad_1] Google has denied it altered YouTube code to break Microsoft Edge, thus slowing down its performance while users streamed YouTube videos – a claim made by a former Microsoft intern. Microsoft Edge is a Web browser included in Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, and Xbox One devices, replacing Internet Explorer as the default Web…
[ad_1] Samsung is about to reveal its next generation of 4K TVs with these popular gadgets set for a radical new look. The Korean technology firm revealed its original ‘Frame’ concept for lifestyle TVs last year with these devices blending into the surroundings of your home. But now they are about to release a new…
[ad_1] Galaxy S10 is expected to be announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in February and is presumed to deliver a substantial upgrade for the Samsung faithful. Galaxy S10 has been rumoured to arrive in at least three variants; the first two have been said to be standard and “+” models of the hardware that…
[ad_1] Microsoft has launched a Windows 10 app for their Office suite users, who frequently use the Web versions of the apps. The app provides an experience similar to what users get when they log onto Office.com – where links to all the web versions of all Office apps are conveniently linked along with quick…
[ad_1] P20 Pro released back in March and was critically-acclaimed for its swathe of laudable features. In fact, Express.co.uk awarded the hardware five out of five stars in our review. Technology Editor David Snelling said: “Huawei has been making smartphones for years but nothing has grabbed our attention quite like the P20 Pro. “This flagship…
[ad_1] Google Home is the Mountain View firm’s smart speaker offering that comes in a number of models. The smallest and most affordable version of the device is the Google Home Mini. In fact Currys is currently discounting the product by £20 as part of a holiday sale. A list of Google Home Mini offers…
[ad_1] A University of Calgary professor says he’s concerned about what he calls “climate misinformation” presented by a Conservative member of Parliament last week to junior high students in Red Deer. On Friday, Conservative MP Blaine Calkins was taking questions from Grade 7 and 8 students of École La Prairie when one asked about the carbon…
[ad_1] Potato crops do not perform well in high temperatures, according to a new research paper, and that could be a problem as the weather warms with climate change. Om Rajora, one of the authors of the study, said they tested 55 different varieties, or cultivars, of potatoes, including russet Burbank, a workhorse of the…
[ad_1] B.C.’s provincial government has closed the area around a newly discovered cave thought to be Canada’s largest for the sake of its preservation and public safety — threatening a $1-million fine for those who don’t stay away. A helicopter crew came across the cavern in the northeastern corner of Wells Gray Provincial Park in March. It’s…
[ad_1] Two more areas of B.C. waters have officially been deemed “critical habitat” for southern and northern resident killer whales. The designation means the two areas of ocean — from Swiftsure Bank at the entrance to the Juan de Fuca Strait north to La Perouse Bank near Tofino; and the western Dixon Entrance north of Haida Gwaii — are now…
[ad_1] While wine producers had an increasingly global outlook, the sector was also experiencing a trend similar to the rise of microbreweries in beer production – particularly in the Champagne region. “More and more of the new generation (of vineyard owners) have this idea to withdraw the grapes from big wine houses and focus on…
[ad_1] Christophe Morin/IP3 | Getty Images News | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc. attends the Viva Tech start-up and technology gathering at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 24, 2018 in Paris, France. Facebook on Wednesday evening published a blog post explaining why it allowed Spotify,…
[ad_1] The company announced its plans to spin off GE Healthcare, under the leadership of CEO Kieran Murphy, in late June. General Electric has previously said spinning out the health unit makes sense because it allows the company to double down on its core industrial and energy businesses. However, the terms of the spin off…
[ad_1] Jason Chute | Unicef The first baby to be vaccinated by the commercial drone delivered vaccine, Joy Nowai, with her mother Julie Nowai. “Today’s first-of-a-kind vaccine delivery has enormous potential not only for Vanuatu, but also for the thousands of children who are missing out on vaccines across the world,” Henrietta H. Fore, Unicef’s…
[ad_1] Walgreens Boots Alliance is teaming with Verily, Alphabet’s life sciences unit, on improving outcomes for patients with chronic conditions, the companies announced. The partnership would increase access to Verily’s technology by deploying them at Walgreens’ pharmacies. A big focus for the companies will be medication adherence, which costs the U.S. health care system some…
[ad_1] In the city, we’re constantly saturated with the radio waves from ten or twenty different routers, cell towers, and other wireless infrastructure. But in rural communities there might only be one internet connection for a whole village. LibreRouter is a hardware and software project that looks to let those communities build their own modern,…
[ad_1] In some cases, buying shares of companies facing lawsuits can pay off if you’re patient and willing to withstand headline risk, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday. Right now, there are five high-profile situations “where lawsuits are or could be front and center” for stocks, Cramer said: the Qualcomm-Apple dispute, the lawsuits facing Johnson &…
[ad_1] Wall Street may have balked at Micron Technology’s most recent earnings report, driving shares of the chipmaker to a new 52-week low Wednesday, but the company’s CEO told CNBC that the weakness wouldn’t last very long. The “most important thing is that the end-market demand drivers for memory and storage continue to be vibrant,”…
[ad_1] Getty Images CEO Tim Cook (L) and senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue of Apple speak as they walk after lunch during the Allen & Co. annual conference at the Sun Valley Resort on July 11, 2013 in Sun Valley, Idaho. While cutting iPhone estimates for Apple’s fiscal 2019, Jefferies…
[ad_1] WhatsApp is making group calls easier with a change to the way its mobile app works. Before, users would have to start a 1:1 video call, then add participants – there wasn’t an option to begin a group call at once, the company says. Now, the design has been updated so you can start…
[ad_1] M&A activity was brisk in the enterprise market this year, with 10 high-profile deals totaling almost $88 billion. Companies were opening up their wallets and pouring money into mega acquisitions. It’s worth noting that the $88 billion figure doesn’t include Dell paying investors more than $23 billion for VMware tracking stock to take the…
[ad_1] A Tesla Model S caught fire Tuesday in a business parking lot in Los Gatos, according to the Santa Clara County Fire Department, then reignited hours later at a tow yard in Campbell. The silver Tesla Model S initially caught fire a little after 2 p.m. in the parking lot of Los Gatos Tire…
[ad_1] When it comes to shift workers communicating with each other in the workplace when they are not face-to-face, gone are the days of cork announcement boards. Now, the messaging app is the medium, and today one of the startups tackling that opportunity in a unique way has raised a round of funding to get…
[ad_1] Digital assistants, like Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa, are making inroads in the office market, providing employers unimaginable levels of data to improve decision-making. But to do so, these AI technologies will monitor employees' every word. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] If you have quite a few freeloaders on your account, your viewing experience can harshly interrupted by Netflix’s simultaneous streaming limits. Luckily, Netflix provides an easy way to kick them off. If you’re viewing on your computer, click on the drop down arrow on the right side of the page and select “Account.” Under…
[ad_1] Elon Musk has SpaceX. Richard Branson has Virgin Galactic. And Jeff Bezos has Blue Origin. These titans of entrepreneurship are ushering in a new generation of human spaceflight. So who’s the most important space entrepreneur? “There are different levels of importance,” Terry Virts — a NASA astronaut who has spent seven months living in…
[ad_1] Microsoft today announced a new Office app that’s now available to Windows Insiders and that will soon roll out to all Windows 10 users. The new Office app will replace the existing My Office app (yeah, those names…). While the existing app was mostly about managing Office 365 subscriptions, the new app provides significantly…
[ad_1] Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., listens during a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. I’m not deleting Facebook. But I’m content not using it as much in the future, and…
[ad_1] The Washington, D.C., attorney general said Wednesday it will sue Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal on Wednesday. The lawsuit was first reported in The Washington Post. D.C. prosecutors said in the lawsuit that Facebook misled users in violation of the District’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act by allowing them to download an app produced…
[ad_1] As Christmas fast approaches, children around the world are anxiously anticipating the arrival of Santa Claus. Now, those children lucky enough to have parents who drive Chevrolets will be able to track his deliveries through General Motors’ OnStar information and communication system. The automaker is getting in on a decades-old tradition started by the…
[ad_1] Cloud Spanner, Google’s globally distributed relational database service, is getting a bit more distributed today with the launch of a new region and new ways to set up multi-region configurations. The service is also getting a new feature that gives developers deeper insights into their most resource-consuming queries. With this update, Google is adding…
[ad_1] The Harvard Crimson (2003) Harvard’s student newspaper interviewed Zuckerberg in 2003 about his pre-Facebook project, facemash.com, which asked students to rate the attractiveness of their classmates. Pictures were scraped from housing websites and uploaded. The website quickly caused outrage and was permanently taken down. A then-19-year-old Zuckerberg said: “Issues about violating people’s privacy don’t…
[ad_1] Google just released an advert for Google Assistant and its band of merry products. It’s really good. Basically the ad is Home Alone reimagined, but this time Macaulay Culkin plays an adult Kevin who home alone with a house full of devices controlled by Google Assistant. Obviously. And for the sake of objectivity, I…
[ad_1] Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify following a break during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Facebook tumbled more than 4 percent Wednesday following a spate of bad news,…
[ad_1] A coalition of twenty-two consumer and public health advocacy groups, led by Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) and Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), have today filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission asking them to investigate and sanction Google for how its Google Play Store markets apps to children. The complaint states…
[ad_1] Uber lost an appeal against a landmark 2016 ruling that the ride-hailing firm should treat its U.K. drivers as workers entitled to benefits like a minimum wage and holiday pay. A majority of judges at the U.K.’s Court of Appeal, the second-highest court in the land, ruled in favor of Uber drivers James Farrar…
[ad_1] Sprout Social, a social media monitoring, marketing and analytics service with 25,000 business customers that helps these organizations manage their public profiles and interact with customers across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Google+ (soon to RIP), has raised $40.5 million in funding in order expand its business internationally and add more functionality to…
[ad_1] Blythe Masters, the first and most notable Wall Street banker to go blockchain, is stepping down as CEO of the technology start-up Digital Asset Holdings. Masters joined the blockchain company as CEO in 2015, bringing credibility to what at the time was an almost unheard of emerging technology. She is stepping down for person…
[ad_1] UBS is forecasting bricks-and-mortar stores can still deliver about 1 percent of sales gains annually, assuming U.S. retail sales overall keep climbing at a rate of about 3 percent. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Google announced today it’s now using mobile-first indexing for over half the web pages shown in its search results globally – a significant milestone in Google’s move to favor mobile sites over desktop sites in its search results. The plans for the project have been in the works for years. The company had first…
[ad_1] Dataiku wants to turn buzzwords into an actual service. The company has been focused on data tools for many years, before everybody started talking about big data, data science and machine learning. And the company just raised $101 million in a round led by Iconiq Capital with Alven Capital, Battery Ventures, Dawn Capital and…
[ad_1] Fingers crossed, and with my wife probably silently wishing I’d called to confirm the reservation myself, we walked into the relatively empty restaurant. I walked to the host stand and said my name is Todd Haselton and I have a reservation for 6:45. “OK great,” the host said, ready to show me to my…
[ad_1] Uber, Addison Lee and other private hire taxi operators in London will no longer be exempt from paying a weekday charge for entering the city centre, as Mayor Sadiq Khan continues his bid to improve air quality. Most drivers entering London’s central zone, spanning King’s Cross in the north, the City in the east,…
[ad_1] Facebook gave tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Netflix unprecedented access to user information, according to an investigation by The New York Times. The partnerships are the latest in a long series of privacy concerns surrounding Facebook, and a potential violation of the company’s 2011 agreement with the Federal Trade Commission. Facebook has been…
[ad_1] You can try but you can’t hide seems to be the mantra of Facebook’s advertising system that utilises users’ location to target ads. One American researcher recently discovered that there is virtually no way to stop Facebook from trying to determine your location even if you have turned off Facebook’s access to your location…
[ad_1] S3studio | Getty Images News | Getty Images In this photo illustration the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is seen on August 13 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Bitcoin is finally rallying again. After weeks of pain for the world’s largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin surged 10 percent to a high of $3,929.10, according to data from…
[ad_1] Asus on Wednesday launched two laptops in India that are powered by latest-generation AMD Ryzen Mobile processors with Radeon Vega graphics. While the F570 gaming laptop is available from Rs. 52,990, the VivoBook 15 (X505) is priced from Rs. 30,990 to Rs. 35,990. The two laptops will be available exclusively via Paytm Mall online, apart…
[ad_1] Surgery can be painful and expensive, with long recovery times and powerful painkillers to get you through it. The most common surgery, gallbladder removal, requires at least four incisions on the abdomen. One Silicon Valley company is changing all of that by using an old technology in a new way. Levita Magnetics reduces the…
[ad_1] Microsoft earlier this month announced that it is parting ways with its EdgeHTML rendering engine to base its Edge browser on the Chromium open-source Web browser project. While the move was at one end initially believed as another step by the Redmond giant to please the open source community, it was at the other…
[ad_1] Brendan McDermid | Reuters Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the Anti-Defamation League’s “Never is Now” summit in New York City, December 3, 2018 Jefferies became the latest Wall Street firm to lower expectations for Apple’s stock on weakness in the iPhone supply chain. “It could get worse before it gets better,” Jefferies analyst…
[ad_1] The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has approved Uber’s request to resume testing of autonomous vehicles on public roads in the Pittsburgh area. The approval, effective Monday and lasting for one year, comes about nine months after one of Uber’s autonomous test vehicles hit and killed an Arizona pedestrian. Testing was suspended after March 18…
[ad_1] Social media companies were “willfully blind” to Russia’s misinformation campaign undermining the 2016 U.S. election and it’s time to dump stocks in the industry, money manager Ross Gerber told CNBC. The co-founder and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management thinks Facebook, Facebook-owned Instagram, and Twitter are a liability and predicts things could…
[ad_1] Nearly two dozen consumer, privacy and public health groups are urging US regulators to investigate whether children are being endangered by deceptive apps in Google’s app store for smartphones running on its Android software. The 102-page complaint filed Wednesday with the Federal Trade Commission alleges Google’s Play Store is harming kids by allowing apps that…
[ad_1] Ben Nelms | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co., leaves her home under the supervision of security in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. The Huawei sanctions fraud case rattled markets, stunned the tech world and put U.S. agencies on the spot. All three…
[ad_1] Sky customers can save themselves over £300 with this latest television deal. The popular satellite TV firm has just announced another major saving with the deal bringing Ultimate On Demand and Sky Cinema to homes for just £35 per month. YOU CAN FIND THE SKY DEALS HERE This bundle would usually cost £52 per…
[ad_1] The G-Shock is so nerdy that it’s become cool and this latest model, the GMWB5000GD-9, is no exception. Based on the original G-Shock models, this decidedly unsmart (but not dumb) watch features solar charging, atomic timekeeping, and a simple Bluetooth connection to your phone. Plus now it comes in gold or silver toned metal,…
[ad_1] Microsoft has officially confirmed that the next major version of Windows 10 will include a virtualisation feature called Windows Sandbox. This will allow Windows 10 users to run specific programs in an isolated environment that cannot harm their data or otherwise interfere with the running of their PC. Sandboxes or virtual machines trick software…
[ad_1] Zwift, an app that lets cyclists compete and interact with each other in a virtual world, has raised $120 million to fund an expansion into esports. The Series B investment — the second major round of funding for a start-up — was led by venture capital firm Highland Europe, whose portfolio includes Huel, WeTransfer…
[ad_1] Google on Wednesday released a revamped version of an app – Google My Business – meant to help small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) manage profile on-the-go and boost customer engagement. The Google My Business app is a simple and free tool for SMBs to start their digital journey through listings on Google and keep…
[ad_1] With a drawn-out shopping season and more people ringing up purchases online, the number of packages being returned is actually starting to spike ahead of Christmas, not after it. For the first time ever, UPS has forecast the busiest day for returns will be Wednesday. Typically, the busiest day for returns falls on Jan.…
[ad_1] Marlene Awaad | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., listens during the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, on Thursday, May 24, 2018. Facebook has admitted it allowed other big tech companies to read users’ private messages, but denies it did so without consent. The response…
[ad_1] Google Chrome is by far the most dominant web client on both mobile and desktop platforms. That means the browser surpasses the likes of Microsoft Edge, Firefox and Safari in terms of monthly users. Google Chrome is hugely-popular for its wide-range of extensions that provide users with increased customisability overall. Furthermore, the Mountain View…
[ad_1] As Facebook colonized the rest of the web with its functionality in hopes of fueling user growth, it built aggressive integrations with partners that are coming under newfound scrutiny through a deeply reported New York Times investigation. Some of what Facebook did was sloppy or unsettling, including forgetting to shut down APIs when it cancelled…
[ad_1] Instagram now allows users to ask questions during a live video Instagram has added a number of new interactive features to its Stories format. The new features enable Instagram users to ask for music recommendations from their followers, answer questions during a live stream, and more. The update is being rolled out on both…
[ad_1] Galaxy Note 9 is one of the most robust and capable smartphones of the year thanks to its swathe of tantalising features. The flagship phablet offers fans a gargantuan 6.4-inch display that is one of the best on the market thanks to its vibrant colours and laudable viewing angles. Note 9 also boasts the…
[ad_1] The Sony Xperia XZ4 is the presumed name given to the Xperia XZ3’s successor. The hardware is expected to build upon the solid foundation laid by the XZ3 by reducing bezels further, improving its camera system and offering more capable performance. Sony has been heavily rumoured to be planning a substantial photography upgrade for…
[ad_1] Windows 10 is Microsoft’s computer operating system that is vastly popular. In fact, the software far surpasses the likes of macOS, Linux and Chrome OS in terms of sheer monthly users. Microsoft releases major upgrades for the operating system around every six months. The latest substantial iteration of the software was dubbed the Windows…
[ad_1] Late one night in June, Jody Pagliocco was driving down a long, wooded road in southern Maine. She was working for Uber, and her passenger, a man, was in the front seat. That was unusual -but she hadn’t felt comfortable telling him to get in the back when he opened the front door. She…
[ad_1] Leicester City vs Man City LIVE STREAM After a long stint at the top of the Premier League table, Manchester City recently succumbed to Liverpool and fell into second place in current standings. But Pep Guardiola will surely be hoping his team regain momentum tonight with a victory over Leicester. The Man City boss…
[ad_1] Using flight status data combined with Machine Learning (ML), Google Assistant will soon tell you over phone if your flight would be delayed even before the airline announces it. According to Google, Assistant will notify users on phones when its algorithms predict that their flights would be late. “Earlier this year, we started sharing…
[ad_1] Read Story Transcript Nowadays, foot paths along the cliffs near Hastings, England, may be lightly marked with the elaborate treads of fancy hiking boots — but 100 million years ago, the locals were a bit more heavy-footed. A collection of fossils unearthed over the past four years has unveiled new details about the dinosaurs…
[ad_1] Listening to its users, Twitter has finally revived the reverse-chronological feed for iOS devices that will come to Android soon. The original way to tweet is now available as an option along with the current ranked timeline as a toggle which Twitter has called “Sparkle” on top right side of the app for iOS…
[ad_1] Five new green energy collaborations between private companies and Alberta First Nations are expected to create 1,000 jobs and enough renewable electricity to power nearly 300,000 homes. The partnerships are the latest phase of the provincial government’s renewable energy program. “We’re very fortunate that the Alberta government has understood us. They appreciate the need…
[ad_1] Some residents of an Arctic hamlet located near the Franklin shipwrecks have linked a spate of tragic deaths in the community to divers poking around the sea floor resting places of long-dead crew members. “They feel the wrecks are cursed and should not be disturbed,” Parks Canada official Tamara Tarasoff said of the reactions of…
[ad_1] While the Boring Co.’s first tunnel may be complete, it is far from being finished. The surfaces are bumpy and have yet to be smoothed out. As a result, the demonstration ride, for now, is rough and passengers in the Model X definitely feel the alignment wheels bumping into the track walls to keep…
[ad_1] Soon, SAIT graduates won’t just be walking across the stage to shake the dean’s hand and receive a paper diploma — they’ll also get their credentials on a secure blockchain key. The Calgary-based technical post-secondary institute is the first in Canada, and one of just around a dozen schools globally (including MIT and Stanford), to…
[ad_1] Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is set to unveil an underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday that could move people faster than subways. Musk also plans to show off the autonomous cars that will carry people through the test tunnel, which runs about 3.2 kilometres (2 miles) under the streets of Hawthorne, California, Musk’s SpaceX headquarters.…
[ad_1] Feng Li | Getty Images News | Getty Images Apple staff members celebrate as customers coming the Wangfujing store on October 20, 2012 in Beijing, China. Qualcomm said it believes Apple remains in violation of a Chinese court’s orders to stop selling iPhones despite a software update that Apple pushed on Monday. Qualcomm on…
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Customers view a Tesla Model S electric vehicle on display at the company’s showroom in Newport Beach, California, U.S., on July 6, 2018. A Tesla caught fire Tuesday in a business parking lot in Los Gatos, according to the Santa Clara County Fire Department. The silver…
[ad_1] Indian ride-hailing firm Ola will invest $100 million in Vogo, a domestic scooter sharing start-up, and add the company’s fleet of two-wheelers to the Ola app to broaden the range of vehicles it offers, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday. Vogo, which provides services in the southern Indian cities of Bengaluru…
[ad_1] T-Mobile US and Sprint have won backing for their $26 billion merger from two national security reviews on Monday, clearing key hurdles in their tie-up bid. The deal got a nod from the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) in the United States as well as the Justice Department, Department of Homeland Security, and Defense…
[ad_1] Japan’s mobile telecoms market is the world’s third largest and the government has been pressuring companies to lower prices for their services. The listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange also comes as Son, one of the tech world’s most powerful people, makes waves with his $100 billion Vision Fund. It was established in October…
[ad_1] Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said Tuesday, “We know we need to do more” to protect civil rights on the platform. Her comments come on the same day that the NAACP launched a week-long boycott of the service and that 31 civil rights groups called for a restructuring of Facebook’s top ranks. It also comes…
[ad_1] Workplace by Facebook, the company’s communications tool for companies, has a new leader. The company’s Karandeep Anand is now the head of the London-based Facebook division, according to an update on his LinkedIn profile. “I’m excited to now be part of the journey of bringing Workplace to companies across the globe and help them…
[ad_1] With interest rates rising and a trade war festering, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 are on pace for their worst December performance since the Great Depression. Beyond what’s happening now, the market turmoil could have a big impact on the 2019 IPO class. The most valuable venture-backed companies have all indicated…
[ad_1] Matthew Staver | Bloomberg | Getty Images The headquarters building of Micron Technology Inc. stands in Boise, Idaho, U.S. Micron Technology shares dropped more than 6 percent during after hours trading Tuesday after the company missed revenue expectations in its quarterly earnings. The company reported $7.91 billion, missing revenue estimates of $8.02 billion. However,…
[ad_1] Years ago, Google’s Street View program expanded from streets to virtually everywhere, thanks to Google’s Trekker program that put 360-degree Street View cameras into a single backpack. Today, Google announced its upgraded Trekker backpack, which is significantly smaller and lighter than before. The old one weighed in at about 44 pounds. It’s not just…
[ad_1] Charter Communications has agreed to a $174.2 million deal to settle fraud charges brought against it by the New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood. The payout is the largest ever in the U.S. to be paid to consumers by an internet service provider, the A.G.’s office said Tuesday. Underwood alleged that Charter, using its…
[ad_1] A Tesla senior sales executive, Dan Kim, has left the company, according to a person familiar with the matter. Kim, who joined Tesla in January, left for online travel site Airbnb, Bloomberg News first reported Tuesday. The job change was also reflected on a LinkedIn page that appears to belong to Kim, who was…
[ad_1] You can now ask your Amazon Echo to play tunes from Apple Music. It’s a significant step, because the Echo has long supported Apple Music’s rivals, like Spotify, allowing users to request songs and playlists from Alexa by voice. As Apple continues to focus more on services — it reported $9.98 billion in services…
[ad_1] What a difference one year can make. This time last year, bitcoin was cruising to $20,000, two trading exchanges launched bitcoin futures contracts, and a flurry of professionals were leaving big tech and traditional financial firms for the promise of new opportunities in the fast-growing cryptocurrency industry. Fast forward 12 months, and bitcoin is…
[ad_1] Amazon’s massive success has made it a popular poaching ground for executive talent. Many of the departed executives had more than a decade of experience building key parts of Amazon’s business, and have joined hot startups or young public companies that would benefit from the adult guidance these experienced leaders could provide. In return,…
[ad_1] Now that you’re cleared out, let’s do something about that constantly rising counter of unread emails. I suggest using Gmail’s filter features to automatically mark certain emails read without deleting them. This is best used for things like receipts from services you often use, such as Uber, Venmo, Netflix or Apple. Start by clicking…
[ad_1] If you’re reading this the year it was written, you’re almost certainly not getting it over 5G. If you’re reading this in the future, congrats, you made it. And hey, remember polar bears? 5G is the latest buzzword to send the mobile industry into a tizzy. This one’s got a particular weight to it,…
[ad_1] If you’re reading this the year it was written, you’re almost certainly not getting it over 5G. If you’re reading this in the future, congrats, you made it. And hey, remember polar bears? 5G is the latest buzzword to send the mobile industry into a tizzy. This one’s got a particular weight to it,…
[ad_1] Soon it will be easier for people without Google accounts to collaborate on G Suite documents. Currently in beta, a new feature will enable G Suite users to invite people without G Suite subscriptions or Google accounts to work on files by sending them a pin code. Using the pin code to gain access…
[ad_1] Soon it will be easier for people without Google accounts to collaborate on G Suite documents. Currently in beta, a new feature will enable G Suite users to invite people without G Suite subscriptions or Google accounts to work on files by sending them a pin code. Using the pin code to gain access…
[ad_1] Angela Merendino | AFP | Getty Images Anthony Levandowski, Otto Co-founder and VP of Engineering at Uber. Anthony Levandowski, the controversial engineer at the center of a now-settled lawsuit between Alphabet self-driving car company Waymo and Uber, claims he has completed a trip across the country in a self-driving car. Levandowski is launching a…
[ad_1] Mobile licensing changes made by Google this fall, when it tweaked terms for OEMs wanting to license its Android smartphone platform on devices destined for the European market, don’t appear to be offering succour to search rivals — despite being triggered by an antitrust ruling intended to reset the competitive playing field. The European…
[ad_1] Our distinct skillsets and shortcomings mean people and robots will join forces for the next few decades. Robots are tireless, efficient, and reliable, but in a millisecond through intuition and situational awareness, humans can make decisions machine can’t. Until workplace robots are truly autonomous and don’t require any human thinking, we’ll need software to supervise…
[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 rolled out an update to its iPhone app Tuesday that lets you see tweets in reverse chronological order, with the newest tweets at the…
[ad_1] Bumble has come up with a new way for its dating app and related businesses to generate revenue. The company this week launched filters – a way to sift through potential matches by a set of specific criteria. For example, Bumble Date users can now filter matches by astrological sign or relationship type, among…
[ad_1] When you have as much data under management as Box does, you have the key ingredient for artificial intelligence and machine learning, which feeds on copious amounts of data. Box is giving developers access to this data, while letting them choose the AI and machine learning algorithms they want to use. Today, the company…
[ad_1] Patrick Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gwynne Shotwell president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, left, speaks as NASA astronaut Bob Behnken looks on. SpaceX is raising a $500 million round of fundraising, according to the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. The new funding puts SpaceX’s valuation at $30.5 billion, according to the…
[ad_1] That vision of the future might seem like science fiction, but it’s plausible to some health industry insiders. “I wouldn’t be surprised if Amazon starts out in health by providing things like over-the-counter medicines, and then moves into making the experience easier for managing your health,” said Tom Robinson, a San Francisco-based partner at…
[ad_1] Amazon’s next big hurdle? The dot-com bubble. In the late 1990s, dot-com companies became all the rage on Wall Street. Amazon’s customer growth and savvy capital fundraising combined to help it rapidly expand its offerings. Soon books became just one part of an expansive online retailer connecting customers with everything from power tools to…
[ad_1] Amazon has a huge gift guide broken down into sections including electronics, home goods, clothing, toys and more. It even has sections for geeky gifts, white elephant exchanges, gifts under $20, unique gifts and stocking stuffers. Or, if you’re shopping for men, women, teens, kids 8-12, kids 4-7 or babies, there are entire sub-sections…
[ad_1] Google is on a Play Store cleaning spree, and to that end, it has now introduced anti-spam system that detects fake reviews and ratings. This system will help Google clean up bad apps, and delete fake reviews and rating posted through unethical practices. The tech giant uses its new machine learning anti-spam system to…
[ad_1] The HomePod is a good option if you care most about audio quality and you use Apple products. It’s not as versatile or as smart as the Amazon Echo or Google Home product families, largely because Siri isn’t as advanced as Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. But it beats those products if you care…
[ad_1] Shopping for someone who prefers hiking and camping to the great indoors can be tricky. Not only are outdoor enthusiasts usually less impressed by traditional gifts (clothes, games, etc.) but their preferred realm of technical gear is vast and confusing. If you’d rather not go deep on the research yourself, we’ve got some solid…
[ad_1] A little taste of 5G is coming early, courtesy of AT&T’s new mobile hotspot. The carrier announced this morning that it will be firing up limited 5G service in a dozen cities across the U.S. this Friday, currently only accessible via the Netgear Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot. Those who pick the router up will…
[ad_1] As networks get put under increasing pressure from ever-growing amounts of data, network equipment manufacturers are facing huge challenges to increase data transmissions speeds over further distances. As a premiere networking equipment company, Cisco wants to be prepared to meet that demand. Today, it opened up its checkbook and announced its intent to acquire…
[ad_1] Brazil surpassed India to become the most spammed country in the world in 2018, according to a report from popular communication app Truecaller on Tuesday. More than six percent of overall calls received by Indian users in 2018 were spam calls. However, the average number of spam calls received in India dropped to 22.3…
[ad_1] [The stream is slated to start at about 9:20 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] SpaceX is ready to launch its first mission for the U.S. Air Force on Tuesday from Cape Canaveral in Florida. This launch will be SpaceX’s 21st mission this…
[ad_1] Lenovo has refreshed some of its business-minded ThinkPad laptops and ThinkPad Yoga 2-in-1s with Intel’s refreshed 8th Gen ‘Whiskey Lake’ mobile processors. The models receiving the updates fall into the affordable mainstream ThinkPad L-series, aimed at price-sensitive business users who aren’t looking for the slimmest or lightest machines, but who value the reliability and…
[ad_1] Robin L Marshall | Getty Images Alfonso Ribeiro attends The 35th Annual Caucus Awards Dinner in Los Angeles, California. Actor Alfonso Ribeiro, who rose to fame playing Carlton in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, is suing the makers of Fortnite and NBA 2K18 over a dance move in their videogames, Variety reported on…
[ad_1] Microsoft earlier this month announced that it is parting ways with its EdgeHTML rendering engine to favour Chromium. While the move was at one end initially believed as another step by the Redmond giant to please the open source community, it was at the other end considered as a move largely influenced by popularity…
[ad_1] Seismic has been helping companies create and manage their sales and marketing collateral since 2010. Today the company announced a $100 million Series E investment on a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and T Rowe Price. Existing investors General Atlantic, JMI Equity and Jackson Square Ventures also participated…
[ad_1] Cisco said Tuesday it plans to buy semiconductor company Luxtera for $660 million in cash and assumed equity. Luxtera’s advanced chips will help Cisco meet business client demand for faster and high-performing network service, the company said. “Our customers are looking to address the unrelenting demand for more bandwidth driven by an emerging class…
[ad_1] Microsoft’s Windows 10 October 2018 update was pulled back after users started reporting of deleted data post installation. The update was re-released in November, but the roll out was phased and slow, and was based on device health and compatibility of apps. However, the company has now updated its help page to confirm that…
[ad_1] [The stream is slated to start at 9:00 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Blue Origin will go for the 10th launch of its New Shepard rocket on Tuesday, in a mission which will send nine NASA research and development experiments into space.…
[ad_1] The Microsoft Surface family of devices has registered high double-digit growth in the Indian market this year and the game changer Surface Go is set to add heavily to that next year, a company executive said in New Delhi on Tuesday. According to Priyadarshi Mohapatra, Country General Manager, Consumer & Devices, Microsoft India, the…
[ad_1] Android is Google’s operating system that received its last substantial update back in August, dubbed 9 Pie. The newest version of the software provides fans with a host of useful features such as Adaptive Battery that aims to improve device life overall thanks to clever machine learning technologies. Moreover, Android 9 Pie also brings…
[ad_1] Google launched AR Stickers with the Pixel 2 and updated it to the Playground and launched it with the Pixel 3. While these stickers made their way to older Pixel devices, it wasn’t available on any smartphone outside Google’s lineup, until now. Thanks to the developers at XDA Developers, you can have these running…
[ad_1] Facebook has rolled out Boomerang and Selfie features in its Messenger platform. Alongside, it has also introduced new AR stickers “Starting today, there are now five modes to Messenger’s camera including everyone’s favourite video-looping effect, Boomerang, to make Messenger posts more interactive and fun,” the company said in a blog post on Monday. “We’ve…
[ad_1] The Fortnite 7.10 update hits Android, iOS, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC. With it comes a new event called 14 Days of Fortnite. It features new and returning limited time modes such as Close Encounters and Food Fight. The 14 Days of Fortnite start date is December 19 from 9am ET (7:30pm…
[ad_1] Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro has been the surprise hit of 2018. This flagship device was announced in October and includes a swathe of features that have helped make it one of the best devices to launch this year. Huawei has packed its new phone with a market-leading triple rear camera, super fast Kirin 980…
[ad_1] Indian ride-hailing firm Ola will invest $100 million (roughly Rs. 710 crores) in Vogo, a domestic scooter sharing startup, and add the company’s fleet of two-wheelers to the Ola app to broaden the range of vehicles it offers, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday. Vogo, which provides services in the southern…
[ad_1] The PUBG Mobile 0.10.0 brought support for the Vikendi map and now Tencent has confirmed when you can play it. According to a tweet from the official PUBG Mobile account, the PUBG Mobile Vikendi Snow Map release date is December 20 and the start time and date is 5:30am IST on December 21 when…
[ad_1] Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images Lovot robots are displayed during an unveiling event on December 18, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. A $3,100 robot companion that exists to make people happy was unveiled on Tuesday by Japanese start-up Groove X, a tech firm founded by a SoftBank Robotics alumnus. The Lovot was designed “to enhance…
[ad_1] With efforts to reform a European Union tax law not bringing the desired results, France is going to introduce from January 1, 2019 a digital tax on technology giants such as Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon, the media reported. The French government’s “GAFA” tax” is being introduced to combat attempts by the firms to…
[ad_1] Paul Klee is one of the most celebrated painters of the 20th century and is today being commemorated by Google for what would have been his 139th birthday. Born in Bern, Switzerland, Klee used cubist, surrealist and expressionist influences in his paintings. However, his art didn’t conform to a specific genre during his career.…
[ad_1] Galaxy S10 the presumed name given to the Galaxy S9’s successor and is expected to introduce a number of radical changes to the product line. While the Galaxy S9 was very much an incremental upgrade over the S8, the Galaxy S10 is expected to look very different both internally and aesthetically. The S10 has…
[ad_1] They say revenge is a dish best served cold. But for Mark Rober, it’s much sweeter served smart, smelly and covered in glitter. The former NASA engineer-turned-YouTube star has received plaudits online after designing a booby trap to avenge all those who’ve fallen victim to a new wave of neighborhood crime: doorstep delivery theft.…
[ad_1] The PUBG Mobile 0.10.0 update for Android and iOS is out now adding the Vikendi snow map. Although PUBG Mobile finally gets the Vikendi snow map, it isn’t playable right now. Tencent has claimed it will be making it available soon enough. Other additions with the PUBG Mobile 0.10.0 update include a reporting system…
[ad_1] Dogs have a much wider range of hearing than humans do and noises that don’t bother us can give them a very ruff time. Fireworks are especially tough on many pups and also hard on owners who have to calm their panicking pets. To potentially help them, Ford has developed a noise-cancelling kennel prototype…
[ad_1] Oracle Corp on Monday forecast current-quarter profit above estimates after growth in its cloud services and licence support unit helped the business software maker surpass Wall Street expectations for the second quarter. Shares rose 5 percent, with the company saying that excluding fluctuations in exchange rates, it expected third-quarter adjusted profit to be between 86…
[ad_1] Facing widespread criticism over its “censored” Search engine for the Chinese market, Google has reportedly shut down a data collection system that was key to develop the search project code-named “Dragonfly”. According to a report in The Intercept on Tuesday, the move comes after hundreds of Google employees raised internal complaints that the project…
[ad_1] The OnePlus 6T was revealed back in October and boasted a number of incremental improvements over the OnePlus 6. OnePlus 6T comes with an even smaller notch than its predecessor, meaning the screen size on the hardware is slightly larger. A 6.41-inch AMOLED display is offered on the 6T and delivers vibrant colours and…
[ad_1] Galaxy S9 released in March and is certainly one of the best handsets of 2018. The device not only delivered a gorgeous 5.8-inch display, but it also offered rapid performance across Android 9 Pie and was capable of capturing stunning shots with its rear-facing camera. Galaxy S9 is powered by either Samsung’s own Exynos…
[ad_1] Huawei P20 Pro debuted back in March and was instantly distinguishable from other smartphones on the market thanks to its unique aesthetic and triple-camera system. The hardware not only placed smartphone photography on a pedestal, but it also offered blisteringly fast performance across Android, too. And the P20 Pro was, and still is, one…
[ad_1] Windows 10 is Microsoft’s operating system that is hugely-popular and regularly updated. In fact, the software was recently overhauled as part of the American tech giant’s October 2018 Update that introduced a swathe of new functionality. One of the biggest new features to arrive in the latest and greatest software was a revamped clipboard…
[ad_1] Bird feeders will be up for debate in Banff come February as the town’s council decides whether banning the feeders will help minimize conflict with national park wildlife. Currently in Banff, bylaws do not prohibit bird feeders, however, use of bird feeders could be considered in violation of national parks regulations, which forbid feeding…
[ad_1] Three Alaska groups sued Friday to demand the Environmental Protection Agency enforce the cleanup of some of the nation’s most polluted winter air around the state’s second-largest city. The lawsuit filed in Seattle by environmental law firm Earthjustice says the state of Alaska has failed to submit a legally compliant plan to address the…
[ad_1] In 2016, Microsoft released a chatbot named “Tay” on Twitter as an experiment in conversational learning. The experiment quickly ran into problems as Twitter users started tweeting at the bot with misogynistic and racist comments, and “Tay” started repeating that sentiment back to users. More recently, Google released a predictive text feature within Gmail…
[ad_1] A group of Nunavut youth are using a conference of Arctic scholars to make a point about how researchers often come up short in consultations with their communities — using their own language to do so. The Ikaarvik Project is an initiative that aims to encourage conversation between Arctic researchers and youth in Canada’s Far…
[ad_1] Having a package stolen off your front porch sucks. No matter what’s inside the box, it just feels… violating. Someone came into your space and took your stuff just because they could probably get away with it. And even if you go to the cops with license plates and high-res face photos, they’ll often…
[ad_1] The light chatter about loving nature at Ottawa’s Rockcliffe lookout gives way to action as someone in the group spots another prize in their treasure hunt. That hunt is the 100th annual Ottawa-Gatineau Christmas Bird Count, a joint effort of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club (OFNC) and the Club des ornithologues de l’Outaouais (COO). And Sunday, more than 100 bird watchers scoured…
[ad_1] Astronomers have spotted the farthest known object in our solar system — and they’ve nicknamed the pink cosmic body “Farout.” The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery Monday. “Farout” is about 120 astronomical units away, which is 120 times the distance between Earth and the sun, or 18 billion kilometres. The previous…
[ad_1] Drew Angerer | Getty Images Leslie ‘Les’ Moonves, president and chief executive officer of CBS Corporation, attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 11, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Former CBS CEO Les Moonves will not receive his $120 million severance package following a sexual misconduct probe, the company’s board of…
[ad_1] Russia’s most inflammatory social media misinformation posts weren’t paid advertisements, according to a new report commissioned by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Accounts run by the Russian-backed Internet Research Agency (IRA) — at the center of Russia’s online efforts to interfere in U.S. presidential and congressional elections — saw far more traction with…
[ad_1] Tech companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter did “the bare minimum” to comply with the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian misinformation on their platforms, according to two new third-party reports compiled for the committee. The reports were released Monday. The reports, commissioned by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, were conducted by…
[ad_1] Oracle stock rose 3 percent on Monday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter of its 2019 fiscal year. Executives will discuss the results with analysts on a conference call at 5 p.m. Eastern time. Here are the big numbers: Earnings: 80 cents per share vs. 78 cents per share as…
[ad_1] Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. Twitter tanked more than 7 percent Monday after disclosing that one of its support form leaked user data to IP addresses in China and Saudi Arabia.…
[ad_1] McKesson’s Change Healthcare is close to buying PokitDok, a company that is best known for being among the first to apply blockchain technology to the health care sector. Change, a health tech company which is majority-owned by medical distribution giant McKesson, was in late-stage talks to buy start-up on Friday, according to four people…
[ad_1] Bitcoin staged a minor recovery on Monday, finally topping the $3,400 level after weeks of pain. The cryptocurrency has nosedived by more than 80 percent from the all-time high hit exactly a year ago. On December 17, 2017 bitcoin peaked just above $19,475, according to CoinMarketCap.com. It has struggled to come anywhere close to…
[ad_1] Twitter accidentally exposed the ability to pull an account’s phone number country code and whether the accounts had been locked by Twitter. The concern here is that malicious actors could have used the security flaw to figure out which countries accounts were based in, which could have ramifications for whistleblowers or political dissidents. The…
[ad_1] Russian actors seeking to spread misinformation around the 2016 U.S. presidential election found the most success on Facebook-owned Instagram, according to a new independent report commissioned by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The report, released by the cybersecurity research firm New Knowledge in collaboration with researchers from Columbia University and Canfield Research LLC,…
[ad_1] Google has set aside its controversial push to launch a censored search service in China, according to a new report by The Intercept, which first broke news of the project this summer. Alphabet’s latest move comes after hundreds of employees protested the project, known as Dragonfly, and would reflect another response on the part…
[ad_1] Russian intelligence officials waged a campaign to spread disinformation and exploit social fractures during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, two new reports prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee show. But the social media disinformation campaign didn’t end with the election of President Donald Trump. When reporters began to uncover evidence of their efforts, the…
[ad_1] Facebook lets advertisers reach a target audience based on user behavior and characteristics like someone who’s married, lives in a certain area and has particular interests. Marketers can also upload lists of emails or individual Facebook IDs to reach specific people, a useful technique for retailers who want to contact existing customers. While these…
[ad_1] If you are a mother who has taken a break from full-time employment to raise kids, you may have also experienced the challenge that is jumping back into the working world after your break. You may find you need more time flexibility; you have been out of the job market for years and so…
[ad_1] Robinhood said it’s investing customer deposits in government-grade securities like U.S. treasuries, which yield 2.8 percent. That model is strikingly similar to what’s known as a money market fund. Those investment vehicles also put money in short-term debt securities like U.S. Treasury bills and are widely regarded as safe investments with a higher yield.…
[ad_1] 2018 was a great year for mobile gaming. Not only did we get heavy hitting, console-quality games on the go in the form of PUBG Mobile and Fortnite, but we also got some fantastic single-player experiences such as Donut County. While the debate rages on about mobile gaming being as immersive or high fidelity…
[ad_1] Smith Collection, Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Signage at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Japanese multinational conglomerate Hitachi, Santa Clara, California, which is reportedly due to announce Dec. 17, 2018 a plan to buy the Swiss engineering group ABB’s power grid business. ABB is in talks with Japan’s Hitachi about the Swiss engineering group’s…
[ad_1] A report compiled on online influence operations in the 2016 elections points to a wholesale effort by Russia to inflame sentiments on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and Twitter, with efforts dating back to as early as 2009. Russia increased those efforts as campaigning for the 2016 U.S. presidential election heated up, with the intention to…
[ad_1] The lead attorney for the group of Apple device assemblers seeking at least $9 billion in damages from Qualcomm said on Sunday the contract manufacturers are not in settlement talks with the mobile chip supplier and are “gearing up and heading toward the trial” in April. The conflict is but one aspect of the…
[ad_1] Just when you didn’t think there could be any more drama over the Pentagon’s decade long, $10 billion JEDI contract RFP, the plot thickened again last week when Amazon Web Services (AWS) joined the US government as a defendant in Oracle’s lawsuit over the Pentagon’s handling of the contract RFP process. Earlier this month,…
[ad_1] ABB Chief Executive Ulrich Spiesshofer said his Swiss engineering group will now focus squarely on digital industries after selling an 80 percent stake in its power grids business to Japanese firm Hitachi on Monday. The acquisition valued this unit at $11 billion and allows ABB to return the proceeds to shareholders. ABB and Spiesshofer…
[ad_1] K Health, the startup providing consumers with an AI-powered primary care platform, has raised $25 million in series B funding. The round was led by 14W, Comcast Ventures and Mangrove Capital Partners, with participation from Lerer Hippeau, BoxGroup and Max Ventures – all previous investors from the company’s seed or Series A rounds. Other previous investors include Primary…
[ad_1] Apple shares are still in free fall. The stock has tanked 7 percent in December, tracking for its fourth straight month in the red, and has slashed nearly one-third of its value since October highs. It’s almost found its bottom, according to Craig Johnson, chief market technician at Piper Jaffray. “When I look at…
[ad_1] The ride-hailing giant Careem is now in the delivery business as the company seeks new verticals in its ever-increasing fight against other services in the Middle East including Uber. Starting with food delivery in Dhabi and Jeddah, the company sees the delivery service expanding to pharmaceuticals according to a report by Reuters. Careem is…
[ad_1] Police in London will deploy facial recognition technology in a two-day trial starting on Monday. Covering London’s Soho, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square, the tech will scan faces in crowds and run them against a database of people wanted by London’s Metropolitan Police and the courts. If the technology alerts officers to a match,…
[ad_1] Careem launched a delivery service covering everything from takeaway food to pharmaceuticals on Monday, diversifying from its core Middle East ride-hailing business and increasing competition with rival Uber Technologies. The company has expanded its car service business to more than 120 cities in 15 predominantly Middle East countries since launching in 2012. “We believe…
[ad_1] High-momentum FANG stocks have been hammered for months. Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google parent Alphabet, the premium tech stocks that led markets to records earlier this year, have plummeted by double digits since October. If the market continues to pull back, one of those names could be setting up for an even bigger fall,…
[ad_1] Online tutoring platform Byju’s has raised $540 million (Rs. 3,865.5-crore) venture funds from Naspers Ventures and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the company said on Monday. “The new round of funding will drive Byju’s to further innovate, explore and set benchmarks for tech-enabled learning products,” Bengaluru based Byju’s said in a statement. The funds…
[ad_1] If your current smartphone contract has ended then now is a very good time to sort a new SIM-only plan and save yourself some money. Some of the UK’s biggest mobile networks have begun slashing prices on these popular deals making them a very tempting option. You can even grab yourself a SIM with…
[ad_1] Alphabet’s Google said on Monday that it is investing over $1 billion (Rs. 7,156 crores) to establish a new campus in New York city, as it expands its presence in the city’s technology corridor along the Hudson River. The new leased campus, which is over 1.7 million square-foot, will be the primary location for…
[ad_1] Google Maps is the American tech giant’s navigation software that is incredibly popular. In fact, the app is by far the most popular on both iOS and Android devices, meaning it surpasses the likes of Waze and Apple Maps in terms of sheer monthly users, according to Statista. The outlet insisted Google Maps had…
[ad_1] Google will invest $1 billion in a new campus in New York City, the company announced on Monday. The new “Google Hudson Square” campus will be located at 315 and 345 Hudson Street in Manhattan. This is a breaking news story. Please check back for details. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Uber Technologies welcomed on Monday the British government’s response to a review into workplace rights, which looks set to preserve the business models of gig economy companies, but unions rubbished the business ministry’s plans. Firms like Uber, best-known for its ride-hailing service, and food courier Deliveroo, have been criticised for hiring workers on a self-employed…
[ad_1] Gmail this year announced more than 1.5 billion people regularly use Google’s flagship free email platform. Gmail’s intuitive interface and the product’s powerful spam blocking software make it easy to account for the platform’s popularity. And another positive is the ease with which a Google Gmail account can be set up. How to create…
[ad_1] Even as social media has started playing a very significant role in our decisions, many people who create content to promote products on popular platforms such as YouTube and Pinterest do not always disclose their marketing relationships with the companies, reveals new research. The study focused on affiliate marketing, in which companies pay a…
[ad_1] The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says the business community in Canada is solidly backing carbon pricing as the way for it to “play its part in the fight against climate change” — and it wants governments to stop playing politics and waffling about it. The group, which bills itself as “the voice of Canadian business”…
[ad_1] One tech giant strung dozens of North American cities through a circus-like contest that led mayors and governors to desperately pitch their regions – and offer huge sums of public money – in hopes of landing a gleaming new corporate campus. The other swept in quietly before making its big move. The outcome was…
[ad_1] Samsung fans are all eager to know what’s coming next from the Korean technology firm and it seems all could be revealed very soon. The Galaxy S10 is expected to be the next Samsung flagship to be unveiled and this will almost certainly be their most powerful and feature-packed phone to date. Rumours about…
[ad_1] At a time when pressure is mounting on tech companies to utilise facial recognition technology with care to avoid its misuse, Google has said it will not offer the controversial technology for now. Toeing Microsoft’s line which has asked governments across the world to regulate this technology, Google said facial recognition merits careful consideration.…
[ad_1] Google on Monday introduced a new feature in its Maps where commuters in Delhi will be able to see auto rickshaws under the “public transport” mode in Maps. By selecting the mode, commuters will be able to view suggested routes for the ride as well as the estimated auto-rickshaw fares, making it easier for…
[ad_1] WhatsApp for Android has now brought the anticipated Picture-in-Picture (PiP) feature for all users. The feature, which arrived in beta back in October, is rolling to Android users through the WhatsApp stable version 2.18.380. It essentially lets you watch Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube videos in a small window and continue to scroll through WhatsApp…
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump thanked Apple chief Tim Cook on Friday after the tech giant unveiled plans for a $1 billion campus in Texas that is expected to create thousands of jobs outside its Silicon Valley base. “Thank you to @tim_cook for agreeing to expand operations in the U.S. and thereby creating thousands of…
[ad_1] Colin Kroll, co-founder and CEO of the hit gaming app HQ Trivia, was found dead in his New York apartment. He was 34 years old. On Sunday, Kroll was found unconscious in the bedroom of his New York apartment, after the technology entrepreneur’s girlfriend called the New York Police Department asking for a wellness…
[ad_1] Hong Kong stocks are closing out a rough year and the outlook for 2019 remains largely negative, according to analysts and investors. Headwinds from a weakening economy in China, the Beijing-Washington trade war, concerns about signs of emerging U.S. weakness and an expected slowdown in local initial public offerings after a banner 2018 are…
[ad_1] Amazon Echo owners are in for a treat this week. From tomorrow, Amazon will begin pushing out an update that will allow its Echo smart speakers to access the popular Apple Music streaming service. This upgrade will finally allow Apple’s millions of users to listen to their favourite playlists, albums and songs via the…
[ad_1] Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna and environmental activists are emphasizing that more action is needed to combat climate change despite Saturday’s deal reached by countries at a UN climate summit. In addition, some green groups and certain countries expressed frustration that more ambitious climate goals were not achieved during intense negotiations…
[ad_1] “We believe that location-based VR is the tip of the spear as it were for the entire VR industry. It will get people exposed to how unique this medium can be and also those of us who create it, we are learning the capability as well. It’s the first time that the technology has…
[ad_1] If you fancy a new Apple iPhone for Christmas there’s some deals which makes owning one much more affordable. You can currently take delivery of this colourful all-screen smartphone for £34 per month with this deal even offering £100 off the price of the upfront cost. YOU CAN FIND THE APPLE DEALS HERE As a…
[ad_1] Barcelona and Levante close out a busy weekend of action in La Liga. And Barcelona could go three points clear at the top of the league with a win at the Estadi Ciutat de València. The Catalan club will be especially hopeful of getting back to winning ways, after drawing with Spurs in midweek.…
[ad_1] In the wake of a mother and her baby’s death in a bear mauling in Yukon last month, people have been sounding off online about a “plague” of grizzly bears in the territory — but biologists say that’s not true. Valérie Théorêt and her 10-month-old daughter Adele were attacked and killed by a grizzly bear…
[ad_1] Getty Images Honorees Rus Yusupov (L) and Colin Kroll (R) accept the Breakthrough Award for Emerging Technology from rapper Lil Jon (C) onstage at the Variety Breakthrough of the Year Awards during the 2014 International CES at The Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on January 9, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Colin Kroll, the…
[ad_1] There’s also a lot more technology, something that appears to appeal to buyers of a vehicle using a high-tech powertrain. There’s a tablet-sized 11.6-inch touchscreen, lots of USB ports, Apple CarPlay and the Toyota Safety Sense suite of advanced driver assistance systems, such as forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking. But the biggest…
[ad_1] “It’s only been four weeks” since the company’s first commercial launch last month, Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck told CNBC before the launch. “It took others in the industry many, many, many years to” begin launching rockets at least once a month, Beck added. Rocket Lab is also fresh off another milestone: The company…
[ad_1] There’s a lot you can make with a 3D printer: from prosthetics, corneas, and firearms — even an Olympic-standard luge. You can even 3D print a life-size replica of a human head — and not just for Hollywood. Forbes reporter Thomas Brewster commissioned a 3D printed model of his own head to test the…
[ad_1] Ramin Talaie | Corbis Historical | Getty Images Harvard University professor Roland Fryer speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York on Sept. 25, 2008. A prominent Harvard University economics professor is being investigated for sexual harassment, according to a new report. Roland G. Fryer Jr., a 2011 MacArthur “Genius” fellowship recipient, is…
[ad_1] While Google and Pichai’s responses may not have pleased everyone, at least they look good in comparison to its Silicon Valley rival. “Google did better than Facebook this year,” says Pivotal analyst Brian Weiser. “Many of the same issues that Facebook faced are issues for Google as well, but the primary distinction is that…
[ad_1] Cameron Sheldrake isn’t a man who lets food go to waste. When this third-generation farmer realized that his family’s supply of fresh sweet corn often outweighed the demand for the product, he made a solution only a true entrepreneur could make: Build a tortilla chip empire. After just 13-months of selling his product, Sheldrake…
[ad_1] “For an airline, if they can save 10 minutes boarding an airplane, that’s a big deal to them,” aviation consultant Mike Boyd told CNBC’s “On the Money” in a recent interview. However, what passengers save on time could cost them in privacy. In a data breach announced in November, Marriott said 500 million guest…
[ad_1] Sony thought up a novel way to draw interest in a major new movie. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Google Pixel Slate review (Image: EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS) GOOGLE PIXEL SLATE REVIEW • From £569 FOR • Good screen • Long battery life • Two USB-C ports AGAINST • Dated design • Keyboard case could be improved • Some performance issues • Can get very expensive The iPad is still the king of the tablets but Google is attempting to steal Apple’s…
[ad_1] Gmail is Google’s email client that is hugely popular in both personal and workspace environments. One of the reasons for Gmail’s success is its consistent stream of updates that bring new features. Gmail is renowned for its Smart Reply feature that suggests automatic responses to emails that Google insists saves people valuable time overall.…
[ad_1] Android users are being warned about Google Play Store apps downloaded millions of times that are loaded with malicious software. There are over two billion active devices running Android each and every month around the world. And the huge Android user base has been subject to a number of high profile security alerts, the…
[ad_1] Samsung’s Galaxy S9 took all the appeal of the popular Galaxy S8 and added some bonus features which help to make it even better. This flagship device features more power and improved photography credentials with the S9+ even packing a dual-lens rear camera into its all-glass and metal body. However, despite the S9 being…
[ad_1] Galaxy Note 9 was shown off back in August and was positioned as Samsung’s most premium smartphone offering. The handset comes with one of the best displays on the market that delivers beautiful colour production and amazing viewing angles. Note 9 has a 6.4-inch AMOLED panel with a resolution of 1440×2960 and a density…
[ad_1] With Christmas just over a week away many Apple fans may be looking for a discount. Apple isn’t famed for its sales but there are plenty of very good offers on its products from some the UK’s major high street retailers. Deals that are available right now include money off the latest iPhone XS…
[ad_1] It’s been another busy 12 months for Android fans with a swathe of new devices arriving in 2018. And despite the year coming to a close, there’s still even more devices arriving in stores. OnePlus announced last week that it was launching one final phone in 2018 with its limited edition 6T McLaren phone…
[ad_1] The Mate 20 Pro has been one of the biggest success stories of 2018. This Huawei flagship has surprised many with it offering a swathe of features that haven’t yet appeared on many of its flagship rivals. Huawei has packed the Mate 20 Pro with a clever triple rear camera, all-screen design and fast Kirin…
[ad_1] Currently, 47 states allow some form of CBD sales. The 2018 Farm Bill, which Congress passed this week, allows states to decide if CBD products made from hemp can be sold in their jurisdiction. However, it doesn’t protect the products from the Food and Drug Administration, which can penalize companies for making inaccurate health…
[ad_1] It feels like there’s a WeWork on every street nowadays. Take a walk through midtown Manhattan (please don’t actually) and it might even seem like there are more WeWorks than office buildings. Consider this an ongoing discussion about Urban Tech, its intersection with regulation, issues of public service, and other complexities that people have…
[ad_1] Egypt unveiled a well-preserved 4,400-year-old tomb decorated with hieroglyphs and statues south of Cairo on Saturday, and officials expect more discoveries when archaeologists excavate the site further in coming months. The tomb was found in a buried ridge at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara. It was untouched and unlooted, Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the…
[ad_1] If you fancy watching all the festive football this Christmas then there’s a very good deal from Sky’s NOW TV streaming service. The online platform has just launched a flash sale which is offering a full month of Sky Sports for just £12.99 – that’s a saving of 60 percent off the usual cost.…
[ad_1] Financial technology startup Robinhood is re-launching a new savings account plan that came under harsh scrutiny from regulators, and drew accusations about potentially misleading investors. In a blog post released Friday, Robinhood’s founders acknowledged that its new plan, which aimed to offer no-fee checking and savings accounts with no minimums, ATM fees, penalty charges…
[ad_1] The U.S.-Mexico border stretches 1,954 miles. About 700 of those miles have some sort of barricade or fence. The rest of the border is rugged landscapes and natural barriers like the Rio Grande River. While the debate over Donald Trump’s proposed wall continues, government money is flowing, and tech companies are looking to cash…
[ad_1] Everton make the trip to the Etihad Stadium today as they face Manchester City in the early Saturday kick off. The home side will be looking to get back to winning ways after losing to Chelsea last Saturday. This leaves City one point behind Premier League leaders Liverpool. Everton also head into today’s game…
[ad_1] Galaxy S9 debuted at the start of the year but has since plunged in price. The hardware became even more tantalising last month when Samsung showed off its new One UI skin that will run over Android 9 Pie and release for the handset in January. One UI will not only radically alter the…
[ad_1] Instagram users have just been treated to a new way of sending messages which comes straight from WhatsApp’s list of features. Sending a note to friends via a voice recording has been something WhatsApp fans have been able to do for a while but this option is now coming to Instagram. Announcing the news…
[ad_1] Huawei P20 Pro was revealed back in March and set a new standard for smartphone photography thanks to a host of notable features. The handset was immediately recognisable for its triple-camera system that was capable of capturing gorgeous shots. P20 Pro arrived with a 40-megapixel main sensor that was joined by a 20-megapixel monochrome…
[ad_1] Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL both improve upon the design from their respective predecessors by reducing bezels and introducing rear glass panels that allow for wireless charging. Pixel 3 is the smaller of the two smartphones, offering a 5.5-inch P-OLED display instead of the 6.3-inch screen present on the Pixel 3 XL. The…
[ad_1] Android users are being warned by security experts about terrifying malware that can steal hundreds of pounds from the official PayPal app. The Android malware is capable of bypassing the two-factor authentication of the PayPal app and in one reported case tried to steal almost £1,000. The malware that targets the Android PayPal app…
[ad_1] If you are looking to treat yourself to an Amazon Echo this Christmas then now is a very good time buy one. The online retailer has just launched a festive sale with its smart speakers getting a very decent discount. This price cut means you can now grab an Echo speaker for just £54.99…
[ad_1] Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 was released earlier this year with it packing plenty an abundance of flagship features. This giant 6.4-inch device comes with a huge 4,000 mAh battery, fast processor, dual-lens camera and the ability to add up to 512 GB of internal memory. Along with being much more powerful, there’s also an…
[ad_1] Windows 10 is close to becoming the most popular operating system in the world. Ever since Windows 10 was released the flagship Microsoft OS has been trying to play catch up to an older piece of software – Windows 7. According to NetMarketShare stats, last month Windows 10 was at last approaching the crossover…
[ad_1] Huawei Mate 20 Pro released back in October and has become hugely-popular for its diverse triple-camera array, all-day battery life and gorgeous design. The hardware comes with a 6.39-inch display that has a resolution of 1440×3120 and a density of 538 pixels-per-inch. Such a panel offers great viewing angles and produces vibrant colours. Most…
[ad_1] Samsung fans appear to be getting one step closer to getting Google’s latest Android 9 Pie software on their devices. Although no official release date has been set, the Korean technology giant is expected to push out this blockbuster update to users in the coming months. However, some recent news may give fans hope that…
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[ad_1] Researchers at the University of Alberta worked for almost a year to solve a riddle. What caused lake ice to shatter so violently on New Year’s Day that it damaged homes in three central Alberta beach communities? On Jan. 1, 2018, residents of Alberta Beach on Lac Ste. Anne, northwest of Edmonton, awoke to a…
[ad_1] The alleged dildo thief of 2017 — and a man caught sticking a chicken down his pants — should be protected under a law that denies businesses the right to share footage of bad customers, Newfoundland and Labrador’s privacy commissioner warns. The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, also known as PIPEDA, is a federal data privacy…
[ad_1] A bellowing “hello” is what gets your attention the minute you step into the reception area of Night Owl Bird Hospital, on Vancouver’s West Side. The greeting isn’t from a staff member. It’s from a brilliant blue and gold macaw named Amara. The 10-year-old parrot is one of dozens of resident birds at one of…
[ad_1] As permafrost in the North thaws, it’s releasing record levels of mercury into Arctic rivers and waterways, graduate students at the University of Alberta have found. The study, published by the journal Environmental Science & Technology on Nov. 26, found that landslides caused by the rapidly thawing permafrost — also called thaw slumps — in…
[ad_1] The berries tasted different. The blueberries and cranberries didn’t look the same either. When elders from Fort McKay near Alberta’s oilsands went to their traditional picking areas, things just didn’t feel right. They knew something was off. But what? The First Nation’s questions eventually grew into a collaboration with university-based researchers that brought botanists…
[ad_1] Canadians will spend an average of $65 on their pets this holiday season, according to accounting firm PwC’s holiday outlook. Some of the hottest gifts are new devices to help us monitor and better understand our pets when we aren’t home. The Furbo is a dog camera that holds treats inside and allows the…
[ad_1] Pessimism among investors shouldn’t deter people from carefully buying shares of high-quality companies that have endured massive declines, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday after a widespread sell-off in the stock market. On Thursday, survey results from the American Association of Individual Investors showed that pessimism among retail investors was at its worst in some…
[ad_1] Propel, maker of the Fresh EBT app for managing food stamps and other benefits, announced today that it has raised $12.8 million in Series A funding. Fresh EBT (the EBT stands for the Electronics Transfer Benefit card, which is how food stamp participants receive their benefits) allows users to check their food stamp/SNAP balance…
[ad_1] There’s still time for the S&P 500 to catch a 10 percent rally going into the new year, Fundstrat Global Advisors’ Tom Lee told CNBC Friday. “Obviously we’re working with a really short time frame, but we know that markets have been moving very quickly in the last couple of months,” the managing partner…
[ad_1] Facebook’s privacy controls have broken down yet again, this time through a software flaw affecting nearly seven million users who had photos exposed to a much wider audience than intended. The bug disclosed Friday gave hundreds of apps unauthorized access to photos that could in theory include images that would embarrass some of the affected…
[ad_1] Amazon recently said Apple Music would find its way onto Amazon Echo devices sometime soon — and sure enough, it appears to be rolling out now. To make Alexa work with Apple’s streaming service, you should just have to jump into the newly updated iOS/Android Alexa app and link up your account. You can…
[ad_1] Robotiq, based in Quebec City, announced $31 million CAD (about $23.2 million U.S.) in funding from Battery Ventures. Robotiq makes robotic equipment and software including specially designed, plug-and-play “grippers,” force sensors and camera technology. Tigera, an enterprise cybersecurity company focused on compliance solutions for Kubernetes platforms, closed a $30 million Series B round, led…
[ad_1] Tesla is slashing prices on its Model S sedan and Model X sport utility vehicle in China after Beijing suspended some tariffs on cars imported from the U.S.. The company confirmed the news on Friday. Tariffs on U.S.-made cars and light trucks will be temporarily reduced to 15 percent from Jan. 1 until March…
[ad_1] The leader of the diagnostics project, according to the person familiar, was Kristen Helton, a PhD in bioengineering who also co-founded a health monitoring start-up. Her previous academic papers point to an interest in point-of-care diagnostics, specifically making it easier for people to access tools to test for disease outside of the lab. She…
[ad_1] Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is in early discussions to acquire security software company McAfee from TPG and Intel for a significant premium over the company’s 2016 $4.2 billion valuation, according to people familiar with the matter. Talks may still fall apart and a deal announcement isn’t expected soon, said the people, who asked…
[ad_1] Major corporations such as Apple, which just announced a $1 billion investment into a new Austin campus, are buying into Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott told CNBC Friday. The iPhone maker promises to develop a 133-acre complex to hold 5,000 employees, with room for an additional 10,000 more. It will be situated within a mile…
[ad_1] Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Passengers walk through the terminal building of Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. A partner for a large New York law firm returned from a business trip to China just before Thanksgiving, about two weeks before the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images An attendee wears the Apple AirPod wireless headphones during an event in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has accurately predicted Apple’s product launches, recently said he believes that Amazon and Google will launch products to compete…
[ad_1] Robinhood launched new accounts with an eye-popping interest rate this week. But one Wall Street analyst says the products could backfire with regulators. The fintech start-up is offering what seems designed to look like a bank, UBS analyst Brennan Hawken said in a note to clients Friday. But that’s part of the problem. “The…
[ad_1] Adobe stock dropped as much as 5 percent in a down market for tech stocks on Friday, a day after reporting better-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter of its 2018 fiscal year. Investors are concerned about the $4.75 billion acquisition of Marketo diluting earnings, as well as a write-down of some assets from the…
[ad_1] Google has launched its shopping aggregator service in India, in a bid to take advantage of the country’s booming digital economy. The tech giant said Thursday that Indian shoppers will now be able to browse deals using its Google Shopping home page, a mobile-friendly web app, a new “shopping” tab on its search engine…
[ad_1] When I visited the GE Global Research Center in Niskayuna, New York in April 2017, I thought I saw a company that was working hard to avoid disruption, but perhaps the leafy campus, the labs and experimental projects hid much larger problems inside the company. Yesterday GE announced that it is spinning out its Industrial…
[ad_1] One year after forming a team to develop shopping specific features, Facebook’s Instagram is now beginning to develop analytics tools that brands could eventually use for ad targeting. Instagram last month introduced a tool that lets users bookmark products they find on the social network. Now, Instagram is working on an insight tool that…
[ad_1] ZTE has reportedly hired former Sen. Joe Lieberman to help the Chinese telecom giant allay fears in Washington that it poses a threat to national security. He will spearhead an assessment of its products, as the company tries to ensure U.S. officials that it is not a spy for the Chinese government. Politico reported…
[ad_1] Researchers at the University of Zurich and EPFL have created a robot that shrinks to fit through gaps, a feature that could make it perfect for search and rescue missions. The researchers initially created a drone that could assess man-made gaps and squeeze through in seconds using only one camera. This extra feature –…
[ad_1] Marlene Awaad | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., listens during the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, on Thursday, May 24, 2018. A Facebook bug exposed photos from up to 6.8 million users using third-party apps, the company disclosed Friday. The exposed photos include those…
[ad_1] This story originally ran on Medium on December 7, 2018. The rise of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Facebook as the world’s most valuable companies has been accompanied by two linked narratives about technology. One is about artificial intelligence — the golden promise and hard sell of these companies. A.I. is presented as a…
[ad_1] After receiving a flogging from privacy critics, Facebook is scrambling to make its smart display video chat screen Portal more attractive to buyers. Today Facebook is announcing the addition a of a web browser, plus some of Messenger’s Instant Games like Battleship, Draw Something, Sudoku, and Words With Friends. ABC News and CNN are…
[ad_1] Google will meet with New Zealand’s Justice Minister on Tuesday, after he lashed out at the search engine platform said the tech giant could be prosecuted for naming the suspect in backpacker Grace Millane’s murder. Internet users in the country searched the suspect’s name more than 100,000 times after a Google trending alert revealing…
[ad_1] Getty Images Twilio Inc. founder and CEO Jeff Lawson (C, in glasses) reacts after ringing the opening bell to celebrate Twilio’s initial public offering, at the New York Stock Exchange, June 23, 2016 in New York City. In a year that’s featured the high-profile market debuts of Dropbox, Spotify and DocuSign, as well as…
[ad_1] Google said on Thursday it had launched an artificial intelligence programme in Thailand to screen for a diabetic eye disease which causes permanent blindness. The eye screening programme in Thailand follows a similar Google programme in India and highlights a push by big tech companies to show the social benefits of new AI technologies.…
[ad_1] The design of every new iPhone starts at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, but the resources needed to make this design a reality come from all over the world. Apple said it sold its 2 billionth iOS device this year. To make this many devices requires an incredibly complex and far-reaching supply chain. Apple…
[ad_1] David McNew | AFP | Getty Images Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk unveils large utility scale home batteries at the Tesla Design Studio in Hawthorne, California. Wedbush Securities began coverage of Tesla shares on Friday with an outperform rating, saying Elon Musk’s electric vehicle and energy storage company is now in the top echelon…
[ad_1] Yves Herman | Reuters Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers a keynote during the European Union’s privacy conference at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 24, 2018. Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities, the most widely followed Apple analyst on Wall Street whose calls typically move the stock, says demand for iPhones is falling…
[ad_1] He’s become a kind of rock star in a field where most people spend their careers working far from the limelight. Canadian Don Sadoway, a professor of materials chemistry at MIT, has captured the attention of the world with his quest to build a better battery. In the hallway outside his office, high-profile accolades…
[ad_1] Hummingbird is seemingly only available in the US for now Earlier this year, Microsoft rebranded its MSN news app to the Microsoft News app on Android and iOS. The app is available in 28 languages, and sends across breaking news alerts on different selected topics of your interest. Now, the tech giant has introduced…
[ad_1] Apple pulled the Tumblr app from its App Store last month after child sexual abuse material was found on the Yahoo-owned micro blogging platform. Tumblr, last week, announced that it was banning all adult content from the platform, and following that announcement, the app has returned to the App Store. At the time, chief…
[ad_1] Google brought its parental control app called Family Link on Android smartphones a little over a year ago. This app’s primary purpose was the help parents control how their younger ones use their Android smartphones. The app gave them complete control over which sites they could access, which apps they could download and even…
[ad_1] Hello, hello. This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more sustainable world. (Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.) This week: A more sustainable way to grow rice ‘We have lost the luxury of time’: A youth activist reports from…
[ad_1] Logitech Options, the app that is designed to enable customisation of Logitech mice, keyboards, or touchpads, has now received a security patch. The patch essentially fixes a security flaw that was allowing attackers to inject arbitrary keystrokes and send system commands – all through gaining remote access. Google’s Project Zero security team intimated the…
[ad_1] Facebook Watch is now available globally on desktop and Lite app Facebook has announced that its video platform Watch has clocked 400 million users who view content at least for a minute per month. Out of these, 75 million users watch videos for least one minute per day with an average of 20 minutes…
[ad_1] Apple Music Connect, a social network for musicians to reach their fans, is going to be shut down. The social network is part of Apple Music, which is Apple’s music streaming service, but not for long. At launch, Apple had touted Connect as one of Apple Music’s big features but it never gained much…
[ad_1] A patent application filed by Amazon offers a vision of how doorbell cameras could be equipped with new technology that would allow the devices to gather data and identify people considered to be “suspicious.” The application – revealed by the US Patent and Trademark Office last month and first reported by CNN – describes how…
[ad_1] Today’s Google Doodle is dedicated to the breathtaking Geminid meteor shower. The shooting stars will be visible on the night sky for the next few days, with its peak time in the early hours of December 14. If the weather is clear, 2018 should be the best year ever to watch the Gemenids. Google…
[ad_1] It is perhaps the silliest spat of the year. Since September, PewDiePie, a Swedish Internet personality whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, has waged a war of words with T-Series, an Indian record label and film producer. For five years, PewDiePie has been the most subscribed channel on YouTube, amassing more than 76 million…
[ad_1] Galaxy S10 is expected to be unveiled by Samsung at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next year and has been heavily rumoured to bring a number of substantial changes to the product line. Unlike previous S-devices that have typically arrived in standard and “+” variants, the Galaxy S10 has been predicted to come…
[ad_1] Amazon Echo Dot has been incredibly popular of late, so much in fact the hardware is currently out of stock until next month. If customers want the charcoal model of the Echo Dot they will have to wait until January 6 before it will be dispatched. Moreover, the heather grey and sandstone versions of…
[ad_1] Still, China is not yet the dominant force in the world of AI. “The innovation is still coming from the U.S. and that’s thanks to, obviously, a huge network of universities that are fed by the world’s greatest talent — not just Chinese engineers coming to the U.S., and computer scientists, but also from…
[ad_1] A marine mammal research group in Quebec has identified a young beluga whale recently spotted in a P.E.I. harbour as one that has been rescued before. A marine diving class in Summerside spent several hours in the water last Friday while the whale kept them company. While the students were thrilled by the experience,…
[ad_1] The clock is ticking for Mortimer the raven. Evangeline MacKinnon rescued the injured bird last month after finding it huddled with a broken wing under a tree on Wilson Crescent in Saskatoon. She and her partner, Devin Holdner, carried the young bird home and adopted it into their menagerie of pets that include a budgie,…
[ad_1] “The agreement was struck very quickly at a time when the U.S. was threatening retaliation over IP theft, and President Xi Jinping was traveling to D.C. for a summit with President Obama,” recalled Robert Silvers, who helped sign the deal in his prior role as assistant secretary for cyber policy at the Department of…
[ad_1] However, the scheme has faced criticism from some of Ghana’s lawmakers and medical professionals, who have argued that it is costly and has had insufficient consideration. The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) called for the suspension of the drone delivery rollout, saying in a statement on Tuesday that the scheme focused too heavily on expensive…
[ad_1] Intel and esports company ESL have extended a long-standing partnership, signing a three-year, $100 million deal designed to boost the profile of electronic sports worldwide, the companies announced Thursday. Under the deal, Intel will provide multiple layers of technology — including its high-powered “Core” computer processors and 5G — for some of the biggest…
[ad_1] Adam Jeffery | CNBC Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, speaking at the New York Economic Club on Nov. 181128. The economy is showing signs of weakness that should make the Federal Reserve think twice about raising interest rates after December’s widely anticipated hike, Cramer warned on Thursday. “There’s enough conflicting evidence that…
[ad_1] Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, speaks during an event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on September 12, 2018 in Cupertino, California. Apple CEO Tim Cook kept his promise in placing Apple’s newest campuses — spanning several states and including a new $1 billion facility…
[ad_1] With its acquisitions of Magento Commerce and Marketo, Adobe has officially become the “only” one-stop shop for both consumer- and business-facing enterprises, CEO Shantanu Narayen told CNBC on Thursday. “When you think about what Magento does, it really completely closes the loop with respect to everything we’ve been doing for [business-to-consumer] companies in terms…
[ad_1] Billionaire Richard Branson has some advice for Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Musk, whose behavior has come under scrutiny this past year, admitted recently that he has been working long hours to keep the electric car company alive. “The only advice I’d give him is not to burn himself out. Delegate, surround himself with really…
[ad_1] Tesla’s head of digital product, Parag Vaish, has resigned from the company and will be joining Google’s internal incubator called Area 120. Vaish started at Tesla last year and managed a team of more than 40 employees involved in e-commerce, software design and content. He confirmed to CNBC that he’s going to Area 120,…
[ad_1] “On the face of it, this sounds like bad news for people,” Branson admits (and Elon Musk certainly thinks so). But unemployment rates will about the same in 20 years, even if the kind of jobs have changed, according to Rob Atkinson, founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation writing in…
[ad_1] Despite the self-reflection, Branson was largely exuberant about his company’s historic milestone. Speaking from the Mojave Air and Space Port in the California desert, Branson described the spaceship’s journey. A two-member crew piloted spacecraft Unity to a speed of Mach 2.9 in a flight which reached an altitude of 51.4 miles, or nearly 83…
[ad_1] Apple can still get more people to buy its services even if consumers aren’t buying as many new iPhones as in years past, Macquarie Group analyst Ben Schachter told CNBC on Thursday. That’s because, to an extent, the tech giant’s services business is independent of its unit sales, he said. “If someone has an…
[ad_1] Starbucks is the latest restaurant company to get into delivery. The coffee giant said Thursday it would partner with Uber Eats to bring its lattes to customers’ doors. “In locations where drive-thru isn’t feasible we are testing platforms like delivery,” Roz Brewer, chief operating officer, said, during the company’s investor meeting in New York.…
[ad_1] Google‘s battle against inappropriate content on its video platform rages on. YouTube removed 7.85 million videos and 1.67 million channels between July and September, according to its latest YouTube Community Guidelines enforcement report. This is the fourth of such reports YouTube has published, but the first that includes information about removing channels, versus just…
[ad_1] When the former CTOs of YouTube, Facebook, and Dropbox seed fund a database startup, you know there’s something special going on under the hood. Jiten Vaidya and Sugu Sougoumarane saved YouTube from a scalability nightmare by inventing and open sourcing Vitess, a brilliant relational data storage system. But in the decade since working there, the…
[ad_1] Elliott has pushed the company to find a buyer. Nielsen said in September that it was working with investment banks JPMorgan Chase and Guggenheim Securities, as well as law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on an “expanded” review of strategic alternatives, including a sale of the company. That prompted interest from a number…
[ad_1] The simplest needs are often the most vital: power and clean water will get you a long way. But in rural areas of developing countries they can both be hard to come by. OffGridBox is attempting to provide both, sustainably and profitably, while meeting humanitarian and ecological goals at the same time. The company…
[ad_1] Earlier this year, Apple Music launched some of its top charts as playlist series. Today, YouTube is doing something similar. The company announced it’s making its YouTube Charts available as playlists in YouTube Music to users across the 29 markets where the music service is live. Each market will receive five of these “charts playlists”…
[ad_1] YouTube’s 2018 “Rewind,” a mashup of the biggest trends on the site this year, has become its most disliked video ever. This year’s annual recap has racked up 10 million dislikes, beating out pop star Justin Bieber’s 2010 song “Baby,” which sits on 9.8 million dislikes. The clip has been criticized by content creators…
[ad_1] The fourth test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo took its test pilots to the very edge of space this morning, reaching just over 52 miles of altitude and a maximum speed of Mach 2.9. It’s another exciting leapfrog of the aspiring space tourism company’s previous achievements. Takeoff was at 7:30 AM against a lovely…
[ad_1] Since its public debut in fall 2017, Google’s parental control software dubbed Family Link, has been steadily expanding, both in terms of its capabilities and its reach. Today, it’s making the jump beyond smartphones for the first time, with newly added support for Chromebook computers. As on Android devices, parents will now be able…
[ad_1] According to three sellers who spoke to CNBC, as well as numerous messages on public forums, many of the supposedly counterfeit books had been sent to the same person and address. When these sellers got the email from Amazon notifying them that their accounts had been suspended, they checked their records and found that…
[ad_1] There’s been a break in the multi-year feud between Google and Amazon, apparently, as Amazon is now — once again — selling Google Chromecast devices on its site. The devices were banned from Amazon back in 2015, when the retailer then decided that only devices supporting Prime Video would be allowed. A year ago,…
[ad_1] Telsa may be feeling better about CEO Elon Musk‘s now-infamous August tweet on considering taking the electric car maker private, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday. “We’re now seeing price targets that are above” $420 per share, the “Mad Money” host said, referring to the stock price quoted in Musk’s take-private tweet. “Maybe, they’re being…
[ad_1] Both Facebook Watch and Instagram’s IGTV have yet to become superstar video platforms, leaving Facebook at risk as more people seek streaming entertainment instead of status updates. So today Facebook is trying to build some buzz for Watch with new stats and rollouts. The free video hub that combines original content, sports, and cult…
[ad_1] There’s no definitive way to set your goals. As long as you connect your objectives to your vision, your goals will get you to where you want to go. Your vision should guide all aspects of your business, so write it down, share it with all stakeholders and evangelize it. Then ask everyone in…
[ad_1] French startup Tempow has been working on software solutions to improve the Bluetooth protocol. The company just unveiled the Tempow True Wireless Bluetooth profile so that anybody can create AirPods clones. Many companies have tried creating a pair of earbuds with absolutely no wire. But none of them are as good as Apple’s AirPods.…
[ad_1] Robinhood is undercutting the big banks by forgoing brick-and-mortar branches with its new zero-fee checking and savings account features. With no overdraft or monthly fees, a juicy 3 percent interest rate, and a claim of more US ATMs than the five biggest banks combined, Robinhood is using the scalability of software to pass impressive…
[ad_1] Virgin Galactic is attempting its longest rocket-powered flight ever on Thursday, aiming to take a step ahead in the nascent business of space tourism. If successful, the two pilots on board Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft Unity would become the company’s first astronauts. In this test flight, Virgin Galactic plans “to burn the rocket motor for…
[ad_1] Ever wonder how much of your personal information is accessible to marketers? Well, there’s a new service called My Number Lookup that makes it easy (and free) for you to check the data that’s publicly available and tied to your mobile phone number. The service was created by Keepsafe, maker of privacy-centric products. While…
[ad_1] As companies shift to CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery), they face a problem around monitoring and fixing problems in builds that have been deployed. How do you deal with an issue after moving onto the next delivery milestone? Harness, the startup launched last year by AppDynamics founder Jyoti Bansal, wants to fix that with a…
[ad_1] Bhatt, who co-founded Robinhood in 2013 with Vlad Tenev, said that the yield is not a “teaser rate.” Given the direction from the Federal Reserve, which is slowly raising interest rates, Bhatt said their the 3 percent rate should be sustainable. They are not necessarily going to make money on these checking and savings…
[ad_1] Work-Bench, an early stage enterprise startup venture capital firm based in New York City announced its $47 million Fund II today. It follows their initial $10 million fund. Work-Bench is itself like a venture capital investment startup. A scrappy operation run by just five enterprise industry veterans, it defies convention in a number of…
[ad_1] Photo: Mark Stone | University of Washington. The UW team designed a sensor “backpack” that weighs 102 mg, about the weight of seven grains of rice. “We decided to use bumblebees because they’re large enough to carry a tiny battery that can power our system,” said Iyer, a doctoral student in the UW Department…
[ad_1] YouTube Rewind 2018 video’s theme was ‘Everyone controls rewind’ Like every year, December is full of year-ender lists and recap videos. While this year’s Google Year is Search video has been largely been lauded for bringing lots of nostalgia to the table, YouTube’s annual Rewind video wasn’t so well received. In fact, the video…
[ad_1] Shares of electric car maker Tesla could jump sharply in the next year as the company starts making money more consistently, according to an analyst at Baird. Analyst Ben Kallo reiterated his outperform rating on the stock and hiked his price target to $465 from $411. Kallo’s new 12-month price target implies a 26.8…
[ad_1] Germany’s highest court ruled on Thursday that a defunct limousine service offered by Uber was illegal, in a setback for the US ride-hailing company that has struggled to comply with the law in Europe’s largest economy. The Federal Court of Justice, handing down a final decision, upheld lower-court rulings in favour of a complaint brought…
[ad_1] Yet another Wall Street analyst has cut share price expectations for Apple as Piper Jaffray joined the growing chorus of brokerages to readjust iPhone expectations. “While we are not seeing evidence of iPhone unit weakness in our domestic iPhone user survey, reduced expectations from multiple component suppliers are likely a sign that global unit…
[ad_1] A German rule which gives publishers the right to demand a license fee from Google for using news snippets should be halted as it has not been notified to the European Commission, an advisor to Europe’s top court said on Thursday. The non-binding recommendation from Advocate General Gerard Hogan followed a request for guidance…
[ad_1] Smith Collection/Gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Close-up of sign for GE Digital, a division of General Electric, in the Bishop Ranch office park in San Ramon, California. General Electric announced plans Thursday spin off its GE Digital business and establish an independent Internet of Things company, built around several GE Digital technologies.…
[ad_1] Chorus.ai, a service that listens to sales calls in real time, and then transcribes and analyses them to give helpful tips to the salesperson, has raised $33 million to double down on the current demand for more AI-based tools in the enterprise. The Series B is being led by Georgian Partners, with participation also…
[ad_1] Amazon India on Thursday launched “Spark”, a new feature that is aimed to bring a community-driven experience to online shopping in the country. The new feature seems to be highly inspired by Instagram and uses customers’ browsing and shopping behaviour to provide them with a personalised feed. It not only allows you to post…
[ad_1] Apple’s new iPhone XR went on sale in October and offers fans an all-screen design without the high price tag of the £1,000 iPhone Xs. Prices for the XR start from £749 SIM-free but there is now a way to buy this phone and get a generous £100 cashback. The offer, which comes via…
[ad_1] Japan is planning to tighten regulation of tech giants like Google and Facebook after an expert panel called for better oversight on competition and privacy, an official said Thursday. Japan has followed in the footsteps of other countries in scrutinising the dominant role played by the world’s largest information technology companies, including Big Four…
[ad_1] Google Chrome is the American tech giant’s browser that is incredibly dominant on both mobile and desktop platforms. Chrome is by far the most popular browser in the world thanks to its sheer amount of monthly users. The Mountain View firm regularly updates its browser as part of its endeavour to bring new and…
[ad_1] Opera for Android has been updated with an integrated cryptocurrency wallet, dubbed the Crypto Wallet. The Wallet, which requires Android 6.0 Marshmallow or above, supports Ethereum protocol. Opera has also brought support for Web 3 to enable access for Dapps. The updated Opera browser is also based on Chromium 70 rendering engine and includes…
[ad_1] Cyclists, take note: you don’t need a car or a sleigh to lug your Christmas tree home. Chris Bruntlett has the photos to prove it. For five years, the Vancouver marketing guru has been crowdsourcing images from around the world of cyclists who use their two-wheelers to cart home their freshly cut firs. Joining the <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/treebybike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#treebybike</a> bandwagon…
[ad_1] The #MeToo movement that took the Bollywood and the media industry in India by storm topped popular photo-sharing platform Instagram’s advocacy hashtags with 1.5 million usage in 2018, the company said on Thursday. In “Instagram Year In Review 2018” report, the Facebook-owned company said that #timesup (used 597K times) and #marchforourlives (used 562K times),…
[ad_1] For the first time in 4½ years, a healthy adult Atlantic whitefish has been discovered in its lone refuge outside Bridgewater, N.S. The critically endangered relative of the Atlantic salmon — a 33-centimetre female — was found in a fish trap on Dec. 7, ending a worrisome drought. “It’s the first adult whitefish we’ve seen since 2014.…
[ad_1] Mount Allison University professor Catherine Lovekin is part of an international team of researchers that managed to capture the clearest recording yet of the complete life cycle of a nova. Using a network of five nano-satellites, the BRITE-Constellation team tracks the brightest stars in the sky and how they interact with their environment. “It was kind of luck,” Lovekin said. “We can…
[ad_1] French startup Glose just raised a $3.4 million funding round (€3 million) for its reading app on iPhone, iPad and Android. The company wants to make reading books more social. If you’re an avid book reader, chances are you always carry a pencil with you to write some notes in the margins. Or maybe…
[ad_1] Weather plays an important role in our lives, and yet we sometimes take it for granted. We may not have any control over it but we can make smarter decisions based on weather predictions. Weather impacts our everyday lives in more ways than we can imagine. If there’s one thing that shapes all our…
[ad_1] A Canadian government scientist who has attracted attention for his research in Arctic contaminants was given a lifetime achievement award by a charitable foundation on Wednesday. Derek Muir is the recipient of the $100,000 Weston Family prize for northern research by The W. Garfield Weston Foundation. Muir, a research scientist with Environment and Climate…
[ad_1] Intel has announced a number of major new initiatives for the design and manufacturing of future CPUs and GPUs. The company revealed new roadmaps and details of the technology that will underpin future products, and even demonstrated some prototypes in action, at its Architecture Day seminar on Tuesday at the former home of Intel…
[ad_1] The challenge of returns is not unique to the United States. Amazon sees more product returns in India than it sees in any other market where it operates, Dharmesh Mehta, vice president of consumer and brand protection at Amazon, told Indian daily Economic Times. In India, Walmart-controlled Flipkart launched 2Gud, a secondary marketplace that…
[ad_1] Microsoft on Thursday announced that its enterprise social network app Kaizala is now helping over 1,000 government and private businesses in India improve workplace productivity and streamline growth. The company also said it will expand the reach of Kaizala – launched in India last year and now available in 18 languages across 28 markets…
[ad_1] Apple will invest $1 billion in a new campus in Austin, Texas, the company announced on Thursday. The 133-acre campus will be located in North Austin and will accommodate an initial 5,000 employees, with capacity for 15,000 employees in total. Apple said the expansion will make it the largest private employer in Austin. “Apple…
[ad_1] Facebook is redesigning its “Life Events” feature with useful updates that can help users spruce up the posts marking the important moments that they want to remember and share. Facebook introduced the “Life Events” feature as a way to help users share and celebrate the most important milestones with friends and family. “Just as…
[ad_1] Multinational firms like Adobe, Microsoft, SAP and Cisco are leading the way when it comes to attracting India's top tech talents. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Microsoft is working to introduce a consumer version of its Microsoft 365 bundle that would be the consumer-focused complement to its existing Microsoft 365 subscription bundle for business users. Microsoft’s 365 plan for businesses currently includes bundles for Windows 10, Office 365, and Azure for some plans. A job listing spotted by Microsoft watcher…
[ad_1] “It’s extremely important to avoid buying equipment that includes malicious functions like stealing or destroying information or halting information systems,” Nikkei reported Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as saying. SoftBank’s decision comes days after reports that the Japanese government is planning to stop buying equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE for its offices…
[ad_1] Industrial robotics is on track to be worth around $20 billion by 2020, but while it may something in common with other categories of cutting-edge tech — innovative use of artificial intelligence, pushing the boundaries of autonomous machines that are disrupting pre-existing technology — there is one key area where it differs: each robotics…
[ad_1] Samsung Notebook 9 Pen (2019) price has not been disclosed yet Samsung on Thursday announced the launch of its latest Notebook 9 Pen range of convertible laptops. The 13-inch Samsung Notebook 9 Pen (2019) model has been refreshed with an improved S Pen and slightly tweaked specifications including a significantly bigger battery cell. The…
[ad_1] A group of 40 organizations and businesses have written a letter to federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna asking her to keep “stringent” pollution emission standards for automakers and move toward a zero-emission vehicle strategy. “We urge you to uphold the more stringent GHG emissions standards in Canada through 2025 for light duty vehicles,” reads the letter,…
[ad_1] Movie-mad Indians and the cheap data packs on their smartphones could make India the biggest user-base market for IMDb over the next five years, the Amazon-owned movie rating website said on Wednesday. India is currently the site’s second-highest user base worldwide, but that is likely to change, IMDb founder and Chief Executive Col Needham…
[ad_1] The Canadian government is under intense pressure to fill a leadership void as countries try to hammer out how they will hold themselves accountable for implementing the Paris climate-change accord. Political leaders from most countries are in the small, coal-mining city of Katowice in southern Poland for the 24th meeting of the United Nations…
[ad_1] When Apple introduced the iPad eight years ago, media executives rejoiced. “Sit down once a day and pray to thank Steve Jobs that he is saving the publishing industry,” the head of German publisher Axel Springer said about the tablet in 2010. But the idea of paging through a magazine on an iPad never really…
[ad_1] Jonathan Bush, founder and former CEO of Athenahealth, defended himself in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday and blasted Elliott Management, the activist investment firm that took a stake in his health information technology company and eventually bought it after Bush resigned. “My experience is running a company with a gun to your head…
[ad_1] Apple’s stock — at one point the most valuable in the world — is up more than 43,000 percent since its IPO exactly 38 years ago Wednesday. The company first listed its shares on public exchanges on Dec. 12, 1980, at $22 a share. Several stock splits and more than a billion iPhones later,…
[ad_1] Google CEO Sundar Pichai, head of one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies, said in an interview this week that concerns about harmful applications of the technology are “very legitimate” – but the tech industry should be trusted to responsibly regulate its use. Speaking with The Washington Post on Tuesday afternoon, Pichai said…
[ad_1] John Chen has revamped BlackBerry’s business, much as he did with Sybase before. He’s a longtime enterprise technology CEO and serves on Disney’s board. This was the first time we’ve spoken about what he had to go through to succeed — and the road wasn’t easy. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Panera had a problem. At lunchtime, customers were mobbing the counters to order their food and pick it up, causing chaos. It was frustrating for everyone involved, and management knew that it was probably costing the company sales. Panera turned to Blaine Hurst to lead the search for a solution. As the company’s chief…
[ad_1] Large-cap tech and telecom stocks rallied on Wednesday, with one exception: Verizon. As the Nasdaq Composite Index popped 1 percent at the close, Verizon sunk 2.7 percent following a downgrade from Morgan Stanley and the news that it will take a $4.6 billion charge for its failing media business, Oath. Verizon made public the…
[ad_1] Phones are getting huge. Tablets are tweeners. PCs are on the uptick. Microsoft just announced a new lineup of its Surface PCs and tablets and HP unveiled a leather laptop, so it’s a good time to ask: What’s right for you? What’s the difference between spending less than $1,000 or more than $2,000 on…
[ad_1] Shares of Facebook could be nearing a trough as Instagram continues to attract advertisers and the company adds to its share buyback program, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday. “I think Facebook, the stock, is ready to bottom. Maybe it already has. Maybe it can go higher” as more and more retailers pour money into…
[ad_1] Jim Cramer dials into digital media's role in attracting customers and the future of Facebook. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Seb Daly | Web Summit | Getty Images Nikolay Storonsky, chief executive of Revolut, on stage at the MoneyConf fintech event in Lisbon, Portugal. U.K. financial technology firm Revolut secured a big victory on Thursday in its quest to shake up European banking. Revolut announced it was granted a banking license by the European…
[ad_1] Apple bull Gene Munster told CNBC on Wednesday if you “look through the noise” about the company’s decision to ax unit sales from future earnings reports, investors will see that the iPhone-maker’s stock will reach $350 in three years. That’s more than double Apple’s current share price of $169.10 and a moonshot from its…
[ad_1] The global rules of engagement for cyberspace have unraveled in recent years as rogue nations took advantage of their ability to hack companies like Sony Pictures, FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia told CNBC on Wednesday. “What I’ve seen over the last three years is the rules of engagement have broken,” Mandia, whose firm is partnered…
[ad_1] Let’s call this one “Disaster averted.” Tencent Music. the China-based streaming app, priced its IPO at the NYSE at $13, the low end of the range, opened on Wednesday at $14.10 and pretty much stayed there all day, closing at $14. The big story is that the deal got done at all. It was…
[ad_1] Stockton also sees positive signals in the charts of Amazon and Apple, both of which have taken a beating lately. “With Amazon and Apple’s help, I think the market will do better,” she said. Like the S&P, Apple also is oversold in the intermediate term, according to Stockton. “It doesn’t have a buy signal…
[ad_1] New York struck a “bad deal” with Amazon to bring one of the tech giant’s East Coast headquarters to Queens, New York state Sen. Michael Gianaris told CNBC on Wednesday. Gianaris, a Democrat whose district includes Long Island City, where the Amazon facility would be located, called Jeff Bezos‘ HQ2 search process “one of…
[ad_1] You’re on social media or surfing the web when you see an ad for a free trial of a new wrinkle cream or diet pill. It may be endorsed by a celebrity and all you have to pay is a small fee for shipping and handling. But that free trial may be anything but…
[ad_1] The number of doctors on staff is an indication that Apple is serious about helping customers manage disease, and not just wellness or fitness. For instance, the company hired an orthopedic surgeon, Sharat Kusuma, to manage its partnership with medical device maker Zimmer Biomet to study whether Apple technology can help patients recover from…
[ad_1] Morgan Stanley hosted its first “Space Summit” in New York City on Tuesday, as the firm is telling clients to pay attention to space companies. The event “included participation from private and public space companies and investors, with discussions centered on bandwidth, national security, and capital formation in the private domain,” Morgan Stanley analyst…
[ad_1] Oracle filed suit in federal court last week alleging yet again that the decade-long $10 billion Pentagon JEDI contract with its single-vendor award is unfair and illegal. The complaint, which has been sealed at Oracle’s request, is available in the public record with redactions. If all of this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s the same argument…
[ad_1] Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., listens during an Economic Club of Washington discussion in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Amazon executives and the head of New York City’s Economic Development Corporation were grilled over the nearly $3 billion in…
[ad_1] The Google Play Store is receiving an update today that will allow customers to make charitable donations to nonprofits from their Android device. While it may seem odd to to be rallying for support for charities within the same marketplace where users download apps and games, it’s not uncommon. Apple for years has collected…
[ad_1] AWS CEO Andy Jassy talks about new features in Amazon’s cloud, responds to moves from rivals, and gives an assessment of how far the industry has to go in the cloud era. CNBC’s Jon Fortt brings you closer to the entrepreneurs and executives who are crafting the future in technology and beyond. [ad_2] Source…
[ad_1] Morgan Stanley downgraded shares of Verizon to equal weight from overweight on Wednesday, saying the stock has hit the firm’s $58 price target and is “already priced at a premium.” “For 2019 we expect Verizon to report just 1% EPS growth … on broadly flat revenues,” Morgan Stanley’s Simon Flannery said in a note.…
[ad_1] Bloomberg today updated its earlier reporting on Apple’s plans for a news and magazine subscription service. Earlier this year, the outlet had said Apple would relaunch the digital newsstand business Texture, which it acquired this spring, as part of the Apple News app. Now, Bloomberg confirms the launch time frame could be “as soon…
[ad_1] Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson has privately been fuming behind the scenes about his party’s lack of response to ActBlue and is planning to demand that the GOP fundraising committees create a counterweight before the next election. While Sacca announced his retirement from venture capital and “Shark Tank” over a year ago, he said he…
[ad_1] Tigera, a startup that offers security and compliance solutions for Kubernetes container deployments, today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B round led by Insight Partners. Existing investors Madrona, NEA and Wing also participated in this round. Like everybody in the Kubernetes ecosystem, Tigera is exhibiting at KubeCon this week, so…
[ad_1] At one of the saddest times of her life, Gillian Brockell kept seeing ads on social media that twisted the knife in her wound. In an open letter posted to Twitter and addressed to “Tech Companies,” the Washington Post opinion video editor says she continued to be targeted with motherhood ads after learning that…
[ad_1] Tencent Music owns the four largest music apps in China — streaming apps QQ Music, Kugou Music and Kuwo Music, and karaoke app WeSing. The company counted more than 800 million unique monthly active users during the second quarter of 2018, according to its initial prospectus filing. The company has posted an annual profit…
[ad_1] If you’ve been browsing the App Store for long enough, chances are you’ve seen djay at some point. Algoriddim, the company behind djay, currently has eight different apps in the App Store. Today, the company is releasing a brand new version that is going to replace all previous apps at once. The reason why…
[ad_1] On Monday, the New York Times published a story that showed just how easy it is to identify and locate people through anonymized data that’s almost constantly being collected by apps on our phones. While the information provided by the applications doesn’t always identify the user, the location tracking is often so precise that…
[ad_1] Americans are regularly checking a second screen while watching TV, according to a new report from Nielsen which examined the media consumption habits of U.S. adults in the second quarter of 2018. Today, 28 percent of adults say they “sometimes” use a digital device, like a phone or tablet, when watching TV. A much…
[ad_1] Guru, the enterprise-focused information sharing platform, has today announced the close of a $25 million Series B funding led by Thrive Capital, with participation from existing investors Emergence Capital, FirstMark Capital, Slack Fund, and Michael Dell’s MSD Capital. Guru came on to the scene in 2013 with the premise that organizations are not so…
[ad_1] Hackers infiltrated dozens of companies around the world with advanced malicious software that extracted information from their systems, according to McAfee. Research released by the cybersecurity firm on Wednesday showed that the infiltration campaign — called “Operation Sharpshooter” — primarily targeted defense and government organizations. The report identified that, between October and November, the…
[ad_1] Screenshot Mark Zuckerberg delivers a keynote at Facebook’s Oculus Connect 5 event in San Jose, California, on September 26, 2018. Facebook and video game company ZeniMax have settled a lawsuit that claimed Facebook stole ZeniMax company secrets and technology for Facebook’s Oculus virtual reality products. “We are pleased that a settlement has been reached…
[ad_1] In my never-ending quest to wrap everything in brown leather, I’m pleased with this AirPod case from Nomad. It’s simple: just a plastic case covered with brown (or black) leather. But I like it. This will be short. The Nomad AirPod Rugged Case adds a little character to the sterile AirPod housing. Instead of…
[ad_1] After raising $55 million in October at a $500 million valuation, business software marketplace G2 Crowd is making its first-ever acquisition to bring more features to its platform. It is acquiring Siftery, a startup that has built its own database of business software not on user reviews, but by providing a service to businesses where…
[ad_1] Qualcomm says Apple continues to sell iPhones in China, breaching a recent court order. The chipmaker has presented evidence to the court in the form of a video showing iPhones being unboxed and sold. Earlier this week, a court in China granted Qualcomm an injunction against Apple, banning sales of nearly all iPhones in…
[ad_1] Hello, Las Vegas! We are all heading to LV for CES next month and instead of spending all our cash on a booth we’ll be wandering the halls and want to meet you as far away from the Convention Center as possible without ending up in the Grand Canyon. And we need your help.…
[ad_1] AtScale, the startup that helps companies move massive amounts of data into business intelligence and analytics tools, announced a $50 million Series D round today. Morgan Stanley led the round with previous investors Storm Ventures and Atlantic Bridge joining in. New investor Wells Fargo also participated. The funding comes almost exactly a year after…
[ad_1] In addition to being on the hook for successfully arguing the case against Meng, the Justice Department is close to dropping new indictments on Chinese government-connected hackers, possibly this week, according to The Wall Street Journal. Those indictments likely will focus on allegations that China tried to use large, U.S. based managed service providers,…
[ad_1] According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is thinking about multiple scenarios when it comes to tariffs and iPhone production. Right now, iPhones are not affected directly by the trade war between China and the U.S. But if U.S. President Donald Trump decides to raise tariffs on smartphones, it could be a big…
[ad_1] Juniper Square, a four-year-old startup at the intersection of enterprise software, real estate and financial technology, has brought in an additional $25 million in Series B funding to fuel the growth of its commercial real estate investment platform. Ribbit Capital led the round, with participation from Felicis Ventures. Founded in 2014 by Alex Robinson, Yonas…
[ad_1] CLEAR, the company behind the technology, also developed Delta Biometrics – the system used by the airline to streamline its airport lounge access. “By teaming with CLEAR, Hertz gets a partner with an expanding footprint and proven track record to help us innovate the car rental process, improve the customer experience and bring meaningful…
[ad_1] This is the Echo I’ve been waiting for. Throughout my house, I have Amazon Echo Dots connected to stereo systems. In my office, I have a Dot connected to an Onkyo receiver and amp. In my basement, I have one hooked up to a small bookshelf system. Outside on the deck, a Dot serves…
[ad_1] While the number of apps installed by smartphone users in India range from five to 207, the average number of installed apps on a phone is 51, said a new report on Wednesday. However, people do not use all the apps they install. Most of the people in India use just about 24 apps…
[ad_1] An ordinance that would add new regulations for short-term rental housing on Airbnb and other home-sharing platforms was approved Tuesday by the Los Angeles City Council. The ordinance would limit short-term rentals to people renting out their primary residence for home sharing and prohibit apartment conversions into what some have called “rogue hotels.” The…
[ad_1] Amazon Echo Dot has been so popular this holiday season the retail giant is no longer able to offer guarantees the product will arrive before Christmas. In fact, if customers attempt to purchase an Echo Dot they are issued a prompt that declares the hardware will not be in stock again until January 6.…
[ad_1] As companies compete for talent, a startup that has built a platform to help ensure that the talent — once it’s working for you — doesn’t get bogged down by IT frustration, has raised a significant round of funding. Lausanne, Switzerland-based Nexthink has nailed down $85 million in funding led by Index Ventures (which…
[ad_1] LG Electronics on Wednesday said it will refresh its premium ultra-light LG Gram laptop range with two new models at CES 2019, as is tradition. These are the LG Gram 17 (model 17Z990) with a 17-inch display, and the LG Gram 2-in-1 (model 14T990) with a 14-inch panel. Both notebooks are unique in their…
[ad_1] Firefox is Mozilla’s internet browser that is used by 10 percent of desktop users, according to NetMarketShare. The client is not as popular as Chrome, but still has an array of features that make it appealing. Mozilla regularly updates Firefox, bringing fresh tools that improve the overall experience of using the browser. In fact,…
[ad_1] Defunct startup Sidecar Technologies, which pioneered on-demand ride-hailing, is suing Uber Technologies, alleging it engaged in predatory pricing and anti-competitive practices that ultimately put Sidecar out of business. The lawsuit, filed in US district court in San Francisco on Tuesday morning, claims “Uber became hell-bent on stifling competition from competing ride-hailing apps,” and used subsidies…
[ad_1] Sony is getting back to its best with the most recent XZ3 offering some impressive specs and much-improved design. This latest flagship brings fans an incredible 6-inch HDR display, wireless charging and some clever ‘Side Sense’ technology which allows users to interact with the phone simply by touching its edge. However, despite the XZ3’s…
[ad_1] Mozilla has released Firefox 64 with a system that is designed to recommend new features and add-ons based on how you use the Web. Called Contextual Feature Recommender (CFR), the new system is currently available for US users in regular browsing mode and uses on-device processing to recommend Firefox features and add-ons. The new…
[ad_1] The most active meteor shower of the year, the Geminids, is set to reach its peak of activity this week. Meteors — grains of debris that burn up in our atmosphere — can be spotted on any given night, but almost once a month, Earth plows through a collection of dust and particles left over from…
[ad_1] In 2015, Google revamped Photos app and introduced unlimited photos and videos storage. While this was a welcome feature for all, Android and iOS users had to allow the tech giant to compress the content a bit in order to use the unlimited storage space feature. In order to get the same resolution backup,…
[ad_1] Freelance elite hackers can make more than $500,000 a year searching for security flaws and reporting those issues at big companies like Tesla and organizations like the Department of Defense, according to new data released by ethical hacking platform Bugcrowd. The company, founded in 2012, is one of a handful of so-called “bug bounty”…
[ad_1] Amazon India is running a limited-period promotional sale on certified refurbished Xiaomi products. The sale has kicked off today and will run until December 14. Amazon India will be offering a 6-month warranty on the refurbished products. In addition to discounts, Amazon has also tied up with ICICI Bank to offer 5 percent off…
[ad_1] A Kerala-based application security engineer has won bug bounty from Microsoft for discovering a series of vulnerabilities that left over 400 million Microsoft users’ accounts – from Office 365 to Outlook emails – open to hacking. Sahad NK, who works as a security researcher with cyber-security portal Safetydetective.com, came across multiple vulnerabilities that, when chained…
[ad_1] Samsung is reportedly building a Bitcoin app that could come with a cold wallet to save cryptocurrencies. The uniquely designed Bitcoin app that is rumoured as the Samsung Bitcoin app could come preloaded on the Samsung Galaxy S10 flagship next year. It is also said to have a dedicated crypto wallet to let users…
[ad_1] China-based music streaming company Tencent Music Entertainment Group said it raised close to $1.1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,900 crores) in its US initial public offering (IPO) after pricing its shares at the bottom of its targeted range. The music arm of gaming and social network giant Tencent Holdings priced its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) at $13 (roughly…
[ad_1] Dell Technologies said on Tuesday it has received shareholder approval for its earlier announced deal to buy back shares tied to its interest in software maker VMware , paving the way for it to return to the market. Dell said its Class C shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on…
[ad_1] The European Union has a vested interest in promoting technology exchanges with China, but any transfers should be regulated, said the trade bloc’s ambassador to China on Wednesday. “For the last 40 years, EU companies have provided most of the foreign tech that is in China, about 50 percent of what is today in…
[ad_1] Google has “no plans” to relaunch a search engine in China though it is continuing to study the idea, Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told a US congressional panel on Tuesday amid increased scrutiny of big tech firms. Lawmakers and Google employees have raised concerns the company would comply with China’s Internet censorship and surveillance…
[ad_1] A massive cyberattack on the Marriott hotel chain was part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering effort, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing two people briefed on the preliminary results of the investigation. The hackers are suspected of working on behalf of the Ministry of State Security, The Times added. An unknown attacker stole…
[ad_1] iPhone XR was announced by Apple back in September and released the following month. The device stands alongside the iPhone Xs and Xs Max as a cheaper offering for fans of the Cupertino-based tech giant. Although the device is not Apple’s most premium handset, it does offer a deluge of features and specifications that…
[ad_1] Google could run into problems with privacy policies if Congress is more receptive to consumer advocates than to the company’s views on regulations, former Facebook privacy and public policy advisor Dipayan Ghosh told CNBC on Tuesday. “If things do go in that direction, then I think the business model underlying Google, and companies like…
[ad_1] BT has cut the price of its most popular broadband packages and is also offering free Google Chromecasts devices plus a £140 gift card. The deals, which are available now, include the firm’s Superfast Fibre 2 broadband which has been discounted to a rate of £39.99 per month. That’s a saving of more than £100…
[ad_1] Also Tuesday, a former Canadian diplomat to China named Michael Kovrig was reportedly taken into custody in China without explanation, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Kovrig’s employer International Crisis Group and Global Affairs Canada — the country’s diplomatic organization — have said they are working to engage with…
[ad_1] Internet users are already being tracked to death, with ads that follow us around, search histories that are collected and stored, emails that report back to senders when they’ve been read, websites that know where you scrolled and what you clicked, and much more. So naturally, the growing podcast industry wanted to find a…
[ad_1] Amazon Christmas deals started on December 6 and will run through until December 21. As part of the event the retail giant has cut the cost of everything from desirable technology to jewellery and fitness equipment. A number of tantalising smartphones have had their prices slashed as part of the discount period. Amazon is…
[ad_1] When Dell voted to buy back the VMware tracking stock and go public again this morning, you had to be wondering what exactly the strategy was behind these moves. While it’s clearly about gaining financial flexibility, the $67 billion EMC deal has always been about setting the company up for a hybrid and private…
[ad_1] What does $15 million mean to the daughter of a Chinese telecom billionaire? And what kind of hold will two Vancouver properties — no matter how pricey — exert on her husband? After two days of argument in B.C. Supreme Court, the answers to those questions are likely to prove crucial Tuesday as a judge decides whether…
[ad_1] There’s lots of research going into tiny drones, but one of the many hard parts is keeping them in the air for any real amount of time. Why not hitch a ride on something that already flies all day? That’s the idea behind this project that equips bumble bees with sensor-filled backpacks that charge…
[ad_1] Kelly Smith’s partner thought he was having a heart attack. With heavy chest pains and a hereditary heart condition, he needed medical help — but when he called 911 on his Samsung Galaxy, the call wouldn’t connect. His anxiety spiked, said Smith, as he tried again and again to connect but couldn’t get through. Smith then grabbed her cell…
[ad_1] Amazon is teaming up with Omron Healthcare, which makes blood pressure monitors, as it looks for new ways to bring its voice technology into health care. The move comes as Amazon makes a deeper push into health and wellness in many parts of the company. CNBC reported in May that Amazon has an Alexa…
[ad_1] We were promised jetpacks, but let’s be honest, they’re just plain unsafe. So a nice drone ride is probably all we should reasonably expect. Lift Aircraft is the latest to make a play for the passenger multirotor market, theoretical as it is, and its craft is a sleek little thing with some interesting design…
[ad_1] A Canadian retailer that caters to military personnel and their families is warning its members to monitor their personal information closely after a “malicious attack” may have exposed credit card numbers and other personal information. In a statement posted online, Canex says its website was the subject of an attack between Nov. 14 and Nov. 21. …
[ad_1] In cities with multiple Amazon fulfillment centers, job creation was "well above the national average." The e-commerce giant has been "both a net job creator and a catalyst for stronger job growth," Morgan Stanley found. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] It’s an ad duoply battle. Facebook is starting to test search ads in its search results and Marketplace, directly competing with Google’s AdWords. Facebook first tried Sponsored Results back in 2012 but eventually shut down the product in 2013. Now it’s going to let a small set of automotive, retail, and ecommerce industry advertisers…
[ad_1] Jeff Vespa | WireImage | Getty Images Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk arrives at ‘Revenge Of The Electric Car’ Premiere held at Landmark Nuart Theatre on October 21, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Tesla is seeking more than $167 million in a lawsuit against former employee Martin Tripp, recent legal filings revealed. In the…
[ad_1] No one has any trouble tracking their steps today. But how can you make sure people know you’re doing it? Ostentatiously checking your phone or watch every five minutes is a pain. What if I told you there was a shoe with a step-tracking computer sticking out of it where everyone could see? It’s…
[ad_1] Kevin Lemarque | CNBC President Donald Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin attend a working dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping after the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 1, 2018. Multiple arms of the Trump administration are preparing to condemn China this…
[ad_1] French startup Lydia announced a partnership with Banque Casino today for small credit lines. Starting tomorrow, Lydia users in France will be able to borrow as much as €1,000 in just a few seconds. While Lydia started as a peer-to-peer money transferring app, fintech startups always end up offering credit at some point. It’s…
[ad_1] A person dressed as the mustachioed character from the popular game “Monopoly” was back in congress on Tuesday for Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee. Tweet The self-dubbed Monopoly Man, identified as Ian Madrigal on social media, first made their debut at the Senate’s Equifax hearings last year.…
[ad_1] How do other dating apps compete with Tinder? By further distancing themselves from Tinder’s “hot-or-not” user interface design to focus on differentiating features — like conversation starters, commenting and richer profiles. Today, another anti-Tinder app is doing the same. On the heels of its $12 million Series B announced earlier this year, the oddly…
[ad_1] The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), the open-source home of projects like Kubernetes and Vitess, today announced that its technical committee has voted to bring a new project on board. That project is etcd, the distributed key-value store that was first developed by CoreOS (now owned by Red Hat, which in turn will soon…
[ad_1] Satellite analytics company Spire Global is the first in the world to partner with the European Union’s Galileo constellation to gather advanced weather data, the company told CNBC exclusively on Tuesday. The data is worth as much as $2.7 billion over the next 25 years to Spire, CEO Peter Platzer estimated. Platzer will announce…
[ad_1] As climate change deprives the world’s oceans of oxygen, new research on B.C. sea sponges offers a glimmer of hope for some marine creatures. Sally Leys, biological sciences professor at the University of Alberta, co-authored recent research on B.C.’s glass sponges that found the animals use very little oxygen compared to sea sponges in…
[ad_1] A NASA spacecraft has become only the second manmade object in history to reach interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager 2 has now exited the heliosphere – the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun – the space agency announced on Monday. The craft is now 11 billion miles from earth, in…
[ad_1] Many shoppers this holiday season are looking to avoid waiting in long lines at stores to check out, or spending hours wandering around cramped aisles, bumping into other people doing much of the same. And there’s good news for them, because retailers all across the U.S. — Target, Home Depot, Kohl’s and others —…
[ad_1] “The screen is becoming the most important place in the world,” says InVision CEO and founder Clark Valberg. In fact, it’s hard to get through a conversation with him without hearing it. And, considering that his company has grown to $100 million in annual recurring revenue, he has reason to believe his own affirmation.…
[ad_1] Two Russian cosmonauts were preparing to venture outside the International Space Station Tuesday to inspect a section where a mysterious leak was discovered. The leak was spotted on Aug. 30 in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the station. The crew quickly located and sealed the tiny hole that created a slight loss of pressure,…
[ad_1] Three dimensional modeling used to be hard. It used to require something at least as big as the Xbox Kinect to get really high quality scans you needed high-powered laser sensor systems. Now all you need is your phone and Capture. Capture is a proof-of-concept for a company called Standard Cyborg led by Jeff…
[ad_1] Dell just announced that it has agreed to buy back the VMware tracking stock from the EMC acquisition. The company confirmed the buy-back price of $23.9 billion. With today’s move, the company will likely go public. Sixty-one percent of shareholders voted in favor of the deal. It’s unclear how Wall Street will deal with the…
[ad_1] Instagram has added the ability to send private voice messages on Android and iOS Instagram Direct, a feature that allows you to communicate with other Instagram users, has been upgraded with the ability to send voice messages. The new addition works just like a walkie-talkie as it sends your voice message the moment you…
[ad_1] Verizon will take a $4.6 billion goodwill impairment charge as the company’s media business fails to meet expectations, according to a regulatory statement filed Tuesday. “Verizon’s Media business, branded Oath, has experienced increased competitive and market pressures throughout 2018 that have resulted in lower than expected revenues and earnings,” the filing reads. “These pressures…
[ad_1] Chatbots and other AI-based tools have firmly found footing in the world of customer service, used either to augment or completely replace the role of a human responding to questions and complaints, or (sometimes, annoyingly, at the same time as the previous two functions) sell more products to users. Today, an Israeli startup called…
[ad_1] Google must abandon its development of a censored search engine for China, dozens of NGOs demanded Tuesday, warning personal data would not be safe from Beijing authorities. A global coalition of 60 human rights and media groups wrote to Google chief executive Sundar Pichai urging him to scrap the “Dragonfly” project, which has already…
[ad_1] Cowen’s internet analyst said Amazon is his best idea for 2019 as he sees multiple opportunities that will generate solid revenue and margin growth in the coming years including international growth, cloud business and advertising. Amazon will post 17 percent annual revenue growth the next five years, Cowen’s John Blackledge predicts in a note…
[ad_1] Instant messaging app Telegram has released an update that brings in new features like Instant View 2.0, new Settings screen, the ability to zoom videos during playback, and more. Telegram notes that the iOS app update to version 5.1 includes 400 minor changes, while Android also upgrades to version 5.0 with the latest update…
[ad_1] Overall, Google has faced multiple high-profile scandals over the course of 2018, and seen its workforce organize against it at a scale previously unheard of in the tech sector, particularly through a 20,000 person walkout in response to the company’s handling of sexual misconduct. In that vein, Pichai will likely face questions about Google…
[ad_1] Computer hardware maker Super Micro Computer told customers on Tuesday that an outside investigations firm had found no evidence of any malicious hardware in its current or older-model motherboards. In a letter to customers, the San Jose, California, company said it was not surprised by the result of the review it commissioned in October…
[ad_1] Galaxy S9 was revealed at the end of February but is still one of the best smartphones on the market. That is because the hardware combines a gorgeous display with a commendable camera and fast performance. And although the hardware has not yet received an upgrade to Android 9 Pie, Samsung has announced that…
[ad_1] Apple’s mobile payment technology has finally launched in Germany, some four years after it debuted in the U.S. On its newly launched Apple Pay website for Germany, Apple lists partner banks and credit card companies at launch, with customers from the likes of Deutsche Bank, O2 Banking, N26, Comdirect, HypoVerensbank, Bunq and Boon able to…
[ad_1] Because of that network effect, Plaid has grown steadily with its list of customers. The company says it integrates with more than 10,000 banks and connects to roughly 20 million consumer accounts. While it does not give specific numbers or a full list of companies, Plaid said its customer base doubled from 2017 to…
[ad_1] Google Maps is hugely-popular and renowned for its detailed and varied navigation offerings. One of the app’s most popular features is its Street View toggle that allows users to launch themselves into an immersive and highly-interactive mode of exploration. Google regularly updates Maps, adding new features to make it even more useful. But additions…
[ad_1] First it was the notch, now the hole-punch has emerged as the latest tech for concealing selfie cameras whilst keeping our smartphones as free of bezel as possible to maximize the screen space. This week, Samsung and Huawei both unveiled new phones that dispense with the iconic ‘notch’ — pioneered by Apple but popularized by everyone…
[ad_1] Alongside bringing Chromium engine, Microsoft has plans to add support for Chrome extensions to its Edge browser. The Redmond giant revealed its intention on Reddit, just days after revealing the aim to ditch the existing EdgeHTML browser engine to favour Chromium. A Chromium version of the Edge browser will be available not just on…
[ad_1] OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition launch live (Image: GETTY • ONEPLUS) The OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition has just been officially unveiled during a global event at McLaren’s headquarters in Woking. This refreshed device comes packed with an updated look and new features including the ability to fast charge quicker than ever before. Called Warp Charge this new…
[ad_1] Uber Technologies and smaller rival Lyft are driving side-by-side on the road to a stock market debut, and that may not bode well for Lyft as investors decide where to place their bets in the ride-hailing sector. Uber and Lyft both submitted confidential IPO filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last Thursday,…
[ad_1] Uber is seeking to partner with London’s transport authority to incorporate Tube and bus timetables into its app, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Citing un-named people familiar with the matter, the FT said Uber has spoken with Transport for London (TfL) about “deepening” their relationship. The newspaper said Uber’s long-term ambitions include accepting…
[ad_1] An Australian government review has suggested implementing a series of tough measures to curb the influence of U.S. tech giants. Establishing a watchdog dedicated to regulating how Google and Facebook publish news, and preventing Google Chrome from being installed as the go-to browser on Australian devices, were among recommendations published by the Australian Competition…
[ad_1] Huawei Mate 20 Pro was unveiled back in October and boasts a legion of innovative features that make it appealing. The device comes with a 6.39-inch AMOLED screen that displays content at a 1440p resolution and offers commendable viewing angles, too. Moreover, such a panel can easily be used throughout an entire day thanks…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Google Google Maps users in 130+ countries to get ‘For You’ tab Google has extended its ‘For You’ tab in Maps to iOS users in 40 new countries and Android users in over 130 new countries. The feature was launched earlier this year, but was only available in select countries back then.…
[ad_1] The new Samsung Galaxy S10 could arrive early in 2019 with this device expected to bring a swathe of new features to the Samsung smartphone brand. This device is expected to arrive packing a much faster processor, improved rear camera and there may even be a fingerprint scanner tucked neatly under the display. Samsung…
[ad_1] While food ordering platform Zomato is on a spree of expanding its market presence, a video has emerged that shows one of its delivery executives consuming food out of the boxed orders that could seriously dent its image. The over two-minute viral video has been received with a lot of outrage from the public…
[ad_1] Users of Windows 10 have just received news that will both please and frustrate them. First up the good news as more details have just been announced about the new Edge browser which is expected to launch early next year. Microsoft has already revealed that it is making some major changes to its web…
[ad_1] OnePlus fans have another big launch to look forward with the Chinese smartphone brand expected to reveal a powerful new device. The major event is taking place this morning and will see OnePlus join forces with McLaren to release what is expected to be their most premium smartphone to date. Although there’s no official…
[ad_1] Instagram users can finally send voice recordings via direct messages as a major update has been pushed out to the popular app. This upgrade now brings Instagram in line with WhatsApp and Messenger which have both had this voice message feature for some time. Announcing the news on Twitter, Instagram revealed: “Starting today, you…
[ad_1] Apple has filed an appeal to overturn a court decision that could ban iPhone sales in China, the company said on Monday, adding that all of its models remain available in its third-largest market. The American giant is locked in a legal battle in the world’s biggest smartphone market. On Monday, Qualcomm announced that…
[ad_1] There’s another big night of football ahead as Everton host Watford at Goodison Park. The two sides are separated by just three points in the Premier League and both will be looking to take a victory from the evening kick off. Everton are currently on a run of very mixed results having won, drawn…
[ad_1] Facebook’s photo-sharing app Instagram said on Monday it promoted its director of product management Vishal Shah as the head of product, effective immediately. Shah, who joined Instagram in 2015, assumed the position previously held by Adam Mosseri, who was appointed as Instagram’s head in October, following the high-profile exits of co-founders Kevin Systrom and…
[ad_1] An ocean research network based in Halifax is facing an uncertain future following a federal government overhaul of scientific research funding. For years, the Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network, also known as MEOPAR, has received funding under the federal Network of Centres of Excellence program. Now that 30-year-old program is being phased out in favour of the New…
[ad_1] Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said Monday that the internet giant steers clear of “political bias,” arguing that this is a core principle of its business to maintain trust of users. Pichai also said privacy and security are essential parts of Google’s mission, and that the company is committed to working with the US…
[ad_1] An ecology organization has posted a video of a humpback whale knocking a log around in the ocean off Comox, B.C. The four-year-old humpback whale, known as Lorax, played with the log for about 45 minutes, diving back and forth with it and lifting it onto its head, according to Lifeforce director Peter Hamilton. Hamilton described the activity, filmed on Dec. 2, as “play…
[ad_1] EU regulators looked into Apple’s mobile payment service and found it was not market dominant but they could review it again if they receive formal complaints, Europe’s antitrust chief said on Monday. In an interview with Reuters, European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager also signalled that Google and Amazon would remain very much on her…
[ad_1] Hollywood actor Ellen Page is doubling down on her criticism of a Nova Scotia pulp mill that wants to build an effluent pipeline into the ocean. In a tweet this morning, the Halifax-born movie star said the provincial government must stop its “corporate welfare” for Northern Pulp, which Page said is “literally destroying the…
[ad_1] The U.S., meanwhile, has traditionally seen data as something to be commercialized but that approach has come into question after the data breach fallout from the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, said the CEO. “So you have these … data trading blocks: GDPR in Europe, China pursuing its own very ambitious, long-range technology kind…
[ad_1] David Saint-Jacques, Canada’s newest astronaut, on Monday gave reporters his first account of being aboard the International Space Station (ISS), saying it has been a bit of an adjustment but there have been moments he will “never forget.” Saint-Jacques, American astronaut Anne McClain and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko blasted off to the space station last Monday. Saint-Jacques told reporters…