At the Apple AAPL -0.53% WWDC event this year Tim Cook made an absolute statement about user privacy and Apple's stance. It was meant to draw a definite line in the sand to distinguish Apple from its main rival, Google GOOGL +0.28%, in how it applies privacy and control to c...
- Sunday, 19 March 2017 04:55
- By Corey Parker
The Chinese search giant’s Deep Voice system learns to talk in just a few hours with little or no human interference. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv March 8, 2017 In the battle to apply deep-learning techniques to the real world, one company stands head and shoulders above the com...
- Sunday, 19 March 2017 03:46
- By Bridget Miller
THE first steps of merging humans’ minds with machines are underway as a Canadian company hopes to create artificial intelligence (AI) capable of performing complex dextrous tasks.is the most powerful to date. By holding motion-tracking controllers and wearing virtual reality headsets, humans will...
- Sunday, 19 March 2017 03:23
- By [Source: This article was published in express.co.uk ]
When Larry Page and Sergey Brin invented PageRank back in 1996, they had one simple idea in mind: Organize the web based on “link popularity.” In short, in the universe of pages existing in a (at the time almost) shapeless web, Page and Brin wanted to organize that information to make it be...
- Saturday, 18 March 2017 04:11
- By Olivia Russell
Personal data, misinformation (or as it's now been dubbed, fake news) and online political advertising: these are the three major problems of the modern internet that keep the inventor of the World Wide Web up at night. Sir Tim Berners-Lee has shared his thoughts on the 28th anniversary of...
- Saturday, 18 March 2017 03:34
- By Anthony Frank
Using the best browser for longer battery life is extremely important for older devices. To determine which browser consumes less battery you really have to test several of them. You'll notice faster loading and downloading speeds, quicker search results, even smoother streaming. Popular browsers ...
- Saturday, 18 March 2017 02:54
- By [Source: This article was published in windowsreport.com By Ivan Jenic]
The "Vault 7" documents published by WikiLeaks show us how the "Internet of Things" (IoT) has great potential, yet is also susceptible to remote espionage. So how do I get the internet out of the devices? The "Vault 7" leaks are the latest revelations to be published by the WikiLeaks websi...
- Wednesday, 15 March 2017 01:22
- By Alex Grey
It has become an undeniable fact of life that people are going to Google their health symptoms. However, as most physicians are reminded every day by patients who come to the hospital or office armed with their smartphones or printouts of their search results, the internet often leads people to draw...
- Saturday, 11 March 2017 01:36
- By James Gill
We've made it to the end of another week, which means it's time for And finally — your place to catch up on the best rumours from the past seven days. This week, we've heard whispers of Alexa growing smarter, a bizarre Google broadcasting hat and an Amazon security camera. Amazon prepari...
- Monday, 06 March 2017 03:00
- By Daniel K. Henry
THE BOTTOM LINE We can largely avoid the hazards if we protect people’s privacy and fight unfairness. In the last 15 years, we have witnessed an explosion in the amount of digital data available — from the internet, social media, scientific equipment, smartphones, surveillance cameras, and many ...
- Saturday, 04 March 2017 07:43
- By Anna K. Sasaki
Apple products have created major cottage industries for accessory makers over the years, but it always seems a little strange when a company makes an accessory for an Apple accessory. That's the case with Pad & Quill's Leather Apple Pencil Grip, which is exactly what it sounds like: a leat...
- Wednesday, 01 March 2017 01:24
- By Anna K. Sasaki
A huge data breach that may have exposed users' private information and log-in details for thousands of websites was uncovered last week, in what looks to be the most significant internet leak of 2017 so far. Dubbed 'Cloudbleed' in reference to the notorious 'Heartbleed' breach in 2014, th...
- Monday, 27 February 2017 02:46
- By Anthony Frank
American business publication Fast Company has released its list of the most innovative companies of 2017. The annual list ranks enterprises that “tap both heartstrings and purse strings and use the engine of commerce to make a difference in the world” according to its website. Amongst the top ...
- Tuesday, 21 February 2017 01:01
- By Anthony Frank
The internet is a pool of information and knowledge openly available to all. The possibilities are endless. This information is aided by a platform wherein you input your keywords to be able to get what you are searching for. Google is a multinational, publicly-traded organization built around the...
- Tuesday, 21 February 2017 00:19
- By Alex Grey
All due respect to NASCAR fans, but this is the sort of race we’d rather watch: Companies competing to be the first to unleash the world’s first global internet. Because, hey, we need to be able to surf porn check our fantasy baseball team from anywhere on the planet. It would also be useful t...
- Wednesday, 15 February 2017 07:00
- By [Source: This article was published in .nanalyze.com By Nanalyze]
Websites can track people acros the internet by checking your device battery life - and may even be hoping to panic you into spending money. This is according to researchers at Princeton University in the US, who crawled across the top million websites to see what type of tracking they used.&n...
- Monday, 13 February 2017 06:12
- By Olivia Russell
In the course of our day-to-day lives, we produce vast amounts of data. Whether gathered through online communications platforms, tracking devices, or other sources, these data reveal information about our behavior, decisions, and preferences. Researchers can ultimately use the data to improve syste...
- Saturday, 11 February 2017 06:06
- By [Source: This article was published in news.mit.edu By Stefanie Koperniak ]
With mobile phones becoming the primary source of Internet access for most of us (and for many, the only source), it's no surprise that Google's focus when it comes to Search has also come to rest on our small pocket computers. Shashidhar Thakur, Vice President Engineering at Google, was visiting...
- Wednesday, 08 February 2017 00:24
- By [Source: This article was published in gadgets.ndtv.com By Gopal Sathe]
Angela Lawrence, senior lecturer in marketing in Staffordshire Business School at Staffordshire University, reflects on how the internet has not only changed our day-to-day working lives, but the way we live, and how it is important to be connected. "I remember the first tim...
- Tuesday, 07 February 2017 01:53
- By Anna K. Sasaki
Serious about landing your dream job this year? Or at least, landing a more fulfilling and higher paying job than the one you’re in now? If you said, Yes, then let’s do it! My last article in Huffington Post,2017 Highest Paying Jobs, Best Companies and Fastest Growing Industries, has been helpi...
- Monday, 06 February 2017 06:43
- By Daniel K. Henry
You probably don’t want to admit it but you love distractions. In fact, just like monkeys, you get a shot of dopamine every time something pulls you in another direction. Why do you think you check your email so much? Want to be more productive and get your focus back? There are no secret tricks h...
- Saturday, 04 February 2017 15:49
- By Anna K. Sasaki
This week, I didn’t just want to quit Facebook. I wanted to quit the internet. The outpouring of vitriol surrounding President Donald Trump and the media’s response was endless. My Facebook page was overwhelmed with angry statuses (or depressed statuses). My aunt chose to share a picture of fir...
- Saturday, 04 February 2017 05:02
- By Anthony Frank
We’ll likely see new business models and video streaming products from the big ISPs if Trump removes net neutrality rules, and upstart content providers could struggle to compete. The “days are numbered” for the net neutrality rules enacted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission under ...
- Friday, 03 February 2017 05:56
- By Jennifer Levin
In 1995, some 40 million people all over the world were connected to the Internet. By 2000 that had grown to around 400 million, and by 2016 it reached 3.5 billion. That means almost half the global population is connected to a single technology. That’s an extraordinary statistic and one that rais...
- Friday, 03 February 2017 04:59
- By James Gill
Earlier this month we told you all about the hackers that were working hard to make the already great NES Classic even better. Using mod tools to tweak the files installed on the Classic’s built-in storage, users are able to more than double the number of games installed on the retro system. Now, ...
- Thursday, 02 February 2017 02:52
- By Corey Parker
