It’s getting difficult to figure out who to believe. When US President Obama blames Facebook for the proliferation of fake news online, it’s cause for concern. How do you know that the things you’re reading are true, and not just propaganda? The unfortunate news is that there isn’t a simple ...
- Wednesday, 21 December 2016 02:46
- By Edna Thomas
Donald Trump floated the idea of creating a Muslim registry while campaigning. In recent weeks, prominent tech companies. But it might not be the major household names you need to worry about. Data brokers, which mine your online activity and spending habits, haven't said whether or not they would h...
- Tuesday, 20 December 2016 23:34
- By Anna K. Sasaki
Single software solution developed to accelerate additive manufacturing workflows for 3D Systems’ plastic 3D printers ROCK HILL, S.C., Dec. 19, 2016 -- 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced today the release of 3D Sprint 2.0, a productivity-enhancing print management and print optimization software deve...
- Monday, 19 December 2016 14:02
- By Issac Avila
3D Systems Corp. (DDD), the additive manufacturing pioneer, believes the industry is on the verge of an inflection point in which it will generate volume and profits by “connecting prototyping to manufacturing.” Brean Capital’s Ananda Baruah, who has a hold rating on the tech compan...
- Monday, 19 December 2016 13:46
- By Jennifer Levin
Although the medical field has made many strides, at the end of the day, doctors are also prone to human mistakes. As a way to prevent human error, IBM Watson‘s cognitive technology is being developed to read and scan a patient’s medical images. This way, Watson has the ability to direct the att...
- Monday, 19 December 2016 13:21
- By Robert Hensonw
IBM's question-answering whiz, the Watson computer system, famously beat former winners on Jeopardy in 2011 — and now it's digging into aerospace research and data to help NASA answer questions on the frontier of spaceflight science and make crucial decisions in the moment during air travel. More ...
- Monday, 19 December 2016 13:03
- By Corey Parker
A judge in Texas has put the kibosh on a last-minute legal attempt to block the controversial decision for the US to give up control of one of the key systems that powers the internet. It's a move being breathlessly described by some as the US "giving up the internet" to the likes of China, Russia a...
- Monday, 19 December 2016 05:01
- By Eric Beaudoin
In many cases, technology projects can be at odds with environmental interests. Technology can create a lot of waste, in device manufacture and energy use, and the increasing pace of innovation may only worsen these environmental issues. But there are a number of areas where this problem is seen as ...
- Sunday, 18 December 2016 10:31
- By Edna Thomas
Big data has been an ambiguous buzzword that has been flying around the technology industry for sometime, but this will change in 2017 This has been the year that big data has become, if possible, even bigger. A survey by Gartner found that 48% of companies invested in big data in 2016, and nearly t...
- Saturday, 17 December 2016 05:53
- By Anna K. Sasaki
Looking to be the next leap forward in data organization, computation, and delivery for big data Databricks, the business built on top of the popular Apache Spark open source project, has raised $60 million in new financing. Taking the route mapped by so many big data companies before...
- Saturday, 17 December 2016 00:29
- By Rachel Bilson
Christmas is almost upon us, and chances are you haven't even made a dent in your shopping list yet. Fortunately, there's a whole bunch of apps designed to help you. Counting down the days until the 25th won't just help you get in the spirit, it could also help you organise yourself a litt...
- Saturday, 17 December 2016 00:07
- By Rebecca Jenkins
Whether you’re a business owner trying to make your enterprise more profitable, a marketer trying to make your life easier, or just a consumer eager for the latest and greatest technology, it’s hard not to be excited about the new tech trends that are shaping our world. Over the course of the pa...
- Friday, 16 December 2016 12:30
- By Nick Tridea
The 2013 hack affecting a billion Yahoo users shows how seemingly innocuous bits of data gleaned from cyber-attacks can be exploited for espionage and information warfare, as well as for profit. The breach, disclosed Wednesday, is the largest on record and comes just months after Yahoo disclose...
- Friday, 16 December 2016 11:33
- By Logan Hochstetler
Startups have a unique technological challenge: they've got to run their businesses by using enterprise-level tools without being able to spend enterprise-level budget. Unfortunately, they've also got to make sure they're capable of enabling on-the-go productivity without the oversight of a large IT...
- Thursday, 15 December 2016 23:48
- By Alex Grey
With trends like ride sharing, autonomous vehicles, and the connected car, the auto industry is increasingly in the spotlight. As drivers contemplate letting computers take over control of the wheel for them, it brings up some important questions. What will cars of the future look like? What things ...
- Thursday, 15 December 2016 14:48
- By Wushe Zhiyang
A new report says Google has spun out its self-driving unit — now called Waymo — and is undertaking a major pivot away from making its own autonomous vehicles, instead moving to become a provider of self-driving car tech for major automakers. These Google car revelations revealed in a lengthy re...
- Thursday, 15 December 2016 04:30
- By Grace Irwin
Which is the best web browser software for Mac users in 2016? From Safari and Opera to SeaMonkey and Vivaldi, here are eight internet browser apps for Mac OS X that are worth a try (and one that absolutely isn't) Which is the best Mac web browser? Which is the best web browser for Mac? The vicious b...
- Thursday, 15 December 2016 00:38
- By Anna K. Sasaki
When local grandmother Marjorie Haffner recently received a call from one of her grandkids, she knew something was up. She had dealt with this before. “The voice didn’t sound like one of our grandsons,” Haffner said. “He said, ‘Grandma, write this down,’ and I asked him, ‘Who is this?...
- Wednesday, 14 December 2016 07:26
- By Corey Parker
For 240 years, Americans have believed anybody could be president. This November, the internet finally made that happen. People voted for Donald Trump for many different reasons, but all of his supporters had to believe, at least on some level, that a man who is willfully ignorant of the p...
- Wednesday, 14 December 2016 04:06
- By Corey Parker
WHEN THE BOTNET named Mirai first appeared in September, it announced its existence with dramatic flair. After flooding a prominent security journalist’s website with traffic from zombie Internet of Things devices, it managed to make much of the internet unavailable for millions of ...
- Wednesday, 14 December 2016 01:57
- By John Ruggiero
Originally launched in May, Google's iOS keyboard features will now be available to Android users. According to multiple reports, Gboard — Google’s keyboard designed specifically for iOS devices — is now available on Android devices. A report from The Verge says that a Google Keyboar...
- Tuesday, 13 December 2016 06:45
- By Martin Grossner
After releasing Android 7.1 Nougat Developer Preview 2 for Nexus and Pixel devices, Google has now started releasing the final and stable Android 7.1.1 Nougat update for the compatible devices. Latest Android 7.1.1 update also includes the monthly security update for December. The stable v...
- Monday, 12 December 2016 23:56
- By Barbara Larson
Dark web users just love having their smartphone communications spied on, right? (Detect any sarcasm there?) While no internet-connected device is 100% secure, some definitely are more armored than others. In the smartphone arena, several phones consistently rank among the best. To w...
- Sunday, 11 December 2016 20:25
- By AOFIRS .
Fascinated by the outlandish? These images of the planet Mars are bound to have you hooked! The base of Mars' Mount Sharp. A view of Ophir Chasma on the northern portion of the vast Mars canyon system, Vallles Marineris, taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Nili Patera, one of the most activ...
- Sunday, 11 December 2016 05:07
- By Anthony Frank
The company hopes to address historical quality problems with a matching algorithm. There was a time that “answer engines” or “social search” appeared poised to be a viable alternative to traditional Google search. That never happened. Some sites faded and a few have soldiered on, offering o...
- Saturday, 10 December 2016 03:16
- By Corey Parker
