2017-02-14 07:39
Twitter rolls back abuse fix few hours after protests
Twitter rolled back a new fix aimed to prevent abuse a few hours after it met with protests, reflecting that the company is still scrambling to find solutions to the problem of harassment on its service, but is willing to make changes quickly in respon
2017-02-14 06:00
Amazon Chime goes after WebEx, Skype for Business and more
Companies looking for a new video- and teleconferencing system have a fresh face to turn to in the market: Amazon Web Services.
2017-02-14 03:27
Researcher develops ransomware attack that targets water supply
A security researcher is showing that it’s not hard to hold industrial control systems for ransom. He's experimented with a simulated water treatment system based on actual programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and documented how these can be hacked.
2017-02-14 02:57
Chips coming by June will herald the next generation of Wi-Fi
Qualcomm will start shipping sample chips for the next generation of Wi-Fi by June, helping device and network vendors develop products that might quadruple users’ speeds and lengthen battery life.
2017-02-13 23:04
Analysts peer into Microsoft's rumored Windows 10 Cloud
Talk of a new version of Windows 10, dubbed "Cloud," surfaced last week as eagle-eyed bloggers uncovered clues in a recent beta and preliminary code leaked to the Internet.
2017-02-13 22:17
HoloLens Spectator View makes it easier to show off AR creations
When Microsoft first unveiled its HoloLens augmented reality headgear, the company used a special camera to show viewers third-person images of the digital objects being rendered in the headset.
2017-02-13 22:14
Experts worried about ransomware hitting critical infrastructure
Expect ransomware to grow more aggressive in the coming years, including higher ransom payments and attempts to go beyond attacking data -- by shutting down entire computer systems to utilities or factories.
2017-02-13 22:05
Tokyo wants to make Olympic medals from old smartphones
Japan will kick off a drive this week to collect old smartphones and other portable gadgets so that they can be turned into medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
2017-02-13 21:55
Get ready to grab your Google I/O tickets
Hoping to go to Google’s annual developer conference this spring?
2017-02-13 20:56
Google crams machine learning into smartwatches in AI push
Google is bringing artificial intelligence to a whole new set of devices, including Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches and the Raspberry Pi board, later this year.