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Jury Says Apple Owes Qualcomm $31M
Posted by Toi Williams on Mar 16th, 2019 //
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) has won a significant victory
in its ongoing legal battles with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), after a jury in
the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California found that Apple
had infringed...
Fitbit Announces New Spring 2019 Models
Posted by Toi Williams on Mar 12th, 2019 //
Fitbit Inc. (NYSE: FIT) is taking steps to get more users on
its platform and one of those steps is to give customers more options. As part
of that goal, the company has announced the launch of four new devices for
Spring 2019:...
Alphabet’s Waymo To Begin Selling LIDAR Sensors
Posted by Toi Williams on Mar 7th, 2019 //
Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) self-driving car unit,
Waymo, has announced plans to begin selling its laser-mapping sensors to
other companies. According to a Waymo spokesperson, the company is now in
talks with dozens...
New Method Turns CO2 Gas Into Solid Carbon
Posted by Toi Williams on Feb 26th, 2019 //
In a new breakthrough discovery, scientists have found a way
to turn CO2 gas into solid flakes of carbon. A research team led by RMIT
University in Melbourne, Australia, created a method that uses liquid metal
electrolysis as...
New Software Writes Convincing Fake News Articles
Posted by Toi Williams on Feb 14th, 2019 //
A new software program has been developed that can produce
authentic-looking fake news with just a few pieces of information. Created by OpenAI,
an artificial intelligence research group co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk, the
software...
FaceTime Bug Causing Big Problems For Apple
Posted by Toi Williams on Feb 3rd, 2019 //
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has issued a statement saying that
it is fixing a bug in FaceTime that allows eavesdroppers to listen in on calls
and see through front-facing cameras secretly. The issue was brought to the
public’s...
YouTube Making Changes To Its Recommendation Algorithm
Posted by Toi Williams on Jan 26th, 2019 //
After years of being accused of exposing people to
misleading information, YouTube – a division of Alphabet Inc.’s Google – has announced
that it is retooling its recommendation algorithm to prevent the promotion of false
information....
Facebook Finds More Russian-linked Accounts To Block
Posted by Toi Williams on Jan 19th, 2019 //
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has announced the removal of
hundreds of Russia-initiated accounts from its platform after the social
network detected “coordinated inauthentic behavior” from them. The social media
company wrote...
Hundreds Of German Politicians Hacked
Posted by Toi Williams on Jan 6th, 2019 //
The data of hundreds of Germany’s most powerful leaders was posted
online in the days before Christmas. Some of the stolen information was freely
available online for weeks before the attack came to prominence. Politicians...
911 Call From Space Station Sparks NASA Response
Posted by Toi Williams on Jan 4th, 2019 //
A 911 from space had security teams at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas in a scramble to respond. Dutch astronaut André Kuipers accidentally called 911 from the International Space Station when making a call...
AT&T Facing Criticism For ‘5G E’ Plan
Posted by Toi Williams on Dec 22nd, 2018 //
AT&T (NYSE: T) phones will start showing a controversial “5G E” icon in the coming months. The company announced that it will be replacing the LTE indicator on its smartphones with a 5G E symbol in markets that support...
ISS Gets Christmas Delivery From SpaceX
Posted by Toi Williams on Dec 9th, 2018 //
A special delivery has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) just in time for the holidays. A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship delivered more than 5,600 pounds of fresh supplies, including a variety of holiday treats. The spacecraft...
Amazon Expands Cashierless Technology Testing
Posted by Toi Williams on Dec 4th, 2018 //
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has expanded the testing of its cashierless checkout technology. The online retail giant is reportedly experimenting with the technology in Seattle, Washington in a large space formatted like a big store....
Facebook Debuts New Portal Smart Displays
Posted by Toi Williams on Nov 8th, 2018 //
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has debuted its new Portal products, a line of smart displays enhanced for video calling. The company says that the Portal is designed to bring you closer to your closest Facebook contacts, providing you...
EU Court: British Surveillance Violated Human Rights
Posted by Toi Williams on Sep 13th, 2018 //
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that British surveillance programs are in violation of provisions in the European Convention on Human Rights. The court found the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) had failed...
China Accused Of Recruiting Spies On LinkedIn
Posted by Toi Williams on Sep 1st, 2018 //
China has been accused of using fake LinkedIn accounts to recruit spies in the United States that have government intel. The suspected targets include experts in the fields of supercomputing, semi-conductors, green energy, health care,...
Qualcomm Ends Quest To Acquire NXP
Posted by Toi Williams on Jul 26th, 2018 //
Qualcomm has announced that it will end its pursuit of NXP Semiconductors, a Dutch company known for automotive and IoT chips. Qualcomm bid $44 billion for the company in February, but the deal failed to win the necessary approvals...
California Passes Sweeping Consumer Privacy Bill
Posted by Toi Williams on Jun 28th, 2018 //
California Gov. Jerry Brown has approved a sweeping consumer privacy bill that is considered to be the toughest in the nation. California lawmakers unanimously passed the measure before sending it to the governor’s desk. State Sen....
Private Investigators Make Public Plea For DNA Data
Posted by Toi Williams on Jun 17th, 2018 //
A number of private investigators are spearheading a call for people to contribute their genetic information to a public genealogy database to help solve cold cases. The idea is to get people to transfer profiles compiled by commercial...
Search Ends For Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Posted by Toi Williams on May 29th, 2018 //
A private hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will end roughly four years after the plane’s disappearance. The Malaysia Airlines jet vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board in March 2014. The...
Crash Disrupts I.R.S. Website On Tax Day
Posted by Toi Williams on Apr 17th, 2018 //
The Internal Revenue Service’s website suffered a systemwide computer failure on the last day for taxpayers to pay their 2017 taxes without a penalty or extension. The website malfunction began in the early hours of Tuesday morning....
Planned Space Hotel Gets Closer To Becoming A Reality
Posted by Toi Williams on Apr 8th, 2018 //
Houston-based Orion Span is attempting to develop the “first luxury hotel in space”. The company’s planned Aurora Station is being designed to appeal to those who are passionate about space and astronomical study. Company officials...
First Self-driving Car Pedestrian Fatality Reported
Posted by Toi Williams on Mar 21st, 2018 //
An Arizona pedestrian has been killed by a self-driving Uber car. The pedestrian, Elaine Herzberg, 49, was struck and killed at the intersection of Mill Avenue and Curry Road in Tempe by a Volvo XC90 operating in “autonomous mode”....
Housing Charity Shows Off First 3-D Printed House
Posted by Toi Williams on Mar 12th, 2018 //
San Francisco-based housing charity New Story has partnered with construction technology company ICON to design a 3-D printer for building homes for low-income people around the world. The team has been working on its designs for the...
Facebook Expands Job Posting Feature
Posted by Toi Williams on Mar 4th, 2018 //
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) says that its new job posting feature has been wildly popular in the U.S. and Canada, where it rolled out last year. The company has now rolled out the feature to 40 more countries. The international expansion...
Tesla Posts Worst-ever Quarterly Loss
Posted by Toi Williams on Feb 8th, 2018 //
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) just posted its worst-ever quarterly loss for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year. Its net loss increased to $675.4 million, or $4.01 per share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 from $121.3 million,...
Dutch Intelligence Helped FBI Detect Russian Hacking
Posted by Toi Williams on Jan 26th, 2018 //
A Dutch newspaper and television show have jointly reported that the Netherlands’ spy service was the first to alert the FBI to the hacking of the U.S. Democratic National Committee. The reports were published in the highly-respected...
Facebook Opens New Office in London Adding 800 Jobs
Posted by David Ancetti on Dec 4th, 2017 //
In 2018, Facebook will open a new office in London that will create 800 new jobs in the UK.
Before the end of 2018, close to 2,300 people will be working for the social media giant across the UK. The new office will be the biggest...
General Motors Pledges Driverless Fleets in 2019
Posted by David Ancetti on Dec 1st, 2017 //
Detroit-based General Motors has outlined its plan not to just mass deploy autonomous cars across public roads during 2019, but to launch them profitably, something that the automaker’s competitors across Silicon Valley have had...
Firefox Picks Google for U.S. Default Search
Posted by David Ancetti on Nov 15th, 2017 //
Alphabet Inc.’s Google reclaimed its spot on Tuesday as the default search engine on Internet browser Firefox, by Mozilla Corp, for the U.S. and other regions. The decision by Mozilla shocked Yahoo, now owned by Verizon Communications,...
Toyota Seeking Additional Investments in Israel
Posted by David Ancetti on Nov 6th, 2017 //
Toyota Motor Corp, Japan’s largest automaker by volume, is seeking additional investments in vehicle and robotic technologies in Israel, after its venture segment led an investment of $14 million in Intuition Robotics this past July.
The...
Pay With Google Will Speed Up Payments Online
Posted by David Ancetti on Oct 23rd, 2017 //
Pay with Google, the online payment portal by Google, has launched in an attempt to speed up and streamline the process of online checkout. Google announced the service’s availability on Monday.
Through a blog post, the online search...
Russia Gives Big Boost to Internet in North Korea
Posted by David Ancetti on Oct 2nd, 2017 //
TransTeleCom a state-owned business in Russia has provided North Korea with a new Internet connection according to the monitoring project of the country known as 38 North.
Experts in cybersecurity also confirmed the latest Russian...
Saudi Arabia Lifting Ban on WhatsApp and Skype Calls
Posted by David Ancetti on Sep 22nd, 2017 //
The government of Saudi Arabia is lifting its ban on calls that are made through apps online such as WhatsApp and Skype it announced on Thursday. The move is part of its ongoing economic reforms, but a government spokesperson said...
Deere Acquires Agricultural Tech Startup Blue River
Posted by David Ancetti on Sep 7th, 2017 //
Just five months after ending a proposed deal to acquire the precision planting subsidiary of Monsanto, agricultural equipment behemoth Deere and Company has announced it will acquire agricultural tech startup Blue River Technology...
Nissan’s Leaf Is Cheaper and Has More Range
Posted by David Ancetti on Sep 6th, 2017 //
The new Nissan Leaf electric vehicle can go further between charges and has new drive technology with the possibility of driving with a single pedal. The electric car will be cheaper as well, although the top-selling electric vehicle...
