Category: Biz Tech

Though people have tried to predict where it will strike, no one can ever really know what acts of terror the militant group ISIS will come up with next. In making itself known on social media, ISIS has shown that it knows how to hit the 21st century society where it hurts. Its newest act of modernizing technology for its own purposes comes in the form of commercial drones. While by no means as deadly as military drones, the Islamic militant group

Computers have long helped us with our analytic tasks at work. But new technology options mean we can now work with them in more collaborative and intuitive ways. At one level,

A string of code found in the latest beta version of the Google App hints that Google Assistant will become even more useful in the future by allowing users to make payments through voice commands. The integration with Google's wide range of services and the expanding availability of third-party APIs has contributed to making Google Assistant a successful piece of software, and the future addition of a feature to make payments will only add to its appeal. Beta Google App Code For

Baidu has announced the appointment of Dr Qi Lu as its group president and chief operating officer, who will be responsible for the organisation's products, technology, sales, marketing, and operations, effective immediately.Lu joins the search engine

The personal data of customers at a Victorian hunting authority has inadvertently been emailed out to strangers renewing their hunting licences.Victorian Game Management Authority customer data was sent to eight people renewing their game licences, with

As you know, the new Nvidia Shield TV made its debut during CES 2017. If you are planning to get one, you're in luck because it is now available for purchase. 2016 vs. 2017 Nvidia Shield For those not familiar about the new Shield Android TV, the device features roughly the same innards as its predecessor. Particularly, both devices are outfitted with the Tegra X1 system and sport the same design language. Nvidia has also said that the old Shield will also get the Android

A year after embarking on a mission to develop autonomous flying cars, Airbus is set to test its autonomous airborne taxi prototype for one passenger by the end of 2017.The company envisions a world where, at

This year could usher in a new era for Amazon's in the context of AI devices as reports suggest that the Amazon Echo will dominate the AI space in 2017. In 2016, the Amazon Echo dominated the sales and ended up being one of the top selling items on Amazon.com. Now, Forrester Research's estimates suggest that 6 million Echo devices were sold in 2016. The Amazon Echo, features a personal assistant also known as Alexa, an AI assistant which is equipped to handle

Telstra and Ericsson have announced achieving the encryption of data while in transit over a 10Gbps link between Australia and the United States by using telecommunications equipment and software provider Ciena's 10Gbps wire-speed ultra-low latency encryption

The Brazilian IT industry is predicted to grow by 3.3 percent and generate revenues of R$76,1 million ($23,4 million) in 2017, according to an annual trends survey by Brazilian analyst firm IT4CIO.The survey on technology investment

Food lovers may have to doublecheck what's in their diet immediately. Some of the most popular food choices easily available to the American population are proving to be a health hazard. Chemicals called process contaminants may end up unintentionally in food after it goes through changes during food processing. These, in turn, produce negative effects on our system. Here are five of the most popular food choices that undergo food processing and are believed to cause cancer: Nutella Chocolate Spread The European Food Safety Authority

Exploding lithium-ion batteries have sunk Samsung's flagship Galaxy Note 7 and damaged the company's bottom line.

Workers likely to be impacted first by automation include those in manufacturing and retail trade.

Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead • By Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman • MIT Press • 328 pages • ISBN: 978-0262035224 • £19.95 / $29.95There is an old joke that has Bill Gates, then

Nearly everyone who's played Super Mario Bros. knows instinctively what the first level looks like. Mario is left-of-center, he moves to the right, the screen pans around the platform, there's the first question block — gleaming subtly, which is important, but more on that later — and then a goomba trundles toward Mario. This point in the game is crucial. The player either loses a life upon contact with the Goomba, or jumps, with Mario accidentally bumping the question block. A

Source: United Nations UniversityHong Kong and Singapore in 2015 produced the highest volume of e-waste in the region, generating 21.7kg and 19.95kg, respectively, per capita. At 19.13kg per capita, Taiwan rounded up the top three e-waste

A few months before Titanfall 2 was released for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC in October of last year, developer Respawn Entertainment said that all future additions to the game, in the form of new modes and maps, will be completely free. Respawn followed through on that promise with the launch of the Angel City's Most Wanted DLC for Titanfall 2. The DLC, released just a month after Titanfall 2 was released, featured the Angel City map from the original Titanfall game, along

South Korean prosecutors are seeking an arrest warrant for Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong for his role in the bribery scandal involving the country's presidentThe request follows their quizzing of him on Friday, which lasted

Water is a critical ingredient for life. And with the discovery of water ice in other planetary objects, scientists are abuzz over the probability of the presence of — and the prospect of supporting — life beyond the boundaries of planet Earth. Tech Times looks at three of the most recent concrete evidence of water ice on three planetary bodies: Ceres, Pluto and Mars. Water Ice On Ceres A study published in the journal Nature Astronomy finds Ceres, the largest asteroid in Earth's solar system,

Optus has announced extending mobile coverage along the Highway 1 route in Western Australia by using nine small cells that utilise Optus' satellite services rather than having to build out additional mobile towers.The small cells will

Yesterday the internet was awash with claims that as a result of a new patent awarded to Apple, the next iPhone will be transparent. I can only guess that these claims were made by people who

Human rights organizations from all over the world have flooded American President Barrack Obama's office with more than a million signatures asking the president to pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Edward Snowden, former employee of the NSA in the U.S., copied and leaked classified information from the agency, disclosing illegal mass surveillance on Americans. The pardon request comes at a vital time in U.S. political history as President Obama has just a week left to use his presidential powers before Donald Trump,

Bernie Sanders is of the opinion that a repeal of Obamacare could potentially lead to a huge number of deaths each year. With the Congress considering partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Bernie Sanders tweeted on Jan, 12 that 36,000 people may die yearly as a result. As Republicans try to repeal the Affordable Care Act, they should be reminded every day that 36,000 people will die yearly as a result. — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 12, 2017 Bernie Sanders  arrived at

In its first aquisition of calendar 2017, Microsoft announced plans to buy Montreal-based deep-learning startup Maluuba for an undisclosed amount.Maluuba has done work in natural-language understanding and reinforcement

I've seen a lot of mobile platforms come and go, and it's now pretty clear that nothing can touch the duopoly created by iOS and Android.Must read: iPhone: What will the next 10 years bring?

The world is taking advantage of the many benefits that the Internet of Things has to offer. However, along with these benefits comes the great threat of DDoS attacks and data breaches. What Is DDoS? DDoS refers to Distributed Denial of Service, and this type of cyber attack is meant to compromise an online service by overwhelming the server through multiple sources. Such attacks are not new, and certain events last year demonstrate just how serious these threats can be. Krebs DDoS Attack In September 2016,

The British Antarctic Survey has announced it is relocating Halley VI, a research facility that sits atop the floating Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. The ice shelf happens to be moving toward the Weddell Sea at 0.4 kilometers (approximately a quarter of a mile) per year. There is a higher possibility of huge chunks of ice breaking off as icebergs. The relocation of Halley VI is to prevent the award-winning facility from drifting off with an iceberg. Halley VI is equipped with

The Moto Z Play is all set to get updated to the much-awaited Android 7.0 Nougat this January. The Moto Z Play, is currently running on Android Marshmallow and now according to a tweet from Moto Deutschland, the smartphone will soon get a taste of Android N. The company confirms that the update for the Moto Z Play will be pushed out in end January. @Kvilpura Android 7 für das Moto Z Play kommt Ende Januar :) — Moto Deutschland (@Moto_GER) January 13, 2017 Earlier in

Barnes & Noble's latest Nook tablet has been pulled from sale. Barnes & Noble released its latest Nook tablet, the Nook Tablet 7-inch, on Black Friday in its latest attempt to battle the success of

Amazon is apparently gearing up to test out different prototypes of wireless technology and is eyeing a green signal from the U.S. government Both Facebook and Google have been conducting numerous wireless tests under the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) experimental authority in recent years. A report from Business Insider, which unearthed a government filing from Amazon, reveals that the e-retailer will follow in the footsteps of Google and Facebook and is looking to conduct ground-breaking wireless tests that may aid drone delivery. Amazon