Category: Biz Tech

Tesla is probably bracing itself for a deluge of last-minute customers after it announced that those who will purchase the company's vehicles after Jan. 15 are no longer going to enjoy unlimited free access to its charging facilities. The new policy, when it was announced in November, states a Jan. 1 deadline. There is no reason given so far, but the two-week reprieve has given some consumers who are saving for the car some breathing space. This means that those who will purchase

Australian Attorney-General George Brandis has extended the deadline for those wanting to make a submission on whether the federal government should prohibit access by parties for civil proceedings to data retained by telecommunications providers under the

A blog post by Qualcomm accidentally leaked information about the Asus ZenFone AR, which is the second Google Project Tango-enabled smartphone and the first one to be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 821 processor. The post by Qualcomm that spoiled the Asus ZenFone AR was dated Jan. 4, which means that it was published earlier than planned as the smartphone was being prepared to be officially unveiled at CES 2017. Asus ZenFone AR Leaked Specs, Features The Qualcomm blog post has since been taken

There's no question that Russia wanted Donald Trump to win the 2016 Presidential campaign. Trump's own tweets stated he wanted the Russians to hack Hillary Clinton's email. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) email was hacked.

Statcounter's graph for desktop operating system market shares in the USA shows Windows 10 climbing rapidly and only just overtaking Windows 7 (yellow line).

Nintendo's current flagship handheld, the 3DS, is nearly seven years old, spawning different iteration of the console within that time period, first with the bulkier original 3DS XL, followed by the non-3D 2DS, and finally, the New 3DS and New 3DS XL, packing beefier internals under the hood. Seven years old is basically a death knell for a system, but if there's a company who knows how to protract a lifespan, it's Nintendo, and it does it best by releasing still-engaging

The rumored HTC Ocean Note phablet is now rumored to hit the scene as the HTC U Ultra, according to the latest leak. HTC has a "For U" launch event set for Jan. 12, where it's expected to unveil the new Ocean line, and a HTC U Ultra moniker would fall in line with the event name. Rumors of a new HTC smartphone line dubbed "Ocean" have been making rounds for a few months now and the company is expected to unveil three

Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)

Twitter has been making the news lately for not-so-happy reasons, such as its plummeting stock price and failure--so far--to find an acquirer. The company has also seen a series of top executives leave the company in

New footage for "Dragon Quest XI" revealed several gameplay aspects, including combat, camping, and riding on dragons. The game is set to be released next year for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, and the upcoming Nintendo Switch. ( NHK | YouTube )To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the long-running but still massively popular Dragon Quest franchise, Japanese TV channel NHK showed a special presentation that included new footage for the next game in the series, Dragon Quest XI: In Search of

A New York City agency has issued 55-year old Sara Kelly Keenan a birth certificate that bears the word intersex in the gender field. Keenan, who uses female pronouns, was born with male genes and female genitalia. The corrected birth certificate she received via mail last month is the first known intersex birth certificate that was issued in the United States. New Option For People With Non-Binary Gender About one in 2,000 children born each year can be considered as intersex, but they would have

CES 2017 is the 50th anniversary of the annual consumer electronics trade show. There have actually been well over 70 CESes since there used to be a summer version in the 1980s and 90s; this will be my 60th. And while interest in the show waned a bit in the 90s due to competition from Comdex, it's been full steam ahead since Comdex bit the dust. CES officials expect at least 170,000 at this year's show, with 50,000 coming from abroad. Those

The Dell XPS 13 is a fan favorite laptop for a variety of reasons, including its performance and eye-catching, almost bezel-less display. As proof of the laptop's popularity, instead of releasing a successor, Dell instead decided to roll out an updated version of the XPS 13 last year that featured Intel's seventh-generation Kaby Lake processors, improved the device's battery life, and added a rose gold option. A leaked listing, however, reveals that Dell has even more plans in store for the XPS 13. Leaked

New case study published reported regression in brain cancer patient after a CAR-T based treatment. The patient, who was a 50 year old man with methastasis, now has a chance at surviving the disease. ( Matt Cardy | Getty Images )A patient has been successful treated from recurrent multifocal glioblastoma through the means of CAR-T therapy. The method involves a specific kind of immunotherapy which targets cells where the IL13Rα2 antigen is present. The antigen is very common when it comes to brain

Automation, AI, and robotics are the real forces behind the disruption to the global job market, and they will accelerate in 2017.

A novel study reveals that Inflammatory Bowel Diseases like Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis can be treated by mere regulation of diet instead of using complex treatments like steroids and medication that have lifetime side effects. Crohn's Disease And Ulcerative Colitis Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) belong to a family of conditions termed as Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD). While both the diseases are chronic inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal tract with similar symptoms, the difference lies in the areas of the GI

A Tesla Model X owner has sued Tesla Motors Inc. on allegations that his electric SUV suddenly accelerated while he was parking it in his garage. The vehicle reportedly jolted forward and crashed into his home. The owner Ji Chang Son filed the complaint on Friday, Dec. 30 in the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California. The incident allegedly took place back in September. Son recounted that he was carefully pulling into his driveway, with his garage door opening,

British Ash trees are now safe, in terms of resistance, from the deadly Ash Dieback — a fungal disesase that has already ravaged millions of Ash trees across Europe. The findings from a latest study follow the successful decoding of the tree's genome by researchers at the Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). The team is hoping that the unraveled genetic sequence of the Ash tree will help in fighting the Ash Dieback effectively. The research was published in the journal Nature. Commenting on the significance

Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) announced on Friday, Dec. 30, that access to the Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve in South Maui has been closed after a whale carcass was washed ashore in the area. The carcass is believed to be that of a humpback whale, and it is the fifth one to be beached on the shoreline in recent weeks. Other whale carcasses have been spotted in several areas, including Kauai, West Molokai, West Oahu and Kailua Bay,

There's a way to turn off CRISPR-Cas9 and researchers uncovered it by going over the same bacteria and viruses that led to the gene-editing system's development in the first place. In a study published in the journal Cell, researchers detailed identifying anti-CRISPR proteins produced by bacterial viruses, coming up with a technique that will benefit CRISPR by making clinical and research applications of the gene-editing system safer and more accurate. Many are throwing their hopes behind CRISPR as it has a number of

There's something that's been bugging me all day.On Wednesday, security researcher Justin Shafer reached out to a handful of security reporters after he found that Nevada state government's website was leaking thousands of applications from its

Caffeine helps many of us navigate through the circumstances of each day. For one man, however, caffeine only brought headaches after being charged with driving under influence even though he had no other substance in his system. Caffeine, A Peculiar Case Just smelling the aroma of the coffee will make one feel less stressed. Besides its delicious taste, it also has numerous positive effects to the body, which is why an average American drinks around 3 cups of coffee per day. However, the supposedly

Amazon's depiction of an airborne fulfillment center carrying unmanned aerial vehicles for item delivery.As Amazon inches closer to establishing a drone delivery system, the e-commerce giant may one day keep its inventory in the sky.The US

2016 was jampacked with so many discoveries and technological advancements, and it looks like the tech world has no plans of slowing down in 2017. From augmented and virtual realities to artificial intelligence and new versions of wearable devices, 2017 has it all in store for you. Augmented, Virtual And Mixed Reality The year 2016 saw the intregration of this technology into the market. The boom of the Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality technology lies in the presentation of an altered or different world that

A Pentagon subcontractor's systems were not secured properly. (Image: file photo) A Pentagon subcontractor has exposed reams of highly sensitive details belonging to active military healthcare professionals online, some of which hold top-secret security clearances.Potomac Healthcare Solutions,

In 2014, Walt Disney World Resort began construction of its ambitious project to bring the moon, Pandora, from James Cameron's movie Avatar, to life in Disney Animal Kingdom. Fans of the epic adventure have actually been waiting since it was officially announced in 2013. Now, three years later, Disney Parks has finally unveiled a two-and-a-half minute sneak peek into the incredible alien world that awaits visitors in the summer of 2017. The first-look video was released on Dec. 25, a perfect Christmas present from

Microsoft's ongoing move to reposition itself as a cloud-first/mobile-first vendor continued in 2016. But readers of "All About Microsoft" here on ZDNet remained most interested in Windows 10's rollout and futures this past year.

It was certainly a year of ups and downs for Apple, which took steps to shore up many of its products outside the core iOS portable offerings. The Apple Watch got a new user interface, but

Facebook, one of the world's most popular social networks, has more than 2 billion users and it knows more about them than they realize. It's not much of a surprise that Facebook wants to know as much about its users as possible, as any bit of extra info can help it serve better targeted ads. For a good while now, Facebook has been as much a social network as an advertising company and it even moved to block ad blockers on desktop

2017 - the sky's the limit!Robin HarrisThe pace of storage change continues to accelerate, and its impact on us continues to grow. Digital storage is central to a digital civilization, and as we grow more digital,

The U.S. Department of Defense is urging soldiers to ease up on drinking too much energy beverages as it could lead to serious damaging of the body. The military noticed that a growing number of servicemen choose to drink energy beverages over water, especially during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Researchers examined data collected from soldiers serving during 2010's Operation Enduring Freedom and discovered that as much as 45 percent of those deployed downed at least one energy drink a day. The