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The metal-clad Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime which was released in September this year in select Asian markets is now available for purchase in the United States. Announced in August, the Samsung phablet is now listed on e-retailer Amazon and is up for grabs for just $285 plus shipping charges of $4.85. The Galaxy J7 Prime model that is available for purchase in the United States via Amazon is the factory unlocked dual SIM variant of the smartphone. The Galaxy J7 Prime is

Part of the reason for Donald Trump's triumph in the US election was that, as he would say, his cyber was the strongest. In the first social media election, Trump rallied a world's worth of hackers and extreme digital natives to his side. If he can keep that anarchic crowd on board, he'll not only have the world's best cybersecurity, he'll have a cyber army. All human relationships rely on context. You say different things, to different people, in different ways;

The Australian Attorney-General's Department (AGD) has advised that it expects the lifetime capital costs for telcos to comply with data retention obligations to hit the AU$198.5 million mark by the end of the 2016-17 financial year,

A new report sheds some light on Apple's plans for its iPad lineup in 2017. The company will supposedly introduce a new 10.9-inch iPad Pro that will lose its Home button, sport an almost bezel-free display and maintain the overall size of that of the 9.7-inch iPad Pro. It's never too early to begin speculating on some of the new features Apple has in store for its most popular products. Next year's iPhone 8 is rumored to feature a completely redesigned

In this year's election, the most powerful news source was Facebook. More than 40 percent of US adults—that's more than watch any single TV channel—get their news from Facebook, according to Pew, and as plenty of journalists have recounted, the platform is flooded with hyperpartisan fake news. Yet Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook's leadership refuse to own up to their responsibility for our politics. Zuckerberg argued this week that fake news is "a very small amount of the content" on Facebook, and

Pokémon Sun and Moon players, you now have your first global mission: catch 100 million Pokémon in two weeks. The Event Schedule The challenge has already been issued, and you only have until Dec. 13 to accomplish it. Does catching 100 million Pokémon in just a few weeks' time sound like an impossible task? Well, don't you worry, as you're not alone on this one. As the name "global mission" suggests, you and all the other Pokémon Sun and Moon trainers across the world will be working

Identity and access management is on the cusp of changes that will help define its overall role in enterprise security, adapt it to meet new access requirements, and combine it with security tools to form protection

I'm willing to bet that self-driving cars are not high on president-elect Donald Trump's list of policy priorities in his first 100 days in office. He'll likely be so overwhelmed with the immediate demands of his office and squaring his campaign promises with his party's often-competing agenda that federal regulation of autonomous vehicles will be on the backburner for a while. But with autonomy accelerating so quickly—and federal policy working to keep pace—even a slight pause is bound to make companies

Next year could likely be a very big one for Apple and its iPhone lineup. It marks the 10th year of the company that started the touch screen era for smartphones, so Apple could have exciting surprises up its sleeve. Rumor has it that the Apple iPhone 8, which should hit the scene in 2017, would sport a curved physical design with better display resolution. Apple has reportedly asked suppliers to boost the output for organic light emitting displays (OLEDs) and submit sample screens

Amazon Web Services will be launching the Amazon AWS Alexa Partner Program, the cloud giant announced Tuesday at the AWS Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. AWS has heard a "deep desire to integrate Alexa and

Apple's iPhone is apparently the most coveted holiday item this year, according to a survey conducted by investment firm Piper Jaffray. While Apple stirred a bit of a controversy with its latest devices, particularly the iPhone 7 with no headphone jack and the MacBook Pro with redesigned (read: missing) ports, it still tops the holiday wish lists this year. Apple devices have always been in high demand, but it seems that this year, the iPhone is even more coveted than it was last year.

In the wake of Donald Trump's surreal ascension to POTUS, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg publicly defended his company's culpability in Trump's win. Critics have pointed to Facebook's propagation of fake news via the site's algorithmically curated "Trending Topics" module and—perhaps even most dastardly—within users' News Feed as directly responsible for the rise of America's first potentially authoritarian-ish leader. Zuck's public refutation exists within a larger debate as to whether Facebook is or is not a media company, and therefore responsible for

Government Communications Headquarters, the UK signals intelligence agency, in Cheltenham, United Kingdom. (UK Ministry of Defence). Alex Grigsby is the assistant director for the Digital and Cyberspace Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations.Two weeks ago, with much fanfare, the United Kingdom released a new strategy that sets out UK government’s approach to improving the country’s cybersecurity over the next five years. It follows the UK’s previous effort dating back to 2011, and allocates

An employee of a foreign exchange trading company works near monitors showing U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaking on TV news (top) in Tokyo, Japan, November 9, 2016. (Toru Hanai/Reuters). With Donald Trump’s victory, the prospects for digital trade have dimmed. This development owes much to the hostility towards trade that Trump brings to the presidency. But it also involves shifts more fundamental than Trump’s rejection of trade agreements. The rise of digital

4188 28 by Adam Segal November 16, 2016 A man stands in a phone box in front of graffiti art on a wall near the headquarters of Britain's eavesdropping agency, Government Communications Headquarters, known as GCHQ, in Cheltenham, western England April 16, 2014. (Eddie Keogh/Reuters). The Council on Foreign Relations is holding a half-day, multi-session symposium to bring together leading policymakers and experts for candid analysis of online privacy, with a particular focus on the United States,

4224 28 by Adam Segal November 18, 2016 A man is silhouetted against a video screen with an Facebook logo as he poses with an Samsung S4 smartphone in this photo illustration taken in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, August 14, 2013. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters) Here is a quick round-up of this week’s technology headlines and related stories you may have missed:1. Disinformation. Disinformation everywhere. Since Donald Trump’s election, the “fake news” phenomenon has received enormous attention and pressure has

People have a general idea of how much a rocket-propelled grenade costs. What about a cyber weapon? (Baz Ratner/Reuters), Max Smeets is a D.Phil candidate and research affiliate of the Cyber Studies Programme at the University of Oxford. His work analyzes the proliferation of cyber weapons.Can a non-state actor take down critical infrastructure with a cyberattack? If it is not possible today, will it be possible in the future? Experts disagree about

4192 28 by Karen Kornbluh November 23, 2016 In this latest episode of the Net Politics podcast, I sat down with Rayid Ghani, director of the Center for Data Science and Public Policy.I spoke with him about how big data is shaping and influencing public policy. Listen to the podcast below, or check it out on Soundcloud.Post a CommentCFR seeks to foster civil and informed discussion of foreign policy issues. Opinions expressed on CFR blogs are solely those of the author or commenter, not of CFR, which

4237 28 by Adam Segal November 29, 2016 New York City skyline is seen at sunrise during a power outage August 15, 2003. (Reuters) The Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program has launched a new Cyber Brief. This one is authored by CFR Senior Fellow and Net Politics contributor Rob Knake.The U.S. federal government has long debated using insurance as a tool to create incentives for better cybersecurity in the private sector, and has tried to prod the insurance industry to offer

The AI can add animations to static images, although the researchers acknowledge that it rarely generates the "correct" future.

Techies would probably recall Kevo Convert for its notable debut at CES this year with its smart lock solution that features electronic keys. Now its maker has made the device available for preorder. Smart Lock Kit Once installed, the Kevo Convert can automatically lock your door after 30 seconds. It can also be locked and unlocked via Bluetooth. To extend the range for users to control their door from anywhere, an upgrade to Kevo Plus is required. Using a dedicated app, users can also

In late 2000, rumors about about a new personal transportation device that could change the way people got around started making the rounds. Steve Jobs initially said it could be "as big as the PC," while John Doerr speculated that it would be more important than the Internet. So when the Segway was actually introduced in December 2001, anticipation was very high. But while it did grab the imagination of those like Steve Wozniak, the product was big and heavy and

I never thought it could happen. I never thought that Donald Trump would become President of the United States. I just couldn't conceive of a world in which a celebrity competition reality star, oft-failed businessman, former Comedy Central Roastee, and friend of Grimace would be tapped to lead the greatest economy and military the planet has ever known. And I wasn't the only one. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the whole thing. At this moment, I can only attribute

The sub-$100 Pinebook runs on an ARM CPU and Linux.

The reaction to the election of Donald Trump is as much a function of social media and its negative effects on the populace as anything the candidates did or said. People like to say social networks, especially Facebook, are a great way to maintain relations with old high school chums and relatives you ditched when you were 20. In reality, if you wanted to stay in touch pre-Facebook, you found a way. Facebook makes it simpler, but not better. In sales, there

The Lego-compatible, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-enabled SBricks Plus have four ports that are inputs and outputs, so you can attach sensors, motors, and lights.

The smart home is gaining ground, but it's still a muddle of confusing standards, competing platforms, and gadgets that don't do what you might expect. But the promise of products that can make your life a little easier is hard to resist, so I'm here to answer the inevitable questions that arise. Whether it's figuring out the best connected door lock to assembling the right recipe to wake you up with a faux sunrise at the optimal moment based on your

The coolest vehicle I saw at AutoMobilityLA (aka, the LA Auto Show) this week wasn't even real, at least initially. To debut its new I-PACE all-electric crossover, Jaguar herded media into a Hollywood studio with a dozen or so tables in a large room, each topped with HTC Vive VR headsets, Dell Precision workstations, stereo headphones, and a joystick controller. Keep in mind that automotive journalists are a jaded bunch, and I heard a few grumbles from one writer who falls

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has demonstrated its memory-driven computing architecture The Machine, bringing its vision for the future of computing closer to fruition.The idea behind the project, which has been running for five years, is to

Although women comprise a small fraction of tech professionals—just one in four, according to the National Center for Women & Information Technology—several nonprofits and startups are working to jumpstart women's participation in computer science. In a previous column, I considered Grace Hopper Academy, a New York City coding bootcamp designed explicitly for women. GHA's sister school, Fullstack Academy, takes that program online with a Remote Immersive program. Most recently, I examined how the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) has expanded female

Everything across the utilities landscape should be connected, instrumented, and measured, according to Cisco Australia CTO Kevin Bloch, in order to move forward from automating operations to augmenting human decision making and predicting the future using

Every tech magazine comes out with a "best products of the year" list at around this time. Readers love lists—and it is shopping season, after all. Plus, it's an easy story to do: Just open up a Web browser and start searching for the best of everything, then rewrite what you read online. Maybe throw in a few outliers, so the list is less generic than the countless other stories that have essentially the same products. Here at PCMag, we