Category: Biz Tech

Google Home was announced a year ago as an Alexa competitor that would serve as the foothold for the company's new ambient search experience. The Home seemed likely to be a powerful competitor for Amazon Echo given the resources at Google's disposal. That didn't happen. When the Home launched, it was indeed stylish and produced well-rounded sound. But we at PCMag were confounded by its seemingly obvious shortcomings. It could stream music from a variety of sources, but it didn't work

Climate change continues to negatively impact our planet and a new study suggests that several salmon and trout species could vanish from California in the next 100 years. In the report published on Tuesday, May 16, researchers claimed that 23 out of the 31 salmon species found in the Californian waters would likely go extinct within the next century. What Is Causing The Decline In Salmon And Trout Numbers? Researchers from the University of California, Davis, and the conservation group California Trout noted that climate

Google is opening its Instant App platform to all developers and embedding it into Android O--the latest version of the mobile operating systems. With the move, Google is likely to give business tech decisionmakers a bit

The vast majority of measles cases occurring in the United States can be put down to Americans who have traveled abroad without being immunized against the disease. Although measles has been officially eradicated in the United States since 2000, sporadic outbreaks continue to happen because unvaccinated people visiting foreign countries contract the disease elsewhere and bring back the virus upon returning home. This puts their families and entire communities at risk of becoming infected, underlines a new study published May 16 in the

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has been tasked by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) to develop a new privacy code for the Australian Public Service (APS), one that Commissioner

Australian enterprise software provider TechnologyOne has announced its enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution has been certified to the highest standard by the federal government.According to TechnologyOne, it is the first and only company in the country to

Blizzard is preparing to celebrate the first anniversary of Overwatch through an upcoming event, a new edition of the game, and a weekend that will allow players to try it out for free. Overwatch, released on May 24, 2016, had an amazing first year. It quickly became one of the most popular multiplayer shooters in the world with its colorful characters and fast-paced gameplay, and continued to generate excitement among new and old players alike with regular updates and events. 'Overwatch' Anniversary Event There

Mirai DNS Water Torture attack payload, with target domain names redactedMirai DNS Water Torture distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks dominated the first quarter of 2017, a report from Akamai has found.According to Akamai's State of

Blizzard earned its reputation as one of the best game developers today well before Overwatch. Now, with year one in the bag, it's time to take a look back at the year that was in Overwatch. Calling All Agents Overwatch released on May 24, 2016, after what seemed like an eternity in beta on the PC. Anyone who had gotten their hands on the game talked up the incredible multiplayer game they had just experienced, pitting two teams of six against each other

With Hitachi Video Analytics, ordinary municipal cameras become smart sensors that provide a variety of information and real-time alerts for public safety.

We all know -- or, well, we should all know -- how to block malware attacks. You don't install unknown applications. You don't open dodgy email attachments. And you don't download files from strange websites. But

To say the legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm has been tense would be an understatement. The two companies have been after each other since January of this year, and it looks like the two are not showing signs of backing off or reaching a settlement. Qualcomm Fires Back On Wednesday, May 17 Qualcomm filed lawsuits against four Taiwan-based companies with ties to Apple. The companies in question are Foxconn, Compal, Wistron, and Pegatron, four of the manufacturers responsible for building iPads

David's $329 workshop iPad in its UAG-provided Metropolis MIL STD 810G-516.6 case The 9.7-inch iPad Pro was released in March of 2016. The new, regular ol' iPad was released one year later, in March 2017. The

It's time for yet another Pokémon GO event, this time one that will focus on rock-type Pokémon and, unlike the grass-focused Worldwide Bloom, will be a full event with store discounts, increased appearances of rock Pokémon, and more candy for Buddy Pokémon. Many past events have been tied to real-world holidays, but Adventure Week's origins are a bit more random, having no basis in any real-life celebrations. Instead, Niantic noted that the world's Pokémon trainers have walked a combined 15.8 billion kilometers

The problem affects the latest Chrome running on the latest version of Windows 10.

The wireless headphone company Bragi on Tuesday, May 16, announced a product lineup update to its Dash wireless in-ears called the Dash Pro, a version of which is being marketed as "the world's first custom-made wireless ear computer." The company outed two versions of this new headphone model, both improving upon the last model with a trove of features, alongside a crucial element that fixes a longtime woe with wireless headphones: a custom fit version, so they don't fall off. Dash Pro The custom-made Dash

AMD is plotting a June launch for its EPYC server processor, formerly code-named Naples, as it aims to become a data center leader to go along with its desktop and graphics chips. For AMD, the data

Market research company Kantar has published the latest statistics on mobile market share in Australia, revealing that despite competition, Telstra has yet again increased its mobile market share to a total of 41.4 percent.As of March

Apple is now giving everyone the official in-depth look inside its new Apple Park campus, including details about the original design of the "Ring" building, images of the building's construction and interiors, and a whole lot more. Call it a behemoth mothership, or an architectural masterpiece — Apple's new campus is a feast for one's eyes. Surrounded by greenery, Apple, along with the architects and workers who helped bring the mothership to life, deftly meshed nature and architecture together. In fact,

The company building out the Australian government's National Broadband Network (NBN) has revealed purchasing 15,051km of copper cabling to date for the purpose of building out fibre-to-the-node (FttN) connections to some newly built premises, also

A Samsung Galaxy S8 running Windows 10 Mobile has started making rounds online. If these images are accurate, then it means that Windows Phones are not dying just yet, despite the circumstances — Upgrade Advisor app now defunct and Creators Update limited availability to 13 handsets, with Microsoft giving 40 percent of the devices in the wild the cold shoulder. That's a big "if," though. Galaxy S8 Seen Together With Windows 10 Mobile A set of allegedly leaked pictures shows that there's a Galaxy S8

Thailand has backed down on threats it made last week to block Facebook in the country, having previously threatened to issue court orders if the social media giant did not remove content the government deems

Ransomware is all over the news. Experts estimate the recent WannaCry attack affected as many as 300,000 devices globally. If you're worried about falling victim to ransomware, there are a few things to consider. How would you react if someone stole your home computer? What if your hard drive failed and wiped out all your programs and data? If you're prepared with a full, offsite backup, encrypting ransomware needn't be a big worry. Just clean out the malware with a tough

In today's world, millennials are always looking for the best that life can afford, from artisan coffee to avocados on everything, but when they need money for items of importance - like bills - they don't know what happened. Millionaire Tim Gurner decided to call millennials out on this and tell the younger generation like it is. All Artisan Everything Gurner, the Australian native who made his money in real estate, called out millennials for spending money recklessly in their careers instead of

Workplace collaboration platform Slack is adding another new feature to its platform: screen sharing in video calls.

Instagram just copied the last iconic Snapchat feature, introducing "face filters" that allow users to spice up their selfies with augmented reality elements. Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat have been playing a copycat game for a while now as Facebook gradually "borrowed" more Snapchat features and added them to its own services. The new Instagram selfie filters are like the cherry on top, crowning all other copied elements to make a true Snapchat clone. Instagram Selfie Filters "Today, we're introducing face filters in the camera, an easy

VMware announced Tuesday that its Horizon Cloud will support desktop and application workloads on Microsoft Azure.

President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban has reached the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, with a three-judge panel discussing its constitutionality on Monday, May 15. Trump first issued a travel ban preventing people from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. Affected countries included Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Yemen and Somalia. The ban stirred great controversy and opposition, and a U.S. judge granted emergency stay. Faced with heavy protests and criticism, Trump then issued a revised order in March, aiming to resolve

Martin Draper, technology director at luxury retailer Liberty, says his big priority for 2017 is business intelligence. The firm gathers information from various sources and Draper wants to create a data-driven strategy that helps executives at

"What killed the dinosaurs?" is an enduring question that has plagued grade school students and seasoned scientists alike. We've long known that the asteroid that created the Chicxulub crater in Mexico was linked to the demise of everyone's favorite giant lizards, but the details have been a bit sketchy. Now, a team of scientists have uncovered evidence that lends credence to the notion that the dinosaurs were not wiped out by the asteroid, but by the slow starvation that followed. A Matter

Growing preference for debit cards is driving more Singapore shoppers towards electronic payments, with just 11 percent forking out physical cash. Some 87 percent of consumers in the city-state expressed preference for e-payments, which was the

The recent norovirus outbreak in Yolo County schools has totaled more than 950 confirmed cases so far, health officials reported on Friday, May 12. The outbreak affected students as well as school teachers and staff alike, says the report, which states all of them exhibited norovirus signs and symptoms, such as stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhea. Specimen testing carried out in six school districts revealed the California county is indeed facing a norovirus problem, which is deemed as highly contagious. "The number of sick

DocuSign has revealed a data breach that has allowed malicious actors to conduct a wide-ranging phishing campaign.In a notice on its website, DocuSign said it found the breach when investigating the cause of an increase in