Category: Biz Tech

Chinese networking giant Huawei has announced that it will be leading the "digital transformation" of Hamad International Airport in Qatar in an effort to improve security, customer experience, and efficiency.Huawei, which announced entering a memorandum of

In a series of unfortunate airline mishaps, United Continental Holdings announced its cockpit door access information may have accidentally been leaked to the public. The company, which owns United Airlines and United Express, alerted its pilots the access codes were posted on a public website by a flight attendant and stressed the importance of enforcing the security protocol. To this effect, United Continental Holdings urged pilots to make sure all security procedures are followed through and that all persons allowed onto the flight deck

Amazon is adding two-step verification of the "Alexa" wake word to make sure Alexa-enabled devices respond when they're supposed to.

One of the hottest races going on in the tech world right now is the race to get self-driving cars out to the public first. To try and beat out the competition, Waymo has reached an agreement with Lyft, the startup ride-hailing company, to get its street legal autonomous cars out first. Lyft And Waymo Team Up The New York Times reported that the two companies reached an agreement to share tech assets and programs in developing Waymo's self-driving cars, while Lyft

VMware said Monday that it plans to acquire Apteligent, makers of application performance software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Although voice-activated platforms like Alexa will continue to grow and be important, it is my sense that AR is really the platform to watch.As I've discussed before, augmented reality has the potential to become the Next Big Thing. Voice-activated systems like Alexa are nice, but they have their limits. We've seen AR take off in apps like Snapchat and Pokemon Go, but what if a major tech company like Apple puts its billions behind a robust AR solution? I'd expect Apple

The rumored Moto Z2 Force and Moto Z2 Play just leaked in a new press render that gives a good look at the smartphone's purported design, front and back. Motorola is expected to unveil its new line of smartphones soon enough and leaks hint at an exciting mix of specs, features, and aesthetics. The latest leak now offers a good glimpse of the purported Moto Z2 Force and Moto Z2 Play and confirms some previously leaked specifications. Moto Z2 Force and Moto

When you look at the popular, artificially intelligent "assistants" on the market today, they're really just voice-recognition engines, coupled with pattern- and image-recognition and search engines. But those capabilities, when allowed to 'learn' over time, start

Tesla has started taking orders for its innovative new solar roof, tile-sized solar panels that the company unveiled back in October last year. Coming from the makers of supercar-speed electric vehicles and reusable rockets, they’re not your ordinary solar panel: they’re aesthetically pleasing and won’t require ripping off existing tiles inside the home for installation. The Solar Roof, Tesla’s first post-SolarCity acquisition offering, is expected to sell for $21.85 for each square foot of solar panels. As for energy savings, Tesla

Hours before Germany formally declared war on France in WWI, Marcel Proust penned a letter to his financial advisor that anticipated the horrors to come. "In the terrible days we are going through, you have other things to do besides writing letters and bothering with my petty interests, which I assure you seem wholly unimportant when I think that millions of men are going to be massacred in a War of the Worlds comparable with that of [H. G.] Wells,because the

A state of emergency was declared in Yemen after an outbreak of cholera on Sunday, May 14. At least 115 people have been killed in war-torn nation in the past couple of weeks because of cholera. Yemen is ill-equipped to handle any disease outbreak as most of the country's hospitals and health centers have been ravaged in the last two years of the war. The nation's news agency Saba stated that Yemen is not in any shape to cope with this

The cyberattack crippled IT systems and forced doctors and nurses to work with pen and paper notes.

The Samsung Galaxy J3 is a decent budget phone, complete with a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, a decent Exynos 3475 chip, and 1.5 GB of RAM. Its slightly better successor, the 2017 edition of the J3, is now up for sale via AT&T, launching quietly without much fanfare. The Galaxy J3 (2017) now sells for a no-contract price of $179.99, but if you'd rather opt for an installment plan, prepare to pay $6 a month for 30 months. Samsung Galaxy J3

A report from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has revealed that only 53 percent of people it surveyed were able to nominate an organisation to report the misuse of their information to.

Apple is expected to make its voice assistant Siri a lot smarter in the foreseeable future, as evidenced by its recent acquisition of AI company Lattice Data. The Cupertino brand reportedly forked over $200 million to close the deal. Apple Beefs Up AI Efforts According to TechCrunch, an unnamed source told it that Apple has already completed the acquisition a couple of weeks earlier. The agreement also seems to be partly a hire, as approximately 20 engineers have come aboard Apple's workforce. The company

Acer Computer Australia has reported after-tax profit of AU$3.2 million for the full year ended December 31, 2016, turning around the AU$3.6 million loss reported in the previous year. The Taiwanese electronics company did not break

The ransomware attack caused chaos last week around the world, including at hospitals in the UK.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently confirmed that the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion Spacecraft will have an unmanned maiden flight despite earlier plans for a crewed mission. According to the NASA, it is already too late into the mission planning schedule to accommodate changes from its original plan for the Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1), which was designed to have an unmanned first flight to test the entire flight system's capabilities. "We appreciate the opportunity to evaluate the possibility

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on May 13 that Green Chile Food Company is voluntarily recalling several of its frozen meat and poultry burrito products due to possible listeria contamination. The product recall comes after a Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspector did a routine testing on a Beef and Potato Burrito and found evidence of Listeria monocytogenes in the items. More than 252,000 pounds of frozen burritos were made from the contaminated batch so USDA has classified

Ransomware: Everything you ever wanted to knowHospitals across England and Scotland are being forced to postpone appointments and divert patients elsewhere because systems have been taken offline by a ransomware attack in an event NHS England

Do you use Google Chrome? Do you want to become a Google Chrome guru? Read on!What follows are a collection of tips, tricks, and tools to help you get the most from Google Chrome. There are

A federal investigation found that three Boeing mechanics caused $4 million worth of damages to the Air Force One. According to the report, if not corrected, the errors could have caused the presidential plane to catch fire. Aircraft Accident Investigation A report released this week revealed the results of an aircraft accident investigation conducted by Air Force investigators. The report focused on a specific investigation that was done in 2016 between April 1 and 10 where investigators found serious errors made by

Back when I owned a Nokia Lumia 950 XL, I wanted to purchase a cool Mozo cover that replaced the default cover, but stock was extremely limited. Mozo sent along three black accessories for me to

A massive ransomware attack targeted around 100 countries around the world. Perhaps one of the most affected is Britain's National Health Service (NHA), where many hospitals struggled to keep up without their computers. Massive Cyberattack Friday, May 12, saw a cyberattack of global proportions when a ransomware popped up in computers across the globe. Multiple companies, organizations, and hospitals were unprepared to receive a message with a timer, stating that their files would be lost if they fail to pay before the

Samsung Galaxy S8 review: The good, the bad, the beautifulSamsung sent me a Galaxy S8 to review a month ago, and my personal T-Mobile orchid gray model arrived just a day after my review went live.

Narwhals are known as the unicorns of the sea because of their distinct tusk. The purpose of this long tooth has been unclear but a new drone video of the marine mammals that were taken in Tremblay Sound in Nunavat, Canada helps unveil this mystery. What Are Narwhals? Narwhals are a species of toothed whale that are characterized by their long tusks that can grow as long as 8.8 feet long in males. The females of the species were also observed to

Security breaches this week in Singapore and around the globe reveal the country will have to safeguard a much wider attack surface and need a cybersecurity strategy that goes beyond simply limiting internet access. It

A giant sea creature that washed ashore in Indonesia had many baffled about the mysterious animal. What other giant sea creatures have surprised people when they washed up ashore? Giant Squid? A local in the island of Seram in Indonesia was surprised to find a massive sea creature on the shores of his island home. As news spread of his colossal find, reports of the creature being an especially massive giant squid quickly circulated the globe. However, what was first thought to be

We've all know how security is among the top - if not actually the top - concern for CIOs when making decisions about moving workloads into the cloud. Less often spoken of is visibility: the ability

Microsoft's just-unveiled Surface Laptop is its own approach to take down Chromebooks, but that much remains to be seen. Like Chromebooks, the Surface Laptop features a lightweight operating system. Windows calls it Windows 10 S, similar in aesthetics to the standard Windows 10, but significantly less able. For one, it can't run desktop apps: only those downloaded from the Windows Store will work, in addition to apps ported over via the Universal Windows Platform. For this reason alone, Microsoft's other Surface device,

Ransomware: Everything you ever wanted to knowThe ransomware attacks that forced hospitals across the UK to turn away patients are apparently part of a larger wave of ransomware infections worldwide.Prime Minister Theresa May said: "This