Category: Biz Tech

Today's State of Work: At the Breaking PointServiceNow is rolling out a machine learning engine that's designed to predict outages, automate routing and workflow, predict outcomes, and benchmark performance.The engine, called the Intelligent Automation Engine, was

'Silver weapons bear magical powers to conquer foes'. The proverb ascribed to the ancient Greek's Delphic Oracle has survived centuries to become a favourite selling pitch for information security tools.Silver weapons, now like then, are a

Scientists conducting studies that investigate how certain cancer tumors form have made an accidental discovery that may potentially lead to the development of a cure for balding and graying hair.Accidental Discovery Study researcher Lu Le, from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and colleagues unexpectedly discovered what is responsible for turning hair gray and making it fall out or stop growing. The researchers found that a protein known as KROX20, which is commonly linked to nerve development, is turned on in

Deloitte has announced that it has acquired Strut Digital, a Sydney-based professional and managed services firm, to fill the DevOps gap in its cloud implementation service.Kevin Russo, lead partner in Deloitte's Technology, Strategy, and Architecture division,

Former U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly warned current President Donald Trump against hiring Mike Flynn as his national security adviser, former White House officials revealed. Obama warned Trump about Flynn in the days following the 2016 Presidential Elections, but the warning went under the radar so far. News now came to light just as former acting Attorney General Sally Yates is about to testify that Flynn made misleading statements to the White House regarding his connection with Russia's ambassador to the United

The biannual OpenStack Summit opened with Jonathan Bryce, executive director of the OpenStack Foundation, saying "We're a inflection point

Comcast is making it a whole lot easier to manage a home Wi-Fi network, introducing the new xFi platform gunning for top Wi-Fi routers. In recent times, various companies such Eero, Google and others have made efforts to facilitate the setup and maintenance of a home network. Comcast now joins the party as well, announcing its new xFi cloud-based gateway for easy home network management. Smart Wi-Fi For The Smart Home Comcast's chief product officer Chris Satchell highlights that homes have become increasingly smarter,

Nvidia is rolling out a new platform that aims to provide deep learning analytics to video streams produced from smart city applications.

Virtustream announced Monday that it's launching Healthcare Cloud, a service built on the Virtustream Enterprise Cloud that's designed to meet the security, regulatory, and IT needs of healthcare providers.

Motorola is reportedly developing a new tablet, its first in over five years. That's according to Android Police, which was able to obtain a photo of the tablet's screen in question. The report estimates the tablet might be 9 to 10 inches in size, complete with a "premium look and feel." Motorola's Upcoming Tablet Borrows The Yoga Book's Productivity Mode The photo tells very little other than it'll offer a multitasking feature similar to what's found on the Yoga Book, which happens to be

OnePlus has carved out a name for delivering excellent phones, like its recent 3T, at mid-range prices since its 2013 launch.

U.S. federal health regulators have approved a new drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. The drug called Radicava or edaravone, is the second drug to be greenlighted by the FDA for the condition after more than 20 years. Radicava is manufactured by MT Pharma America, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation in Japan. It is given by intravenous infusion and will cost more than $145,000 per year. ALS ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the nerve

Researchers have launched a trial for prosthetic limbs which have been designed to reach for objects automatically in a bid to make them act more like natural, organic limbs.A team of biomedical engineers from the UK's

Globally, billions of dollars are lost to fraud every year, and with the growth of ecommerce business models over the past five years, payments startup Stripe is putting its transaction-based insights to good use in an

You might have noticed that the Kickstarter-crowdfunded game Prey for the Gods is now called Praey for the Gods. That name change is actually the result of a trademark dispute involving Praey's developer, No Matter Studios, and Zenimax, Bethesda's parent company. From 'Prey For The Gods' To 'Praey For The Gods' For the uninitiated, the dispute grew out of Bethesda's ownership of the Prey trademark. Zenimax was concerned that Prey for the Gods would cause troubles for the company in the future. Hence, it

Shipment volumes and market shares for the Chinese market.

From February to April this year, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover probed into four sites near a linear dune on the Red Planet to compare the samples of dark sand taken here to those that was found in 2015 and 2016 when it investigated the crescent-shaped dunes. Dark Sand From Mars's Linear Sand Dune The newly taken samples from the linear sand dune, which is located uphill of Mount Sharp and about a mile south from the crescent dunes, will go through an onboard

(Image: file photo)A vulnerability in Intel chips that went undiscovered for almost a decade allows hackers to remotely gain full control over affected Windows PCs without needing a password.The "critical"-rated bug, disclosed by Intel last week,

With the kick off of Microsoft's Build 2017 developer conference this week, I'm expecting to hear the phrase "on the edge" more than a few times.Microsoft CEO Satya

Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, mocked the Amazon Echo and Google Home devices before hinting that the rumored Siri-powered smart speaker will come with a display. With the shots fired and the hinted feature, Apple's pending entry into the smart speaker market has suddenly become even more interesting. Schiller Fires Shots at Amazon Echo, Google Home In an interview with India's Gadgets 360, Schiller was asked to voice his thought on smart speakers such as the Amazon Echo and the

(Image: file photo via CBS News/CBS Interactive)The FBI spent $900,000 on a hack that allowed federal agents into the San Bernardino terrorist's encrypted iPhone, according to a Democratic senator.Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) confirmed the figure this

The USDA recalls more than 5,600 lbs of meat produced in Pennsylvania after authorities tested it positive for E.Coli. Affected states include Illinois, New York, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. ( Pixabay )Another distributor of pre-packaged fresh food item issues a recall due to possible contamination in its products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a Class I recall — a health hazard that could cause serious adverse health consequences — for several meat products that tested positive for the presence of

When you purchase a Samsung smartphone and login to your Samsung account on the device you are sent a 30 percent coupon code to purchase an accessory priced at $59.99 or less. I used mine

Amid talks of more space travel, California has drafted a plan that would tax the state's thriving rocket industry. The tax plan is still just a proposal, and the public can still have their say on the matter until June. Taxing By Mileage In an attempt to solidify California's rocket industry, the state's Franchise Tax Board has released a draft of their proposed tax plan for private space transportation companies based in the state. The plan isn't quite as complicated as one would

A coffee shop in New York has filed a $10 million trademark infringement lawsuit against Starbucks claiming that the latter copied its idea for the "Unicorn Frappuccino." Starbucks's Unicorn Frappuccino Starbucks's blended beverage, which was offered in stores in the United States, Mexico, and Canada for a limited time last month was a hit, as suggested by the posts and images of the drink that many people posted on social media. The beverage was the first new Frappuccino flavor that Starbucks offered this year. What

Uber is once again potentially in hot water with US regulators following the disclosure of a program used to track and avoid government officials.The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has launched a criminal investigation into Uber

An Australian man is suing American airlines after spending 14 hours on a flight seated next to two obese passengers, which allegedly caused him permanent neck and back injuries. Michael Anthony Taylor, 67 years old, spent most of the 14-hour flight from Sydney to Los Angeles, "crouching, kneeling, bracing or standing" because he was seated next to large passengers and the airline didn't allow him to move seats. Taylor already had scoliosis and claims that spending such a long flight in an uncomfortable

If you travel a lot and you need to listen to livestreams, webinars and podcasts -- and, of course, music -- on the go, then noise-reducing or noise-isolating headphones are a boon. Noise-reducing headphones use white noise and other tricks to mask the background noise, while noise-isolating headphones are earbuds that fit so snugly into your years that the background noise doesn't get in. That also has

Apart from a promise to "show the world what's next", this image of Shanghai and the May 23 event date are all Microsoft has explicitly revealed so far, but it's been dropping some heavy hints.

Apple and Amazon, rivals in the technology and home entertainment industries, may finally be friends again as reports claim that an Amazon Prime Video app will soon be launched for the Apple TV. The move will end one of the biggest problems that users have with the Apple TV. Amazon Prime Video On Apple TV According to a report by Recode, people familiar with the matter revealed that Apple and Amazon are close to reaching an agreement to bring an Amazon video app into

Government agencies want their own backdoor into communications.

The U.S. job market saw a strong rebound in April, driving the unemployment rate to the lowest level in a decade. The economy saw 211,000 jobs added in April, according to new government data released on Friday, May 5. The job market boost dropped the unemployment rate to 4.4 percent, the lowest level since May 2007. The latest stats should calm some fears about the state of the economy, but we'll see if the job market remains strong in the following months as

Microsoft held an education-focused event in NYC last week that included revelation of Windows 10 S. Kevin and I discussed this and more on MobileTechRoundup show #397.