Technology News
Bill Gates to meet with Trump at White House
USA Today - 15 Mar 2018 05:41
The meeting, scheduled to takeplace in the afternoon, is closed to press, according to the White House schedule.
Delaware pilot program will replace driver's license with a smartphone app
BGR - 15 Mar 2018 05:32
Delaware could be the first state to roll out electronic driver's licenses, provided a new pilot program goes well. The Delaware DMV has launched a test program that will include around 200 DMV employees and "stakeholder...
John McAfee Is Back, This Time at a 'Hackproof' Crypto Security Firm
Gizmodo - 15 Mar 2018 05:20
John McAfee, the creator of the security software that bears his name, has gotten pretty weird over the many years of his ongoing "lunacy binge." Just a handful of the times McAfee's name has popped up in the news in the...
Microsoft's E3 2018 plans will give the Xbox One a chance to shine away from the show floor
BGR - 15 Mar 2018 03:01
Between the launch of the Nintendo Switch and the continued ascension of the PS4, Microsoft's Xbox One had little choice but to take a backseat in 2017. Without many high-profile exclusives aside from Forza 7 and Cuphead...
Linus Torvalds slams CTS Labs over AMD vulnerability report
ZDNet - 15 Mar 2018 02:31
Linux's creator said he thinks CTS Labs' AMD chip security report "looks more like stock manipulation than a security advisory" and questions an industry.
New report sheds light on why Siri has failed to live up to expectations
BGR - 15 Mar 2018 02:00
To say that Siri was introduced with a lot of fanfare would be a gross understatement. Siri of course made its debut on the iPhone 4s, and far from being one of many new and exciting feature, Siri was positioned as the i...
Lyft announces self-driving partnership with Magna
USA Today - 15 Mar 2018 01:43Air Force awards big launch contracts to SpaceX and ULA
Space News - 15 Mar 2018 01:24
WASHINGTON -- The Air Force on Wednesday awarded two major launch contracts to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance. Under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, SpaceX received a $290 million firm-fixed-pric...
Social media is flooded with illegal wildlife trade but A.I. can help
Digital Trends - 15 Mar 2018 01:16
Thanks to researchers at the University of Helsinki's Digital Geography Lab, wildlife may find help through a popular tool traffickers use to deal their illegal wares -- social media. The post Social media is flooded wit...
Space component suppliers endangered by GEO order slowdown
Space News - 15 Mar 2018 04:39
Satellite manufacturers say they are trying to protect their component suppliers from the drought of commercial telecom spacecraft that threatens to put such companies out of business. SpaceNews.com
WhatsApp reaches deal with UK regulator over Facebook data sharing
BGR - 15 Mar 2018 04:02
Remember how WhatsApp vowed that it will never share user data with Facebook when Mark Zuckerberg and Co. announced the multi-billion dollar purchase of the popular chat app a few years ago? Or how Facebook told regulato...
Brain interface adds sense of presence to bionic limbs
Engadget - 15 Mar 2018 03:54
It's been possible for a while to control bionic limbs with your brain, but there's been something missing: kinesthetic feedback, or the nervous system signals that give your limbs a sense of presence. You frequently hav...
Apple Maps activates Transit directions in select areas of Arkansas
AppleInsider - 15 Mar 2018 03:11
Apple recently activated public transit directions in major metropolitan areas of Arkansas, including Little Rock and Jonesboro, further building out the Apple Maps feature for users in the U.S.
Here’s what Apple could announce at the WWDC
USA Today - 15 Mar 2018 02:37
It starts June 4.
House members energized by Trump's sudden attention to space warfare
Space News - 15 Mar 2018 01:34
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry: "We will not relax our effort on space reforms. This topic is just too important." SpaceNews.com
Samsung will begin offering same-day repairs on Galaxy phones this week
BGR - 15 Mar 2018 01:33
Samsung announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with uBreakiFix to bring same-day, in-person phone repairs to Galaxy device owners across the United States. Starting on March 15th, Samsung customers will be able to ...
MIT gadget puts multiple artificial organs into a paperback-sized connected system
TechCrunch - 15 Mar 2018 01:17
If you want to see how a proposed drug affects human physiology, your options are limited -- and usually you end up using mice, which are in many ways poor analogues. What's a pharmacologist to do? MIT researchers have a...
Scientists develop system that allows prosthetic hands to mimic feeling
BGR - 15 Mar 2018 00:51
Prosthetics have come a long way over the past half century or so. Gone are the days where "dumb" artificial limbs are the only option, and today new breakthroughs have resulted in incredibly lifelike prosthetics that ca...
New Web-Based Malware Distribution Channel 'BlackTDS' Surfaces
Threatpost - 15 Mar 2018 00:37
Researchers highlight a privately held traffic distribution system tool for malware called BlackTDS that lowers the bar to entry for threat actors.
Google's Pixel 2 portrait photo code is now open source
Engadget - 15 Mar 2018 00:17Reddit says it has banned cryptocurrency ads since 2016
The Verge - 15 Mar 2018 00:15
Tech companies like Facebook and Google, have recently announced that they're banning ads for digital currencies. It turns out that Reddit has been banning cryptocurrency ads since early 2016, but just never announced it...
Best Heavy Duty Cases for Galaxy S9
Android Central - 15 Mar 2018 17:00
The Galaxy S9 is the latest and greatest device released by Samsung and it's a real beauty. But as pretty as all that curved is to look at, what a shame it would be if it got scratched or smashed. If you're concerned abo...