Microsoft, Oracle and Facebook, along with 31 other companies, on Tuesday signed the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, an agreement aimed at defending against cyberattacks, whether coming from rogue hackers or nation-states. The 34 tech firms committed to stronger defenses, no offensive attacks, capacity building and collective action. [embedded content] The accord is designed to protect the […]
Disney on Thursday introduced EPSN+, an all-in-one, direct-to-consumer premium streaming service that offers thousands of live sporting events as well as original series and films. It also will provide access to the vast ESPN on-demand library. ESPN+ is the first such premium service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-To-Consumer and International Group through a partnership […]
Fear mongering about killer robots and the recent deaths connected with Uber and Tesla autonomous vehicles have rekindled concerns about artificial intelligence in the machines around us. We are well beyond answering Alan Turing’s question, “can machines think?” There is now good reason to ask how we should think of AI, and what we should […]
The shooting incident that took place last week at YouTube had less to do with guns than with the failure of the police to act on information in a timely way and the inability of social media to be anything but part of the problem. Google has been giving this issue little more than lip […]
Facebook on Wednesday announced an update to its policies for restricting data access on its platform. The move came just two weeks after the company said it would take a “hard look” at the information apps could use when connected to Facebook. CEO Mark Zuckerberg also discussed some of Facebook’s new efforts to shore up […]
Jackie Elnahar is founder and CEO of TelaDietitian. In this exclusive interview, Elnahar shares her enthusiasm for using technology to improve patients’ nutrition. TelaDietitian CEO Jackie Elnahar TechNewsWorld: What is TelaDietitian’s mission? Why did you found the company? Jackie Elnahar: The mission of the company is to provide accessible medical nutrition therapy consultations with a […]
Snapchat soon may have a Connected Apps feature that is similar to the functionality at the heart of the Cambridge Analytica brouhaha, which has Facebook writhing under congressional scrutiny and consumer backlash. The latest beta features a new Connected Apps tab within the setting page, Mashable reported earlier this week. The page displays the following […]
By John P. Mello Jr. Mar 28, 2018 9:39 AM PT Apple on Tuesday announced a refresh of its iPad as part of a new approach to the education market. CEO Tim Cook and other Apple officials also outlined a number of new education initiatives at an event held at Lane Tech College Prep High […]
YouTube this week announced that it will ban videos related to the sale or assembly of firearms, as well as certain gun accessories including bump stocks. The new rules will take effect in April. YouTube is a division of Alphabet-owned Google. Under the new rules, all videos that show how to construct or even repair […]
By John P. Mello Jr. Mar 22, 2018 11:11 AM PT A hardware wallet for virtual currencies with millions of users has been compromised by a 15-year-old security researcher. Saleem Rashid explained how he cracked the firmware on the wallet produced by Ledger in an online post Tuesday. Rashid performed what’s known as a “supply […]