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Google just turned 20 — time for it to grow up
Google was incorporated on September 4th 1998 with the unofficial motto “Don’t be evil. ” In the two decades since, its risen from a blip on the technology radar to become one of the most valuable companies in the history of the world. дальше »
2018-9-5 20:56 | |
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Google unleashes its new image detection AI on child abuse content online
Google’s latest attempt to battle the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online comes in the form of an AI that can quickly identify images that haven’t been previously catalogued. It’s part of the company’s Content Safety API, which is available to NGOs and other bodies working on this issue. дальше »
2018-9-4 08:15 | |
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Oops: Apple’s self-driving test car rear-ended in its first collision
Last week, an Apple self-driving test car – a kitted out Lexus RX450h – was rear-ended by a Nissan Leaf in the company’s first recorded collision in its trials on public roads, reports CNBC. The Leaf was traveling at 24 kmph when it collided with Apple’s Lexus as the test car was attempting to merge onto Lawrence Expressway South, in Santa Clara, California. дальше »
2018-9-3 08:58 | |
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Huawei will reveal the Mate 20 on October 16
Huawei has had a busy few days. After announcing its new Kirin 980 Chip and a the Honor MAGIC 2 during IFA this week, today the company revealed that its next flagship, the Mate 20, will be announced on October 16 in London. дальше »
2018-9-3 01:52 | |
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How a hamburger anecdote shaped my tech startup mentality
While bootstrapping my startup, I didn’t have to live out of my car. I didn’t have to bike 2,200 miles. In fact, I didn’t even have have to leave my couch the first year. But what I did have to do was meet the expectations of enterprise-level customers—without an initially working product. дальше »
2018-9-2 15:30 | |
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Google and Mastercard are secretly tracking your offline purchases
Google has quietly been providing select advertisers a “stockpile” of offline credit card transaction data. After a four year negotiation, Google and Mastercard reached a deal that would pay the latter millions in exchange for coughing up data on its card holders, according to a Bloomberg report. дальше »
2018-9-1 00:53 | |
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Sennheiser’s Momentum True Wireless bring a hi-fi pedigree to $300 earbuds
It was just a few years ago that Bluetooth headphones were utterly unacceptable among audiophiles, but now even classic hi-fi companies are making ‘truly wireless’ earbuds. Right after Audio Technica unveiled its first pair, Sennheiser is jumping into the fray as well. дальше »
2018-8-31 20:41 | |
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Need to inspire your content marketing team? Try these 12 tactics
Content marketing has become one of the core activities for nearly every modern company. From blog posts and tweets to YouTube videos and infographics, brands are investing a lot of time and resources into creating engaging content. дальше »
2018-8-31 10:00 | |
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Andreessen Horowitz Backs Dfinity With Largest Crypto Investment Yet
Dfinity, Cryptocurrency–Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), the popular venture capital firm of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, has announced its most ambitious cryptocurrency investment to date in the form of new blockchain project Dfinity. дальше »
2018-8-31 03:13 | |
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Shanghai Hotel Suffers Data Breach, Attackers Sell Information on Dark Web for Eight Bitcoin
Huazhu Hotels Group, a hotel management company in China with more than 10 hotels brands and over 3,800 hotels, reported a data breach on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, after discovering that its clients’ personal information was sold on the dark web forum. дальше »
2018-8-30 21:00 | |
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The BlackBerry Key2 LE is a $399 phone with a QWERTY keyboard
TCL Communications, the Chinese company that licensed the BlackBerry name in 2016 (and has been killing it ever since) today announced the BlackBerry Key2 LE. The BlackBerry Key2 LE is a reworking of the phone released by TCL earlier this year, in order to bring it to a more palatable mid-range price point, and honestly, there aren’t too many surprises here. дальше »
2018-8-30 18:00 | |
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Sonos’ new stackable Amp gives your traditional speakers wireless powers
In the past few years, wireless speakers have gotten good. Like, really good. But the number of options still pale in comparison to the wealth of traditional speakers on the market, especially for those seeking audiophile-quality sound. дальше »
2018-8-29 20:40 | |
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Wonga: a premature but overdue eulogy
Wonga, the company once dubbed by UK lawmakers as a “legal loan shark” is in dire straits, and is almost certain to enter administration. In preparation for this delightful and long overdue event, we went ahead and wrote it a eulogy: Wonga, fintech loan shark, is dead at 12. дальше »
2018-8-28 15:08 | |
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Cloudbric to provide wallet security for blockchain project ICE Protocol
Cloudbric, a web security company creating a new decentralized universal security platform today announced its latest strategic partnership — this time with ICE Protocol, a blockchain project that seeks to expand the value of consumer. дальше »
2018-8-28 12:03 | |
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Google rebrands its Tez payments app to Google Pay in India, adds instant loans
Last September, Google launched Tez, an app for instant money transfers in India. At its annual event in the capital of New Delhi, the company announced it’s rebranding the app to Google Pay. That means it’s unifying its global payments services with what it’s built for India. дальше »
2018-8-28 11:15 | |
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Now is not the best time to buy Nvidia’s pricey new GeForce RTX graphics cards
On Monday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduced his company’s latest line of graphics cards aimed at gamers and the consumer market. In a special event that took off in Cologne, Germany, on the eve of Gamescom, Jensen showed the green team’s next generation GPUs, the GeForce RTX 20 line. дальше »
2018-8-28 10:13 | |
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Toyota teams up with Uber to build self-driving cabs in $500m deal
Uber‘s efforts to develop self-driving vehicles been flagging of late – but the company’s just received a shot in the arm from Toyota, in the form of a $500 million investment, and a partnership to build autonomous car tech together. дальше »
2018-8-28 08:29 | |
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OPPO’s new R17 phone has a teensy-tiny, itsy-bitsy little notch
These days, the phone industry is more about tweaking an established formula than unbridled creativity. And, as OPPO has shown with its Find X and its mechanical notch, the Chinese company is a master of these sort of tweaks. дальше »
2018-8-27 15:56 | |
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If your employees don’t get enough sleep, that’s on you
Quick question: How many hours did you sleep last night? If you made it to eight hours, chances are you’re not a newbie parent. Oh, and you may have made it to the higher ranks of your company— as research shows senior executives get more sleep than anyone else. дальше »
2018-8-27 14:07 | |
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The Flair Espresso Maker brews great coffee for cheap – no electricity needed
Making great espresso is a skillful balancing act. You need good coffee beans – preferably roasted within a few weeks – and a considered combination of grind, pressure, temperature, and time. Mess up one or more of these variables, and you’ll end up with a shot too strong or to dull, too sour or too bitter. дальше »
2018-8-25 00:46 | |
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WhatsApp won’t help India monitor messages to stop fake news
Following a spree of lynchings across India spurred on by misinformation spread through messaging services like WhatsApp, the country’s IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked the company to figure out a way to trace these misleading messages back to the original sender earlier this week. дальше »
2018-8-24 10:54 | |
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Tell your brand story: aligning your online and offline communications
No matter what your company does, one of the most important elements of your internal and external communications is your brand story. This is a narrative that tells the world what your brand is all about and why you do what you do. дальше »
2018-8-24 10:00 | |
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3 simple ways to nurture your culture when you start to scale
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, every sensible startup founder knows that a strong company culture early on is essential to its success. But, as your company begins to grow, staying true to your founding values is far easier said than done. дальше »
2018-8-23 16:51 | |
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Report: Bitmain is losing its monopoly over cryptocurrency mining
Bitmain, the China-based cryptocurrency mining behemoth, has acquired the status of a legend in the industry, with a ton of mystery surrounding its operations. The company is undoubtedly one of the most profitable cryptocurrency businesses in the world. дальше »
2018-8-22 15:55 | |
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Facebook implements trust scoring for all users
Facebook revealed this week it’s trying to stem the flow of fake news by assigning trust values to users. It insists on keeping its criteria for trustworthiness secret though, in case untrustworthy people try to game the system — and they almost certainly will. дальше »
2018-8-21 20:17 | |
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Dark Tequila is a sophisticated banking malware targeting victims in Mexico
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a sophisticated cybercrime outfit called Dark Tequila, which targets banking customers in Mexico and other Latin American nations. Kaspersky believes Dark Tequila has been active since 2013, primarily in Mexico. дальше »
2018-8-21 17:24 | |
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Apple’s Wozniak Want’s To Make Ethereum Investment More Accessible
Steve Wozniak of Apple fame has finally revealed his plans for his future position within the cryptocurrency community. He’s not backing Bitcoin, nor is he joining Ripple. Wozniak, is about to back a very niche project, one that is based on the Ethereum blockchain by the name of Equi Capital, a blockchain project that is designed to make investment more accessible to everyone. дальше »
2018-8-21 16:00 | |
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Universal security platform Cloudbric welcomes blockchain VC ZeroCap as advisor
Cloudbric, a web security company developing a decentralized universal security platform has introduced ZeroCap as its newest strategic partner. ZeroCap is a blockchain VC fund focused on sourcing deal flow for early phase seed. дальше »
2018-8-21 08:19 | |
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Fitbit’s Charge 3 is a smarter fitness tracker for $150
Though the Versa might be the new star of FitBit’s line up, the company hasn’t given up on its simpler fitness trackers. The company today announced the Fitbit Charge 3, bringing about several new features while maintaining the Charge’s overall simplicity. дальше »
2018-8-20 21:27 | |
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BitTorrent inventor walks away after TRON acquisition
BitTorrent inventor, Bram Cohen, appears to have quietly left BitTorrent Inc, after its acquisition by TRON earlier this month. TorrentFreak reports that Bram Cohen has severed ties with BitTorrent Inc, the company that he founded in 2004, after inventing and launching his Torrent protocol three years earlier. дальше »
2018-8-20 13:36 | |
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Twitter should try a new approach to tackling misinformation already
Addressing the spread of misinformation on Twitter, CEO Jack Dorsey told CNN’s Brian Stelter over the weekend that the company isn’t in a hurry to begin proactively taking down fake news posted on its platform. дальше »
2018-8-20 10:23 | |
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Pornhub subsidiary wants to pay you cryptocurrency for watching porn – but don’t get too excited
Adult entertainment streaming service Tube8 – a Pornhub subsidiary with over 150 million page visits each month – wants to reward your porn-watching habits with cryptocurrency… so it is putting its entire platform on the blockchain. дальше »
2018-8-17 18:43 | |
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San Francisco judge orders bail payment in Bitcoin
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered a cyber-criminal to pay their bail charges in Bitcoin, inadvertently stimulating cryptocurrency mainstream adoption. The Daily Post – a local Palo Alto newspaper – reports Martin Marisch has been charged with hacking the well-known video games company Electronic Arts, responsible for popular titles like FIFA, The Sims, and Battlefield. дальше »
2018-8-17 15:20 | |
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Google is reportedly building its own Assistant-powered smart display
After letting third-party hardware brands take a crack at building smart displays powered by Google Assistant, the search giant is said to be working on one with its own label on the tin this year, reports Nikkei Asian Review. дальше »
2018-8-17 08:03 | |
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Google’s Firebase adds in-app messaging and new Crashlytics integrations
Firebase, the app development platform acquired by Google in 2014, today saw a major update. In addition to several platform-wide enhancements, the company is introducing an in-app messaging services, as well as several major integrations for the popular crash reporting tool, Crashlyics. дальше »
2018-8-16 19:00 | |
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AMA With Origin Team Reveals Plans for Decentralized Sharing Economy
Matt Liu, Josh Fraser and former PayPal head Yu Pan want to bring the blockchain to the sharing economy. The trio is devising a platform with an emphasis on inclusive, peer-to-peer service hubs designed to decentralize the same consumer cost-friendly business models that have made companies like Airbnb, Uber and Lyft so popular in recent years. дальше »
2018-8-16 23:25 | |
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Most of the top 100 cryptocurrencies don’t actually have a working product
It might sound shocking, but it appears 60 out of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market share are yet to actually release a working product to the public – despite raising millions of dollars in funding. дальше »
2018-8-15 15:08 | |
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Playboy sues blockchain startup for screwing its cryptocurrency porno payment plan
Playboy Enterprises, the company behind seminal softcore pornography magazine Playboy, is suing a blockchain startup for fraud and breach of contract after it, uh, failed to deliver. The LA Times reports that a lawsuit has been filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. дальше »
2018-8-15 11:20 | |
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How ten-year-old Evernote evolved for the current app market
Evernote today rolled out a redesign, in which it swapped out its familiar colors for a refreshed look. It appears to be a relatively simple look, but when the Evernote team pulled back the curtain for us, it was anything but. дальше »
2018-8-14 20:36 | |
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Bitfi is threatening the hackers who hacked its ‘unhackable’ crypto-wallet
This is getting ugly. It appears the creators of the purportedly (but not really) “unhackable” cryptocurrency wallet Bitfi, endorsed by John McAfee, have sent veiled threats to the security researchers that hacked the device. дальше »
2018-8-14 18:56 | |
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Square now lets all US CashApp users buy and sell Bitcoin
Square is expanding its cryptocurrency services across the the US. Its subsidiary CashApp announced that American users can now use the application to buy and sell Bitcoin in all 50 states. The company revealed the news in a post on Twitter (spotted by CCN). дальше »
2018-8-14 16:59 | |
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DeepMind says its AI can detect eye diseases as well as human doctors
Over the past two years, DeepMind, the AI firm spun off from Google, has been working on a new way to spot eye diseases that could rob people of their sight. The company says it’s now ready to show off its work, as it says its system can detect more than 50 different diseases as accurately as experienced doctors. дальше »
2018-8-14 11:04 | |
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Google is tracking your every move even when you tell it to stop – here’s how to fix it
If you’re using an Android phone or have Google apps installed on your iPhone, the search giant is almost certainly tracking your location constantly – even if you’ve turned that setting off, reports the Associated Press. дальше »
2018-8-14 08:18 | |
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Cryptocurrency exit scams have conned people out of almost $100M
Almost $100 million in cryptocurrency has been stolen by exit scammers, as ICO tokens continue to plummet in value. Indeed, the figures suggest that ICO scams over the last two years total at least $96. дальше »
2018-8-13 16:40 | |
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Chromebooks to get new Windows 10 dual-booting feature called Campfire
Google is reportedly working in a new feature in ChromeOS called Campfire, which will allow users to dual-boot Windows 10 on their Chromebook laptops. The feature was highlighted by XDA Developers, which discovered a code branch called Campfire in the Chromium Git, and a reference to an “Alt OS. дальше »
2018-8-13 14:54 | |
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It’s not too late to save your job from automation
Technology moves fast, and makes our life easier at work by making mundane tasks more efficient. Well, it’s not stopping anytime soon and technological advances like the use of AI and machine learning will have an immense impact on the future of jobs and careers. дальше »
2018-8-11 13:30 | |
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Report: Mid-sized businesses lose more to cybercrime than large or small ones
A new report on cybercrime shows mid-market companies — 500 to 999 employees — experience greater losses than smaller or larger ones. The report, published by the internet security company Malwarebytes and the market research firm Osterman Research, was based on a survey of 900 security pros — 200 of which worked in the US, with 175 each in the UK, Germany, Australia, and Singapore. дальше »
2018-8-10 20:46 | |
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ShapeShift Enlarges Its Scale Operations As It Procures Bitfract
Shapeshift, a Switzerland based company procures Bitfract as its enlarge its scale of operation. Shapeshift is a Swiss company that offers universal trading of different type of cryptocurrency through its web service and apps. дальше »
2018-8-10 00:07 | |
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Samsung debuts its funky Galaxy Home Bixby-powered speaker
Samsung today revealed the final form of its oft-rumored Bixby-powered smart speaker, the Galaxy Home, at its Unpacked event. This nifty, tri-legged device takes its place on the market alongside the Apple HomePod, the Google Home, and the Amazon Echo. дальше »
2018-8-10 20:05 | |
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