Microsoft signs patent deal with Casio for smartwatch technologies
Microsoft’s latest patent-licensing deal is with Casio for smartwatch technologies. Is this really another cloud services play for Microsoft? Source: Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft’s latest patent-licensing deal is with Casio for smartwatch technologies. Is this really another cloud services play for Microsoft? Source: Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft uses its Linux-based SONIC cloud switching technology to power Azure. Alibaba is now starting to implement SONIC, as well, Microsoft says. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreAfter more than three years, Apple’s most powerful Mac has finally been updated. An even bigger redesign will follow. Source: CNet
Read MoreAn innovative branch of the Veterans Affairs department works to find the right connected tech for disabled veterans and service members. Source: CNet
Read MoreBut a big group of competitors isn’t that far behind. Source: CNet
Read MoreIt isn’t every day you see someone in an inflatable T-Rex costume chase down a dinosaur “trainer,” especially when they both have impressive parkour skills. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe smart home brand’s indoor and outdoor security cameras are now officially available in Mexico. Source: CNet
Read MoreSecurity researchers have uncovered the Android version of an iOS spyware known as Pegasus in a case that shows how targeted electronic surveillance can be. Called Chrysaor, the Android variant can steal data from messaging apps, snoop over a phone’s camera or microphone, and even erase itself. [ Android is now ready for real usage
Read More“If you’re being watched, you change your behavior, and that means you have less freedom. I don’t think you can have freedom without privacy.” —Kevin Mitnick, quoted in my new book, “Hacking the Hacker.” The United States has a long history of protecting at least some individual privacy rights with respect to common carriers. Much
Read MoreAttackers prefer to reuse code and tools for as long as they keep working. In that tradition, researchers have found evidence suggesting a cyberespionage group is still successfully using tools and infrastructure that was first deployed in attacks 20 years ago. The Moonlight Maze refers to the wave of attacks that targeted U.S. military and
Read MoreBiometrics like fingerprint readers, iris scanners, and facial recognition are either the solution to passwords’ unmanageability or a fool’s-gold technology that will compromise us all. Both and neither are true. The forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 introduces facial recognition to unlock the smartphone, becoming the fourth unlock option for Samsung’s flagship device, in addition to fingerprint
Read MoreA feature that’ll let you pay your friends through WhatsApp is reportedly coming to India soon. Source: CNet
Read MoreAnd it took just eight years of holding our breath. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe ear grew on the patient’s arm for four months. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Tar Heels triumphed over Gonzaga, and now we can all play a round of our real favorite pastime — criticizing the officials. Source: CNet
Read MoreOr why a subset of users received a rocket ship icon in their Facebook News Feed. Source: CNet
Read MoreWhy does the just-announced company moniker sound like a horror novel or a German heavy metal band? Source: CNet
Read MoreRules would have required wireless and broadband providers to get your permission before sharing your sensitive, private information. Source: CNet
Read MoreMeditation via virtual reality helps you to be present while pretending to be somewhere else. Source: CNet
Read MoreIn an attempt to keep drivers on the road longer, the ride-hailing company experiments with video game-like incentives. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe two past-their-prime internet pioneers will be housed under a new media division at Verizon. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: John Draper, aka the uber “phone freaker,” suffers from a degenerative spinal disease. Source: CNet
Read MoreMagic wants to draft new players with 3.5 million free cards. That’s funny, because “draft” is a style of… you know what, just read the story. Source: CNet
Read MoreBodies from the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries were decapitated, dismembered and burned, probably to prevent corpses from rising from their graves, a new study suggests. Source: CNet
Read MoreThey also issue new guidelines making it harder to bring foreign tech workers into the US under the program Silicon Valley has come to love. Source: CNet
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