Obama: Chelsea Manning 'served a tough prison sentence' – CNET
The president tells reporters that commuting document-leaker Manning’s sentence won’t send a message that the US will tolerate similar crimes. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe president tells reporters that commuting document-leaker Manning’s sentence won’t send a message that the US will tolerate similar crimes. Source: CNet
Read MoreProduction for the upcoming Star Trek show begins next week in Toronto. Source: CNet
Read MoreIt was able to resolve the SEC complaint without admitting or denying guilt. Source: CNet
Read MoreBlockchains, AI, internet of things (IoT), and other emergent technologies are all going to be major forces in the coming year, notes IT industry analyst firm CompTIA in its IT Industry Outlook 2017 report. But these new-school technologies are hemmed in by some of the industry’s oldest and most pervasive problems: Lack of qualified people to
Read MoreThe popular meme of the calm cartoon dog sitting at a table with fire raging all around him is now a delightful, comforting game. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: Say what now? And you thought the president-elect was running for tweeter-in-chief. Source: CNet
Read MoreDoorDash and Postmates launch pilot programs with Starship Technologies to deliver your orders via autonomous robot. Source: CNet
Read MoreA study by Parks Associates found declining pay TV subscriptions coinciding with a rise in antenna-only households. Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen tech fails you during a travel emergency, you need to be patient, resourceful and have your credit card ready. Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft has added support for yet another Linux distribution on Azure: Clear Linux OS. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreNow, all Tesla needs is a production-ready Model 3. That should happen this year, but you never know. Source: CNet
Read MoreVizio SmartCast televisions and speakers add support for the always-listening smart speaker. Source: CNet
Read MoreOracle released its first batch of security patches this year, fixing 270 vulnerabilities, mostly in business-critical applications. Many of the flaws can be exploited remotely without authentication. The majority of the fixes are for flaws in business products such as Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle PeopleSoft, Oracle Retail Applications, Oracle JD Edwards, Oracle
Read MoreSlack’s Desktop client is available in the Windows 10 app Store. Here’s how and why it got there. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft plans to seek continued partnership opportunities with Baidu following the move of its former Vice President Qi Lu’s move to head up AI and act as COO at the Chinese search giant. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreOne of the most important skills any computer user should have is the ability to use a virtual private network (VPN) to protect their privacy. A VPN is typically a paid service that keeps your web browsing secure and private over public Wi-Fi hotspots. VPNs can also get past regional restrictions for video- and music-streaming
Read MoreEven if you can’t fix your own computer, YouTube celeb chef Rosanna Pansino shows how to decorate a cake to look like the inside of a computer. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe campaign to eliminate passwords has been ongoing, and growing, for close to a decade. There are even some declarations that this might be the year, or at least ought to be the year, that it happens. Don’t hold your breath. Brett McDowell, executive director of the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance, is as passionate an
Read MoreA combination of emojis can confuse iOS 10 into temporarily crashing. Here’s what you need to know. Source: CNet
Read MoreWikiLeaks said that its founder Julian Assange is confident of winning ‘any fair trial’ in the U.S. and indicated that the founder of the whistleblowing website would stand by all the promises he had made in return for clemency to Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. soldier who disclosed classified data relating to the Iraq War
Read MoreWhen Donald Trump is inaugurated as the U.S. President on Friday, Juan Soberanis intends to protest the event—digitally. His San Francisco-based protest platform is calling on Americans to oppose Trump’s presidency by visiting the Whitehouse.gov site and overloading it with too much traffic. In effect, he’s proposing a distributed denial-of-service attack, an illegal act under
Read MoreThe Galaxy C9 Pro has a 6-inch screen, 6GB of RAM and 16MP cameras on both its front and back. But it’s only officially available in China. Source: CNet
Read MoreUniversal Studios Japan makes it so the experience begins before you even step foot into the ride. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe comedian will also record two new standup shows and help create other programs for the video-streaming service. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: An evolutionary biologist decides that his new moth discovery resembles the president-elect. Source: CNet
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