When you look back at decades of computing history, the arc bends toward abstraction: the process of making it easier and easier for people to put their imagination into code by removing the complexity of actually getting software to run on hardware. Serverless computing is shaping up as the...
Tinder parent company Match Group has just become the latest high-profile software maker to stiff Google on its 30 percent fee for all Android transactions through the Play Store. To avoid paying the company on in-app purchases of subscriptions to services like...
One of the top paid utilities in the Mac App Store that claims to protect your Apple computer against malware is actually spyware in disguise that does just the opposite. The app, Adware Doctor, retails for $5 on Apple’s online storefront, and security researchers discovered that the malicious app...
Apple is gearing up to release new gear at its annual showcase coming up on September 12, but it seems some designs have already been leaked.
Images of a new Apple Watch, found by 9to5Mac.com, a website focusing on Apple news, show a bigger screen packed with more information. The...
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered what's likely to be another state-sponsored malware strain, and this one is more advanced than most. Nicknamed Slingshot, the code spies on PCs through a multi-layer attack that targets MikroTik routers. It first replaces a library file with a malicious version that...
Twitter today is opening up applications for its new testing program, first announced at CES in January. The program potentially can cover any and every aspect of the Twitter experience, but the first set of tests will focus on how interactions between...
The machine learning community, particularly in the fields of computer vision and language processing, has a data culture problem. That’s according to a survey of research into the community’s dataset collection and use practices published earlier this month.
What’s...
Samsung could be working to include faster charging technologies in its upcoming smartphones, according to a tweet from famed leaker Ice Universe. Presumably, this will make its debut in the company's upcoming flagship, which is expected to be called the Galaxy S10.
The message doesn't provide any specifics, simply hinting...
Alexa became an omnipresent force at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It may have been harder to find a device that didn’t have Amazon’s voice assistant built-in at the tech industry’s annual showcase. From Instant Pots to motorcycle helmets to electric toothbrushes, Alexa seemed to...
Artificial intelligence in space exploration is gathering momentum. Over the coming years, new missions look likely to be turbo-charged by AI as we voyage to comets, moons, and planets and explore the possibilities of mining asteroids.
“AI is already a game-changer that has made scientific research and exploration much more...
