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Are you aware of how much data your Facebook account “leaks” every day? Do you know how many unwanted people are actually seeing what you do on a daily basis? Do you know what settings you currently have on privacy and security? The majority of Facebook users are blissfully unaware of the security risks they…
“If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” – Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. It sends a chill down my spine. Everything I have ever done on the Internet since September 4, 1998 is on record somewhere in Google’s massive server farms. But…
Oh yes, every single search that you’ve ever made on Google and every page you’ve ever visited is stored in Google’s servers. Did you think that “clear browser history” wiped out any evidence of you being on the web? Then think again because all that button does is to clear the data from your system…
All everyone’s talking about these days is the iPhone 7 launch expected to happen on September 7. But while most of us are only talking features and drawback of the iPhone 7 and its larger cousin the iPhone 7 Plus, very few are talking about security risks that come with the phone. Yes, your fresh-out-of-the-box…
About three months ago, Intel released a report by McAfee – one of the world’s leading security software companies – that highlights several mobile security issues that we might be overlooking. We had such an overwhelming reader response for our original article that we’re re-printing it here for your convenience: Article as published to Apple News on…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is slowly making a shift from the research and development stage to touching our lives wherever we go. With so many applications to choose from, it can get confusing as to what exactly artificial intelligence will be able to do over the next five to ten years. Here’s a glimpse of the…
In an extremely generous gesture, gaming chipmaker Nvidia donated a supercomputer to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s pet project, OpenAI. The computer, called the DGX-1, literally has the power of “250 servers in a box”, giving it the capability required to compute the complex algorithms involved in artificial intelligence projects. According to Fortune, Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun…
In the race for virtual reality (VR), Microsoft has just taken a giant leap forward by announcing a commercial version of the Hololens augmented reality visor. The announcement is made significant by the fact that less than a year ago they released the package for developers at a not-so-cheap price of $3000. The commercial suite…
When a company sells out to its competitor and says that it’s a good thing, you know they’ve been defeated. That’s exactly what happened to Uber in China when domestic car-hailing company Didi Chuxing bought out Uber China and bumped up its valuation to $35 billion. That makes it bigger than the Kellogg Company ($29.43 billion)…
At U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Summit held today, IBM Watson Health and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs announced a collaboration that will help VA doctors identify the best genome-based treatment for 10,000 war veterans with cancer over the next two years. The public-private initiative, involving IBM’s Watson for Genomics technology, will…
After months of speculation, Tesla seems to have decided to hit the ground running by starting local production in China. According to a recent report by Bloomberg, Tesla Motors is planning to build a factory in Shanghai with an investment worth $9 billion. “Shanghai has emerged as the front-runner to become the production base for…
No, we don’t think that Samsung wants to compete with the cloud big four comprising Amazon, IBM, Microsoft and Google, but the smartphone maker has nonetheless entered the cloud space in a significant way. Announcing a key acquisition in prominent public and private cloud provider Joyent today, Samsung has just joined the ranks of several…
Chip maker Intel yesterday released a report by McAfee – one of the world’s leading security software companies – that highlights several mobile security issues that we might be overlooking. The detailed report explains how the apps on our smartphones can collude – sometimes unintentionally – to orchestrate attacks on our data, sending fake messages,…
On June 9th, 2016 UBER announced that UberRUSH API is officially open for everyone. The service has been on private beta since January this year, and this is something every technology company does to allow a handful of users to test out the system and help the company iron out any potential issues before it…
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