From PC World: Google doubled the bounty it will pay for a successful exploit of its Chromebook laptop to US$100,000, sweetening the pot in hopes of drawing more attention from security researchers.
The larger reward is intended for someone who finds a persistent compromise of a Chromebook in...
From CNET: Facebook and Google are among the major tech players increasing their efforts to make sure your data is as secure as possible from prying eyes, including those of the US government.
Facebook already encrypts the messages of its WhatsApp instant-messaging service. Now the social network...
From InfoWorld: Beginning next month, Microsoft will end support for its Visual Studio 2005 software development platform, which was released more than 10 years ago.
Microsoft's Eric Zajac, senior program manager for Visual Studio, stated on Friday that it's time to "say good-bye" to the platform...
From PC World: Microsoft has decided to open-source a platform used by its researchers to test artificial-intelligence projects.
The AIX platform, which is already being used by Microsoft Research and is available under a private beta to select academic researchers, allows researchers to use the...
From CNET: New test results reveal that Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are the best choice for snorkelers who can't go without their phones for a single moment. But if your thing is parkour or something else that increases the risk of dropping your phone on a hard surface, the latest iPhone may...
From ComputerWorld: AMD has issued a driver update that will allow ultrathin notebooks or 2-in-1 laptops to connect via Thunderbolt 3 to external GPU enclosures using its Radeon graphics cards.
AMD said it is the first time Thunderbolt 3 has been enabled to connect to an external GPU enclosure...
"I do not need a high end smartphone," my dad said, as he was shopping around for a new handset to replace his aging Nexus 4. "All I want is something with a performance camera, large high resolution screen, long battery life, and more storage capacity." I do not know about you, but I am pretty sure my dad pretty much just described a high end smartphone, despite saying he is not looking for a high end smartphone. Therefore, I jokingly replied,...
Greek mythology is full of all sorts of surprises. I have always been interested in it, just because some of the stories are just crazy. I read the Percy Jackson series a few years back, which is a good start to learning some of the basic stories, but there were some changes, since the setting of the book is so different. In my first year of university, I took a course on Greek mythology as one of my options. The course was more source based, and...
From PC World: Intel’s been quiet about its super-fast Optane memory and SSD products, but a few emerging details may hint at how they could be used in products like Apple’s MacBooks.
Optane is a brand name for a new type of memory and SSD based on 3D Xpoint, a technology jointly developed by Intel...
From CNET: Adobe's much-beleaguered Flash media player is having another bad day.
An emergency update was released by Adobe Systems on Thursday after 23 loopholes in the software were discovered. The company issued a security advisory explaining that there have been a "limited number of targeted...
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