From CNET: Xiaomi is bolstering its patent portfolio as its global ambitions start to take flight.
The Chinese phone manufacturer signed an agreement with Nokia today dealing with cross licensing of cellular patents, while also agreeing to work with Nokia in areas such as the Internet of Things...
From The Verge: Microsoft revealed its new Timeline feature of Windows 10 earlier this year, noting it would arrive in the upcoming Fall Creators Update. Timeline is designed to allow Windows 10 users to switch between multiple devices, including Android and iOS phones. While Windows 10 testers had...
From CNET: Ukraine says it has discovered who the perpetrators of last week's destructive GoldenEye ransomware attack are.
The country's SBU security service says it has found evidence suggesting Russian security services were involved, according to a statement released Saturday.
In its statement...
From PC Magazine: The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust gave Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence program data on 1.6 million patients without proper consent, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found.
A year-long investigation found that patients were not adequately...
From ExtremeTech: Microsoft has evidently decided to deploy a new strategy for talking about its Fall Creators Update. Instead of revealing all of its information in one go, we’re seeing data trickle out in blog posts and direct communication. The company unveiled a new service, dubbed Autopilot...
From PC Magazine: Under new rules approved by the German parliament on Friday, social media companies will face fines of up to 50 million euros ($57 million) if they fail to remove illegal hate speech from their platforms within 24 hours.
The new hate speech rules will take effect in October...
About a month ago, I listed my parents' old minivan in the local classifieds for sale. Since the minivan happened to be a 2008 Honda Odyssey EX-L, the response was incredible. Being a somewhat experienced seller, you sort of learn to filter out some inquiries to save time. As I am Chinese, let me tell you a little bit about our culture. Old Chinese men have a terrible habit of lowballing people, no matter how reasonable your listed price is. But...
If I ever become a parent, I think I will enjoy recalling the details of what it was like to live in the 2000s to my kids, telling them about all the primitive technology I had to endure while growing up. I would tell them about the 10GB hard drive I had in my computer, which mind you was big for its time, and the time before digital cameras. However, I think the hardest thing they will grasp to realize is the fact there was a time before the...
From CNET: StarCraft, the legendary strategy game, was recently made totally free to play in its mostly original form.
But if you want to experience StarCraft in all its glory on a modern PC (or Mac), you'll want to consider StarCraft: Remastered.
Blizzard has just announced that the new version...
From CNET: Microsoft will acquire Israeli cloud-management tool company Cloudyn, the software giant said Thursday in a blog post.
While Microsoft did not disclose Cloudyn's price tag, it said the acquisition fits in with its efforts in cloud-based services for businesses. Cloudyn's tools already...
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