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Retail rivals Amazon and Best Buy partner to market smart TVs |
| Snapchat Lens new feature released for advertiser marketing |
| Snapchat transforms its most popular feature into a revenue generator, enhancing opportunities for advertisers. |
| Google update impacts anti-censorship tools |
| Digital rights groups urge Google to enable domain fronting in reaction to possible disruption of anti-censorship tools. |
| Facebook develops a team to design its own chip |
| Demonstrating an initiative to build a chip team towards the evolution of its artificial intelligence servers. |
| Ikea-owned app TaskRabbit goes offline due to security breach |
| The TaskRabbit app and website remains closed, restricting millions of UK and US freelancers. |
| Facebook reveals new global privacy controls |
| The social media networking company releases user privacy controls with new options. |
| Huawei and ZTE are sources of concern for U.S. officials |
| Congress has restricted the Pentagon from procuring gear from China manufacturers, Huawei and ZTE, surrounding security threats. |
| Windows 10 Spring Creators Update postponed |
| Windows 10 Spring Creators Update delayed due to higher percentage of BSODs. |
| Tesla halts Model 3 production |
| The automaker pauses Model 3 production line in order to fix bottleneck issue. |
| Hacker theft continues against crytocurrency Youtubers |
| Online videos exposing cryptocurrency Youtuber data prevails, enabling hackers to steal millions in assets. |
| Google institutes a tighter vetting process for addiction-rehab ads |
| Addiction-treatment services and support groups will have to pay for a comprehensive vetting process before they can post ads to Google. |
| DARPA awards contract to develop an app that monitors soldiers' health |
| The Pentagon wants to monitor service member health through the use of smartphones. |
| Scientists combine two atoms using "optical tweezers" for first time ever |
| Scientists have combined two separate atoms for the first time ever using optical "tweezers." |
| Encrypted-messaging app Telegram banned in Russia |
| The messenger app used by Russian government officials and users worldwide has been blocked within the country following a court ruling. |
| iPhone unlocking tool acquisitions increases among national law enforcement |
| Reports conclude an increase in contracts for GrayKey technology by all levels of law enforcement agencies. |
| New Google AI system identifies individual voices in crowds |
| A single voice can now be recognized in a crowd through Google's new Artificial Intelligence system. |
| Mark Zuckerberg faces criticism of Facebook by Congress |
| Zuckerberg said that his company's failure to detect and put a stop to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was "one of my greatest regrets." |
| Tesla issued a statement of blame against a driver who died from Tesla automotive accident |
| Tesla claimed that Walter Huang was to blame for crashing his Model X while the semi-autonomous Autopilot system was in use. |
| Google develops Gmail web redesign with several popular features |
| In the coming weeks, Google will release an early access program for G suite users and personal Gmail accounts, displaying a fresh. |
| FTC warns smartphone and console companies against illegal warranty policies |
| Select technology manufacturers are ordered to revise warranty practices within the next 30 days. |
| Instagram adds new Focus portrait mode feature |
| The Focus option keeps a person's face sharp while blurring the background for a more professional portrait photo. |
| Password-free web security through biometrics supported by world's leading browsers |
| WebAuthn will offer increased browser security through a standard web API. |
| Lookout Security reports mobile phishing click rate surges 85 percent |
| Lookout Security's 2018 studies show mobile phishing attempts yields the most response from users each year. |
| Uber adds bikes to ride-share portfolio with the acquisition of Jump Bike |
| Uber plans to grow the electric bike share company outside of just San Francisco. |
| Sony showcases new Digital Production Center to open in LA |
| The company demonstrated its 4K, 8K, and HDR innovations at the NAB Show, announcing the launch of its Digital Media Production Center in Los Angeles. |
| Facebook expands the "unsend" feature to all users |
| After the controversy of a retracted message feature made exclusively for senior executives, Facebook will be developing an "unsend" Messenger tool for all users. |
| AI weapon fears prompt boycott threat in Korea |
| KAIST's controversial partnership with Hanwha Systems and AI experiments may lead to a major boycott in fear of AI-based war tactics. |
| Microsoft OneDrive introduces new anti-ransomware attack solution |
| Microsoft Office 365 Home and Personal subscribers will be included in the anti-ransomware feature by June 2018. |
| ALPHA test obtains most accurate direct antimatter measurement |
| A new study in Nature presents the most accurate direct measurement of antimatter to date. |
| U.S. to be a leader in 5G next-generation of networks by 2019 |
| The US Federal Communications Commission is planning an auction of 24GHz and 28GHz millimetre wave spectrum that will be suitable for FWA later this year. |
| Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop profiles and presets more accessible |
| Lightroom and Photoshop receives a creative tool makeover with front line Profiles and Preset accessibility. |
| Apple hires Google's former AI chief |
| Apple procures John Giannandrea in an effort to progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence. |
| NASA may develop robotic bees to explore Mars |
| "Bees" in swarm could take air samples and fly over terrain too difficult for a rover to traverse. |
| Galaxy Note 9 to launch ahead of schedule |
| Samsung reports an early release of their next generation Galaxy smartphones in wake of low sales. |
| Facebook launches bulk removal of third-party apps |
| Easy solution to limiting developer access to Facebook user profiles. |
| Amazon stock slides further as White House, Sen. Rubio step up criticism |
| Amazon stock took another hit Monday on the heels of more criticism from President Trump. |
| New video games for dogs help old pooches exercise their brains |
| Here's another thing that dogs and people have in common: They both benefit from exercising their brains. |
| GoFundMe page for Andrew McCabe raises $187,000 and counting |
| A GoFundMe page raising legal defense funds for fired FBI official Andrew McCabe raked in more than $200,000. |
| State Department will inspect tourists' social-media histories |
| Foreign tourists and visitors on temporary visas, as well as immigrants, will have to turn over their social-media histories. |
| Uber's cutbacks in motion sensors may have made driverless car more likely to crash |
| When Uber replaced an early fleet of self-driving test cars in 2016 with a new fleet. |
| Apple introduces new $329 iPad to compete with Chromebook |
| Apple introduces new iPad to compere with Google's Chromebooks for classroom market. |
| MoviePass and Landmark Theatres announce new agreement |
| MoviePass and Landmark Theatres enter into a new agreement. |
| Artificial Intelligence could become the Wall Street investor of the future |
| AI may take the lead in making investments, predicts venture capitalist. |
| Amazon looking to offer customers a product similar to a checking account |
| Amazon is investigating the possibility of offering its clients a checking account-like product. |
| China races to become the dominant machine-learning provider over US technology giants |
| Competition heats up among top cloud providers to deliver more consumer friendly AI products. |
| Scientists developing quantum computing materials |
| New research on ferrites could pave the way for quantum computing materials. |
| Earwig wings could lead to better electronics |
| A new study shows that the foldable properties of earwig wings could create much better electronics in the future. |
| Facebook confirms the FTC's interest in its entanglement with Cambridge Analytica |
| Facebook faces questions from top consumer watchdog over its involvement with data mining company, Cambridge Analytica. |
| Russian hackers are targeting a wide gamut of U.S. infrastructure |
| Several federal agencies attested Thursday that Russian hackers have been targeting not only U.S. election systems. |
| Discovery brings researchers one step closer to quantum computing |
| A group of scientists have come closer to entangling qubits, a necessary step in quantum computing. |
| Microbes on Musk's Tesla could contaminate Mars in impact |
| Bacteria from Earth could potentially wipe out indigenous Martian life. |
