Tag: Tech

  • Chinese hackers targeted U.S. firms, govt after trade mission: researchers

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    WASHINGTON/LONDON – Hackers operating from an elite Chinese university probed American companies and government departments for espionage opportunities following a U.S. trade delegation visit to China earlier this year, security researchers told Reuters. Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future said the group used computers at China’s Tsinghua University to target U.S. energy and communications companies, as well […]

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  • Facebook buys Vidpresso’s team and tech to make video interactive

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    Zombie-like passive consumption of static video is both unhealthy for viewers and undifferentiated for the tech giants that power it. That’s set Facebook  on a mission to make video interactive, full of conversation with broadcasters and fellow viewers. It’s racing against Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Snapchat to become where people watch together and don’t feel like asocial […]

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  • Motorola August 15 Event: Launch Could Include P30 Smartphones

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    Motorola’s August 15 event could bring more than just the launch of the Moto Z3 in China. Leaked images from MySmartPrice show that the company is planning to launch three other phones, the Moto P30 Play, P30 and P30 Note. The P30 smartphones appear to be a new series from the company. There are no […]

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  • The Future of Software Is No Code

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    By Alisa Moon Early digital computers weren’t very useful. Sure, they were far more powerful than the punch card tabulating machines that they replaced, but they were devilishly hard to program. Instructions needed to be written in assembly code, which was time consuming and difficult. That system began to change when John Backus developed FORTRAN in the early 1950s, which replaced assembly […]

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  • Android 9 Pie Includes Productivity, Security Features for Enterprises

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    Google says several of the new productivity and security features in Android 9 Pie are AI-driven and designed to learn from usage patterns, company says. Google’s newly released Android 9 Pie mobile operating system comes with several productivity, security and manageability features that the company says have been specifically designed with enterprise users in mind. […]

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  • Galaxy Note 9: All the rumors on specs, price, Aug. 24 sale date and Fortnite

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    With roughly 36 hours to go before Samsung unveils its premium phone, the rumors keep coming. We’re just about one day away from the launch of Samsung’s biggest phone of the year – both literally and in terms of what it can do. The Galaxy Note 9 is scheduled for a grand introduction this Thursday, Aug. […]

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  • Google Has A New Rules For Android Smartphone Manufacturers

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    As we are near to the certified roll out of Android P, tech behemoth Google has rolled out some rules for developers for upgrading their applications so that they can show support for the notch display. In addition to this, the firm has also issue the data as to what the developers can hope from […]

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  • Triumph of the iPhone: Apple cracks trillion-dollar mark

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    Apple wins the race to become world’s first publicly traded company valued at $1 trillion SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is the world’s first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion, the financial fruit of stylish technology that has redefined what we expect from our gadgets. The milestone reached Thursday marks the latest […]

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  • Facebook looks to monetize WhatsApp with new Business API & ads that open chats in the messaging app

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    The new Facebook ads that click to WhatsApp open a pre-filled chat so that users can easily message the business via the app. Facebook has launched a new WhatsApp Business API designed to help businesses communicate with consumers via the Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging app. Along with the new WhatsApp Business API, Facebook advertisers will soon […]

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  • Facebook Removes Fake Accounts Targeting 2018 U.S. Midterms

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    It’s following a similar strategy to the 2016 presidential election. History appears to be repeating itself: Facebook has discovered evidence of a “coordinated” election influence campaign targeting the 2018 U.S. midterm elections. The social network said it had removed 32 bogus Pages and accounts (created between March 2017 and May 2018) from both its main service and […]

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