A brief recent history of Apple’s product swerves  Apple did not make the first personal computer, nor the first tablet computer, nor the first smartphone. Measuring it against what comes first is — to

Treating Cancer, Stopping Violence . . . How AI Protects UsFor some, the spread of artificial intelligence and robotics poses a threat to our privacy, our jobs – even our safety, as more and more tasks

US election agency seeks views on rule change for digital ad platforms  The U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) has voted to seek public views on whether there should be a change to the rules for political

Bitcoin Price Goes Back up by $700 as Markets Recover Everyone will agree yesterday was one of the wildest and most fun days in all of cryptocurrency. It doesn’t happen all that often the Bitcoin price

The Science of Consciousness Conference 2018The Science of Consciousness (‘TSC’) is an interdisciplinary conference emphasizing broad and rigorous approaches to all aspects of the study and understanding

International telcos form blockchain consortiumJapan-based SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”), U.S.-based Sprint Corporation (“Sprint”), Taiwan-based Far...Fujitsu provides blockchain testbed for Japanese

DHS Bars Government from Using Russia-Based Kaspersky SoftwareIn a move likely to escalate tensions between Washington and Moscow, the Department of Homeland Security has ordered all federal agencies to

GKN picks aerospace specialist as new chief executiveKevin Cummings will take top job at manufacturer when Nigel Stein retiresBAE voices concern about Britain’s warship building shake-upUK plan for new

Apttus scores $55M as it closes in on an IPO  Apttus, the unicorn quote-to-cash vendor built on the Salesforce platform, announced a $55 million round, which is likely its final private investment on the

WhatsApp announces free Business app, will charge big enterprises  WhatsApp is gearing up to finally monetize its messaging app by charging large enterprise businesses for tools to better communicate with

The Jammy is a steel string guitar that fits in a pocket  As a fan of electronic guitars — as opposed to plain-old electrics — the Jammy seems like a very interesting piece of kit. Designed to be played

The Only Safe Email Is Text-Only EmailIt's troubling to think that at any moment you might open an email that looks like it comes from your employer, a relative or your bank, only to fall for

Personalisation and the changing face of banking Today’s millennials expect a range of services, on their phones or tablets. All at the click of a... The post Personalisation and the changing face of banking

Equifax stock tumbles 14% after credit score hack  Credit score business Equifax revealed Thursday that 143 million people were compromised in a cyber attack. Social security numbers and other personally

Uber Faces FBI Probe Over Program Targeting Rival Lyftcdreimer writes: According to a report in The Wall Street Journal (Warning: source may be paywalled, alternative source), Uber is under investigation

Unsecured databases are (still) the low-hanging fruit of the internetWe've written about way too many of these incidents - make sure your database isn't spilling data too Thought you’d blocked a Twitter

Lenovo settles lawsuits with 32 states over SuperfishLenovo agrees to pay $3.5m for breaking users' security by installing Superfish Apache Struts “serialisation” vulnerability – what you need to knowA

Dissecting the Chrome Extension Facebook malwareThe Facebook malware that spread last week was dissected in a collaboration with Kaspersky Lab and Detectify. We were able to get help from the involved

20 free books to get started with Artificial Intelligence Are you searching for some best books to get acquainted with the basics of AI? Here is our... The post 20 free books to get started with Artificial

Putin: Leader in Artificial Intelligence Will Rule WorldRussian President Vladimir Putin says that whoever reaches a breakthrough in developing artificial intelligence will come to dominate the world.Humans,