Today’s Tech Sightings: Twitter Promises ‘Meaningful’ Safety Updates Next Month Twitter has a huge problem with trolls, online bullies and people who are using the platform for hate speech and even threats of violence. But since that not-so-friendly environment has scared off potential buyers of the micro-blogging platform, Twitter is now promising “meaningful” changes. The […]
The Race to Reinvent the PC; NASA Denies Facebook Viral Spacewalk
Posted October 26th, 2016 at 1:06 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Microsoft, Apple Look to Reinvent the Desktop PC Microsoft’s Windows 10 event Wednesday in San Francisco officially added the Surface Studio all-in-one Desktop PC – what CEO Satya Nadella calls “a new category” – to its line of hybrids. Perfect or not, writer Tom Warren argues that Microsoft has succeeded in reinventing […]
R.I.P Galaxy Note 7; Huawei Gets Serious About AI
Posted October 11th, 2016 at 2:31 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Samsung Kills Galaxy Note 7 Over Fire Concerns Samsung on Tuesday killed its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, weeks after reports started coming in that the phones were exploding or going up in smoke. Even after a global recall of 2.5 million devices, so-called “safe” replacement smartphones also ran into trouble. The […]
Samsung’s Exploding Nightmare; Android Ransomware Spreading
Posted October 6th, 2016 at 12:36 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Samsung’s Exploding-smartphone Nightmare Is Getting Even Worse Samsung is in the middle of a global recall of its new Galaxy Note 7 after its Lithium-ion batteries started catching fire and exploding, and has been replacing them with “safe” smartphones. But the “safe” replacement started smoking on a U.S. flight Wednesday, prompting an […]
Yahoo Disputes Scanning Report; Messenger Encrypted – With Strings
Posted October 5th, 2016 at 1:58 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Yahoo Calls Report of Secret Email Scanning ‘Misleading’ Yahoo is disputing a Reuters’ story that said the company used custom software to scan users’ emails in real time for specific information to comply with a classified order from the U.S. government. Yahoo denied such a program exists and called the report misleading. […]
Nigerian Girls to Get Tech Training; Indian Students Take on WhatsApp
Posted September 20th, 2016 at 12:05 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Youth for Technology Foundation to Train 6,000 Nigerian Girls in Technology The Youth for Technology Foundation announced it will train 6,000 Nigerian girls unable to attend school or risk the dangers of human trafficking to use 3-D printing. The training, which was made public during the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting and […]
Dutch Drones Meet Their Match; Black Interns Take on Silicon Valley
Posted September 14th, 2016 at 12:14 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Eagles Take on Dutch Drones After months of training and trials, Dutch police now believe the birds they have trained can tackle and take down illegally-operated drones. This is the first project of its kind, and Dutch police are now buying their own eagle chicks to breed and train to deal with […]
Tweet Changes Coming; Facebook Sued Over Teen’s Naked Images
Posted September 13th, 2016 at 11:49 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Twitter’s Iconic140-character Limit Is About to Change Come September 19, Twitter will change the way tweets work. While the actual 140-character count will remain the same, Twitter will take out of the count quotes and various media attachments to give users more flexibility and room for their tweets. Facebook Prosecuted Over ‘Naked […]
Goodbye, iPhone Headphone Jack; Ireland Backs Apple Against EU Fine
Posted September 8th, 2016 at 11:58 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Eulogy for the iPhone Headphone Jack Twitter burst into a flurry of activity Wednesday when Apple declared the death of the iPhone headphone jack at its iPhone 7 event in San Francisco. The tech giant replaced the jack with wireless earbuds, outfitted with their own communications chip. Apple described the move to […]