IBM, Brazil Team Up Against Zika; Windows 10 Update Coming August 2

Posted July 27th, 2016 at 2:30 pm (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings:

FILE - The logo of IBM is seen on a computer screen in Los Angeles, California, United States, April 22, 2016. (Reuters)

FILE – The logo of IBM is seen on a computer screen in Los Angeles, California, United States, April 22, 2016. (Reuters)

IBM Steps Up Efforts in Fight Against Zika

International Business Machines Corp (IBM) has announced it will provide Brazil’s leading Oswaldo Cruz Foundation with technology and resources to help track the Zika virus. The foundation, affiliated with Brazil’s Ministry of Health, will use IBM’s technology to analyze data about human travel patterns and anecdotal observations on social media.

What Microsoft Is Taking Away From Windows 10 in Anniversary Update

Microsoft is getting ready to roll out a massive Windows 10 update on August 2, better known as the Anniversary Update. The 3-gigabyte package will be delivered to systems that have been running Windows 10 for at least 30 days. It will remove some features while adding new ones. And you can defer deployment, if you prefer.

Using Artificial Intelligence to Fight Cyberthreats

Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute and SparkCognition, a company that uses machine learning for predictive analytics, are collaborating to develop an automated system to identify and remediate cyberthreats. The effort will use IBM cognitive system Watson to index vulnerabilities, related coding rules and information so they are more widely accessible.

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Aida Akl
Aida Akl is a journalist working on VOA's English Webdesk. She has written on a wide range of topics, although her more recent contributions have focused on technology. She has covered both domestic and international events since the mid-1980s as a VOA reporter and international broadcaster.

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