Today’s Tech Sightings:
FILE- The logo of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, is pictured during a press conference in London, England. (AP)
US: We’re Now Ready to Give Up Governing the Internet
The U.S. National Telecommunications & Information Administration says it is now ready to pass internet domain name (DNS) control to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a California-based nonprofit organization. The move marks the end of a 20-year U.S. plan to transfer control to ICANN.
Braigo Launches Web App to Help the Blind Parse Text on Images
More than 285 million visually-impaired people around the world are unable to experience all the various facets of the internet. To help address the problem, Braigo Labs, a provider of scientific and technological services, is launching a free web application for more than 50 languages to help blind and visually-impaired people read text on images.
Researcher Claims Microsoft Is Involved in ‘Sneaky Data Mining’
Windows 10 transmits encrypted data from users’ computers every five minutes, according to Mike Patterson, CEO of security analytics group Plixer. The transfer continues even after the operating system’s settings are adjusted, and it is unclear what type of hidden information is being transmitted, presumably without the user’s knowledge. In fairness, Microsoft is not the only company engaged in surreptitious data collection.
More:
- As Technology Shifts, More Layoffs Loom at Tech Companies
- Microsoft Is Building Visual Studio-like Tools for Machine Learning
- Gartner Dubs Machine Learning King of Hype
- Intel Unveils Plans for Artificial-Intelligence Chips
- Intel’s Diane Bryant: “AI Is Still Rather Nascent”
- Is Russia Hacking the US Election?
- Cisco Confirms NSA-linked Zero-day Targeted Its Firewalls for Years
- Alleged NSA Data Dump Contains Rarely Seen Hacking Tools
- Cisco Cuts 5,500 Workers, Shifts Focus to Software, Services
- The Wretched, Endless Cycle of Bitcoin Hacks
