Today’s Tech Sightings:
Microsoft Researcher Behind TB Treatment-monitoring Program Wins ‘Genius’ Grant
Microsoft’s Bill Thies, who works on communications programs in developing countries, will receive the “genius” grant, awarded by the MacArthur Foundation. Thies’ work on India’s 99DOTS program provides a low-cost way for people to receive monitored tuberculosis treatment. Using their cell phones, patients can call in after taking the treatment to allow doctors to track their progress. “This is about things 100 times simpler, 100 times cheaper, 100 times more inclusive,” said Thies.
12 of the Most Successful Entrepreneurs Who Dropped Out of College
They were college dropouts, some with huge student debts. But these rags-to-riches luminaries still managed to change the world in more ways than one. Hint: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates leads the pack.
Yahoo Confirms Massive Data Breach Impacting Millions of Users
Yahoo has confirmed that up to 500 million accounts have been compromised in a massive data breach in 2014. Hackers claimed earlier this summer that they have access to at least 200 million user accounts. As the story continues to unfold, it might well impact Verizon’s recent purchase of Yahoo’s core business for $4.8 billion.
More:
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Invests $3B to Cure All Diseases
- The Internet’s Shameful Role in Propagating Body Shaming
- IBM to Partner With Nigerian Firms on IT Development
- Between a Rocket and a Hard Place: Elon Musk to Give the Speech of His Life
- Microsoft Goes to Germany to Fight Government Snooping
- US Spies Finally Embracing iPhones, Wireless Connections
- Trump Opposes Plan for US to Cede Internet Oversight
- South Korea Orders Battery Safety Measures for Samsung Note 7
- Why Ransomware Is Exploding
- Nexus 5X Users Dazed by Latest Nougat Issue
- Malicious USB Drives Are Being Dropped Into Aussie Mailboxes
- This Is How Virtual Reality Could Go Spectacularly Wrong
