Today’s Tech Sightings: Twitter Opens Up Account Verification Twitter used to award its “verified account” blue badge to celebrities who might contend with fake accounts using their names. Now, any public Twitter account can apply to get the verification, provided users fill up a form with information about their influence level and various personal data. […]
Twitter Account Verification Now Open; Indian Teen Wins Google Award
Posted July 20th, 2016 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
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New Hard Drive Uses Chlorine Atoms; Protecting Privacy With Snapchat
Posted July 19th, 2016 at 12:21 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: World’s Smallest Hard Disk Stores Data Using Chlorine Atoms Researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have created the world’s smallest hard drive – a rewritable device that stores up to 500 terabits per square inch. This is enough room to store all the books ever written. The technique uses chlorine […]
Pokemon Fraud Rising; AI Could Be Key to Fighting Cybercrime
Posted July 14th, 2016 at 1:04 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: A Surge of Pokemon GO-related Apps Is Out to Steal Your Data If you’ve caught the Pokemon GO fever, keep your wits about you. Numerous unofficial apps taking advantage of the popularity of the Nintendo game are raising red flags for their pursuit of users’ personal data. Cybersecurity experts warn that some […]
The Age of Smartphone Fondling; Beware: New, Lying Ransomware
Posted July 13th, 2016 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Research Shows We Touch Our Cell Phones 2,617 Times Per Day How many times do you admire and fondle your phone every day? Well, a new study from research firm dscout found that the top 10 percent of extreme cell phone users touch their phones more than 5,400 times daily. The average […]
‘Pokémon GO’ to Fix Account Access ‘Error’; Singapore Takes Up Bots
Posted July 12th, 2016 at 11:39 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: ‘Pokémon GO’ Maker Says Full Google Account Access an ‘Error’ While you are completely engrossed in the latest gaming craze, Pokémon GO, you should know that the popular game was erroneously granted full access to your Google accounts, including email, Google docs, photos and other stuff. Also noteworthy is the fact that […]
Millions of SE Asian Jobs at Risk; Protecting Biometric Data
Posted July 7th, 2016 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: ILO: Millions of SE Asian Jobs May Be Lost to Automation in Next Two Decades A new study from the International Labor Organization says more than half of workers in five Southeast Asian countries could lose their jobs within the next two decades as a result of automation. The report warns that […]
Few Countries Reap Tech Benefits; Robots Define Health Care Future
Posted July 6th, 2016 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Report: 7 Countries Benefit Most From Technology Innovation You’d think technology is giving developing countries a boost, but it turns out seven countries are getting the most economic and digital return for technological innovation. Those are the United States, Singapore, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Israel, according to a new survey […]
Chinese Malware Hits Android Devices; the New Face of Cybercrime
Posted July 5th, 2016 at 12:02 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Android Malware Infects Millions of Devices, Earns Its Creators $300,000 a Month HummingBad is a malicious piece of software that has infected millions of Android devices around the world. The malware earns the hackers who created it around $300,000 a month as a result of false advertisements and fake apps that end […]
Google Faces Age-discrimination Case, Mobile Ransomware Spikes
Posted June 30th, 2016 at 12:44 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Google Age-discrimination Lawsuit May Become a Monster Two people Google turned down for employment filed a lawsuit in California a year ago, claiming they were rejected because they were both over 40. Now, a San Jose federal court is being asked to determine if others who were also rejected because of their […]
Tech Firms Scramble After Brexit; Windows 10 Update Coming August 2
Posted June 29th, 2016 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Brexit Fallout Begins as Vodafone Warns It Could Move Headquarters Out of UK Britain’s biggest technology company – Vodafone – could move its headquarters out of Britain after the country’s vote to exit the European Union. The move is contingent on understanding the future relationship between the U.K. and the EU. The […]