Today’s Tech Sightings: Thai Military’s Plan for ‘Great Firewall’ Risks Internet Competition Free speech advocates and former officials say the proposal by Thailand’s military government to create a single, controlled Internet gateway would kill competition and be seen as the latest effort to smother freedom of expression and dissent. Android Creator Thinks the Next Big […]
Thailand’s Firewall; the Next Big Thing; Android; Steve Jobs
Posted October 8th, 2015 at 3:38 pm (UTC-5)
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Google; Data Overload; Linux DDoS; iOS 9 Bugs; Windows Privacy
Posted September 29th, 2015 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Key Google Announcements Expected Today, September 29 The San Francisco event will highlight new features for Google’s Nexus 5X smartphone. The company also is expected to talk about its Android Marshmallow mobile operating system, Chromecast and other products. Study: ‘Data Overload’ Is Leaving UK Users Stressed, Sleep-Deprived A study of about 1,000 adults […]
Tech Education; Baidu; Elon Musk; Online Hate Speech; Cisco
Posted September 15th, 2015 at 4:41 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: OECD: Children Need Teachers, Not Computers, to Teach Them The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, says evidence shows that technology is not making children smarter. In a report published Tuesday, OECD education director, Andreas Schleicher, said moderate computer use at school produces better learning results than with children who rarely […]
Intel Wireless Charging; Wikipedia; Android Malware; D&D
Posted September 2nd, 2015 at 3:56 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Intel Readying Charging Without Wires for Laptops Intel is looking to kill cabled charging with a new system to recharge laptops without a single wire in sight. The product is expected to launch sometime next year. The Case That Has Microsoft, Apple and Amazon Agreeing for Once Microsoft has lost two bouts […]
IFA 2015; Shifu; Windows’ Spying Tools; Adobe Flash
Posted September 1st, 2015 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Tech’s Biggest Names Descend on Berlin for IFA 2015 The Germany-based consumer electronics show, IFA is coming up this September 4, with participation from some of technology’s biggest brands. The show will feature an array of wearable technology and smart devices, large screens, virtual reality gadgets and a whole lot more. Here’s […]
Privacy; China’s Online Police; OS X; Android Fragmentation
Posted August 5th, 2015 at 3:48 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Online Is Poised to Spread Europe’s highest court’s ruled more than a year ago that search engines had to give Internet users the “right to be forgotten” to help safeguard privacy. But some privacy and free speech advocates expect the controversial “right to be forgotten” to expand beyond […]
Google Takes on Sri Lanka; Home Robots; Windows 10; Hammertoss
Posted July 29th, 2015 at 1:07 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Google’s Internet Balloons Will Provide Connectivity to All of Sri Lanka Google’s Project Loon and the government of Sri Lanka have just signed an agreement to provide connectivity to the entire country. The island’s IT Minister, Mangala Samaraweera, said the project — using helium balloons to provide Internet access — will connect […]
Mozilla Blocks Flash; Nadella’s Microsoft; Google’s Photo Mishaps
Posted July 14th, 2015 at 3:09 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Mozilla Blocks Flash Player on Firefox Mozilla has blocked all versions of Adobe Flash Player in its Firefox browser due to its vulnerability to attack. Last week’s breach of the Italian company Hacking Team was made possible by a Flash Player bug that hackers exploited. While Adobe issued a patch, there appear […]
Laser Internet; Android Malware; Windows 10; Mobile Addiction
Posted July 2nd, 2015 at 3:14 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Facebook Works to Deliver High Speed Internet Using Laser Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on his social media page that Facebook’s Connectivity Lab is developing a laser communication system that can beam data via drones and satellites, thereby providing Internet connectivity at much higher speeds. New Android Malware Is Sprouting […]
Leap Second; India’s Digital Age; Zuckerberg on Telepathy
Posted July 1st, 2015 at 3:01 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Leap second Causes Internet Hiccup Overnight Don’t say you weren’t warned. The infamous leap second – that extra second added to sync world clocks with the Earth’s rotation – crashed about 2,000 networks just after midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), half of them in Brazil. Most networks recovered after rebooting their routers. […]