Today’s Tech Sightings: Microsoft Shows off What It Knows About Windows 10 Users If you ever had any doubts that Windows 10 collects all kinds of user data for Microsoft, then here’s proof. In a recent blog post, Microsoft revealed what it knows about its Windows 10 customers, including how many hours they spent with […]
LEGO Launches Robot-based Learning Kit; ‘That Dragon, Cancer’
Posted January 5th, 2016 at 11:27 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: LEGO Education Launches New Robot-based Learning System Forget the old way of learning. Kids today have more fun learning their sciences, and LEGO Education just jumped into the ring with a new kit it hopes will be added to school curricula. The kit includes a LEGO brick set, software and servos that will […]
Toxic Web User Warnings; 2015 Technology in Review
Posted December 30th, 2015 at 11:00 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Vietnam Warns of ‘Toxic’ Web Use Ahead of Party Shakeup Using its new Facebook page, Vietnam’s government vows to tackle an anticipated increase in “toxic” activity on social media ahead of the country’s Communist Party congress in January. The Internet is hugely popular in Vietnam, used by nearly half of its 90-million-strong […]
Facebook, India Battle Over Free Internet; China’s Tech Transformation
Posted December 29th, 2015 at 11:03 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Battle Over Facebook’s Free Basics Internet Service Intensifies in India India’s net neutrality activists are on the war path as Facebook launches a new app that offers free internet service to users of the Reliance network in six Indian states. Save the Internet (STI) members argue that there are many ways to […]
How NORAD Tracks Santa
Posted December 25th, 2015 at 11:18 am (UTC-4)
Millions of people tracked Santa’s travels around the globe this Christmas, thanks to NORAD Tracks Santa, a non-profit program that provides updates on his whereabouts with a bit of imagination, some tech wizardry, and a lot of heart. It all starts in early April, when NORAD – the North American Aerospace Defense Command – assembles […]