Today’s Tech Sightings: New Crop of Robots to Vie for Space in the Operating Room One in three surgeries in the United States are likely to be performed by robotics systems within the next five years, which is more than double the current levels. The approach will have surgeons sitting at computer consoles to guide […]
Robot Surgeons Are Coming; Pokemon GO’s Security Risks
Posted July 28th, 2016 at 11:49 am (UTC-4)
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‘Making’ Tomorrow’s Workforce; Wireless Keyboards’ Bug Found
Posted July 26th, 2016 at 11:51 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: The Maker movement That Impacts Economy, Education and Culture Technology is about more than just coding, argues writer Dale Daugherty. “Makers” – those who create and craft using electronics, 3-D printing and a mix of physical and digital skills – are already shaping the future. The maker movement is on the rise […]
Twitter Account Verification Now Open; Indian Teen Wins Google Award
Posted July 20th, 2016 at 1:45 pm (UTC-4)
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. […]
New Hard Drive Uses Chlorine Atoms; Protecting Privacy With Snapchat
Posted July 19th, 2016 at 12:21 pm (UTC-4)
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 […]
Mobile Health Bridges Funding Gap for Nonprofit Apps
Posted July 15th, 2016 at 10:39 am (UTC-4)
Funding a mobile game or a celebrity app is often easier than finding backers for special needs and not-for-profit applications. But the growing interest in mobile health is helping bridge the gap. Depending on their function and subject matter, apps are either funded by big companies, public donations, or paid for by interested organizations and […]
Pokemon Fraud Rising; AI Could Be Key to Fighting Cybercrime
Posted July 14th, 2016 at 1:04 pm (UTC-4)
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-4)
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-4)
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 […]