Today’s Tech Sightings: The Internet Belongs to the World, Not to Ted Cruz The United States is supposed to hand over control of internet domain management to ICANN on October 1. ICANN is short for the nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a nonprofit organization. The problem now is that the U.S. Congress […]
Internet ICANN Move Hits Congressional Block; Google Launches Allo
Posted September 21st, 2016 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
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India Rebuffs Apple; Scientists Seek Gamers to Battle Dementia
Posted May 4th, 2016 at 12:37 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Apple Rebuffed as New Delhi Pushes ‘Make in India’ Initiative Indian government officials have rejected Apple’s plan to import refurbished iPhones at a discount, citing rules against importing used electronics. A government spokesman said India “does not encourage dumping or recycling of hazardous materials.” But the development also coincides with New Delhi’s […]
Augmented Reality Takes on the PC; Your Newscast in Virtual Reality
Posted April 19th, 2016 at 11:59 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: This Mysterious Startup Wants to Kill Computers for Good It’s called Magic Leap – a new startup that is developing a headset or goggles it hopes will do away with computer screens for good. The plan is to use the headset to add an augmented reality layer to the real world view. […]
Raising Girl Coders in Mumbai’s Slums; Can All iPhones Be Hacked?
Posted March 29th, 2016 at 11:57 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Crowdfunding Campaign Aims to Raise Money for Teenage Girl Coders From Mumbai Slum Started in 2014 by filmmaker Nawneet Ranjan, a slum innovation project in India’s Mumbai has been producing mobile, open source apps to help teenage girls deal with everyday problems such as sexual harassment, water access and education. The project […]
Internet of Things Devices Still Not Secure; AI Pioneer Minsky Dies
Posted January 26th, 2016 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Forrester: Internet of things Security Years Away From Being Fully-baked A new report from Forrester Research expresses alarm that the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem has glossed over user security while focusing on analytics and growth. The research, based on 27 companies, says security standards are still non-existent and integration issues between […]
Americans Choose Privacy Over Savings; Here Comes Your New AI Doctor
Posted January 14th, 2016 at 11:19 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: When Is It Worth Giving Up Your Data? Americans Aren’t Quite Sure A new report from the Pew Research Center found more than half of the 461 Americans surveyed would rather give up discounts than be tracked by gadgets wherever they go. Forty-five percent of respondents rejected energy savings and car insurance […]
Android Malware Hijacks Bank Accounts; Facebook’s Dilemma in India
Posted January 13th, 2016 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Android Malware Steals Banking Passcodes, Hijacks Accounts Protected by Two-factor Authentication Internet security firm Symantec has warned that an updated Android malware, called Bankosy, can intercept one-time passcodes that help safeguard online banking accounts. While banks have moved to relay the codes by phone, instead of email, the updated malware forwards all […]
Toxic Web User Warnings; 2015 Technology in Review
Posted December 30th, 2015 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
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 […]
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 […]
3-D Printing; VR; Fighting Cancer With Games; Apple vs. Tattoos
Posted April 29th, 2015 at 2:36 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Your Next Hand Brace Could Be 3-D Printed Two firms – MHOX and CRP Group – have come up with an additive manufacturing process that allows them to 3-D-print flexible, waterproof material that can be used to create custom-made rehabilitation devices. How Virtual Reality is Being Used to Tackle Prejudice Prejudice runs […]