Conversational user interfaces like Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, and Microsoft’s Cortana have caught the attention of developers, with businesses now looking to incorporate the technology into customer-facing apps, consultant firm ThoughtWorks said in assessing recent technology trends. ThoughtWorks’ recently released Technology Radar report noted that conversational UI and natural language processing is a key emerging…
The win in Ecuador’s presidential elections of leftist government candidate Lenin Moreno will likely have provided relief to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, who had been threatened with eviction from the country’s embassy in London by the opposition candidate. The election in the South American country had aroused interest in part because the conservative opposition candidate,…
WikiLeaks may have dealt another blow to the CIA’s hacking operations by releasing files that allegedly show how the agency was masking its malware attacks. On Friday, the site dumped the source code to the Marble Framework, a set of anti-forensic tools that WikiLeaks claims the CIA used last year. The files do appear to…
Microsoft will sell Samsung’s newest Android-powered phones, the Galaxy S8 and S8+, in its brick-and-mortar stores next month. [ Related: Samsung Introduces Galaxy S8 and S8+, featuring Infinity displays ] The phones can be pre-ordered now at Microsoft’s retail outlets — but not online — and will also be available for purchase in the stores…
At this weekend’s Final Four college basketball tournament, sophisticated technology is in place to help public safety officials monitor crowds, vehicles, social networks and unauthorized drones from a command center at an undisclosed location in downtown Phoenix. An array of thousands of cameras and other sensors are already in place across public venues and roadways…
Six months ago, Google offered to pay US$200,000 to any researcher who could remotely hack into an Android device by knowing only the victim’s phone number and email address. No one stepped up to the challenge. While that might sound like good news and a testament to the mobile operating system’s strong security, that’s likely…
Most of the Android world was focused on new hardware, instead of software, this week. The Galaxy S8 and S8+ that got all the attention, with that gorgeous screen, tiny bezels, and somewhat useful software. But it’s updates you’ve come for, and we have some to deliver. And there’s more information about why Android Wear 2.0…
If you’re expecting to buy laptops with Intel’s next-generation Core chips code-named Cannonlake chips by the end of this year, you may be disappointed. There’s a chance that shipments of Cannonlake — Intel’s first on the 10-nanometer production process — may slip into next year. Intel previously said Cannonlake would ship by year end, but…
April Fools Day is practically a national holiday in Mountain View, so you can expect a series of pranks and jokes over the weekend. But Google is starting early this year, and everyone can get in on the joke. Open up your Google Maps app and you’ll find a new icon above compass symbol that…
The Galaxy S8 is one of the most stunning phones we’ve ever laid eyes on, but there’s one design element we can’t quite wrap our heads around. Instead of centering the fingerprint sensor on the back like so many other phone makers have done, Samsung has placed it next to the camera, virtually assuring that most…