A bill introduced Monday by some U.S. senators aims to repeal net neutrality rules under the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 Open Internet Order, and ban the agency from issuing similar regulations in the future. The legislation aims to give some permanence to recent moves by the Republican-dominated FCC to repeal provisions of the 2015 order.…
AMD’s Ryzen chips are off to a strong start in desktops, and more chips are coming in the second half of this year. New chips for desktops, called Ryzen 3, will come in the earlier part of the second half, while Ryzen mobile chips — code-named Raven Ridge — will come out around the end-of-year…
Fitbit is working on a follow-up to last year’s Blaze fitness watch, and a series of leaked photos show the Apple Watch rival isn’t going to win any design awards. The watch, which Fitbit has reportedly codenamed “Higgs,” is rumored to have a spec list that can certainly stand up to Apple’s Series 2 watch.…
Microsoft last week quietly acknowledged that a year-old plan to focus phone sales on the enterprise market is dead. “We had no material Phone revenue this quarter,” said Amy Hood, the company’s CFO, during an earnings call with Wall Street on Thursday. In fact, phone revenue amounted to just $5 million for the three-month stretch,…
The equity derivatives clearing organization OCC has hired Mark Morrison as OCC Mark Morrison, senior vice president and CSO, OCC In this new position, Morrison will report to OCC’s executive vice president and chief risk officer John Fennell. “To deliver world-class risk management, clearance and settlement services, we must ensure the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of…
A U.S. appeals court has denied a request by broadband trade groups to rehear its decision last June to uphold the Federal Communications Commission’s controversial 2015 net neutrality rules. The court’s decision on Monday is a hollow victory for net neutrality supporters. Just last Wednesday, new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced plans to repeal the…
President Donald Trump is launching a special council to upgrade the U.S. government’s IT services at a time when some systems more than 50 years old. Americans deserve better digital services from their government,” the “Americans deserve better digital services from their government,” said an executive order from Trump, released on Monday. The order seeks to “promote…
May 4 is coming up and has been designated as World Password Day to remind enterprise workers and consumers everywhere to use strong, updated passwords to protect cybersecurity. The date was picked to align with one of the silliest puns yet: “May the Fourth Be with You” — also known as Star Wars Day. (Get…
Google caused a stir when it open sourced its TensorFlow software back in November 2015, and the technology is starting to make its way into the mainstream. The machine learning software library is the next generation of DistBelief, which was internally developed by the Google Brain team at the search giant for a multitude of…
The Galaxy S8 is shipping all over the world, people are raving about it, and it’s breaking all sorts of sales records. But it’s still not complete. Samsung’s AI assistant Bixby wasn’t quite ready to launch when the Galaxy S8 did, so Samsung held back its biggest feature, voice commands, with a vague promise that…