Tag: software

October 16, 2018

Over time a Windows PC will build up a collection of applications that automatically start when you first turn on the PC or laptop. Some of these are useful – cloud syncing services for example, which work best when you […]

October 16, 2018

Medtronic, a maker of medical devices and implants, has pulled the plug on its internet-based software update system, which security researchers had found had a dangerous security vulnerability The company said in a notice this week that it’s switching off […]

October 11, 2018

Increasingly, developers rely on a microservices architecture to build an application as a suite of fine-grained, narrowly focused, and independent services, each of which is developed and deployed independently. Despite the agility fostered by the microservices approach, it also brings […]

October 9, 2018

It’s easy to imagine artificial intelligence as a force that makes existing technology more convenient or more powerful, or as one that opens the door to entirely novel possibilities. But one overlooked effect could dramatically change our society, and how […]

October 4, 2018

ACTION GROUPS are calling for the shut down of Facebook’s Messenger Kids after accusing the app of using kids’ data in a way that contravenes local child protection laws. The ‘safer’ version of Messenger was launched in 2017 is the […]

October 1, 2018

MICROSOFT could see Windows 10 finally catch up to evergreen Windows 7 by the new year if this months market share figures are anything to go by. The monthly numbers from Netmarketshare show 40.88 per cent of desktop users on […]

October 1, 2018

GOOGLE COULD be planning a major curveball with its forthcoming Google Pixel Slate, one of two rumoured Chrome OS devices expected to launch on 9 October alongside the Pixel 3 range. A commit in Chromium, the open source version of […]

September 28, 2018

There may be quite a bit of controversy surrounding the use of facial recognition tech for law enforcement purposes, but that hasn’t stopped the industry from pressing forward. Amazon’s “Rekognition” technology is already in use at police departments throughout the […]

September 24, 2018

APPLE HAS ANNOUNCED that its $400m acquisition of music discovery service Shazam is complete. This comes just weeks after the takeover received the thumbs up from European regulators, and will see Apple remove all ads from the Shazam app “soon” […]

September 19, 2018

CHROMEBOOK OWNERS are waking up to the revamp which Google’s browser saw earlier in the month as Chrome OS 69 launches. The difference is instantly noticeable as Chrome OS becomes the latest Google facet to finally join the Material Design […]