Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For almost two years, Microsoft officials botched a key Windows defense, an unexplained lapse that left customers open to a malware infection technique that has been especially effective in recent months. Microsoft officials have steadfastly asserted that Windows Update will automatically add new software drivers to a blocklist designed to thwart...
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(BPRW) Black Men Talk Tech Presents 4th Annual Unicorn Ambition Conference This October
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI – Black Men Talk Tech, a collective that supports emerging and elite Black tech entrepreneurs, officially announces this year’s 4th Annual Unicorn Ambition Conference. This groundbreaking event is the only national confere
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With New Crackdown, Biden Wages Global Campaign on Chinese Technology
U.S. officials pushed to choke off China’s access to critical semiconductor technology after internal debates and tough negotiations with allies.
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DeepMind breaks 50-year math record using AI; new record falls a week later
Enlarge / A colorful 3×3 matrix. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Matrix multiplication is at the heart of many machine learning breakthroughs, and it just got faster—twice. Last week, DeepMind announced it discovered a more efficient way to perform matrix multiplication, conquering a 50-year-old record. This week, two Austrian researchers at Johannes Kepler University Linz...
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Netflix with ads launches Nov. 3, will be missing up to 10% of Netflix catalog
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) Netflix is launching a $6.99-per-month version that includes four or five minutes of ads per hour and video quality that tops out at 720p. The new “Basic with Ads” option, to be available starting November 3, will also have up to 10 percent fewer movies and TV shows than...
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32 years in, Microsoft has decided to rebrand “Microsoft Office”
Enlarge / Microsoft 365 will encompass Teams, OneDrive, and the suite of productivity apps formerly known as Office. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft Office was first released in 1990, and aside from Windows, it’s probably the Microsoft product the general public has the most experience with. Individual apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook will all continue...
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The Google Watch Is Here. But You’d Better Love Android.
Developed with Fitbit, Google’s first smart watch takes a page from Apple’s playbook by requiring loyalty to its brand.
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Misinformation Swirls in Non-English Languages Ahead of Midterms
More multilingual fact-checking groups are pushing back against misleading translations, manipulated images and outright lies that jump platforms and cross borders.
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The E-Bike: The New Car Alternative
VanMoof, the Dutch e-bike company taking inspiration from Apple and Tesla, is one of the world’s hottest brands in a bike market remade by the pandemic. Will it help reshape urban transportation?
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Report: “Thousands” of Intel layoffs planned as PC demand slows and revenues fall
Enlarge (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Intel is planning its first major layoffs in almost six years, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The report says that layoffs will “likely” affect thousands of its 113,700 employees, particularly in its sales and marketing departments, and that they could happen as soon as this month. Bloomberg says that...