SAN FRANCISCO — A design flaw disclosed Wednesday in Intel and some other computer chips could have allowed an attacker to view hidden information such as passwords meant to be securely stored on the chip. Hardware and software manufacturers, including Apple and…
SAN FRANCISCO — Artificial intelligence. Machine learning. Knowledge engineering. Call it what you want, but AI by any name had the tech world uniquely divided in 2017, and the new year isn’t likely to bring any quick resolutions. In case you missed…
The holiday dinner table discussion about bitcoin has evolved and matured over the past eight years. Part of this evolution is in the grudging admission that the technology at bitcoin’s core has unexploited commercial and social utility. Bitcoin uses constantly growing,…
Like the Internet boom in 1999, don’t get left behind by this growing, encrypted form of transactions: Opposing view The holiday dinner table discussion about bitcoin has evolved and matured over the past eight years. Part of this evolution is in…
Next week is a great time to love technology. Starting Sunday, Las Vegas plays host to CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, the annual tech confab dedicated to the latest in consumer technology. When attendees aren’t dodging multiple varieties of…
The clock is ticking for some mobile platforms when it comes to WhatsApp updates. The Facebook-owned instant messaging app will end support for some smartphone platforms by the end of this year. The world’s most popular messaging app will end support for operating systems…
Amazon may make a bigger move into physical stores this year, according to one analyst. Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster is predicting the internet e-commerce company will buy Target in 2018. “Amazon believes the future of retail is a mix of mostly online…
Google Play has started showing one of the apps in the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3Tsmartphones as ‘harmful’. The app called ‘FactoryMode’ was previously known as ‘EngineerMode’ was at the centre of the controversy wherein it lets any user gain root access to the smartphone. OnePlus later…
Samsungwas last month rumoured to be working on a first-ever detachable Chromebook. Now, some new details have popped up online for the same device. According to some codes found by the Chrome Unboxed website, the upcoming Samsung Chromebook is being referred to as ‘Nautlius’ The device…
Blistering fast wireless networks, digital assistants that are, well, everywhere, and a coming out bash for augmented reality. These and other technologies mentioned here, some of which are already familiar but really just getting started, are worth keeping an eye on in 2018. And not just these….
