There’s little doubt the information technology revolution has improved our lives. But unless we find a new form of electronic technology that uses less energy, computing will become limited by an “energy crunch” within decades. Even the most common events in our daily life – making a phone call, sending a text message or checking […]
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A.I. will equalize health care in China, NovaVision CEO says
Artificial intelligence (A.I.) will level out the quality of health care in China in the coming decades, particularly closing the gap between rural and urban parts of the country, according to a CEO in the medical industry. Speaking at CNBC’s East Tech West conference in the Nansha district of Guangzhou, China, Jim Wang, CEO of […]
Chromebooks and Chrome tablets will get an option to show the tablet-optimized version of a website
Viewing the full web is one of the great parts of using a Chromebook, but sometimes the full web doesn’t feel quite so full – especially if you’re exploring it with a touchscreen. Much of the internet remains poorly-optimized for touch, and desktop websites are still, first and foremost, designed for point-and-click experiences. With the […]
YouTube will remove all pop-up annotations on January 15th
Back in March 2017, YouTube announced that it would be retiring annotations, those boxes that pop up during a video with links and additional information. It discontinued the annotations editor in May of last year and soon all existing annotations will be going away as well. The company added an update to the help page […]
Microsoft patches several versions of Windows 10
It’s not Patch Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft can’t deliver a boatload of patches for various flavors of Windows 10 via Cumulative Updates (CUs). On November 27, Microsoft made available for download CUs for several of its older variants of Windows 10. By “older,” I don’t mean ancient. Microsoft rolled out today updates for […]
A CIO’s guide to AI dashboards
The presence of artificial intelligence-powered IT is growing in healthcare. More and more CIOs and caregivers are finding new uses for powerful AI to help its human users in the delivery of care, both behind the scenes and at the point of care. Dashboards are popular tools for healthcare executives and caregivers to use to […]
Apple launches app development program for female entrepreneurs
Apple is looking to better support female-identifying founders through its new Entrepreneur Camp, a technology lab focused on app development. The free two-week camp, which kicks off in January, will give female founders the opportunity to receive one-on-one coding assistance from Apple engineers, as well as attend sessions on design, technology and App Store marketing. […]
Galaxy S10 won’t be the first phone to feature the hot new design we all want
When Apple introduced the iPhone X last year, it practically made notch display designs cool, convincing everyone in the business to copy it. Deniers out there will claim that inconsequential phones from Sharp and Essential are the phone designs that inspired the notch movement, but that’s hardly what’s going on here. Everyone, but Samsung, copied […]
Moto G7 Play leaks with mid-tier specs, a single rear camera, and a notch
Earlier this month, we saw two Motorola smartphones pass through the FCC which we assumed were the Moto G7 and G7 Plus. Now, thanks to a filing on the FCC website found by Droid-Life, we have real-life photos of the Moto G7 Play and details about the handset’s internals. First, looking at the exterior of […]
Google Home Hub and Home Mini bundle just $99 from Walmart
We’ve seen plenty of good deals on Google’s recently-released Home Hub smart display this Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend. Most retailers have had it discounted to $99, and there were some even better deals to be had with a bit of research. However, Walmart’s $99 Home Hub and Home Mini bundle is the best offer we’ve […]
Google just found malware apps hiding in the Play store that were downloaded over 500,000 times
Google has taken swift action after it was discovered that more than a dozen apps that install malware on user devices were found in the Google Play store. The company has yanked the 13 Android apps, which included car and truck driving simulations as well as a couple that actually got featured in the store’s […]
Google settles with contractor over alleged racial discrimination
As much as Google talks about being inclusive of other cultures, it might have some more work to do. The Guardian has learned that Google recently settled a racial discrimination claim from a British contractor who collected shopping mall WiFi data for the Maps team in Europe. Allegedly, the company withdrew an offer for a […]