Category: Technology

RealNetworks is offering schools a new, free security tool: facial-recognition software. But as the technology moves further into public spaces, it’s raising privacy concerns and calls for regulation — even from the technology companies that are inventing the biometric software. As Mike Vance approaches the glass door that leads to RealNetworks’ engineering office, he smiles […]

From WiFi technology that can collect student behaviour patterns to security cameras that keep schools safe, Cisco’s latest installment of the Education Room in its Innovation Centre focuses on the possibilities of emerging technology that can be used in universities and colleges. During an interview at the Cisco Canada office in downtown Toronto, Wayne Cuervo, […]

Doctors say one in five men are affected by prostate cancer. The new technology stands for high-intensity focused ultrasound. The treatment method allows doctors to treat a specific area of the prostate without radiation or surgery. “A patient that has HIFU (high-intensity focused ultrasound) can be actually cured of the disease and they have the […]

A computer built in the 1970s that helped launch the personal computer age as well as a trillion-dollar company has sold for $375,000. The fully functioning Apple-1 auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction was sold at a live sale Tuesday. RR says the winning bid came from a U.S.-based businessman who wishes to remain anonymous. The […]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is off to a slow start in his mission to bring virtual reality to the masses, so perhaps it’s appropriate his company’s next VR headset will be called Quest. The headset from Facebook’s Oculus division will be a stand-alone device that won’t require a smartphone or a connection to a personal […]

A race by U.S. tech companies to build a new generation of powerful “quantum computers” could get a $1.3 billion boost from Congress, fueled in part by lawmakers’ fear of growing competition from China. Legislation passed earlier in September by the U.S. House of Representatives would create a 10-year federal program to accelerate research and […]

Researchers at Syracuse University, working with collaborators at the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison, have developed a new technique for measuring the state of quantum bits, or qubits, in a quantum computer. Their findings are the subject of an article in Science magazine, which elaborates on the experimental efforts involved with creating such a technique. The […]

Magnetic skyrmions are magnetic swirls that may lead to new solutions combining low-energy consumption with high-speed computational power and high-density data storage, revolutionizing information technology. A team from Delft University of Technology, in collaboration with the University of Groningen and Hiroshima University, has discovered a new, unexpected magnetic state, which is related to these skyrmions. […]

A new study shows evidence that ancient Mars probably had an ample supply of chemical energy for microbes to thrive underground. “We showed, based on basic physics and chemistry calculations, that the ancient Martian subsurface likely had enough dissolved hydrogen to power a global subsurface biosphere,” said Jesse Tarnas, a graduate student at Brown University […]

Amazon.com (AMZN), Nvidia (NVDA), Adobe Systems (ADBE), Workday (WDAY) and ServiceNow (NOW): Top tech stocks testing their 50-day/10-week lines. Amazon stock is testing its 50-day line for the first time since April. Nvidia stock, Adobe stock, Workday stock and ServiceNow stock are all just above or below buy points. The 50-day moving average — and […]

The U.S. Federal Reserve’s anticipated interest rate hike this week will make cash the most attractive it has been in about a decade and end the era of stocks as the only game in town. During this bull market which in August broke the record as the longest ever, interest rates were so low that […]