December 2017 - Page 2 of 3

Apple Gives Private Demo Of Self-Driving Tech

News December 16, 2017

Apple’s AI team gives researchers a sneak peek at several driving projects. We’re used to Apple product launches and demos having all the look and feel of a top-billing rock star event, but the company has a lot more going on than that. At times, Apple stages invite-only, industry-only... Read more

Astronauts Will Watch ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ In Space

News December 15, 2017

NASA is to screen the latest Star Wars movie on the International Space Station. While audiences around the world will this week begin to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi in cinemas, NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will also get to watch the movie, officials at... Read more

Trump Officially Bans Kaspersky For US Federal Use

Antivirus News December 15, 2017

After months of speculation, Donald Trump signs new legislation that officially bans the use of Kaspersky Lab products within any part of the US government. By signing the new defence spending bill into law, the President has purged the Moscow-based antivirus firm from any and all federal agencies amid growing concerns it was vulnerable to Kremlin influence, despite the company’s continual denials. “Considering the grave... Read more

FCC Kills Net Neutrality

News December 14, 2017

US Federal Communications Commission votes 3-to-2 to allow ISPs to now charge different prices for different internet speeds and access. Regulations that were put in place under President Barack Obama sought to ensure that all internet users had access to the “same” internet, but a party-line vote on December... Read more

YouTube Hiring 10,000 Moderators To Police Inappropriate Content

News Social Media December 14, 2017

Google-owned YouTube is to hire thousands more moderators to try and clean up its content. The new staff will be responsible for trying to get rid of videos that are offensive, violent, terrorism related, or just plain inappropriate for children. YouTube’s new policy comes after months of sustained accusations that children have been routinely viewing inappropriate content that was completely unsuitable for their... Read more

Hidden Keylogger Discovered In ‘Hundreds’ Of HP Laptops

News December 13, 2017

Preinstalled software has been discovered on HP laptop models, that could have been recording every letter and keystroke on users’ keyboards. The keylogger security flaw was discovered by researcher Michael Myng, who found a hidden software could be present in over 460 different HP laptop models – including the EliteBook, ProBook, Pavilion... Read more

Ghostery: A Faster, Safer, Smarter Browsing Experience

Internet News Software Reviews December 13, 2017

We review Ghostery, the Google Chrome browser extension designed to keep your online world private. Ghostery, is all about helping users protect their privacy online, by stopping advertisers, social media, and other services from collecting and storing your browsing and shopping habits. If you believe your valuable personal data should remain... Read more

Terror Goes Hi-Tech With Robots

News December 13, 2017

Terrorists ‘certain’ to get killer robots, says defence giant. If you didn’t already know it, you woke up today in a world where an organization called the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots really exists. While the name might conjure thoughts of tinfoil hats and secret meetings in the back... Read more

Facebook Launches Messenger For Kids

News Social Media December 12, 2017

Social media giant’s Messenger Kids app allows children to chat and text. Facebook set the age limit for user accounts at 13 and older many years ago, but that doesn’t stop the more than 20 million estimated underaged users from partaking of the platform. Now, in the ultimate throw... Read more

Google’s AlphaZero AI Beats World’s Best Chess Software

Gaming News December 12, 2017

AlphaZero artificial intelligence software triumphed at chess against the world’s best chess program after amassing all human knowledge of the game in just four hours. Google researchers have published a paper in which they detail how their latest AI evolution, AlphaZero, managed to display a “superhuman performance” in chess, taking just four hours to learn... Read more

Net Neutrality Protest Aims To Break The Internet

Internet News December 12, 2017

Backlash is response to proposed removal of net neutrality regulations. Just in time for the Federal Communication Commission to destroy the internet for US users, a mass protest intends to beat them to it…literally. The FCC is voting on December 14th to strip away the net neutrality regulations that were... Read more

A Day In The Life Of An Anti-Virus Threat Tracker

Antivirus News December 11, 2017

With all the recent cyber-attacks, from WannaCry, to NotPetya and Bad Rabbit, you were likely left wondering… What do you ACTUALLY get when you buy antivirus? And how does it work exactly? To shed some light on these questions, David Fiser, a threat lab analyst at Prague-based cyber security... Read more

Apple Agrees To Pay Ireland $15.4bn In Back Taxes

Business News December 11, 2017

Apple has finally agreed to start paying a €13bn ($15.4 billion) tax bill in early 2018, a full 12 months after a European Union competition court ruled that a special tax deal with Ireland had allowed Apple to pay almost zero tax on Europe wide profits between 2003 and 2014. The irony is that Ireland has said it doesn’t want the money. The... Read more

Bitcoin Runs Out Of Steam On Steam

Gaming News December 8, 2017

PC game and software platform Steam, stops accepting payments in bitcoins blaming price fluctuations and rapid volatility of transactions fees. Steam, the world’s single largest digital distribution platform for PC games and software, has announced that it is no longer accepting Bitcoin as a payment method. In a blog... Read more

PhotoPad Image Editor Review

Photo and Image Editing Software Reviews December 8, 2017

Edit, crop, rotate, resize and flip your digital photos and images with ease, with PhotoPad Image Editor. Everywhere you look, there’s signs of the holidays, and that can mean taking a lot of pictures. You might just be trying out the camera on the new tech you bought, or you... Read more

Windows 10 Now Runs On 600 Million ‘Active’ Machines

News December 6, 2017

Microsoft’s flagship OS is now running on more than half a billion devices that have been ‘active’ (connected to the internet at some point) in the last 28 days. Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, apparently broke the news by commenting on the 600m figure during this week’s annual shareholders meeting,... Read more

Amazon Launches In Australia

Business News December 5, 2017

US based online retail titan has finally officially launched its first Australian operation. After a tumultuous few months of will-they/won’t-they, Amazon finally opened its virtual doors to the domestic Australian market. While not yet as all-inclusive as its other global marketplaces, the Australian marketplace still covers most of the bases, with 23 separate categories for shoppers... Read more

Classified Pentagon Data Fully Accessible In Public Cloud

Business News Privacy and Security December 5, 2017

Classified data from a joint program run by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the US Army has been found online and may have been accessible for years, say researchers. According to new research published by Cybersecurity firm UpGuard, around 100GB of data from a now redundant and failed... Read more

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