New report backs up rumors that the Galaxy Note 8 will feature a dual camera
Before the end of 2017, Samsung will launch its long-awaited followup to the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7. Despite the fact that the Note 7 (quite literally) went down in flames, the Galaxy Note 8 is...
View ArticlePandora Technology Chief Departs Weeks After New Product Launch
Pandora Media Inc. said Chief Technology Officer Chris Martin is stepping down, just weeks after the online-radio company introduced a new service to lure new users and fend off growing rivals such as...
View ArticleRansom Hackers Who Hit Hospitals Dealt Setback; May Return
The cyber-attack that spread rapidly around the globe was stifled when a security researcher disabled a key mechanism used by the worm to spread, but experts said the hackers were likely to return as...
View ArticleSnapchat’s revenue actually came in ahead of targets — for analysts at firms...
A widespread view on Wall Street this week was that Snap Inc fell short of revenue forecasts when it posted its first quarterly results as a public company, triggering a big selloff in its shares. In...
View ArticleA massive Windows hack has swept through Europe, and is starting to reach the US
Since early Friday morning, reports have been coming in about a massive ransomware attack sweeping through Windows PCs in Europe. The National Health Service in England has had numerous hospitals and...
View ArticleCyberattack Hits Nearly 100 Countries and Thousands of Computers
A large-scale cyberattack affected nearly one hundred countries and held tens of thousands of computers ransom throughout the day on Friday. Antivirus provider Avast reported that at least 75,000...
View ArticleCy-Fair ISD robotics teams vie for UIL title after competing at world...
Robotics teams around the world gathered at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) World Robotics Championships in April at the George R. Brown Convention Center and...
View ArticleMaine Robotics receives grants for more youth
ORONO, Maine — Maine Robotics announced it has received two major grants from foundations that will improve and expand the organization’s popular, statewide STEM programming for children. One grant is...
View ArticleMayfield Robotics’ Kaijen Hsiao | Women of Influence 2017
During college classes to stay awake, Women of Influence honoree Kaijen Hsiao practiced lock picking and making pipe cleaner animals — she perfected only one of those skills. The Silicon Valley...
View ArticleIndia is building a biometric database for 1.3 billion people — and...
Inside the buzzing enrollment agency, young professionals wearing slim-fitting jeans and lanyards around their necks tapped away at keyboards and fiddled with fingerprint scanning devices as they...
View ArticleiPhone 8 Leak ‘Confirms’ Apple’s Expensive Secret
The iPhone is changing. 2017 is the 10th anniversary of the iconic smartphone range and Apple will celebrate with a radical new design and significant feature upgrades. But the downside to all these...
View ArticleThe race for machine learning talent continues, as Apple acquires Lattice Data
Data-crunching startup Lattice Data has been acquired by Apple, as the battle for machine learning talent continues between big tech companies. A source familiar with the company confirmed the deal,...
View ArticleAP Explains: What is ransomware?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Computers across the world were locked up Friday and users’ files held for ransom when dozens of countries were hit in a cyber-extortion attack that targeted hospitals, companies and...
View ArticleSeattle entrepreneur Matt Hulett joins Pioneer Square Labs to pursue new...
Tech Moves covers notable hires, promotions and personnel changes in the Pacific NW tech community. Submissions: tips@geekwire.com Seattle entrepreneur Matt Hulett is now working at Pioneer Square Labs...
View ArticleSingapore university breaches reveal wider attack surface to safeguard
Security breaches this week in Singapore and around the globe reveal the country will have to safeguard a much wider attack surface and need a cybersecurity strategy that goes beyond simply limiting...
View ArticlePhotos: The 2017 Prime Health Innovation Summit
Co-sponsored by the Governor’s Office of eHealth Innovation, the one-day conference brought together participants from healthcare, technology, business, and government. Keynote presentations defined...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s mind-bending ‘mixed reality’ concept is totally out of reach
The $399 Acer bundle, available this holiday season, will bundle the headset with the new Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality controllers. Microsoft Microsoft may have the best demos of any consumer tech...
View ArticleContrarian Lending Marketplace Younited Credit Crosses €500 million Milestone
Since it opened for business in 2012, French lending startup Younited Credit has thrived by implementing strategic choices that ran contrary to common practice among lending marketplaces. It was the...
View ArticleBigger, more expensive healthcare practices not necessarily better
(Reuters Health) – You might not get what you pay for when it comes to healthcare, a new study suggests. A report in Health Affairs found little association between how much physician practices charged...
View ArticleNeed2Know: American Craft Beer Week; economic development advocates awarded;...
Several beer-heavy establishments in Prescott will be celebrating American Craft Beer Week (May 15 through 21). Max Kamen at Park Plaza will be doing a Belching Beaver tasting on Friday, May 19, at 5...
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