Month: January 2017

The big takeaway from CES 2017

An attendee looks at a WaveBot service robot at the Ling booth at CES 2017 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Photo / Getty There has been no killer gadget at this year’s international CES technology show.

The big takeaway from CES 2017

An attendee looks at a WaveBot service robot at the Ling booth at CES 2017 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Photo / Getty There has been no killer gadget at this year’s international CES technology show.

The big takeaway from CES 2017

An attendee looks at a WaveBot service robot at the Ling booth at CES 2017 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Photo / Getty There has been no killer gadget at this year’s international CES technology show.

US Trade Associations and ISPs Petition FCC to Reconsider New Privacy Rules

On January 3, several US trade associations and internet service providers submitted petitions requesting that the Federal Communications Commission reconsider its broadband privacy rules mandating consumer opt-in before using data for marketing purposes. Among those groups submitting petitions are the United States Telecom Association, NCTA – Internet and Television Association, Competitive Carriers Association, Association of National Advertisers, American Association of Advertising Agencies, American Advertising Federation, Data & Marketing Association, Interactive Advertising Bureau, and Network Advertising Initiative.

US Trade Associations and ISPs Petition FCC to Reconsider New Privacy Rules

On January 3, several US trade associations and internet service providers submitted petitions requesting that the Federal Communications Commission reconsider its broadband privacy rules mandating consumer opt-in before using data for marketing purposes. Among those groups submitting petitions are the United States Telecom Association, NCTA – Internet and Television Association, Competitive Carriers Association, Association of National Advertisers, American Association of Advertising Agencies, American Advertising Federation, Data & Marketing Association, Interactive Advertising Bureau, and Network Advertising Initiative.

Cyber experts report a chasing ghostsa after U.S. warning

After the U.S. government disclosed its first technical report publicly connected Russia’s intelligence services to U.S. hacking, the phones started ringing inside cybersecurity firm Rendition Infosec LLC. Worried customers were following the government’s advice, issued Dec. 29, and comparing digital logs recording incoming network traffic to their computers and finding matches to a list of hundreds of internet addresses the Homeland Security Department had identified as indicators of malicious Russian intelligence services cyber activity. “They thought they were compromised,” said Rendition founder, Jake Williams, who described a “frenzy” of computer security specialists scrubbing their systems for signs of the Russians.

British spies alerted America to Russia’s cyber attack on US election

GCHQ had prevented a breach of every Whitehall server in 2015, including the Home Office, Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence British spies alerted America to the Russian cyber attack after thwarting Moscow’s attempt to target the 2015 general election . A classified intelligence report on Russia’s influence over the race to the White House detailed how UK officials tipped off their US counterparts after the Democratic National Convention, according to the New York Times.

British spies alerted America to Russia’s cyber attack on US election

GCHQ had prevented a breach of every Whitehall server in 2015, including the Home Office, Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence British spies alerted America to the Russian cyber attack after thwarting Moscow’s attempt to target the 2015 general election . A classified intelligence report on Russia’s influence over the race to the White House detailed how UK officials tipped off their US counterparts after the Democratic National Convention, according to the New York Times.

British spies alerted America to Russia’s cyber attack on US election

GCHQ had prevented a breach of every Whitehall server in 2015, including the Home Office, Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence British spies alerted America to the Russian cyber attack after thwarting Moscow’s attempt to target the 2015 general election . A classified intelligence report on Russia’s influence over the race to the White House detailed how UK officials tipped off their US counterparts after the Democratic National Convention, according to the New York Times.

Has AR/VR Industry Shifted Focus from Hardware to Applications?

Forecasting widespread adoption and sales around a nascent technology is often a dubious endeavor at best, but that hasn’t stopped a slew of prognosticators from playing a bit of Nostradamus around virtual reality/augmented reality over the last couple years. This week’s CES 2017 in Las Vegas is awash with VR/AR options, and it’s also a popular venue for predicting the future of the technologies.

AMD says its Zen CPU architecture is expected to last four years

AMD spent four years developing its Ryzen microprocessor, and that’s the same length of time the company expects it to live on in its ongoing war with Intel in the PC processor space. Mark Papermaster, AMD’s chief technology officer, confirmed the four-year lifespan in a conversation here at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, though he declined to discuss specifics.

Cyber experts report ‘chasing ghosts’ after US warning

The first page of the Joint Analysis Report narrative by the Department of Homeland Security and federal Bureau of Investigation and released on Dec. 29, 2016, is photographed in Washington, Jan. 6, 2017. Computer security specialists say the technical details in the narrative that the U.S. said would show whether computers had been infiltrated by Russian intelligence services were poorly done and potentially dangerous.

Webinar: Recent Trends in Cloud Computing

Join MTUG online on January 18th at 11am for a discussion of trends in Cloud business tools for organizations like yours. Our speakers will walk us through the evolving definitions of cloud computing as well as discuss recent trends including but not limited to cold storage, SaaS, and IaaS.

US cancer deaths down 25 percent since 1991

Winter Weather Advisory issued January 6 at 11:01AM CST expiring January 6 at 5:00PM CST in effect for: Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha Winter Weather Advisory issued January 6 at 9:59AM CST expiring January 6 at 6:00PM CST in effect for: McCurtain Hard Freeze Warning issued January 6 at 4:50AM CST expiring January 7 at 9:00AM CST in effect for: McCurtain Fewer Americans are dying from the second biggest killer in the U.S.: cancer. New numbers from the American Cancer Society show from 1991 to 2014, the cancer death rate has dropped by a quarter.

NXP and Geely Announce Strategic Partnership for Automotive Research and Development

At CESA 2017, NXP Semiconductors , the world’s leading provider of automotive electronics solutions, announced a long-term strategic partnership with Geely Automobile Group, a Chinese multinational automotive manufacturing company. The companies will work together on a new platform for research and development to connect innovation in semiconductor technology more efficiently with demand in the automobile industry.

UCI Introduces iRain Smartphone App

Climate researchers and weather forecasters get their rain data from a network of precipitation-sensing satellites that orbit Earth. iRain, a new mobile phone app developed by engineers at the University of California, Irvine puts the same precision rainfall information into the pockets of the public.

Trump says focus on Russian hacking is ‘political witch hunt’

President-elect Donald J. Trump said in an interview this morning that the storm surrounding Russian hacking during the presidential campaign was a political witch hunt being carried out by his adversaries, who he said were embarrassed by their loss to him in the election last year. Mr. Trump spoke to The New York Times by telephone three hours before he was set to be briefed by the nation’s top intelligence and law enforcement officials about the Russian hacking of American political institutions.

Nvidia Lays Out Bold Strategy at CES

Nvidia offered a bold new strategy at this week’s International CES in Las Vegas. The company, which has been a leader in hardware graphics technology for decades, recently has expanded into the realms of artificial intelligence, deep learning and automotive tech.

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Spacewalking astronauts tackle battery work outside station

Before venturing out, Commander Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson got a hand from a robot that took care of most of the grunt work. Remotely using robotics aboard the 250-mile-high lab, flight controllers in Houston spent the past week replacing decade-old, nickel-hydrogen batteries with better charging lithium-ion ones.