In 2013, Anthony Levandowski was the star of Google’s self-driving car project. The tall, swaggering engineer was featured in a long New Yorker story about the search engine willing the impossible technology into reality.
Day: February 24, 2017
Chervon acquires SKIL Power Tool Brands from Bosch
Chervon, one of the world’s top 10 manufacturers of power tools, outdoor power equipment and related products, has completed the purchase of the SKIL and SKILSAW brands from Robert Bosch Tool. The acquisition gives Chervon complete control over the SKIL and SKILSAW businesses in the North American market.
Logistics costs hinder omnichannel services
Retailers have been struggling to implement omnichannel strategies, with only 10% of retail CEOs saying they are able to make a profit while fulfilling omnichannel demand, according to a recent PwC and JDA Software survey. Despite delivering important benefits, like higher sales, omnichannel services are proving challenging for retailers because of costs related to logistics and returns.
NASA Wind Tunnel Tests Lockheed Martin’s X-Plane Design for a Quieter Supersonic Jet
During the next eight weeks, engineers will expose the model to wind speeds ranging from Mach 0.3 to Mach 1.6 to understand the aerodynamics of the X-plane design as well as aspects of the propulsion system. NASA expects the QueSST X-plane to pave the way for supersonic flight over land in the not too distant future.
Embark Self-Driving Truck Eyes Driverless Freeway Journeys
Waving to semi-truck drivers as you roll past them on the highway may be a thing of the past. In the future, the driver’s seat of that semi may be empty, at least if a company called Embark has its way.
Hackers Can Steal Data by Observing Blinking LED Lights
For maximum security, corporations will air-gap their most sensitive data. Air-gap is when the PC isn’t connected to the internet or other PCs connected to a network that can assess the internet.
Uber, 1Password, Fitbit and OKCupid user data exposed by massive security flaw
The good news is that hackers do not appear to have taken advantage of a severe Cloudflare security bug that would have given them access to sensitive customer data including passwords and authentication tokens. The bad news is that the bug was only recently discovered, which means it went undetected for nearly five months.
Complete Galaxy S8 specs list exposed in new leak
Earlier this week, a trustworthy source leaked the full Galaxy S8+ specs sheet . Evan Blass posted an image on Twitter that appears to contain the kind of specs you’d see on the box of the Galaxy S8+.
Magistrate judge denies boilerplate warrant request for forced fingerprint unlocking of iPhones
Federal agents who want to search a premises for electronic devices haven’t justified a request to force people there to provide fingerprints or thumbprints to unlock iPhones and iPads, a federal magistrate judge in Chicago has ruled. U.S. Magistrate Judge M. David Weisman ruled on Feb. 16 when considering the government’s search warrant application in a child pornography case.
Qualcomm eXtension Program Members Bring Amazon Alexa wake word support for Bluetooth Audio Devices
Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated , today announced that Sensory Inc. and Rubidium Ltd., members of the Qualcomm eXtension program, are now offering support for the Alexa wake word on certain Qualcomm Bluetooth Audio system-on-chips , namely CSR8670 and CSR8675. Manufacturers will be able to license software from Sensory and Rubidium, which has been developed using the software development kit made available through the Qualcomm eXtension program, to integrate Alexa wake word capabilities into Bluetooth products such as headphones, speakers, hearables and fitness accessories powered by the Qualcomm CSR8670 and CSR8675 Bluetooth Audio SoCs.
Taste Awards Winners Announced in Beverly Hills for Food and Fashion…
The 8th Annual TASTE AWARDS, the premier awards honoring the year’s best in Food, Fashion, and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, Online, in Apps, and on Radio, presented this year’s winners in Lifestyle Media. SEIJI HORIBUCHI AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION EFFECTS IN A SERIES OR VIDEO Victoria TV spot , Food Network Canada, Grand Opening , Going off the Menu , Huang’s World , State of Undress , Window Warriors , ), Martha & Snoop , Off the Grid, Aspen Food & Wine, Cake by the Ocean , Victoria’s Secret Televised Fashion Show, Sausage Party , Virtual Reality: Samsung Gear, Merge VR, Google Daydream View, Insta360 Nano, Team Ninja Warrior , and Hilliard Studio Method Beautiful Bride Workout .
America and Russia must cooperate in space
It’s hard to tell, given all of the anti-Russia rhetoric, that America and Russia cooperate all the time in space, and have for decades. In fact, the two countries benefit from a wide range of shared missions and objectives, from security cooperation to transportation to and from the International Space Station, experimental science projects and earth study, to monitoring treaties and hot spots around the globe.
Email Design Podcast #51: How Under Armour Personalizes Email with Meg Tiffany
In the 51st episode of The Email Design Podcast, hosts Kevin Mandeville and Jason Rodriguez sit down with interactive designer Meg Tiffany to talk about retail in email and the challenges along with it – including corporate brand requirements, segmentation, and list fatigue – and how Under Armour manages its email marketing process. Be sure to follow along and join in the discussion on Twitter using #EmailDesignPodcast .
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Crypto Algorithm Not So Secure
A cryptographic standard for online security long known to be vulnerable should be phased out quickly, according to Dutch researchers who worked with Google to successfully break the algorithm. Developed by the U.S. government in the 1990s, the SHA-1 hash function was designed to help secure and authenticate electronic files and digital signatures.
Ransomware Attacks Growing Rapidly
Global ransomware attacks doubled during the second half of 2016. This is according to Israeli-based security solutions vendor Check Point Software Technologies in its H2 2016 Global Threat Intelligence Trends report.
BedVoyage – Celebrating Our 9th Anniversary and Growth
In Oct 2008 BedVoyage CEO, Sharon Stuart, was struck with the idea to create luxury linens to take along on your travels. She often stayed in all variety of hotels, but was not always thrilled with the quality of the linens at economy resorts.
Protective Packaging Revenues to Exceed US $40 Billion Through 2016 to 2026
Future Market Insights’ research on the global protective packaging market predicts promising growth for flexible protective packaging In 2015, the global sales of protective packaging products exceeded 14 million tons in volume, with flexible products accounting for two-third of these revenues. The demand for flexible protective packaging products is expected to dominate the global market throughout the forecast period.
Cloudflare bug exposed passwords, other sensitive data from websites
For months, a bug in Cloudflare’s content optimization systems exposed sensitive information sent by users to websites that use the company’s content delivery network. The data included passwords, session cookies, authentication tokens and even private messages.
J.C. Penney to close 130 to 140 stores
J.C. Penney said Friday that it will be closing anywhere from 130 to 140 stores as well as two distribution centers over the next several months as it aims to improve profitability in the era of online shopping. The closures represent about 13% to 14% of the department store operator’s current store count, and less than 5% of total annual sales.
Lifestyle | Worcester Art Museum to Host Four Major Exhibitions Starting in May
The Worcester Art Museum is getting set to present four major exhibitions ranging from 19th century painting to photography at the turn of the 20th century, to contemporary artists tackling both personal and wider social themes. “Worcester has always been an unexpectedly international city, a place historically – and currently – welcoming different peoples and cultures, and the Museum’s reflects this diversity in its collections and programs.
cliquery 1.8.10
An interactive prompt allows users to easily make successive queries and enter program flags dynamically; simply typing help will list all possible flags to enter. Opening a link will invoke a browser supplied by the user or detected automatically across Windows, OSX, and Linux platforms.
cliquery 1.8.10
An interactive prompt allows users to easily make successive queries and enter program flags dynamically; simply typing help will list all possible flags to enter. Opening a link will invoke a browser supplied by the user or detected automatically across Windows, OSX, and Linux platforms.
Hacked
Line Enterprises is a small, family-owned trucking company located in Raleigh, N.C. The company uses load brokers and vice-president Diane Burkle thought nothing of sending out standard contracts and invoices via e-mail. That is, until the payments stopped coming.
Hacked
Line Enterprises is a small, family-owned trucking company located in Raleigh, N.C. The company uses load brokers and vice-president Diane Burkle thought nothing of sending out standard contracts and invoices via e-mail. That is, until the payments stopped coming.
Alexa could come to a whole host of Bluetooth devices, thanks to Qualcomm
Qualcomm has confirmed that it’s taking steps to enable the Alexa wake word on Bluetooth devices, thanks to software support in some of the latest Qualcomm Bluetooth Audio chips. For those wanting the technical details, it’s the CSR8670 and CSR8675 chipsets that are Alexa enabled, with software from Sensory Inc and Rubidium Ltd, meaning that developers will be able to integrate Amazon’s Alexa skills into Bluetooth devices, licensing the software through the Qualcomm eXtension program.
Go Mini’s Named a 2017 Top 50 Franchise by Franchise Business Review
This is our third time being named a top franchise by Franchise Business Review. It is a testament to the integrity and high quality of Go Mini’s business model and the work of our corporate team supporting franchise owners every step of the way.
MacDonald, Dettwiler to buy satellite imaging company DigitalGlobe in $4.7-billion deal
One of Canada’s leading technology companies, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., will buy Colorado-based DigitalGlobe, Inc. in a friendly deal valued at about $4.7 billion , including debt. Vancouver-based MDA – which has supplied technology for the International Space Station, the U.S. Space Shuttle program and satellite-based Earth imaging – is offering DigitalGlobe shareholders cash and stock worth US$35 per share.
MacDonald, Dettwiler to buy satellite imaging company DigitalGlobe in $4.7-billion deal
One of Canada’s leading technology companies, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., will buy Colorado-based DigitalGlobe, Inc. in a friendly deal valued at about $4.7 billion , including debt. Vancouver-based MDA – which has supplied technology for the International Space Station, the U.S. Space Shuttle program and satellite-based Earth imaging – is offering DigitalGlobe shareholders cash and stock worth US$35 per share.
What is the Go language, and Why is it Useful?
When Google announced the ‘Go’ language in 2009 we were all underexcited. After all, a compiled, statically typed language in the tradition of Algol and C isn’t that radical, especially one that eschewed generic programming, implicit type conversions, assertions, inheritance and pointer arithmetic.
Ransomware ‘customer support’ chat reveals criminals’ ruthlessness
Ransomware criminals chatting up victims, offering to delay deadlines, showing how to obtain Bitcoin, dispensing the kind of customer support that consumers lust for from their cable and mobile plan providers, PC and software makers? Finnish security vendor F-Secure yesterday released 34 pages of transcripts from the group chat used by the crafters of the Spora ransomware family . The back-and-forth not only put a spotlight on the gang’s customer support chops, but, said a company security advisor, illustrated the intertwining of Bitcoin and extortion malware.
AMD isn’t planning to steal a little market share; it’s plotting a true enthusiast comeback
I’ve been following the rumour mill of AMD’s upoming Ryzen CPU product range quite closely over the last few weeks, and I’m honestly amazed by what I’m seeing. For starters, there’s the sheer number of products.
AMD isn’t planning to steal a little market share; it’s plotting a true enthusiast comeback
I’ve been following the rumour mill of AMD’s upoming Ryzen CPU product range quite closely over the last few weeks, and I’m honestly amazed by what I’m seeing. For starters, there’s the sheer number of products.
Study shows how old blood stem cells can be rejuvenated
When we are young, our blood stem cells produce an even and well-balanced number of red and white blood cells according to need. As we age, however, the capacity of the blood stem cells to produce the number of blood cells we need declines.
Study shows how old blood stem cells can be rejuvenated
When we are young, our blood stem cells produce an even and well-balanced number of red and white blood cells according to need. As we age, however, the capacity of the blood stem cells to produce the number of blood cells we need declines.
Aurora fourth-grader is “Doodle 4 Google” finalist, so…
Aurora fourth-grader Madison J. Lee has some big news that she’s looking forward to sharing with her pet fish. The Black Forest Hills Elementary School student has been named one of 53 U.S. state and territories finalists for the annual “Doodle 4 Google” competition, meaning her work could be featured on the global search engine’s website and seen by hundreds of millions of people.
Aurora fourth-grader is “Doodle 4 Google” finalist, so…
Aurora fourth-grader Madison J. Lee has some big news that she’s looking forward to sharing with her pet fish. The Black Forest Hills Elementary School student has been named one of 53 U.S. state and territories finalists for the annual “Doodle 4 Google” competition, meaning her work could be featured on the global search engine’s website and seen by hundreds of millions of people.
Container-friendly Alpine Linux may get Java port
Alpine Linux, a security-focused lightweight distribution of the platform, may get its own Java port. Alpine is popular with the Docker container developers , so a Java port could pave the way to making Java containers very small.
Container-friendly Alpine Linux may get Java port
Alpine Linux, a security-focused lightweight distribution of the platform, may get its own Java port. Alpine is popular with the Docker container developers , so a Java port could pave the way to making Java containers very small.
AI beats professional players at Super Smash Bros. video game
A team lead by Vlad Firoiu at Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained an AI to play the game using deep learning algorithms and then pitched it against ten highly-ranked players. The AI came out on top against every one of them.