Category: Emerging Technology

Google search may soon be unblocked in Mainland China

Seven years after Google pulled its search engine out of mainland China over a disagreement on censorship directives, the information giant is negotiating with Beijing to make its comeback to the world’s biggest internet market. Google is currently not available in the country, which boasts 721 million web users, and locals can only access to the service by using VPNs.

China calls for AI funding, policies to surpass US

Artificial intelligence has made its way on to the agenda of the government’s annual political show in Beijing, urged on by the country’s business and technology elites China’s government is preparing for a war of sorts with the United States to claim the vantage point to define the technological trend for the next generation. At the annual meeting of China’s parliament this week, the usual Communist Party agenda of economic growth, social welfare, jobs, health care and pension made way for an unusual addition: a clarion call by some of China’s most influential business and technology leaders for the government to set policies to define what they consider the Next Big Thing.

3 Beaten-up Driverless Cars Stocks: Are They Bargains?

Baidu, Ford, and Delphi Automotive are poised to benefit from the massive driverless car market — and all look relatively cheap right now. By now you probably know that the driverless car is poised for huge growth in the coming years, hitting an estimated market size of $77 billion by 2035.

Google Expands Cloud Data Center Plans, Asserts Hardware, Connectivity Leadership

Google has added three locations to the list of cloud data center construction projects it is doing to expand geographic reach of the physical infrastructure that supports its enterprise cloud services, investing billions to catch up with its biggest rivals in the space – Amazon, and Microsoft. Urs HA lzle, the company’s senior VP for technical infrastructure, announced the plans from stage Thursday at the Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco.

Apple’s Swift soars into Tiobe’s top 10 programming languages

The Swift language was introduced to much fanfare by Apple in June 2014, positioned as a modern successor to the Objective-C language that has driven iOS and MacOS application development. Now, Swift has cracked the top 10 in Tiobe’s language popularity index, demonstrating momentum for the fledgling language as it approaches its third birthday.

The skinny on the benefits of brown fat

As a young man, Olivier Boss’s idea of a good time was to spend a summer day cycling a few hundred miles through the mountains of Switzerland or France. La Marmotte, he says, was an especially fun day: a 108-mile road race with nearly 17,000 feet of climbing.

Cloud-compatible Wi-Fi module draws 40 A in standby

The SPWF04 Wi-Fi module features a hardware cryptographic accelerator and an SPI port for faster host communications, according to STMicroelectronics. STMicroelectronics has introduced a cloud-compatible Wi-Fi module, the SPWF04, which integrates an ARM Cortex-M4 STM32 microcontroller with a set of multi-functional GPIOs and with 2MB on-chip Flash and 256Kbyte RAM for generous code and data storage.

At 35+% CAGR, Connected Car Market Potentially Worth 37.7 Million…

The connected car market is forecast to reach 37.7 million units by 2022 from 5.1 million units in 2015 at a CAGR of 35.54% during driven by rising demand for embedded infotainment system,… is the largest market for premium car, both in terms of production and sale. This factor is expected to drive the growth of the connected car market in .

Apivio Announces New Recurring Revenue Model Through CLive Contract with Sora Telecom

Apivio Systems Inc. , a leading provider of VoIP solutions, is pleased to announce Sora Telecom as its first customer to adopt the Company’s cloud-based Internet protocol device management service . Developed under the guidance of NEC Corporation of America , Sora Telecom will soft-launch its hosted VoIP phone service in the coming weeks with the NEC UT880S Android desk phone developed by Apivio, along with Apivio’s Liberty L2 Wi-Fi phone, and Dexter D1 desk phone.

Descartes Labs imagery search engine

We have looked at a number of image recognition based search engines before, such as Google faces tracker , which we saw in 2013, which was designed for finding faces in Google Earth imagery, or Terrapattern a more recent and more general search engine. We have also had a look at DigitalGlobe’s use of artificial intelligence to analyse imagery.

Fintech company Currencycloud raises A 20 million from Google’s VC arm

Currencycloud, a fintech company that helps businesses make cross border payments, has raised A 20 million from Google’s venture capital arm, GV. GV led the “Series D” round of funding – the fourth injection of money from institutional investors – but Currencycloud also attracted money from existing investors, including Sapphire Ventures, Notion Capital, Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten’s fintech fund, and Anthemis.

Boost your signal and save more than $50 with our favorite Wi-Fi router deals

A good router can greatly enhance the Wi-Fi in your home or office, and can even save you money on rental fees if you are paying on a monthly basis for the equipment supplied by your internet service provider. Most people don’t worry too much about the technology in their routers, even when experiencing the frustration of slow speeds and spotty connections, but selecting the proper one for your needs is key togetting the most out of your online experience – especially for data-heavy tasks like streaming or online gaming.

Acer’s Chromebook 11 N7: Tough and economical

Do you need a rugged laptop that can stand up to being dropped, shaken and doused with water — but you can’t afford the price tag? Acer’s answer is its touchscreen Chromebook 11 N7 , a hardened system that meets many of the Army’s rigorous MI-STD 810G requirements. And at $280 — one-tenth what even a typical Windows 10 rugged tablet costs — it’s a tough bargain to beat.

Epicrop rakes in $3.2 mln

Lincoln, Nebraska-based Epicrop Technologies Inc , an agricultural biotech company, has raised $3.2 million in Series A funding. The investors were TechAccel, North Forty Ventures, Nelnet, Speedway Properties and Allen & Company .

FOIA Uncovers Part of U.K. Shadow Regulation on Search Engines and Copyright

Last month we wrote about the adoption of a new secret agreement between copyright holders and the major search engines, brokered by the U.K. Intellectual Property Office, aimed at making websites associated with copyright infringement less visible in search results. Since the agreement wasn’t publicly available, we simultaneously issued a request under the U.K.’s Freedom of Information Act , asking for a copy of the text.

Investel Unveils Technology and Patent Application Filed October 31,…

“We welcome last week’s CRTC decision 2017-56 which now provides guidance on the use of wireless network extension technology and methods through private networks versus the use of public networks i 1 2 in conjunction with the incidental use of the wholesale roaming services,” commented Lawry Trevor-Deutsch Managing Partner at Investel. “The decision is a major milestone in the development of the Canadian wireless market and iPCS was developed several years ago on this very premise.”

More than a million Gmail and Yahoo account credentials on sale

Usernames, email addresses and plaintext passwords of more than a million Yahoo and Gmail accounts are reportedly on sale on the dark web, posing a threat to corporate security Login credentials and other personal information linked to more than a million Gmail and Yahoo accounts is reportedly being offered for sale in a dark web marketplace. By submitting my Email address I confirm that I have read and accepted the Terms of Use and Declaration of Consent.

It’s a Man’s World

An Indian who was among the international tech world’s most high profile executives was sacked from Uber for not disclosing a sexual harassment claim made at his previous job. Amit Singhal had just joined Uber after 15 prolific years in Google and has said in a statement, that he had left of his own free will.

Telstra invests in SD-WAN vendor

Telstra has established what it has described as a strategic partnership with US SD-WAN company VeloCloud Networks, with the telco’s VC arm, Telstra Ventures, participating in its latest funding round. “We expect SDN will continue to transform enterprise networking around the world and VeloCloud SD-WAN can help companies achieve more agile and responsive networks as well as reduce costs,” Telstra Ventures managing director, Mark Sherman, said in a statement.

Wifi Adapters Help!!!6

Hello guys, So I want to get a wifi adapter for my computer as I’m getting sick of running a ugly Ethernet cord across my house to my rig. So I want to do one of the following.

Beyond fingerprints: Your phone knows

The things that make human beings unique – fingerprints, irises, facial features – have become the preferred way to sign onto banking accounts online or other sensitive websites, the newest solution to the problem of hackable and forgettable passwords. But your fingerprints can be stolen, your photo replicated.

Skype cofounder Niklas Zennstrom is using a $1 billion VC fund to back sustainability startups

The next generation of multibillion dollar tech giants will have an environmental element at their core, according to Skype cofounder turned investor Niklas ZennstrA m. ZennstrA m, one of the wealthiest tech figures in Britain and someone who has appeared on The Sunday Times Rich List, said he expects to see an increase in demand for tech companies addressing sustainability issues in the coming years.

Skype cofounder Niklas Zennstrom is using a $1 billion VC fund to back sustainability startups

The next generation of multibillion dollar tech giants will have an environmental element at their core, according to Skype cofounder turned investor Niklas ZennstrA m. ZennstrA m, one of the wealthiest tech figures in Britain and someone who has appeared on The Sunday Times Rich List, said he expects to see an increase in demand for tech companies addressing sustainability issues in the coming years.

Proximity Now The Most Important Ranking Factor for Local Searches.

Whitespark, a team of SEO experts focused on local search, has noticed something big: proximity to the searcher is now the #1 ranking factor for local search pack results. What defines a local search? Think of local searches as searches on a search engine for something you’d traditionally look up in the yellow pages, usually for a place you’d like to physically go .

wifiphisher added to PyPI

It is primarily a social engineering attack that unlike other methods it does not include any brute forcing. It is an easy way for obtaining credentials from captive portals and third party login pages or WPA/WPA2 pre-shared keys.

Law Firm Marketing & Advertisement: Win Clients With Powerful Words

The legal profession constantly struggles to set in place a firm but fair set of policy rules to govern the legal advertisement/marketing industry and yet be able to strike the proper balance between consumer protection, thus allowing consumers to find legal services and ultimately get justice in a court of law. Meanwhile solo attorneys and small-to-medium size law firms that operate on a “tight budget” must learn to utilize unique, clever ways to keep the business afloat.