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How Pixel owners can get started with Google Lens in Assistant

By Collen Kriel Nov 21, 2017

Google Lens, which uses machine learning to provide additional information about the objects around you, was launched at the company’s I/O Conference in May. The feature was previously only available in Google Photos, which…

Emerging Tech

We’ll never legalize bitcoin, says Russian minister

By Duncan Riley Nov 21, 2017

In yet another backflip worthy of the Moscow Circus, a Russian minister has said that the country will never legalize bitcoin, just seven months after another government minister said it was considering making it legal. Minister of…

Apps

Google tracks your location even if you opted out – until next week, anyway

By James Farrell Nov 21, 2017

Your Android phone could be tracking your location even when you when you haven’t turned on location services or even have a SIM card installed, a report by Quartz revealed Tuesday. An investigation found that…

Infra

Microsoft: Alleged security vulnerability in Windows is a feature, not a bug

By Duncan Riley Nov 21, 2017

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday hit back at claims of an alleged security vulnerability in Windows 8 and 10 that could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system, saying the security coding is…

Infra

Uber fires security chief over cover-up of hack involving 57M customer records

By Duncan Riley Nov 21, 2017

In another self-inflicted blow, ride-hailing startup Uber Technologies Inc. has fired its chief security officer after it was discovered that he hid details of a hack in 2016. Worse still, the executive paid the hackers…

Cloud

Box combines its content management services with Microsoft Azure’s cloud storage

By Mike Wheatley Nov 21, 2017

Content management service provider Box Inc. is strengthening its partnership with Microsoft Corp with a new offering called Box Using Azure, which combines its services with Microsoft’s cloud storage. Box and Microsoft have been…

Emerging Tech

Report: Apple has acquired mixed-reality headset developer Vrvana for $30M

By Duncan Riley Nov 21, 2017

In a sign of what Apple Inc. might have in mind for virtual reality, the iPhone maker has acquired Canadian VR company Vrvana Inc. for $30 million, according to a report from TechCrunch. Apple…

Infra

HPE announces CEO Meg Whitman will step down, Antonio Neri will take over

By Paul Gillin Nov 21, 2017

Following yet another disappointing quarter, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today announced that Chief Executive Meg Whitman will step down Feb. 1. The departure overshadowed mixed results for HPE’s fiscal fourth quarter and a weaker-than-expected outlook…

Infra

Surviving the digital disruption by promoting more internal ideas

By Kylie Anderson Nov 21, 2017

With data expanding rapidly outside the traditional four-wall data centers that have long sufficed for processing, traditional paradigms simply can’t hold up in the digital transformation. Enterprises now face the challenge of balancing new…

Apps

Facebook Messenger now lets you send images in 4K resolution

By Eric David Nov 21, 2017

Facebook Inc. announced today that pictures are about to get a lot better on Messenger, as the popular chat app will now support images at 4K resolution, the maximum resolution supported by most new…

the latest

How Pixel owners can get started with Google Lens in Assistant

We’ll never legalize bitcoin, says Russian minister

Google tracks your location even if you opted out – until next week, anyway

Microsoft: Alleged security vulnerability in Windows is a feature, not a bug

Uber fires security chief over cover-up of hack involving 57M customer records

Report: Apple has acquired mixed-reality headset developer Vrvana for $30M

HPE announces CEO Meg Whitman will step down, Antonio Neri will take over

Surviving the digital disruption by promoting more internal ideas

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