Microsoft apologizes for Tay's hurtful tweets, says coordinated attack exploited vulnerability in Tay
Learning from Tay's introduction — As many of you know by now, on Wednesday we launched a chatbot called Tay. We are deeply sorry for the unintended offensive and hurtful tweets from Tay …
KGI: Apple planning new iPhone model for 2017 with curved glass case, 5.8-inch AMOLED display, and wireless charging
New iPhone model with curved glass case, 5.8" AMOLED display due in 2017, insider says — Apple has plans to introduce a new high-end iPhone model in 2017 that sports …
FAA: 2.5M drones to be sold in US in 2016, 7M in 2020; 400K+ people registered to fly drones
Millions More Drones Will Be Flying Above Your Head by 2020 — It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a hobbyist drone! — Looks like drones are the new hoverboards.
How the internet manipulated Microsoft's AI chatbot into learning and repeating hate speech
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In Angola, Wikipedia Zero and Facebook Free Basics are being used to create a clandestine file sharing network
Angola's Wikipedia Pirates Are Exposing the Problems With Digital Colonialism — Wikimedia and Facebook have given Angolans free access to their websites, but not to the rest of the internet.
Google's Nik Collection photo editing plugins for Photoshop and Aperture are now free
Google's advanced desktop photo editing software are now free downloads — Google is known for its useful software services, the majority of which are free. When the company acquired Nik's advanced ...
Microsoft Surface Hub conferencing system starts shipping
Microsoft's Surface Hub conferencing system, available in two large-screen models, finally are starting to ship to customers worldwide. — After a few delays, Microsoft's Surface Hub conferencing sys...
iPhone SE review: a blazing fast phone for small-handed or cash-strapped buyers
This Is What Using The New Small iPhone Is Actually Like — Wait, iPhone 5s? Is dat you? — Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed — Apple's newest device is, at its essence, an iPhone 5s updated with the 6s's m...
How Liam, Apple's 29-armed robot, disassembles ruined and returned iPhones for salvageable components and recycling
Inside Liam, Apple's super-secret, 29-armed robot that tears down your iPhone — CUPERTINO, Calif — I'm standing in a warehouse parking lot at an undisclosed location …
Microsoft starts rolling out Office 365 Connectors, which pull content from other apps and services into Office 365 Groups shared inboxes
Microsoft starts rolling out Office 365 Connectors as part of Groups — Microsoft is starting to roll out Office 365 Connectors …
Netflix says it has throttled its videos on AT&T's and Verizon's wireless networks for more than five years to protect users from exceeding data caps
This may come as a shock … Rob Attrell / MobileSyrup.com : Netflix has been throttling video streams, but plans to start giving users quality control Horia Ungureanu / Tech Times : Netflix Touts More ...
VC deals and investments in VR and AR have tripled since Facebook acquired Oculus for $2B two years ago
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Snapchat tells advertisers that its daily active users spend an average of 25-30 minutes in the app each day, with 60% creating new content
Snapchat users now spend 25 to 30 minutes every day on the app, and it's trying to attract the TV money because of it
Google and Yahoo say they're still working on usable end-to-end encrypted email but decline to predict release dates
The Dream Of Usable Email Encryption Is Still A Work In Progress — Tech-savvy people have had a way to send secure email since the mid 1990s, when legendary cryptographer …
People may be more honest with health apps than with doctors; data from these apps is creating new avenues for research
We're More Honest With Our Phones Than With Our Doctors — In the late 1960s, an undergraduate psychology student at Wellesley College named Martha McClintock noticed …
Peter Thiel's Founders Fund raises $1.3B for its sixth fund, bringing capital under management to $3B+
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France fines Google $112K, says the compromise company offered for right to be forgotten is not enough, links have to be removed globally
Google Fined by CNIL http://www.nytimes.com/...
With Privacy, you can create virtual debit cards to protect your online payments
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Apple seeks delay in New York iPhone case until DOJ's next move in San Bernardino
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Redesigned DoorDash app helps you choose restaurants based on delivery quality and speed
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US Commerce Department grants ZTE a three-month reprieve on export restrictions it had imposed earlier for allegedly breaking US sanctions against Iran
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Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.