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Microsoft Researcher Ethan Jackson works on the AI technology that the drives Project Premonition mosquito trap in this handout photo. - Reuters
Tech companies wage war on disease-carrying mosquitoes
CHICAGO - American technology companies are bringing automation and robotics to the age-old task of battling mosquitoes in a bid to halt the spread of Zika and other mosquito-borne maladies worldwide.Firms including Microsoft Corp and California life sciences company Verily are forming partnerships with public health officials in several US states to test new high-tech tools.In Texas, Microsoft is testing a smart trap to isolate and capture Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, known Zika carriers, for study by entomologists to give them a jump on predicting outbreaks.Verily, Alphabet's life sciences division based in Mountain View, California, is speeding the process for creating sterile male mosquitoes to mate with females in the wild, offering a form of birth control for the species.While it...
July 12, 2017

Tech companies wage war on disease-carrying mosquitoes

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gives the
Microsoft to offer local version of Azure cloud service
WASHINGTON — Microsoft Corp on Monday unveiled a new service that allows customers to use its cloud technology on their own servers, part of the company's efforts to refocus its product line to compete more effectively with rivals Amazon.com Inc and Google. "One of the key differentiations we have with Azure versus our two biggest competitors in the cloud platform space is our ability to support true hybrid solutions,” Judson Althoff, Microsoft's executive vice president of worldwide commercial business, told Reuters. Microsoft is hoping to carve a niche among customers who cannot or do not want to have to move all their computing operations to the massive shared data centers that are collectively known as the cloud. Azure Stack could serve companies in highly regulated...
July 11, 2017

Microsoft to offer local version of Azure cloud service

Newspaper front pages are displayed at the Newseum in Washington, Monday. News outlets are seeking permission from Congress for the right to negotiate jointly with Google and Facebook, two companies that dominate online advertising and online news traffic. — AP
US newspaper group assails Google-Facebook online 'duopoly'
WASHINGTON — The US newspaper industry on Monday warned of a "duopoly" in online news by Google and Facebook, and called for legislation that would relax antitrust rules allowing collective negotiations with the Internet giants.The News Media Alliance said that because Google and Facebook dominate online news traffic digital advertising, "publishers are forced to surrender their content and play by their rules on how news and information is displayed, prioritized and monetized." A statement by the association of some 2,000 media groups said news organizations "are limited with disaggregated negotiating power against a de facto duopoly that is vacuuming up all but an ever-decreasing segment of advertising revenue." The group, formerly known as the Newspaper...
July 10, 2017

US newspaper group assails Google-Facebook online 'duopoly'

In this file photo, a customer sets up his new iPhone 7 Plus, right, as he switches from the iPhone 6 at the Apple Store on Michigan Avenue during the release of the Apple iPhone 7 and the latest Apple Watches, in Chicago. Qualcomm is seeking to block iPhone shipments to the US, arguing that the phones infringe on six of its patents. — AP
Qualcomm steps up legal battle with Apple, asks iPhone ban
WASHINGTON — Qualcomm on Thursday escalated its legal battle with Apple, filing a patent infringement lawsuit and requesting a ban on the importation of some iPhones, claiming unlawful and unfair use of the chipmaker's technology.Qualcomm said it filed two separate legal actions including a complaint asking for the iPhone import ban with the US International Trade Commission, a quasi-judicial government agency, which hears cases involving trade disputes.The complaint alleges that iPhones, which are made in China, should not be allowed to be brought into the United States if they infringe on Qualcomm's patents.The chipmaker also filed a complaint against Apple in the US District Court for Southern California seeking damages from the same patent infringement allegations....
July 07, 2017

Qualcomm steps up legal battle with Apple, asks iPhone ban

Snapchat invades privacy in new location feature
JEDDAH – Discovering Snapchat’s new location feature is addicting to some and alarming to others.“I can’t stop checking my phone to see who’s nearby”, tweeted one Saudi national once the feature was launched. Others agree it's exciting to explore strangers' stories.The social app, considered to be Saudis’ favorite social app used on a daily basis, recently introduced the Snap Map, a feature where mutual friends can locate each other on a map. But it also decided to open up a bit, revealing strangers’ stories outside users’ friends lists with their location on the map, something many view as dangerous.The Communication and Information Technology Commission released an awareness campaign to protect one’s privacy on Snap and instructing how to use it carefully.The...
July 07, 2017

Snapchat invades privacy in new location feature

10 years after the launch of the iPhone: How the iPhone transformed everyday life
As iPhone celebrated its 10th year anniversary this week, here’s a look into how the iPhone transformed everyday life.· Calendaro Your traditional calendar hung on the wall is no longer used as long as there’s a calendar in your hand wherever you go and can remind you of important dates and appointments· Alarm clockso The snooze button could be one of the best inventions of modern day whereas in the past, if you miss your alarm you will sleep in!· Flashlighto Our first instinct when the lights go out or during a power cut is to turn on our life-saving flashlight. In the iPhone 7, you can control the brightness· Camerao A high resolution camera in your smartphone saved you from having to carry a camera around. What’s more is the editing features and filters you can instantly...
July 07, 2017

10 years after the launch of the iPhone: How the iPhone transformed everyday life

A member of staff from Alibaba Group introduces the company's newly released cut-price voice assistant speaker Tmall Genie during a press conference in Beijing, China, on Wednesday. — Reuters
Alibaba launches low-cost voice assistant amid AI drive
BEIJING — China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd launched on Wednesday a cut-price voice assistant speaker, similar to Amazon.com Inc's "Echo", its first foray into artificially intelligent home devices.The "Tmall Genie", named after the company's e-commerce platform Tmall, costs 499 yuan ($73.42), significantly less than western counterparts by Amazon and Alphabet Inc's Google , which range from $120 to $180. These devices are activated by voice commands to perform tasks, such as checking calendars, searching for weather reports, changing music or control smart-home devices, using internet connectivity and artificial intelligence.China's top tech firms have ambitions to become world leaders in artificial intelligence as companies, including Alibaba and...
July 05, 2017

Alibaba launches low-cost voice assistant amid AI drive

Worldpay says agreed to be taken over by Vantiv in $10bn deal
LONDON — Worldpay Group Plc, Britain's largest payment processor, said on Wednesday that it had agreed to be bought by US credit card technology firm Vantiv Inc in a deal valuing it at 7.7 billion pounds ($9.95 billion). The agreement came a day after shares in the British firm soared more than 25 percent when said it had received approaches from both Vantiv and JPMorgan, though the US bank said on Wednesday it does not plan to make an offer.The deal, seen by analysts as the start of a trend for consolidation in the payments industry, will see Vantiv give Worldpay shareholders 55 pence in cash per share plus 0.0672 new Vantiv shares plus a cash dividend of 5 pence per Worldpay share. That makes the total value for Worldpay shareholders 385 pence per share, a premium of 18.9 percent...
July 05, 2017

Worldpay says agreed to be taken over by Vantiv in $10bn deal

Facebook logo is seen at a start-up companies gathering at Paris' Station F in Paris, France in this file photo. — Reuters
Facebook fights US gag order that it says chills free speech
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON — Facebook Inc is challenging a gag order from a US court that is preventing the company from talking about three government search warrants that it said pose a threat to freedom of speech, according to court documents.Facebook said it wants to notify three users about the search warrants seeking their communications and information and also give those users an opportunity to object to the warrants, according to a filing in a Washington, D.C., appeals court seen by Reuters."We believe there are important First Amendment concerns with this case, including the government's refusal to let us notify three people of broad requests for their account information in connection with public events," Facebook said in a statement on Monday.The First Amendment...
July 05, 2017

Facebook fights US gag order that it says chills free speech

A display for the Windows 10 operating system is seen in a store window of the Microsoft store at Roosevelt Field in Garden City, New York, US. — Reuters
Microsoft plans layoffs in sales force shake-up: Reports
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is planning layoffs as it refocuses its sales force on making the software colossus a pivotal part of businesses relying on cloud computing, according to media reports.While many reports forecast the changes would result in thousands of job cuts, Microsoft on Monday only confirmed to AFP that changes were on the way. "Microsoft is implementing changes to better serve our customers and partners," a Microsoft spokesperson told AFP.Tech news website GeekWire published what it indicated were excerpts from the Microsoft memo, which referred to an enormous business opportunity helping its customers with "digital transformations."Chief Executive Satya Nadella has sought to reduce the tech giant's focus on software, shifting to cloud computing...
July 05, 2017

Microsoft plans layoffs in sales force shake-up: Reports

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