New kind of artificial intelligence program takes computer hacking to another level
The nightmare scenario for computer security — artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses — may already have arrived. That warning from security researchers is driven home by a team from IBM Corp. who have used the artificial intelligence ...
A quantum computing startup tries to live up to the hype
Few corners of the tech industry are as tantalizing or complex as quantum computing. For years its evangelists have promised machines capable of breaking the most impenetrable coded messages, unlocking the secret properties of the physical world and putting supercomputers to shame. But Rigetti Computing, ...
Congress passes bill forcing tech firms to disclose foreign access to software sold to U.S. military
The U.S. Congress is sending President Donald Trump legislation that would force technology companies to disclose if they allowed countries like China and Russia to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military. The legislation, part of the Pentagon's spending bill, was ...
Google is preparing a version of its search engine for China that blocks results Beijing considers sensitive, according to people familiar with the situation. The initiative is code-named Dragonfly and is one of several options the company is pursuing for returning to China, the people ...
Sixty percent of parents and children in Japan use their smartphones or cellphones when they are together for family time, the highest percentage in a comparison with the U.S., South Korea and China.
The Pentagon is working on a software "do not buy" list to block vendors who use code originating from Russia and China, a top Defense Department acquisitions official said on Friday. Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, told reporters the Pentagon ...
In fining Google, EU is fighting the past
The greatest hope of European regulators cracking down on Google's business practices is that the rest of the world becomes a little more like China and its flourishing technology industry. It is hard to imagine the European bureaucrats' dreams will come true. In China, government ...
Google shrugs off EU fine; damage to hinge on rivals' next moves
The European Union's record $5 billion fine against Google, levied Wednesday morning, marks the biggest regulatory attack yet on technology giants. But investors and analysts largely shrugged off the ruling's potential to immediately dent Google's business. The real damage will hinge on how aggressively the ...
Japan strengthens cybersecurity cooperation with EU ahead of Olympics
Japan and the European Union are strengthening their cooperation on cybersecurity ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, where the city is expected to face a significant cyberthreat. Organizers of past games faced an estimated 500 million cyberattacks during the 2016 Rio Games ...
Microsoft urges government to take lead in managing facial recognition technology
Microsoft, which has come under fire for a U.S. government contract that was said to involve facial recognition software, said it will more carefully consider contracts in this area and urged lawmakers to regulate the use of such artificial intelligence to prevent abuse. The company, ...
Adobe to launch Photoshop for iPad in strategy shift
Adobe Systems Inc., the maker of popular digital design programs for creatives, is planning to launch the full version of its Photoshop app for Apple Inc.'s iPad as part of a new strategy to make its products compatible across multiple devices and boost subscription ...
At 180,000 entries, Jim Breen's freeware Japanese dictionary is still growing
Even if they haven't visited Jim Breen's site directly, every Japanese learner will have come across his dictionary material in some form.
