Islamic State sympathizers using social media to spread propaganda and recruit fighters are drawing an increasing amount of return fire from activists who have been knocking some sites offline and infiltrating others. The loose hacking collective Anonymous is the latest to draw attention to such ...
Google seeks to influence AI research by giving software away
Google wants to set the standard on artificial intelligence. The Web company, seeking to influence how people design, test and run artificial-intelligence systems, is making its internal AI development software available for free. The program, called TensorFlow, is now open-source software. It is based on the ...
NSA says it 'usually' discloses software vulnerabilities
The U.S. National Security Agency, seeking to rebut accusations that it hoards information about software vulnerabilities and leaves U.S. companies open to cyberattacks, said last week that it tells U.S. technology firms about the most serious flaws it finds more than 90 percent of ...
Coordinated European raids target Iran's 'Rocket Kitten' cyberspy group
European authorities have taken action to take down a cyberespionage campaign believed to be linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, the first operation of its kind since Tehran signed a nuclear treaty, according to security researchers. The hacker group — dubbed "Rocket Kitten" by security ...
Robotics rivalry in gear as Japan aims to lead fourth industrial revolution
Japan is set to accelerate its development of robots to secure a lead over rival nations, including the United States and Germany, as a new industrial revolution beckons. The world is "on the threshold of the fourth industrial revolution, a paradigm shift caused by robotics ...
As cars increasingly resemble digital devices, a group of technology firms that can send wireless software updates to cars are in hot demand by carmakers scrambling to catch up to Tesla Motors in the arena of over-the-air updates, or OTAs. Interest in the technology, through ...
India should create its own Silicon Valley
Indian tech companies have focused on low value-added IT services rather than developing high value-added products. It's time for a change.
In a first, brain-computer link enables paralyzed man to walk
A brain-to-computer technology that can translate thoughts into leg movements has enabled a man paralyzed from the waist down by a spinal cord injury to become the first such patient to walk without the use of robotics, doctors in Southern California reported on Wednesday. The ...
U.S.-China hacking deal likely to skip industrial espionage for now
Disputes over what is acceptable behavior in cyberspace threaten to overshadow the agenda when Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama meet in Washington late this week. The simmering conflict over hacking comes at a time when the U.S. is seeking cooperation with ...
The United States and China have been engaged in urgent negotiations in recent weeks on a cybersecurity deal and may announce an agreement when President Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington on a state visit on Thursday, the New York Times said on ...
The search begins: tips for tapping the Net in Japanese
If you want to have any hope of success in searching for data on the Web in Japanese, you're going to need to work at obtaining competence in keyboard input of the language.
Fujitsu Ltd. said Thursday it will voluntarily recall and provide replacements for about 70,000 battery packs used in some of its Lifebook laptop computer models as they could catch fire. The company has so far confirmed three cases of fire linked to the battery, manufactured ...
