Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Amazon Wants Shoppers to Pay With a Wave of the Hand
January 18th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Amazon.com Inc. is planning to create terminals which would allow customers to make payments in-store with a wave of the hand, Dow Jones reports citing people familiar with the matter. The company plans to pitch the terminals to coffee shops, fast-food restaurants and other merchants and has recently began working with Visa Inc., […]
Georgia Election Server Showed Signs of Tampering, Expert Says
January 17th, 2020Via: AP: A computer security expert says he found that a forensic image of the election server central to a legal battle over the integrity of Georgia elections showed signs that the original server was hacked. The server was left exposed to the open internet for at least six months, a problem the same expert […]
The Display of the Future Might Be in Your Contact Lens
January 16th, 2020Reality By EranFowler Via: Wired: Mojo Vision’s prototypes can enhance your vision or show you your schedule—right from the surface of your eyes. A glance to the left. A flick to the right. As my eyes flitted around the room, I moved through a virtual interface only visible to me—scrolling through a calendar, looking up […]
Windows 10: NSA Reveals Major Flaw in Microsoft’s Code
January 15th, 2020Via: BBC: The US National Security Agency (NSA) has discovered a major flaw in Windows 10 that could have been used by hackers to create malicious software that looked legitimate. Microsoft has issued a patch and said it had seen no evidence of the bug being exploited by hackers. The issue was revealed during an […]
IBM Partnering with Mercedes and Others to Bring Cobalt and Nickel Free Battery Design to Market
January 15th, 2020Definitely don’t hold your breath while waiting for this one, but it’s an interesting read. Via: IBM: Today, IBM Research is building on a long history of materials science innovation to unveil a new battery discovery. This new research could help eliminate the need for heavy metals in battery production and transform the long-term sustainability […]
Windows 7 End of Life: Many Businesses Still Haven’t Finished Move to Windows 10; Zombie Systems Flourish
January 15th, 2020I run IT for a small business here in NZ and I only had three Windows 7 systems to upgrade to Windows 10 before the deadline. Everything else was already on Windows 10 or macOS. Out of those three Win 7 to Win 10 upgrades that I had to do, zero out of three were […]
Computer-Designed Organisms
January 14th, 2020Via: GitHub: Thus, we here present a method that designs completely biological machines from the ground up: computers automatically design new machines in simulation, and the best designs are then built by combining together different biological tissues. This suggests others may use this approach to design a variety of living machines to safely deliver drugs […]
Walmart Expands Its Robotic Workforce to 650 Additional Stores
January 13th, 2020Via: Business Insider: Walmart is moving forward with automation in more stores nationwide. The superstore is adding shelf-stocking robots to 650 stores by the summer, the retailer confirmed to Business Insider. The robots are designed by the San Francisco-based Bossa Nova Robotics Inc. and made to scan items on shelves to assist with price accuracy […]
Surveillance Plane Joins Intensifying Hunt For Mystery Drones Over Colorado And Nebraska
January 11th, 2020Via: The Drive: The War Zone was among the first to report back in late December 2019 that eyewitnesses throughout northeastern Colorado had begun seeing formations of large drones flying at night in complex grid-like patterns over rural areas and farmland. Since then, the sightings have multiplied and the drones have begun appearing in neighboring […]
Chinese Deepfake A.I. App
January 11th, 2020Hilariously, this runs on phones. In other news, I noticed that AMD just announced their 64-core Ryzen Threadripper CPU (the 3990X). Cost: $3,990. In other words, don’t believe your eyes, when it comes to digital sources. (Or ears.) Via: Sheila Allen:
