Source: Pcworld
317 Stories
IBM is using Watson’s vast analytical abilities for… fantasy football?
Despite its potential to revolutionize a number of industries, many of Watson's achievements have been nothing more than a pretty cool, somewhat interesting way to use an artificial intelligence, such as playing...
Silicon Valley is trying to cleanse the Internet of child pornography
The world has been completely changed by the Internet, and not all the changes have been good. A good example would be how much easier for people to access or...
These new chipsets could speed up the spread of gigabit Internet
Gigabit Internet has been slow to spread across the United States for a number of reasons, the biggest of which is how expensive it is for Internet providers to upgrade...
This vulnerability has been hidden inside Intel processors for 18 years
The scariest software vulnerabilities are the ones that have been around for years without us knowing, which is what makes this 18-year-old vulnerability that was recently discovered in the x86 processor...
Reddit continues to purge itself of “extremely offensive” content
Reddit's decision to start purging some of the "extremely offensive" content from the website has been met with mostly negative responses from within the community and overwhelmingly positive responses from outside the...
Intel unveiled two next-generation processors at Gamescom
Intel’s Skylake CPUs are considered by many to be the true replacement to the company's Haswell series of processors so it was exciting to see the company unveil two new 14nm...
Cloudbooks are the Windows 10 equivalent of a Chromebook
Not everyone needs a laptop with a beefy processor and tons of RAM, in fact, most people need nothing more than what's necessary to allow them to browse the web....
Should we allow businesses to launch counter-attacks against hackers?
They say the best defense is a good offense, so why aren't we letting corporations launch counter-attacks against hackers? That's the question that counter-terrorism expert and former government official Juan Zarate recently...
Facebook claims that Flash’s security issues could hurt its revenue
It's not just Google and Mozilla that think Adobe Flash needs to die, Facebook has issues with the antiquated platform as well. Flash has been a serious security concern for...
Worried about privacy on Windows 10? Here’s how to remove Cortana
Cortana is either Windows 10's most useful or most intrusive feature depending on who you ask. For those of you who find it to be the latter, perhaps due to...
Microsoft compares developing Windows 10 to ordering pizza
When looking for an analogy to use to describe what it's like to develop an operating system, ordering pizzas is probably the last thing that comes to mind, but that's...
China has brought down a massive iPhone counterfeiting operation
The only way for Chinese electronics manufacturers to be taken seriously in the West is if they manage to shake the reputation that they have for being copycats and counterfeiters....
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