Day: October 11, 2018

Microsoft moves key technologies, including Cortana, from research to product groups

Microsoft is continuing along its path of repositioning Cortana by moving its digital assistant out of its AI + Research unit and into its Experience & Devices product team. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Facebook disables accounts for Russian company claiming to sell scraped user data – CNET

Social Data Hub called itself the Cambridge Analytica of Russia, Facebook says. …read more Source:: CNet


Microsoft Windows 10 October update giving HP users BSOD

Auto-updates come with a sting Microsoft on Tuesday posted KB4464330 (Windows 10 1809 Build 17763.55) in an effort to halt the damage done by last week’s Windows 10 version 1809 update, but it hasn’t quite worked.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Bloke gets six months for fixing up Russia’s US election trolls with bank accounts, fake identities

Pinedo avoids serious time after spilling beans to Mueller on account sales A California man who provided bank accounts to Russian online trolls seeking to monkey with America’s 2016 elections will spend the next six months or so behind bars.… …read more Source:: Register


Could this be Microsoft’s next HoloLens headset?

A new NASA video shows a device that could potentially be an early version of the next version of Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality headset. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Survey: Migration to the cloud brings unplanned costs and headaches for many

The promise of cloud IT is not as easy to capture as the planning might promise — higher costs and a lack of skilled IT workers are a big problem. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Here you go, cloudy admins: Google emits NATty odds ‘n’ sods

Incremental titbits aimed at time-poor techies Google Cloud Next Google has released another handful of networking features for its cloud, including Cloud NAT, which lets devs build cloud-based services that do not have public IP addresses.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


The Cryptocurrency Industry is ‘On the Brink of an Implosion’, Research Says

Echoing sentiments of mainstream economists, Juniper Research is warning that many of the metrics in the cryptocurrency world are pointing to a market implosion. From a report: Industry bellwether Bitcoin had seen its daily transaction volumes fall from an average of around 360,000 a day in late 2017 to just 230,000 in September 2018. Meanwhile,…


Samsung Galaxy A9: Mid-range bruiser that takes the fight to Huawei

Chaebol charges back against Chinese SIM-only onslaught Hands On Samsung has launched the Galaxy A9 – its most comprehensive offensive against the twin threats of SIM-only subscribers and Chinese giant Huawei. The fightback involves a stronger mid-range, trade-ins, and promises better turnaround for faults and repairs.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Apple signs $600m deal for a chunk of Dialog Semiconductor’s power management chops

Chipmaker’s staff snapped up and IP licensed Apple has agreed to hand $600m over to Dialog Semiconductor in return for a slice of the chipmaker’s business and brains.… …read more Source:: TheRegister