After around the world and the critical systems they depend on were victims of malicious “WannaCrypt” software, Microsoft re-released security updates for some older versions of its Windows platforms to counter a massive global wave of…
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Facebook takes aim at ‘low quality’ websites
Facebook said Wednesday it was making changes designed to keep its users from linking to “low-quality” websites, part of an effort to fight spam and misinformation. The world’s biggest social network said it is updating…
#Gadgets: Amazon’s new Alexa speaker has a screen too
Amazon on Tuesday unveiled the latest member of its family of devices powered by its Alexa digital assistant — this one with a touchscreen. The new device called Echo Show steps up efforts by Amazon…
Teen breaks internet record, spurred by love of nuggets
An American teenager has broken the world record for the most retweets, in a crusade to win a year’s supply of his favorite food: chicken nuggets. Beating out TV stars Ellen Degeneres and Kim Kardashian,…
Apple jumps to lead wearable computing with smartwatch
Apple has leapt to the lead in wearable computing on strong sales of its smartwatch, a market survey shows. The survey released Thursday by Strategy Analytics showed Apple grabbed a 15.9 percent share of the…
Shopping for a travel app? Quick fives to focus on
From the golden years of face to face communication, and human contact to the advent of wireless internet, and new age robotics; tourism and travel has no doubt grown to be one of the leading…
Twitter, Bloomberg team up for streaming news channel
Twitter is launching a 24-hour streaming news channel in partnership with the Bloomberg news agency, in a major expansion of its video operations. Bloomberg Media chief executive Justin Smith confirmed the partnership late Sunday, retweeting…
Microsoft creates ‘Dubai Font’ typeface for the city
The Dubai government on Sunday announced the launch of “Dubai Font”, the first typeface developed by Microsoft for a city, which will be available in 23 languages. The font was developed simultaneously in Latin and…
Google tweak aims to curb fake, misleading search results
Google on Tuesday announced changes to how it delivers and ranks internet searches, the latest effort by the tech giant to weed out “fake news” and offensive content. The new initiative includes tweaks to the…
LinkedIn membership reaches half a billion
The professional social network LinkedIn said Monday its membership had swelled to 500 million, as its user base showed steady growth following its acquisition last year by Microsoft. “We recently crossed an important and exciting…