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December 29, 2017 How Ivanka Trump Makes Money by Simply Picking Out Her Clothes Each Day
A year into Donald Trump’s presidency, the ethical challenges of having a businessman president have come into focus. But beyond trips to Mar-a-Lago and dignitaries booking Trump’s Washington, D.C. hotel, photos of Ivanka Trump posted to Twitter and Instagram show the unintended consequences public servants entangled with their private businesses. That’s because most of what Ivanka Trump wears are her […]
COMPUTERS November 21, 2017 Millions of Computers Affected By Intel Firmware Flaws
Security experts are awaiting more details from chipmaker Intel about two classes of vulnerabilities in remote management software and firmware that could put an organization’s most trusted data at risk. See Also: Ransomware: The Look at Future Trends The vulnerabilities – affecting enterprise and consumer computers – exist in a variety of chips that Intel has […]
COMPUTERS November 21, 2017 The Future of Bitcoin is Threatened by Quantum Computers
A Different Kind of Computing While much of the world is captivated by the meteoric rise of bitcoin’s value, others are focused on the technology behind the cryptocurrency: blockchain. The decentralized digital ledger tech is built upon a peer-to-peer network, and it is far more secure than the centralized systems used by traditional banks and financial […]
COMPUTERS November 9, 2017 Computers trained to solve crimes by bingeing on TV drama
Computers are being trained to solve problems by bingeing on episodes of a popular TV crime drama. Scientists from the University of Edinburgh mapped footage, script and background sounds from five seasons of Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) into a machine-readable format. The data was fed into a computer model that learned to process the plot as each episode unfolded, […]
ALL DEALS October 28, 2017 TRAI Recommendations on Data Privacy to Be Released by January
Telecom regulator TRAI will come out with its recommendations on guidelines for data privacy, security and ownership by January and is very close to finalising suggestions for the controversial net neutrality, a top official said Thursday. “Currently, there is a huge amount of monopoly and that monopoly is becoming bigger and bigger. We are saying you can […]
NEWS October 26, 2017 Apps for tracking phones and loved ones being used by criminals
CREEPY smartphone apps are being which can trace your every move and access your camera and microphone are being used by stalkers. Police use “commercial spyware” to track down crooks, suspicious lovers can use it to track wandering partners, and parents can use it to keep an eye on their children. But, the technology is […]
COMPUTERS September 9, 2017 Lenovo ThinkPad A275, ThinkPad A475 Business Laptops Powered by AMD Pro Processors Launched
ThinkPad A275 HIGHLIGHTS The new laptops are powered by AMD Pro A12 processors The A275 starts at $869 and the A475 start at $849 Both offer over ten hours of battery life Lenovo’s new laptops, ThinkPad A275 and ThinkPad A475, were on Thursday announced as being the first business laptops for the company to be […]
COMPUTERS September 2, 2017 Win $1 million By Creating A Computer Code To Solve This Simple Puzzle
Researchers from the University of St. Andrews have concluded that any programmer that could make a computer solve the famous “Queens puzzle” would change the entire IT industry as well as bag the $1m prize offered by the Clay Mathematics Institute in America. The Queens puzzle is a very simple conundrum. Can […]
COMPUTERS August 24, 2017 TZANEEN: Chaos and frustration as GTM computers seized by sheriff
Goods to the value of over R2 million were seized by the Letaba sheriff today, August 24. Six computers, three television screens and a scanner were seized in today’s seizure. Photo: Blake Linder Six computers (including screens, keyboards etc.), three plasma television screens, a scanner, an Isuzu bakkie and a Toyota Quantum were all seized […]
ELECTRONICS August 22, 2017 Salzer Electronics targets revenue of Rs 1,000 cr by 2021
Salzer Electronics, engaged in manufacturing of wide range of electrical products, today said it is looking at 15 percent CAGR growth and intends to emerge as Rs 1,000 crore company by 2021, following global technology alliances and enhance the proportion of value-added products. “We expect Rs 430 crore turnover by FY 18, Rs 520 crore […]
NEWS August 13, 2017 Sports world stunned by Usain Bolt’s injury-plagued finale
Usain Bolt fell to the track during the anchor leg of the men’s 4×100-meter final Saturday, the final race of his historic career. Richard Heathcote/Getty Images This wasn’t how anyone likely expected Usain Bolt’s last competitive race to end. While running the anchor leg for Jamaica in the men’s 4×100-meter final Saturday at the world championships, […]
ELECTRONICS July 10, 2017 Consumer electronics co Jawbone’s demise a case of ‘death by overfunding’ in Silicon Valley
Consumer electronics company Jawbone had more than enough money to take on Fitbit and other health-tracking devices in the “wearables” market. (File Photo) Consumer electronics company Jawbone had more than enough money to take on Fitbit and other health-tracking devices in the “wearables” market. That may have ended up being its biggest problem. Top-tier venture […]
