• COMPUTERS
    Teaching Computers How to Give Cricket Commentary

    In the future, will journalists be put out of their jobs by robots? It’s a distinct possibility, starting with live coverage of sporting events. In a research paper published late last month, Rahul Anand Sharma, and CV Jawahar, scientists at IIIT Hyderabad, along with Pramod Sankar K, of Xerox Research Center India, explain how they […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Hyatt Hotels Computers Infected With Malicious Software

    Hyatt Hotels on Wednesday revealed that it recently discovered malicious computer code on computers used for processing payments at locations it manages. In a short statement, Hyatt did not disclose what, if anything, the cyber-attack accomplished but said that the company immediately “launched an investigation and engaged leading third-party cyber-security experts.” Hyatt also said it […]

  • COMPUTERS
    US Says Computers in Google Self-Driving Cars Qualify as Drivers

    US vehicle safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving Google car could be considered the driver under federal law, a major step towards ultimately winning approval for autonomous vehicles on the roads. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, of its decision in a previously […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Adobe Creative Cloud Bug Can Delete Files on OS X Computers

    A recently released update to Adobe Creative Cloud (v3.5.0.206) has been found to be incorrectly deleting files from OS X-based computers. Adobe has acknowledged the issue, and pulled the update. Backblaze, a cloud storage service provider wrote last week that a bug in Adobe Creative Cloud’s update was deleting files the “top-most” directory in the […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Researchers Probe How Humans Recognise Images Better Than Computers

    What makes computers and a human brain different when it comes to recognising images? The presence of an “atomic” unit of recognition – a minimum amount of information an image must contain for the recognition to occur – in human brain, researchers report. Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Massachusetts […]

  • NEWS
    Intuition Helps Humans Beat Computers in Thorny Physics Game

    Computers may have us beat at chess and checkers, but new research suggests our brains still have an edge when it comes to solving certain tricky problems thanks to a very human trait: intuition. Scientists in Denmark have found that people who played a game that simulated a complex calculation in physics sometimes did better […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Swift Says Customers Responsible for Securing Their Own Computers

    Swift has told its bank customers that they are responsible for securing computers used to send messages over its global network, which was used to steal some $81 million from a Bangladesh central bank account at the New York Fed in February. The theft marked one of the biggest-ever cyber-heists. “Swift is not, and cannot, […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Singapore Blocking Internet Access on Government Computers

    Singapore confirmed Wednesday it would cut off Internet access for government work stations within a year for security reasons, a surprise move in one of the world’s most wired countries. The decision will not disrupt government operations, the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) said after local daily The Straits Times reported that some 100,000 computers would […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Hardware as a Service: HP Gets Ready to Lease Computers to Businesses

    HIGHLIGHTS HP to offer hardware products on lease as PC demand weakens Will monitor its device’s health and offer replacements accordingly Promises to ensure that all data is wiped-off post device’s use HP Inc., the second largest PC-maker in the world after Lenovo, on Thursday said that it will start offering computers and other hardware […]