This week, security reporter Brian Krebs asked why the newest iPhone 11 Pro appeared to be sending out a user’s location even when the user disabled Location Services in their phone’s settings, in conflict with Apple’s privacy policy and the express wishes Read More …
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Estimated Samsung Galaxy F bill of materials shows why it will cost $1,800
Korean agency CGS-CIMB Research has posted a report in which it estimates the Bill of Materials (BOM) for the foldable Galaxy F and compares it to a Galaxy S9+ and an iPhone XS Max. The priciest item is the display Read More …
If Social Media Algorithms Control Our Lives Why Can’t They Eliminate Hate Speech?
Getty ImagesGetty It has become accepted fact in our modern digital world that the algorithms powering the online revolution, especially those of the major social media platforms, have so much control over us that they can actually nudge us against Read More …
Why IT Hardware Firms Are Shifting to Software-Based Revenue Models
IBM had to do it. Oracle is in the process of doing it. Lots of other companies should have done it but couldn’t. We’re talking about vendors making the risky and often costly jump from a hardware-based IT business to Read More …
Why AI Won’t Kill Software Testing
StockSnap One of the most exciting areas in quality assurance (QA) at the moment is the potential impact of machine learning and artificial intelligence. We’re starting to ask the question, what if software could learn to test itself? What if Read More …
Your Microsoft Office 365 Subscription Costs More Than It Used To. Here’s Why.
You can add Microsoft’s Office 365 to the list of your favourite services that has become costlier in India amid the Indian government’s rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). All the individual consumer-facing Office 365 SKUs: Home, Personal, and Student, Read More …
Twitter Reveals Why It Hides Its Daily Active User Figures
Responding to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as to why Twitter is hiding its daily active user (DAU) growth, the company said “the absolute number of DAUs is less important than the percentage change in DAUs”. In a correspondence between the Read More …
Why smartphones heat up and how to deal with it
Heating up of a smartphone depends on various factors including the type of processor, the apps running at that time and the level of multi-tasking. Other factors include leaving your smartphone out in direct sunlight and much more. A lot Read More …
Instagrim: Why Social Media Makes Students Miserable
Iremember when my students first told me to get on Facebook so I could see what their peers were posting. It was 2005, I was a tenure-track professor at a small Roman Catholic liberal-arts college, and Facebook was still a Read More …
Why Infosys’ board of directors faces the fury of its founders
Our IT cos need to look upwards. But Infosys cofounders are asking the company to look at the mud. This will n… Read More It is time for India’s information technology (IT) companies to turn their head skywards, to look Read More …