Researchers at Brown and John Hopkins universities have developed a ‘visual’ Turing test using which a computer’s ability to understand movements, relationships and implied intent from images can be gauged and evaluate…
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Facebook updates guidelines to detail ‘allowed’ and ‘banned’ content
Facebook has updated its community standards guidelines to clearly detail content it allows or bans on the social network. Previously, the social network only provided vague “limitations” about banned content. But, now…
China has hacked ‘every major company’ in US claims ex-spy chief
Mike McConnell, who served as director of national intelligence under President George W Bush, has claimed that hackers backed by the Chinese government have broken into computers and networks of nearly every…
Small broadband providers better satisfy customers than their heavyweight rivals
Brits are more satisfied with services provided by smaller broadband providers as compared to bigger ones, an annual customer satisfaction survey has found. BT, Sky and TalkTalk received customer satisfaction score of…
Over 66% under 17s in Australia using smartphones for almost a day in a week
A new report released by Australia’s Telstra sheds light on the rampant use of smartphones in the country by kids aged three to seventeen and according to the report over 66 per…
BlackBerry outs SecuTABLET for government, business users
BlackBerry is banking on its strong points – enterprise class security in mobile devices – and has rolled out its new tablet dubbed SecuTABLET – a collaboration of technologies from IBM, Samsung…
Google doodles British botanist Anna Atkins’s 216th birthday
Google is celebrating 216th birthday of British botanist Anna Atkins by decorating its home page with a beautiful blue doodle. Atkins is known for her use of cyanotypes – or ‘sunprints’ –…
HTC One E9 will be a bigger and flatter version of HTC M9, new report claims
Leaked report detailing specification of HTC’s upcoming flagship HTC One E9 has surfaced online and according to it HTC One E9 will be a bigger, flatter version of HTC’s recently released flagship…
Nexus 5 makes a silent exit from Google Play Store
Google has reportedly pulled back its highly popular Nexus offering dubbed ‘Nexus 5’ from its own online store. The Nexus 5 page on the Google Store website now reads it’s “no longer…
Google announces “Digital Garage” to help boost UK’s online economy
Google, on Friday, announced the launch of its first “Digital Garage” in Leeds, aimed at helping more and more British businesses to grow online. The search giant’s “multi-million pound programme” will see…
BBC to give away one million micro-computers to UK kids
The BBC has announced it will be distributing one million micro-computers to UK schoolchildren as part of the Make it Digital initiative. BBC’s Make It Digital initiative is aimed at arousing youngsters’…
Vodafone offering LG G Flex 2 on pre-order with free LG G Watch R
LG’s second-generation curved handset dubbed ‘the LG G Flex 2’ is up for pre-orders in the UK through Vodafone starting Thursday, March 12. The G Flex successor is available on the Vodafone…
Dropbox fixes security flaw ‘DroppedIn’
Dropbox has claimed to have fixed a security flaw, which might have otherwise let hackers exploit users’ data stored via the cloud storage service’s Android app using compromised third-party apps. The vulnerability…
Apple calls out US court to dismiss A123 Systems’ employee poaching lawsuit
Apple, on Tuesday, called out a US court to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by battery maker A123 systems over employee poaching, saying that A123’s charges are based on an “incorrect and…
Facebook ratings said to reveal quality of care in hospitals
A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found that hospitals in which patients were less likely to have unplanned re-admissions within 30 days after discharge had higher Facebook ratings than those…