By Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is set to convene in a rare Sunday session in a last-ditch attempt to pass legislation to allow U.S. spy agencies to continue to sweep up information on Americans’ telephone calls and other business records. Failure to pass such legislation would mean that key provisions of the USA Patriot Act would expire and, facing a midnight (0400 GMT Monday) deadline,
(Reuters) – A $100,000 check is waiting for a mystery woman who donated a rare Apple 1 computer to a Silicon Valley recycling firm. CleanBayArea in Milpitas, California, said on its web site that a woman in her 60s dropped off some electronic goods in April, when she was cleaning out the garage after her husband died. The boxes of computer parts contained a 1976 Apple 1, which the recycling
Remember those mystery Apple vans tootling around the States a few months ago? No one was quite sure what they were up to, but it’s now become clear that they’re part of Apple’s continued push to get its own mapping service up to scratch. Thanks to some diligent digging by 9to5Mac we know that these camera-equipped automobiles are capturing 3D street view imagery, stills of storefronts, and more besides. The
After the runaway success of the OnePlus One, anticipation is understandably high for its follow-up, and company co-founder Carl Pei has revealed a few more details about when we can expect to see the next OnePlus flagship phone. Speaking to AusDroid at Google I/O, Pei confirmed that the device is called the OnePlus 2 and not the OnePlus Two. Adjust your web searches and/or birthday wish lists accordingly. He also
Age: 67 Company: Google Best known for: Future tech, AI, singularity, inventions Quote: “The power of ideas to transform the world is itself accelerating.” Ray Kurzweil is a futurist – someone who studies the future and predicts where humankind is headed – or rather, perhaps it’s better to say that he’s the futurist. The one whose words and predictions are clung onto and heard in every corner of the tech
When Apple announced HomeKit at WWDC 2014, we didn’t think we’d still be waiting for the first products by the time WWDC 2015 rolled around – but there’s only a week to go before this year’s event starts on 8 June. It seems there’s now light at the end of the tunnel: sources speaking to 9to5Mac, which has a good reputation for getting insider information, say that the first HomeKit-compatible
Age: 62 Company: Nintendo Best known for: Creating some of the biggest, most influential games of all time. Quote: “I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.” Nobody knows the meaning of the word “fun” quite like Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto. He joined Nintendo in 1977, just as the company was starting to transition
Qualcomm has announced it’s helping Google stuff its Project Tango tech into a smaller form factor – specifically a smartphone set to be released in the third quarter of 2015. Project Tango is focused on augmented reality (digital graphics placed on top of the real world) and virtual reality (entirely digital worlds). Up until now, it’s only been available through an Nvidia tablet. Like the tablet, the smartphone will be
Just a couple of weeks to go until E3 2015, where the news will flow like water and games journalists will huddle under the news-waterfall like that bit in Mad Max, holding up their word-buckets and hoping to get a taste of a sweet, sweet scoop. If you haven’t seen Mad Max yet, that reference will be a bit lost on you. Also, what the hell is wrong with you?
Networking and gleaning vital insights from dedicated IT security professionals is a surefire way to make sure your IT personnel are ahead of the game and the company doesn’t fall victim to a widespread cyber attack. The hard part is choosing the right conference for your company. To that end we’ve hand picked the 10 best cyber security events on the planet to help guide your firm in its quest
