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วันเสาร์ที่ 27 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2559
Facebook wants to crack down against hate speech on migrants
วันพุธที่ 24 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2559
Remarkable Boston Dynamics robot puts up with bullying
Researchers push, kick and tease the remarkable new Atlas robot, which is an upgrade of models we've seen from the firm previously.
Despite the distractions, Atlas continues with its task of picking up and moving boxes.
In one instance, a member of the Boston Dynamics team gives Atlas such a severe whack to its upper back that it falls over, face first on to the floor.
วันศุกร์ที่ 19 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2559
Apple apologises for iPhone 'error 53' and issues fix
Some customers praised the company's decision on Apple's discussion forums.
TED 2016: HoloLens unveils 'teleportation' to Mars
Bitcoin could help cut power bills
วันพุธที่ 17 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2559
Glibc: Mega bug may hit thousands of devices
In a blog post explaining the discovery, Google's team detailed how a flaw in some commonly-used code could be exploited in a way that allows remote access to a devices - be it a computer, internet router, or other connected piece of equipment.
The vulnerability is being compared to Shellshock, a bug discovered in 2014 which affected a huge range of computing devices.
Bounty hunter finds Facebook account hijack bug
It is Jack Whitton's second big payout from Facebook - a previous find netted him $20,000.
Facebook recently announced that it had paid a total of $4.3m in bug bounties since it launched its programme in 2010.
วันอาทิตย์ที่ 14 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2559
MyShake quake app invites public testing
Prof Allen is a leading figure behind ShakeAlert, the earthquake early warning system now in development for California.
California has several hundred state-of-the art seismic stations in the ShakeAlert system, and during the 2014 South Napa earthquake an eight-second warning of shaking was delivered to trial participants in downtown San Francisco. This included the city's metro system, BART, which wants to be able to slow its trains ahead of the biggest tremors.
The phones enrolled to MyShake would eventually get such warnings as well (see this dramatisation).
วันศุกร์ที่ 12 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2559
Women write better code, study suggests
Computer code written by women has a higher approval rating than that written by men - but only if their gender is not identifiable, new research suggests.
Just 16% of Facebook's tech staff and 18% of Google's are women according to figures released in 2015.
Tribunal rules computer hacking by GCHQ is not illegal
Nidar: India launches 'lightest gun' weighing 250g
วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 11 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2559
Facebook ‘colonialism' row stokes distrust in Zuckerberg
วันพุธที่ 10 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2559
Legal breakthrough for Google's self-driving car
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - which sets rules and regulations on America's roads - shared its thoughts in a letter to Google made public this week.
It's the latest regulatory boost for Google after the US government announced in January a $4bn plan to create nationwide regulations for self-driving cars.
It followed an announcement by the Californian Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that said cars absolutely did need a driver - a ruling Google described as "perplexing".
North Korea campaigners seek USB sticks
"It's always been a challenge to get people to understand why North Koreans' access to information is important, and this gives us a physical representation," Sharon Stratton, from the NKSC, told Wired.
วันอังคารที่ 9 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2559
Facebook hit by French privacy order
The CNIL also told the firm to cease the transfer of some personal data to the US, as the Safe Harbour agreement has ended. Facebook has repeatedly stated that it uses other legal contracts to transfer data to the US.
'Hack' on DoJ and DHS downplayed
According to technology news site Motherboard, the hacker has said he will soon share the personal information of 20,000 DoJ employees, including staff at the FBI.
The security of government systems was put under scrutiny last year when it was discovered that data on more than five million people was stolen from the Office of Personnel Management.