Windows Phone can now work on smartphones with Intel's x86 chips
After years, the wait for Intel-based Windows smartphones could be coming to an end. The Windows 10 Mobile OS —…
New 'moonshot challenge' at Harvard aims for giant leap in A.I.
Humanity has big hopes for artificial intelligence, but in reality machines have a long way to go to catch up…
China now the battleground for Intel server dominance
Intel has to keep a close watch on China, where an architectural battle could break its dominance in servers. Intel…
U.S. military wants to create cyborg soldiers
The U.S. military is working to create a chip that can be implanted in a soldier’s brain to connect it…
Microsoft adds Mac testers to its Office Insider preview
Microsoft today announced its Office Insider preview program now accepts Mac users of Office 365 Home, Personal and University, following…
Verizon vows to build the first 5G network in the US
Verizon says it will have the first 5G network in the U.S., a promise it probably can’t fulfill until 2020…
Researchers move closer to charging an EV as fast as filling a tank of gas
One of the drawbacks of electric vehicles (EV) is that it can take up to 8 hours to fully charge…
Why 'data scientist' is this year's hottest job
It’s notable enough that close to half of the 25 “best jobs in America” named by recruiting site Glassdoor this…
Google to boost compression performance in Chrome 49
Google yesterday announced that a new in-house compression algorithm, dubbed “Brotli,” will soon be added to Chrome to speed up…
IDG Contributor Network: Sending data into the void with /dev/null
Unix systems make it easy to make output that you don’t want to see simply disappear. Toss output into the…