RStudio makes another high-profile hire
Last fall, when RStudio announced that well-known package authors Jenny Bryan and Max Kuhn were joining the company, I asked…
New ransomware demanded high score on anime-style shooter game not bitcoins
Never underestimate what a person can come up with when he or she is bored as was recently highlighted by…
50% off OxyLED Mini Stick-on 6-LED Wireless Motion Sensing Night Light – Deal Alert
This tiny motion-sensing strip contains 6 bright LEDs, and sticks anywhere. Just the trick for illuminating an entryway door-lock, a…
Email-based attacks exploit unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Word
Attackers have been exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Word for the past few months to compromise computers and infect…
Spain arrests supposed Russian computer scientist at U.S. request
A Russian man reported to be a computer scientist has been arrested and is being held in Spain, with a…
Video: ZTE's first Android smartwatch is here
ZTE is trying its hand at making smartwatches for a second time, with the ZTE Quartz. Quartz is the company’s…
How to improve Dynamic Lock in Windows 10 Creators Update
When Microsoft released Build 15031 of the Windows 10 Insider Preview on February 8, 2017, it added a new OS…
A.I. player AlphaGo to play Chinese Go champion
DeepMind’s AlphaGo program will test its artificial intelligence capabilities in May against top Go player Ke Jie. The match of…
The iCloud hackers' bitcoin ransom looks like a fake
A group of hackers who claimed to hold millions of iCloud accounts for ransom said on Friday it had been…
Buffooning yourself: Are you jargoning and acronyming your audience to death?
Most of us tailor our language to our audience. We choose different words when talking to our child than when…