U.S. immigration data is on paper and a mess, says report
The U.S. government spends $8o billion a year on information technology, but despite this money, its immigration data is in…
How to manage group chat in the enterprise (hint: lightly)
There is a lot of chatting going on in corporate America these days, but not everyone is speaking the same…
It’s time to tax the robots
Bill Gates has a modest proposal: Tax robots to slow the growth of automation and fund the kinds of important…
Not the kind of commitment she was looking for
This recently hired IT pilot fish gets called on the carpet by his boss, who wants to know why fish…
IBM-Salesforce deal will bring Watson data into applications
Watson and Einstein are teaming up, and IBM and Salesforce hope the pairing proves as smart as it sounds. The…
Consumers are wary of smart homes that know too much
Nearly two-thirds of consumers are worried about home IoT devices listening in on their conversations, according to a Gartner survey…
A hard learned lesson in VPNs and secure websites
Being a Defensive Computing kind of guy, I am a frequent flyer when it comes to VPN usage. But VPNs…
Consumer Reports to grade tech products on security, privacy
Consumer Reports, a major source for gadget and appliance reviews in the U.S., plans to start rating products on data…
Trump’s revised travel ban may still hurt tech
President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, released Monday, ensures that H-1B visa workers from banned countries won’t have problems as…
Facebook confirms testing a dislike emoji for Messenger
Facebook executives have been weighing whether or not to introduce a dislike button, or something similar to it, for years.…