Linux's brilliant career, in pictures
A momentous milestone Aug. 25 marks the 25th anniversary of Linux, the free and open source operating system that’s used…
HP's Sure View — protecting your laptop screen from prying eyes
No one likes other people looking at their laptops. That is why HP along with 3M has come out with…
NuTonomy starts trials in Singapore of self-driving taxi service
NuTonomy is offering rides in its self-driving taxis to select residents of Singapore from Thursday, ahead of a commercial launch…
Proposed ‘social media ID, please' law draws outrage
A plan by the U.S. government to require some foreign travelers to provide their social media IDs on key travel…
Mingis on Tech: Cars and autonomous driving don't always mix
If you’ve heard about the latest advances in autonomous driving it’s natural to assume driverless cars are just around the…
New York Public Library reads up on the cloud
Four years ago, the New York Public Library began to move its web properties to the cloud. Today, the library…
Who needs those itty bitty fields, anyhow?
This project involves statistical analysis of some massive government-collected data files — so big that kicking unneeded fields out of…
Android botnet relies on Twitter for commands
Twitter users aren’t the only ones checking the microblogging service for important updates. Android malware is starting to do so,…
Stratasys unveils mega, robotic 3D printers to build large parts
Stratasys today unveiled two industrial 3D printers that can build objects of virtually any size using materials such as carbon…
iOS 10 gives apps room to grow
Let’s start off with this simple notion: iOS 10 at its most basic level is a platform for mobile devices.…