Mars rover uses A.I. to decide what to zap with a laser
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity now has the ability to decide what targets it wants to capture with a camera or…
Free decryption tools released for PowerWare and Bart ransomware
Security researchers released tools this week that could help users recover files encrypted by two relatively new ransomware threats: Bart…
IDG Contributor Network: Mastercard's new logo spits on plastic
Logo redesigns, while nicely profitable for designers and consultants, rarely do a heck of a lot for the company behind…
Facebook completes first test flights of solar-powered Aquila internet drone
Up in the sky, look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a solar-powered internet drone! It’s no Christopher Reeve,…
2016 technology industry graveyard
Pay your respects Image by Wikimedia Tech vendors only have so many resources, and as a result they continually have…
Issa bill would kill a big H-1B loophole
In 1998, Congress raised the H-1B cap and then set some controversial H-1B visa rules. It prohibited the largest users…
Human error, redefined
This company makes engineering prototypes from schematics, so small lots of products in development can be tested, says an IT…
Salesforce plans to acquire data center optimization startup Coolan
Salesforce.com has signed a definite agreement to acquire Coolan, the developer of a platform for data center hardware analysis and…
Apple and Facebook helped to take down KickassTorrents
It turns out that a couple of purchases on iTunes helped to bring down the mastermind behind KickassTorrents, one of…
Solar module prices hit all-time low as inventories pile up
A lack of demand for photovoltaic wafers, cells and modules has lead to an overstock of inventory and the lowest…