Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Instagram Now Lets Users Discover New Events-Themed Videos and other top stories.

  • Instagram Now Lets Users Discover New Events-Themed Videos

    Instagram Now Lets Users Discover New Events-Themed Videos
    Instagram’s envy of Snapchat didn’t end with Stories—now it’s adding an events-themed video section akin to the ephemeral messaging app’s event-based reels of photos and videos. On Wednesday, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app introduced a new channel to its Explore section that is focused on user videos captured during specific events. The new channel will be customized for each user and display videos for events based on a user’s preferences and habits, according to the company’s blog post...
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  • Cisco Plans to Cut 5500 Workers

    Cisco Plans to Cut 5500 Workers
    Updated Aug. 17, 2016 6:50 p.m. ET Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO -1.29 % is cutting 5,500 employees—7% of its workforce—in the networking company’s latest reaction to market shifts, including customers favoring software over hardware. The reduction beginning this quarter renews a pattern of midsummer moves to shed costs and make room to hire employees with new talents. The job cuts, disclosed with its fiscal fourth-quarter financial results, mark the most dramatic move yet by ..
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  • 'A.I. is still rather nascent,' says Intel executive Diane Bryant

    'A.I. is still rather nascent,' says Intel executive Diane Bryant
    Artificial intelligence (A.I.) dates back to the 1950s, when the term was coined. But the way Intel sees it, the field is not old — it represents a growth opportunity for the chipmaker. Last week Intel made a bold move and acquired Nervana, one of the preeminent startups in deep learning, a type of A.I. that involves training artificial neural networks on data and then getting them to make inferences on new data. Today, when Intel announced a new generation of Xeon Phi server chips, the emphasi..
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  • AT&T ends data overages with new plans

    AT&T ends data overages with new plans
    AT&T has lost some of its most lucrative phone customers.(Photo: Flickr , Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube)NEW YORK — The era of telecommunication carriers charging you once you top the data limit is finally coming to a close.On Wednesday, AT&T announced new Mobile Share Advantage plans that won't charge you extra for going over your data limit, instead slowing down your data for the remainder of your billing month. The plans come with other changes — they strip out the ..
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  • 'Auction' of NSA Tools Sends Security Companies Scrambling

    'Auction' of NSA Tools Sends Security Companies Scrambling
    PARIS — The leak of what purports to be a National Security Agency hacking tool kit has set the information security world atwitter — and sent major companies rushing to update their defenses.Experts across the world are still examining what amount to electronic lock picks. Here's what they've found so far.WHAT'S IN THE RELEASE?The tool kit consists of a suite of malicious software intended to tamper with firewalls, the electronic defenses protecting computer networks. The rogue programs appea..
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  • Latest Windows Insider preview build tosses a new feature on mobile devices

    Latest Windows Insider preview build tosses a new feature on mobile devices
    After finally serving up mainstream Windows 10 Mobile customers with the long-awaited Anniversary Update on Tuesday, Microsoft is now dishing out a new preview build to Windows Insider participants for both desktop and mobile platforms. Listed as Build 14905, this release of Windows 10 provides absolutely nothing new in the features department for desktop participants outside a short list of fixes and improvements. The new build for Windows 10 Mobile, however, is a different story. The lovely W..
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  • Nokia cuts price for OZO virtual reality camera

    Nokia cuts price for OZO virtual reality camera
    HELSINKI Nokia has cut the price of its OZO virtual reality camera by 25 percent from its initial launch price, the Finnish company said on Thursday.Nokia, whose main business is now telecoms network equipment, started selling the camera earlier this year as the first device to be produced for its digital media business, one of its new hopes for future growth.Having launched the device at $60,000 in the United States and Europe, Nokia has now priced it at $45,000, saying it was also taking th..
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  • US ready to 'hand over' the internet's naming system

    US ready to 'hand over' the internet's naming system
    Image copyright Thinkstock Image caption The US is giving up a considerable power over the way the internet functions The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internet’s naming system, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a crucial part of the internet's governance.The Domain Naming System, DNS, is one of the internet’s most important components. It pairs the easy-to-remember web addresses - like bbc.com - with their re..
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  • Beast of the east: Huawei to begin making phones in India

    Beast of the east: Huawei to begin making phones in India
    Andrew Hoyle/CNET India is big business, and Huawei is looking to carve out a bigger piece of the pie.Peter Zhai, President of Huawei India Consumer Business Group, said on Thursday that the company will soon begin manufacturing smartphones in the country, reports The Economic Times. Huawei, the world's third largest smartphone brand according to IDC research, making its own phones in the country will take advan..
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  • Kobo Aura One takes on the Kindle with a huge screen and water resistance

    Kobo Aura One takes on the Kindle with a huge screen and water resistance
    In Sep. 2014, Canada's Kobo was the first company to launch a waterproof e-reader, the Kobo Aura H2O. Now, the company has followed that up with the Kobo Aura One, which also doesn't mind getting wet, but has a larger screen encased in a thin and elegant body.  The Kobo Aura One has a 7.8-inch screen — larger than its predecessor's 6.8-inch display, as well as Kindle Voyage/Oasis 6-inch screens. With a resolution of 300dpi (that's 1872x1404 pixels at that screen size), it's set to be the best-l..
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