Facebook's project to take on Cisco inspires such 'cultlike' devotion, it once caused a whole team to quit Apple
Stephen Lam/Reuters On Tuesday, Facebook made an announcement that should set Cisco's teeth on edge. Its second-generation computer network switch, called the Wedge 100, is now available for purchase though Chinese contract manufacturer Edgecore (owned by Accton Technology). That's the same company that manufacturers the Facebook-designed switch for Facebook's own internal use. This is a superfast 100G switch, and could be something that many other big companies ..>> view originalYahoo Looks to Bright Side After Breach
Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday posted an increase in third-quarter profit and said usage of its email product has increased slightly since disclosing a massive data breach that was announced last month, rare bits of good news as it clings to a deal to sell itself to Verizon Communications Inc. The number of mail messages sent and read, as well as the number of page views, rose slightly since Yahoo’s announcement on Sept. 22 that user data...>> view originalApple is reportedly putting a dynamic E Ink keyboard in 2018 MacBooks
Apple reportedly plans to put dynamic E Ink keyboards into MacBook laptops by 2018. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the iPhone-maker is working with Australian startup Sonder, which is launching its own Bluetooth E-Ink keyboard later this year. The keyboards can be used to display not only the standard QWERTY layout, but also different alphabets and context-sensitive buttons for software like Photoshop. However, the credibility of these rumors is not clear. The WSJ cites ano..>> view originalThe Google phone is almost as good as the iPhone
If you want to know what I do for a living, the answer is I fret. I spend my summers swapping Android phones every week, never finding one that does everything I need quite as well as I want it to. Then the iPhone comes along in the fall, acting all polished, refined, and ultra competent, and I find a brief moment of tranquility. For the past month, I’ve been at peace with my smartphone, focusing my fretting instead on other things like headphones and backpacks. But technology never stands stil..>> view originalChrome Canary now available on Android, if you live life dangerously
Google Chrome has traditionally been available in four 'channels' - Stable, Beta, Dev, and Canary. Beta and Dev are progressively buggier and unfinished than Stable, and Canary is the definition of bleeding-edge. Canary builds are released automatically every day, with no manual testing, and are prone to more bugs than all the other channels. Until now, the Canary channel has only been available for Windows and Mac (not even desktop Linux). Google has just published Chrome Canary onto the Play..>> view originalSamsung faces lawsuit from Note7 owners who couldn't use their phones
Samsung’s problems with lawsuits from alleged victims of overheating batteries in the Galaxy Note7 smartphone could get compounded by consumers suing for compensation of carrier charges. The three plaintiffs in a proposed class action lawsuit in a New Jersey federal court are not suing for compensation for personal or property damage from the at times overheating and even exploding Note7 smartphones. Instead, they are asking the South Korean phone maker to compensate users for the time it..>> view originalInstagram Stories Now Show Up In The Explore Tab, Making It Easier To Discover Interesting Users To Follow
Instagram Stories, a feature rolled out by the picture-sharing service back in August that very closely resembles the similarly named Snapchat Stories feature of the messaging app, can now be found under Instagram's Explore tab. Through Instagram Stories, users can post images and videos to their profile that would automatically be removed after 24 hours. This allows for the uploading of more casual posts that will not be permanently be attached to the user's Instagram account. Through a blog p..>> view originalMicrosoft's new breakthrough: AI that's as good as humans at listening... on the phone
Microsoft's speech-recognition AI could eventually be used to enhance Cortana's accessibility features, say, for deaf people. Image: Microsoft Microsoft researchers have developed a system that recognizes speech as accurately as a professional human transcriptionist.Researchers and engineers from Microsoft's Artificial Intelligence and Research group have set a new record in speech recognition, achieving a word ..>> view originalHow to endorse a political candidate on Facebook and lose friends forever
Facebook is a place for making friends, sharing photos, and stoking bitter political arguments that last a lifetime. And while the social network pays a lot of attention to the first two activities, it's rather neglected the third. Not any more: as of this week, you can publicly endorse political candidates on Facebook. There's a whole guide to this process in Facebook's Help Center, but it's pretty straightforward. Just go to the Facebook page of a candidate you like, select the "Endorsement" ..>> view original
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