Software

Fully Automated Vehicles ‘More Than Ten Years Away’

Developers see major technical challenges in making automated cars road-worthy – and adapting to a regulatory environment that doesn't yet…

6 years ago

GitHub’s Latest Atom Beta Gets In-Editor Review Comments

The popular text editor now allows developers to manage pull request review comments without leaving the program

6 years ago

Google Partners For Open Source Tech On Cloud Platform

Google announces 'strategic partnerships' with seven open source companies, as CEO questions rivals' attitudes

6 years ago

Slack Deepens Microsoft Office Integration

Users can now more easily access Outlook calendar events and emails and OneDrive files from within Slack

6 years ago

Data Protection Regulator To Probe EU Institutions’ Contracts With Microsoft

The investigation follows a Dutch report that found privacy concerns with the way Microsoft held public authorities' data in a…

6 years ago

Toyota Offers Free Access To Hybrid Car Tech

Hybrid car pioneer Toyota offers free access to technology patents, as move to full electric vehicles continues

6 years ago

Study Finds ‘Systemic’ Mobile Financial App Insecurity

Tools including retail banking apps fail to take appropriate precautions to stop their software and systems from being hacked, researchers…

6 years ago

Mozilla Looks To Reduce Push Notification Spam

The browser conducts experiments as it looks for ways to stop irksome push notification requests from bombarding Firefox users

6 years ago

Google Pulls Plug On Failed Google+ Social Network After Data Breach

Other products retired this spring include Inbox by Gmail, the Goo.gl URL shortener and older Pixel smartphones

6 years ago

Microsoft Claims Speed Edge With Open Source Python Type Checker

Microsoft's Pyright runs independently of Python, intended to give it a performance boost over rivals such as Mypy – but…

6 years ago

Apple Takes On Media Giants, Banks In Services Push

The Apple TV+ streaming service focuses on original content, while Apple also launches paid gaming and news services – and…

6 years ago

Study Of Pre-Installed Android Software Finds Privacy ‘Wild West’

Pre-installed apps collect a wide range of information and send it to remote servers with little oversight or control, finds…

6 years ago

Firefox 66 Seeks To Reduce Web’s Most Annoying Features

Hate video or audio clips automatically playing content in a web page? Firefox 66 aims to sooth online annoyances

6 years ago

Microsoft Extends Windows Defender Application Guard To Chrome, Firefox

Third-party browsers now compatible with Microsoft's secure browsing system – but sandboxed sessions still run in Edge

6 years ago

Mozilla Releases Free File Transfer Service, Firefox Send

Mozilla gives ability for users to send encrypted files up to 2.5Gb in size with launch of Firefox Send

6 years ago

Microsoft Integrates Yammer Into Teams Collaboration Tool

Microsoft Teams users can now add a Yammer tab to their Teams groups, allowing them to use Yammer social features…

6 years ago

IBM Brings Watson AI To Rival Clouds

Watson AI services are set to become available on almost any infrastructure, including private clouds and multiple clouds, as IBM…

6 years ago

Researchers Find ‘Doomsday’ Bug In Docker, Most Other Container Systems

The bug could allow a malicious container to attack a host system and the other containers found on it, qualifying…

6 years ago

IBM Brings Blockchain To Australia, Pilots Water Conservation Project

The company offers its blockchain via Melbourne data center and tests the use of blockchain and IoT sensors in groundwater…

6 years ago

Amazon Urges ‘Transparency’ In Law Enforcement Use Of Face Recognition

Amazon's AWS and others face a backlash against the use of AI-powered face identification tools, with privacy groups saying they…

6 years ago

China Accused In Norwegian Software Company Hack

The breach of corporate software maker Visma comes as Huawei faces increased pressure in the UK and elsewhere

6 years ago

Microsoft Disappoints As Azure Growth Slows

Stocks take a hit as Azure cloud growth slows, but Redmond still grows and remains profitable

6 years ago

Gartner: Cloud Fuels Enterprise Software Spending Surge

Brexit and US-China trade tensions pose less of a threat than skills shortages, as businesses buy into the cloud and…

6 years ago

IT Life: Justin Day, 6point6 Cloud Gateway

6point6 Cloud Gateway chief executive Justin Day talks about the shift from hardware to software, flying cars and the historic…

6 years ago

Google Raises Price For G Suite

Monthly prices for competitor to Office 365 to be raised for first time ever

6 years ago

UK’s 2018 Tech Sector Venture Investment Shows Sharp Drop

Venture capital investment in London tech companies was down 29 percent on the previous year, but was still nearly double…

6 years ago

Decades-Old Flaws Leave SCP Clients Vulnerable To Attack

The bugs in Secure Copy Protocol could allow a malicious server to manipulate data on a user's system – and…

6 years ago

Enterprise Cloud Spending Boom Crowds Out Non-Cloud Tech Budgets

Research finds cloud spending surpassed £190bn last year, fuelled by cloud providers' heavy infrastructure investments

6 years ago

Kheiron Begins NHS Trials For Breast Cancer Diagnosis AI

The tests, involving historic patient records in Leeds and the East Midlands, are the latest to probe the use of…

6 years ago

Amazon Web Services’ DocumentDB Takes Aims At MongoDB Workloads

Amazon's new managed non-relational database service raises questions about the future of open source in the cloud era

6 years ago