Researchers at Duke University, OSU and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have solved one of the biggest problems with new forms of quantum encryption: quantum key distribution. QKD is the process of distributing keys during a transmission and in a w... Researchers create a light-based key distribution system for quantum encryptionThis entry was posted in Emerging-Technologies Gadgets TC on November 27, 2017 by John Biggs
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp marked Nintendo’s most significant mobile title launch since Mario Run and it seems like the game has already delivered some significant downloads, with data from SensorTower suggesting that the title, which let... Nintendo’s Animal Crossing mobile title hits 15 million downloads less ...This entry was posted in Gaming Mobile Nintendo TC on November 27, 2017 by Lucas Matney
Sadly, not all of the Pixel 2’s surprises have been the good sort since Google’s latest flagship launched. Visual Core is one of the more pleasant ones, though — a custom system-on-a-chip (SoC) that’s just been hanging out... The Pixel 2’s dormant Visual Core chip gets activated in ...This entry was posted in hardware Mobile PIXEL TC and tagged google on November 27, 2017 by Brian Heater
Microsoft Office is now available for Google Chromebook users through the Google Play Store – a notable addition, given the two companies offer competing products in terms of office productivity software. Neither Google nor Microsoft are ma... Microsoft Office arrives on Chromebooks via Google Play StoreThis entry was posted in Android apps Apps chromebook Google Play Microsoft Mobile and tagged google on November 27, 2017 by Sarah Perez
Gmail, Outlook, and some exciting startups are all trying to rebuild email for 2017. Email Is Broken. Can Anyone Fix It?This entry was posted in Gear on November 27, 2017 by David Pierce
Over the holiday weekend, The New York Times found that one of its Twitter accounts had been locked. @nytimesworld was frozen for a full 24 hours over a innocuous tweet about a story in which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for ... Twitter blames human error after blocking a New York Times ...This entry was posted in Social and tagged twitter on November 27, 2017 by Brian Heater
As YouTube reels from a series of scandals related to its lack of policing around inappropriate content aimed at children, obscene comments on videos of children, horrifying search suggestions, and more, a new app called Jellies has arrived to of... Jellies is a kid-friendly, parent-approved alternative to YouTube KidsThis entry was posted in Apps children iOS apps kids Mobile parents Startups TC videos YouTube youtube kids on November 27, 2017 by Sarah Perez
This is software to save lives. Facebook’s new “proactive detection” artificial intelligence technology will scan all posts for patterns of suicidal thoughts, and when necessary send mental health resources to the user at risk o... Facebook rolls out AI to detect suicidal posts before they’re ...This entry was posted in Apps Health Mobile Social TC on November 27, 2017 by Josh Constine
A few years ago jailbreaking your iPhone was all the rage. The cat-and-mouse game of hackers versus Apple was great fun and some of the open source products available to jailbreakers – namely the Cydia alternative app store – added am... iOS jailbreak repositories close as user interest wanesThis entry was posted in app-store cydia Gadgets jailbreak Mobile software TC and tagged apple iphone on November 27, 2017 by John Biggs
YouTube is firefighting another child safety content moderation scandal which has led several major brands to suspend advertising on its platform. Read More YouTube faces brand freeze over ads and obscene comments on ...This entry was posted in Advertising Tech artificial intelligence Europe Social TC YouTube on November 27, 2017 by Natasha Lomas