Articles by Peter Suciu

Nearly a dozen cybersecurity researchers this week reported two potentially serious exploits of vulnerabilities that exist in most modern processors Three teams -- Jann Horn at Google Project Zero, a team at Cyberus Technology, and a team at the Graz University of Technology -- independently discovered and reported the Meltdown exploit....

Guesswork is often involved in predicting the "next big thing," but with CES just a week away, the future is almost now. The annual international trade show, as well as other industry events following one after another -- including ITExpo, Gitex, Mobile World Congress, and Techspo -- means there will be no shortage of product announcements, technology unveilings, and proclamations about the tech of the future...

2017 may be the year that developments in the tech world truly were overshadowed by other world events: deepening divisions in the United States and the looming threat of war with North Korea; numerous high-profile Hollywood players, TV personalities, politicians, journalists, business executives and others involved in sexual misconduct scandals; terrorist attacks in Europe and elsewhere; and the announcement of yet another royal wedding in the United Kingdom, to name just a few...

Microsoft on Wednesday announced new artificial intelligence features and functionality for several of its flagship products and services, including Office 365, Cortana, and Bing, at an event in San Francisco. Harry Shum, EVP of Microsoft Artificial Intelligence and Research, demonstrated some of the new capabilities Building on the progress the co...

Cryptocurrency Bitcoin soared to US$16,777 on Thursday, reaching a market capitalization of $274 billion, according to Bloomberg's composite of exchanges. That was up from just $10,000 last week and up some 1,500 percent from the beginning of 2017 The latest price increases have come as Bitcoin increasingly has been recognized as a legitimate form ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the KardiaBand its stamp of approval, AliveCor announced Thursday. The device is the first FDA-cleared personal electrocardiogram (EKG) accessory designed for use with an Apple Watch The KardiaBand allows users to take EKG readings in order to distinguish between normal sinus heart rhythms and atrial ...

Anthony Levandowski, known for his work developing self-driving auto technology, has started the world's first artificial intelligence-based religion, according to Wired, which on Wednesday published an article based on a lengthy interview with the would-be prophet Levandowski, who has been at the center of a legal dispute between Google's Waymo se...

Appthority on Thursday warned that up to 700 apps in the enterprise mobile environment, including more than 170 that were live in official app stores, could be at risk due to the Eavesdropper vulnerability Affected Android apps already may have been downloaded up to 180 million times, the firm said, based on its recent research....

Razer on Wednesday unveiled its Razer Phone, a handset that clearly targets gamers. It boasts the world's first 120 Hz Ultramotion display, which has the potential to deliver fast refresh rates and provide the smoothest graphics available on a mobile smartphone "It's common knowledge that I'm obsessed with my smartphones. I play a ton of games on t...

The first wave of reviews touting Google's Home Mini smart speaker surfaced this week on the heels of reports that the company had to quash a top touch function to prevent the device from accidentally activating and recording conversations without users' knowledge Google has promised to roll out an update to the device by Oct. 15....

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday used virtual reality tech to "teleport" to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico and soon was dubbed a "heartless billionaire" by critics who felt he had exploited the dire situation in the U.S. territory That likely isn't what Zuckerberg intended when he provided the Facebook Spaces video demonstration, showing how a...

Roku on Monday introduced five new streaming media players designed to provide viewers with new and improved ways to connect to content. The five players range in price from US$29.99 to $99.99 and offer a variety of features and functionality The introductory-level Roku Express, priced at $29.99, targets new cord-cutters who want to stream content ...

Google on Monday announced that it was dropping its decade-old policy of requiring media and news publishers to provide a limited amount of free content. The so-called "first click free" policy meant that publishers had to make a certain amount of content available to users who conducted a search on Google, even if their stories, videos, or images otherwise were behind a paywall...

Nvidia on Thursday announced that its Shield TV now includes Google Assistant as part of its Shield Experience Upgrade 6.0 update, which is now available for download. The update also lets the Shield device work as a SmartThings Hub when paired with a SmartThings Link The SmartThings Link, which can be used to connect Shield TV as a SmartThings Hub...

Ford Motor Company on Thursday unveiled details about its use of Microsoft's HoloLens augmented reality technology in the automotive design process. Ford's design teams have swapped out their clay-sculpting tools -- a staple of the automotive world since the 1930s when Harley Earl introduced them at General Motors -- for mixed reality headsets and visualization software...

As home video viewing patterns continue to evolve, one common prediction is that packaged media is on its last legs. Streaming services have been gaining market share at a steady pace In fact, streaming media sales eclipsed sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs for the first time in the last quarter of 2016 -- with discs accounting for US$5.4 billion in ...

When Apple unveiled its iPhone X on Tuesday, officials highlighted the device's advanced functionality, including what truly could be a game changing feature, its facial recognition technology. The new handset, which will sell for a whopping US$1,000, allows users to unlock it simply by looking at it....

HipChat creator Atlassian on Thursday announced the development of new team communication service dubbed "Stride," a Slack-like workplace tool designed to streamline the communication process for business users. Stride enables teams to take action via both a smart text-based messaging service and a fully featured video and audio service. The latte...

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its Galaxy Note8 smartphone, positioning the oversized handset as the ideal choice for those who want to do bigger things. The new Android-powered device's larger Infinity Display features nearly bezel-less full-frontal glass and an edge-to-edge screen. The Note8 comes with an improved S Pen that will allow users to c...

Google on Wednesday introduced a number of collaborative features to its office productivity tools. The latest versions of Google Docs, Sheets and Slides will include new editing functionality that will enable office teams to work together in real time on the most up-to-date versions of their files The new features will ensure that every collabora...