London was top destination for tech funding in 2017: Report
LONDON: London was the top city in Europe for technology investment last year, with more funding going into companies in the British capital than into firms based in Paris, Berlin and the next seven...
Intel Hit With Class Action Lawsuits Over ‘Meltdown’ Security Flaw
The Spectre and Meltdown security stories were the major focus of the week. While both flaws are serious, Spectre hits everyone, while Intel is the company principally exposed by Meltdown. Meltdown is also the...
New Open Source Mobile OS Puts Privacy Front and Center
A renowned Linux innovator has developed a new mobile operating system, called "Project eelo," in an effort to provide a level of data privacy that traditional Android and iOS devices fail to offer. The new...
Japanese Company Develops Mobile Payment System That Scans Your Palm Using Smartphone Camera
Following authentication processes like thumbprint scanning, facial recognition, and QR code entry, a company in Japan this week has shown off a smartphone-based payment system that uses your unique palm print to confirm transactions...
LG’s first 4K projector can beam a 150-inch picture onto your wall
LG isn’t waiting until CES to reveal one of its high-end living room gadgets for 2018: it’s a 4K HDR projector. LG claims the new UHD projector is roughly half the size of competing...
Intel plans security updates for 90% of past 5 years’ processors by end of...
Following up on yesterday’s confirmation that security exploits can compromise computers with Intel processors, Intel today announced a timetable for updates to render recent computers “immune” to the exploits, now referred to as Spectre...
CES 2018: dates, news, rumors and predictions for tech’s biggest show
CES 2018 is fast approaching as we're just days away from the biggest tech show on Earth getting underway. Already we're seeing announcements from some of the world's top tech firms break the surface,...
How to Curve Text in Photoshop Around Any Shape
Curving text around a simple shape in Adobe Photoshop is a handy skill to know. For instance, you might want to create a circular logo with some text that surrounds it. Or a quick...
Tech to Watch in 2018: Cryptocurrency, AI, Wearables
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...
Apple buys app development service Buddybuild, team will join Xcode and drop Android support
Buddybuild, a Vancouver, Canada-based application development service, today confirmed that it has been purchased by Apple. In a reversal of Apple’s typical statement that “we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans” for “smaller...