It appears that that Surface’s shrinking battery capacity isn’t a hardware issue at all. Microsoft was absolutely right when it diagnosed the Surface 3’s battery degradation problem as a software issue. It has now ruled out hardware as a cause of for shrinkage battery capacity. It is now working on a patch that will make…
Shadow Broker, a hacking group has put the NSA’s prized hacking tools for auction. In an incident of geopolitical significance a group of hackers who calls themselves as the Shadow Broker had put a number of stolen utilities for sale. The tools belonged to the Equation Group, the NSA’s hacking outfit. Edward Snowden had earlier…
Uber wouldn’t pay more than $2 billion to purchase its main U.S. ride-hailing competitor Lyft Inc., even as the later was gauging interest from prospective acquirers, executives from Uber Technologies Inc. told investors in the past few weeks. Media reports about this development quoting people familiar with the matter had been published recently. Any form of…
Just days after announcing its first foray into the space, Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi’s head of international said that it is working on a more “sophisticated” virtual reality (VR) headset. The Mi VR Play headset, a device that was an “entry level” product without unveiling the price, according to the company, was unveiled by Xiaomi…
Plans to make major changes that would connect its Watch to cellular networks and make it less dependent on the iPhone by Apple Inc. has hit roadblocks, reported the media quoting sources. However, boasting improvements to health tracking, the company still plans to announce new watch models this fall. GPS-based location tracking would also be…
Due to his concern that the SEC didn’t go after senior executives, an $8.25 million reward from the Securities and Exchange Commission for blowing the whistle on the lender overvaluing a derivatives portfolio is being refused by a former Deutsche Bank AG risk officer. Eric Ben-Artzi wrote in a Financial Times column published Friday that…
Their potential for skin irritation has been cited as the cause for their premature withdrawal. Although the toys that are included in McDonald’s Happy Meals are loved by youngsters, the nutrition content of its meals however remains as unhealthy as most of the menu at the Golden Arches. With the starting of the Rio Olympics,…
This will be the first time in the world that such an experiment is held on live-traffic. Although Finland has been testing its autonomous buses on public roads for a while now, it did so away from the busy traffic of its big cities. It is now set to try out its adorable EasyMile driverless…
Even as hardware companies struggle to keep up with rapid technology shifts, analysts and recruiters believe that Cisco Systems Inc’s announcement on Wednesday that it plans to lay off 5,500 employees is unlikely to be the last round of Silicon Valley pink slips. Analysts say that as mobile applications and cloud computing become increasingly important,…
By launching them out of the roof of a truck, one company has found a way to make the unmanned flying machines deliver packages today while Amazon is tussling with regulators over drone deliveries. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) latest rules have been managed to be adhered to by the U.S. firm Workhorse which has created a…
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